1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)

URS

50	27	22nd

The Soviet Union took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 371 athletes (298 men and 73 women) in 180 competitions in 22 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Alexander Wassiljewitsch Medved .

Participants by sport

basketball

• gold

• Anatoly Polywoda
• Modestas Paulauskas
• Zurab Sakandelidze
• Alshan Sharmukhamedov
• Alexander Boloshev
• Ivan Jadeschka
• Sergei Below
• Micheil Korkia
• Ivan Dworny
• Gennadi Wolnow
• Alexander Below
• Sergei Kovalenko

Archery

Men Mikhail Peunov Viktor Sidoruk Mati Vaikjärv

Women Emma Gapchenko Bronze single Ketewan Lossaberidze Alla Alexandrovna Peunova

Boxing

• Nikolai Anfimov
• Gennady Dobrochotov
• Volodimir Ivanov
• Anatoly Kamnev
• Anatoly Chochlow
• Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov

  Gold featherweight

• Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeschew

  Gold middleweight

• Yuri Nesterov
• Vasily Solomin
• Valery Tregubov
• Boris Soriktuev

fencing

Men Viktor Andreevich Baschenow Silver saber crew Vladimir Gennadjewitsch Denisov Silver foil team Anatoly Alexejewitsch Koteschew Silver foil team Hryhoriy Kriss Bronze sword team Victor Igorevich Modsolevsky Bronze sword team Vladimir Aliwerowitsch Naslymow Bronze saber single Silver saber crew Serhiy Paramonov Bronze sword team Viktor Putyatin Silver foil team Mark Semyonovich Rakita Silver saber crew Leonid Mikhailovich Romanov Silver foil team Viktor Alexandrovich Sidjak Gold saber single Silver saber crew Wassyl Stankowytsch Silver foil team Igor Valetov Bronze sword team Eduard Teodorowitsch Vinokurow Silver saber crew Georgi Zažitski Bronze sword team

Women Galina Evgenevna Gorokhova Bronze foil single Gold Foil Team Elena Dmitrievna Belovea Gold Foil Team Tazzjana Pjatrenka-Samussenka Gold Foil Team Svetlana Tširkova Gold Foil Team Alexandra Ivanovna Sabelina Gold Foil Team

Soccer

• bronze

  • goal
• 01 Yevgeny Rudakov
• 17 Vladimir Pilgui
  • Defense
• 02 Yuri Istomin
• 03 Murtas Churzilawa
• 04 Yevgeny Lovchev
• 05 Vladimir Kaplichni
• 12 Revas Dzodsuashvili
• 13 Sergei Olschansky
  • midfield
• 06 Viktor Kolotov
• 10 Anatoly Kuksov
• 14 Oganes Sanasanjan
• 15 Arkadi Andreasjan
• 16 József Szabó
  • Storm
• 07 Volodymyr Onyshchenko
• 08 Vyacheslav Semyonov
• 09 Andrei Jakubik
• 11 Gennady Yevryushikhin
• 18 Yuri Yelissyeev
• 19 Oleh Blochin

Weightlifting

• Vasily Ivanovich Alexejew

  Bronze bantam weight

• Gennady Chetin

  Gold super heavyweight

• Vladimir Alexandrovich Kanygin
• Mucharbi Nurbijewitsch Kirschinow

  Gold lightweight

• Boris Pavlov
• Dawid Adamowitsch Rigert
• Ditto Shanidze

  Silver featherweight

• Valeryj Sharyj
• Jaan Talts

  Gold heavyweight

Handball

• 5th place

• Valery walk
• Vasily Ilyin
• Mychajlo Ishchenko
• Yury Klimov
• Valentin Kulev
• Yuriy Lahutyn
• Mikhail Lutsenko
• Vladimir Maximov
• Albert Oganesow
• Alexander Panov
• Oleksandr Rezanov
• Nikolai Semenov
• Anatoly Shevchenko
• Ivan Usaty
• Jānis Vilsons

Judo

• Shota Chochishvili

  Gold light heavyweight

• Guram Gogolauri
• Vitaly Jakowlewitsch Kuznetsov

  Silver Open Class

• Anatoly Novikov

  Bronze welterweight

• Giwi Onashvili

  Bronze heavyweight

• Sergei Petrovich Suslin

canoe

Men Vladislovas Česiūnas Gold canoe two-man 1000 m Valery Antonovich Didenko Gold kayak foursome 1000 m Yuri Filatov Gold kayak foursome 1000 m Nikolai Stepanowitsch Gorbachev Gold kayak two-man 1000 m Viktor Kratasyuk Gold kayak two-man 1000 m Yuri Terentyevich Lobanov Gold canoe two-man 1000 m Volodymyr Morozov Gold kayak foursome 1000 m Gogi Naskidashvili Oleksandr Schaparenko Gold kayak single 1000 m Yuri Stetsenko Gold kayak foursome 1000 m Wassyl Yurchenko

Women Biruta Hercova-Hercberga Lyudmila Iossifovna Pinaeva Gold kayak two-man 500 m Kateryna Kuryschko Gold kayak two-man 500 m Julia Petrovna Ryabtschinskaya Gold kayak single 500 m

athletics

Men Vladimir Afonin Rustam Akhmetov Pavlo Andreev Yevgeny Alexandrovich Arshanov Silver 800 m Vladimir Atamas Mykola Awilow Gold decathlon Anatoly Badrankov Anatolijus Baranovas Otto Bartsch Mikhail Bariban Leonid Barkowskyj Alexander Georgievich Baryshnikov Gennady Petrovich Bessonov Romualdas Bitė Anatoly Bondarchuk Gold hammer throw Valery Borsov Gold 100 m Gold 200 m Silver 4 x 100 m Jauhen Haurylenka Sergei Grigoryev Iosif Gamsky Volodymyr Holubnychy Silver 20 km walking Boris Petrovich Ivanov Ivan Ivanov Jauhen Iutschanka Vasily Vladimirovich Khmelevsky Bronze hammer throw Alexandr Olegowitsch Korneljuk Silver 4 x 100 m Vladimir Nikolayevich Lowetsky Silver 4 x 100 m Jānis Lūsis Silver javelin throw Leonid Lytwynenko Silver decathlon Viktor Nikolaevich Myasnikov Volodymyr Pantelej Valery Pidluschnyj Rimantas Plungė Nikolai Puklakov Viktor Danilowitsch Saneyev Gold triple jump Kęstutis Šapka Viktor Savcheko Raschid Sharafetdinov Igor Shcherbak Juris Silovs Silver 4 x 100 m Sergei Skripka Mykola Smaha Weniamin soldiersko Silver 50 km walk Nikolai Ivanovich Swiridow Jüri Tarmak Gold high jump Igor Aramowitsch Ter-Owanessjan Yuri Pavlovich Velikorodnych Yevgeny Volkov Yuri Sorin

Women Nadezhda Viktorovna Besfamilnaya Lyudmila Ivanovna Bragina Gold 1500 m Galina Petrovna Bucharina Nadezhda Vladimirovna Tschischowa Gold shot put Tamara Petrovna Danilova Svetlana Ivanovna Krachevskaya Lyubov Ilyina Antonina Grigoryevna Ivanova Tamara Alexandrovna Sorokina Nadezhda Leonidovna Ilyina Svetlana Vladimirovna Babitsch Nina Marakina Faina Grigoryevna Melnik Gold discus throw Nina Morgunova Lyudmila Nikolaevna Muravyova Antonina Nikolaevna Lasareva Tamara Pangelova Natalia Alexandrovna Tschistjakowa Lyubov Nikolaevna Runzo Raissa Ruus Nijolė Sabaitė Silver 800 m Marina Grigoryevna Sidorova Olga Pavlovna Mineeva Valentina Nikolaevna Tichomirova Nadia Tkachenko Lyudmila Ilyinichna Maslakova

Modern pentathlon

• Pavel Serafimowitsch Lednyov

  Bronze single

  Gold team

• Borys Onyshchenko

  Silver single

  Gold team

• Vladimir Konstantinovich Schmeljow

  Gold team

Cycling

• Viktor Bikov
• Gennady Komnatov

  gold

• Serhiy Kravtsov
• Vladimir Kuznetsov
• Valery Likhachev

  gold

• Omar Pchakadze

  bronze

• Eduard Rapp
• Volodimir Semenets

  gold

• Boris Schuchow

  gold

• Anatoly Starkov
• Anatoly Stepanenko
• Ivan Trifonov
• Igor Zelowalnikov

  gold

• Valery Jardi

  gold

• Alexander Yudin

horse riding

• Valentin Gorelkin
• Mamashon Izmailov
• Ivan Alexandrovich Kalita

  Gold dressage team

• Ivan Michailowitsch Kisimow

  Gold dressage team

• Vladimir Lanugin
• Viktor Lisitsin
• Viktor Matveev
• Sergei Muhin
• Alexander Nebogow
• Jelena Vladimirovna Petushkova

  Silver dressage singles

  Gold dressage team

• Yuri Siabrew

Wrestling

• Sagalaw Abdulbekowitsch Abdulbekow

  Gold featherweight freestyle

• Arsen Shachlamasowitsch Alachwerdijew

  Silver flyweight freestyle

• Ruslan Nuralievich Ashuraliev

  Bronze lightweight freestyle

• Roman Mikhailovich Dmitriev

  Gold paper weight freestyle

• Yuri Soltanbekowitsch Gussow
• Viktor Michailowitsch Igumenow
• Rustem Abdullaevich Kazakov

  Gold bantamweight Greco-Roman

• Shamil Shamschatdinowitsch Chissamutdinow

  Gold lightweight Greco-Roman

• Vitaly Viktorovich Konstantinov
• Ivan Kuleshov
• Alexander Vasilyevich Medved

  Gold super heavyweight freestyle

• Ever Megrelishvili
• Anatoly Ivanovich Nasarenko

  Silver middleweight Greco-Roman

• Valery Grigoryevich Resanzew

  Gold light heavyweight Greco-Roman

• Anatoly Alexandrovich Roschtschin

  Gold Greco-Roman super heavyweight

• Gennady Nikolayevich Strachow

  Silver light heavyweight freestyle

• Levan Tediashvili

  Gold middleweight freestyle

• Nikolai Ivanovich Jakowenko

  Silver heavyweight Greco-Roman

• Ivan Sergeyevich Jarygin

  Gold heavyweight freestyle

• Vladimir Anatolyevich Zubkov

rowing

• Valery Bissarnov
• Viktor Dementiev
• Nikolai Petrovich Ivanov
• Igor Kashurov
• Sergei Viktorovich Koljaskin
• Gennady Yegorovich Korschikow

  Gold double scull

• Yuri Evgenevich Lorenzson
• Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubaturov
• Yuri Alexandrovich Malyshev

  Gold one

• Alexander Georgievich Martyshkin
• Viktor Mikheev
• Alexander Ivanovich Motin
• Vladimir Yevgenyevich Polyakov
• Igor Alexandrovich Rudakov
• Alexander Viktorovich Ryazankin
• Vitaly Sapronov
• Vladimir Savelov
• Yuri Shamayev
• Alexander Nikolayevich Schitow
• Vladimir Soloviev
• Volodymyr Sterlyk
• Alexander Ivanovich Timoshinin

  Gold double scull

• Anatoly Petrovich Tkachuk
• Nikolai Vasilyev
• Boris Vladimirovich Vorobyov
• Vladimir Nikolayevich Yeschinow

shoot

• Vladimir Agishev
• Alexander Alipov
• Alexander Androshkin
• Igor Bakalov
• Valentin Michailowitsch Kornew
• Grigory Georgievich Kosych
• Borys Melnyk

  Silver free rifle three position fight 300 m

• Vitaly Michailowitsch Parchimowitsch
• Yevgeny Alexandrovich Petrov

  Silver skeet

• Valery Postoialov
• Vladimir Stolipin
• Viktor Vasilyevich Torzin

  Bronze rapid fire pistol 25 m

• Yuri Zuranow
• Yakiv Scheleznjak

  Gold running target 50 m

swim

Men Viktor Andreevich Aboimov Silver 4 x 100 m freestyle Bronze 4 x 200 m freestyle Vladimir Valeryevich Bure Bronze 100 m freestyle Silver 4 x 100 m freestyle Bronze 4 x 200 m freestyle Igor Cherdakov Igor Anatolyevich Grivennikov Silver 4 x 100 m freestyle Bronze 4 x 200 m freestyle Vladimir Kosinsky Vladimir Krivtsov Georgijs Kuļikovs Silver 4 x 100 m freestyle Bronze 4 x 200 m freestyle Viktor Georgievich Masanov Silver 4 x 100 m freestyle Bronze 4 x 200 m freestyle Nikolai Ivanovich Pankin Valentin Partika Alexander Wassiljewitsch Samsonow Bronze 4 x 200 m freestyle Viktor Sharygin Viktor Stulikov Mihail Suharev

Women Tinatin Schotjewna Lekweischwili Nadezhda Matjuchina Nina Petrova Olga Petrusvoja Ludmila Porubaiko Galina Nikolaevna Prosumenschtschikowa Silver 100 m chest Bronze 200 m chest Tetiana Prudnikova Yelena Tymoshenko Irina Ustimenko Biruts Užkuraityte Natalia Yershova Tatiana Vladimirovna Zolotnitskaya

sailing

• Boris Budnikov
• Vitaly Dyrdyra

  Gold tempest

• Rais Galimov
• Nikolai Gromov
• Boris Khabarov
• Vladimir Leontiev
• Valentin Mankin

  Gold tempest

• Timir Pinegin
• Viktor Potapov

  Bronze Finn Dinghy

• Vladimir Vasilyev
• Vladimir Yakovlev
• Valentin Samotaikin
• Valery Subanov

do gymnastics

Men Nikolai Efimowitsch Andrianow Silver team all-around competition Gold ground Bronze jump Viktor Yakovlevich Klimenko Silver team all-around competition Gold pommel horse Silver jump Alexander Ivanovich Maleev Silver team all-around competition Eduard Mikaeljan Silver team all-around competition Vladimir Stschukin Silver team all-around competition Mikhail Yakovlevich Voronin Silver team all-around competition Silver rings

Women Lyubov Viktorovna Burda Gold team all- around Olga Korbut Gold team all- around Silver uneven bars Gold balance beam Gold ground Antanina Koschal Gold team all- around Tamara Wassiljewna Lasakowitsch Gold team all- around Bronze individual all-around Silver balance beam Bronze bottom Elwira Saadi Gold team all- around Lyudmila Ivanovna Turishcheva Gold team all- around Gold individual all-around Bronze jump Silver bottom

volleyball

Men bronze Valery Kravchenko Yefim Chulak Vladimir Puyatov Vladimir Patkin Leonid Saiko Yuri Starunski Yevgeny Lapinsky Yuri Poyarkov Vyacheslav Domani Alexander Saprykin Viktor Borstsch Vladimir Kondra

Women gold Lyudmila Buldakova Vera Dujunova Lyudmila Borosna Inna Ryskal Nina Smoleeva Tatiana Gonobobleeva Lyubov Tyurina Galina Leontjewa Tatiana Tretyakova Rosa Salichowa Tatiana Sarycheva Natalia Kudrewa

Water polo

• gold

• Anatoly Akimov
• Alexei Barkalov
• Alexander Dolgushin
• Alexander Drewal
• Vadim Gulyayev
• Alexander Kabanov
• Nikolai Melnikov
• Leonid Osipov
• Alexander Schidlowski
• Vladimir Schmudski
• Vyacheslav Sobchenko

Diving

Men Alexander Gendrikson Dawit Hambarzumjan Vladimir Kapirulin Vyacheslav Strachow Vladimir Alexejewitsch Wassin Gold jumping

Women Tamara Stepanovna Safonova Natalija Kuznetsowa-Lobanowa Alla Selina Tetiana Schtirewa-Wolinkina

Web links

• Soviet Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )