Medal table of the 1972 Summer Olympics

This table shows the medal table for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . The placements are sorted by the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals. If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank. This corresponds to the system used by the IOC .

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Soviet Union	50	27	22nd	99
2	United States	33	31	30th	94
3	GDR	20th	23	23	66
4th	BR Germany	13	11	16	40
5	Japan	13	8th	8th	29
6th	Australia	8th	7th	2	17th
7th	Poland	7th	5	9	21st
8th	Hungary	6th	13	16	35
9	Bulgaria	6th	10	5	21st
10	Italy	5	3	10	18th
11	Sweden	4th	6th	6th	16
12	Great Britain	4th	5	9	18th
13	Romania	3	6th	7th	16
14th	Finland	3	1	4th	8th
	Cuba	3	1	4th	8th
16	Netherlands	3	1	1	5
17th	France	2	4th	7th	13
18th	Czechoslovakia	2	4th	2	8th
19th	Kenya	2	3	4th	9
20th	Yugoslavia	2	1	2	5
21st	Norway	2	1	1	4th
22nd	North Korea	1	1	3	5
23	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
24	Uganda	1	1	-	2
25th	Denmark	1	-	-	1
26th	Switzerland	-	3	-	3
27	Canada	-	2	3	5
28	Iran	-	2	1	3
29	Belgium	-	2	-	2
	Greece	-	2	-	2
31	Colombia	-	1	2	3
	Austria	-	1	2	3
33	Argentina	-	1	-	1
	South Korea	-	1	-	1
	Lebanon	-	1	-	1
	Mexico	-	1	-	1
	Mongolia	-	1	-	1
	Pakistan	-	1	-	1
	Turkey	-	1	-	1
	Tunisia	-	1	-	1
41	Ethiopia	-	-	2	2
	Brazil	-	-	2	2
43	Ghana	-	-	1	1
	India	-	-	1	1
	Jamaica	-	-	1	1
	Niger	-	-	1	1
	Nigeria	-	-	1	1
	Spain	-	-	1	1
Total		195	195	210	600

Medals in the demonstration competitions

Medal table demonstration competitions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	3	2	1	6th
2	Indonesia	2	1	1	4th
3	Italy	1	1	-	2
	Netherlands	1	1	-	2
5	France	1	-	2	3
	Great Britain	1	-	2	3
7th	Japan	1	-	1	2
8th	Australia	-	2	-	2
	Denmark	-	2	-	2
10	BR Germany	-	1	4th	5
11	Malaysia	-	1	-	1
12	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1
Total		10	11	14th	35

^*) Badminton and water skiing

See also: Olympic demonstration sports