Medal table of the 1972 Winter Olympics

This table shows the medal table for the 1972 Winter Olympics . 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	8th	5	3	16
2	GDR	4th	3	7th	14th
3	Switzerland	4th	3	3	10
4th	Netherlands	4th	3	2	9
5	United States	3	2	3	8th
6th	BR Germany	3	1	1	5
7th	Norway	2	5	5	12
8th	Italy	2	2	1	5
9	Austria	1	2	2	5
10	Sweden	1	1	2	4th
11	Japan	1	1	1	3
12	Czechoslovakia	1	-	2	3
13	Poland	1	-	-	1
	Spain	1	-	-	1
15th	Finland	-	4th	1	5
16	France	-	1	2	3
17th	Canada	-	1	-	1
	Total	36	34	35	105

See also

• Eternal medal table of the Olympic Winter Games