1972 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

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The United States participated in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of 103 athletes, 77 men and 26 women.

It was the eleventh time the United States had participated in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

Speed ​​skater Dianne Holum carried the United States flag during the opening ceremony at Makomanai Stadium .

Medals

With three won gold, two silver and three bronze medals, the US team took 5th place in the medals table .

gold

• Barbara Cochran : Alpine skiing, women, slalom
• Anne Henning : speed skating, women, 500 m
• Dianne Holum : speed skating, women, 1500 m

silver

• Kevin Ahearn , Mark Howe , Ronald Naslund , Henry Boucha , Jeffrey Hymanson , Wally Olds , Charles Brown , Stuart Irving , Frank Sanders , Keith Christiansen ,
  Jim McElmury , Craig Sarner , Mike Curran , Dick McGlynn , Peter Sears , Robbie Ftorek , Tom Mellor and Timothy Sheehy : ice hockey team, men
• Dianne Holum: speed skating, women, 3000 m

bronze

• Susan Corrock : Alpine skiing, women, downhill
• Janet Lynn : Figure skating, women
• Anne Henning : speed skating, women, 1000 m

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women: Barbara Cochran Giant slalom: 11th place - 1: 33.16 min Slalom: - 1: 31.24 min Susan Corrock Departure: - 1: 37.68 min Slalom: 1: 35.76 min Patty Boydstun Slalom: 8th place - 1: 35.59 min Karen Budge Departure: 14th place - 1: 40.68 min Giant slalom: 23rd place - 1: 35.57 min Marilyn Cochran Downhill: 28th place - 1: 41.96 min Giant slalom: 20th place - 1: 35.27 min Slalom: DSQ Sandy Poulsen Downhill: 21st place - 1: 41.25 min Giant slalom: DSQ

Men's: Rick Chaffee Giant slalom: 30th place - 3: 24.32 min Slalom: DNF Bob Cochran Downhill: 8th place - 1: 53.39 min Giant slalom: 17th place - 3: 15.54 min Slalom: DSQ David Currier Downhill: 17th place - 1: 54.96 min Giant Slalom: DNF Hank Kashiwa Departure: 25th place - 1: 55.60 min Giant slalom: 21st place - 3: 18.13 min Mike Lafferty Departure: 25th place - 1: 54.38 min Terry Palmer Slalom: 16th place - 1: 54.28 min Tyler Palmer Slalom: 9th place - 1: 52.05 min

biathlon

Men's:

• Jay Bowerman

  Individual (20 km): 45th place - 1: 29: 13.71 h; 7 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 1: 57: 24.32 h; 1 mistake

• Dennis Donahue

  Individual (20 km): 24th place - 1: 23: 20.39 h; 4 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 1: 57: 24.32 h; 1 mistake

• Peter Karns

  Individual (20 km): 14th place - 1:20: 59.67 h; 2 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 1: 57: 24.32 h; 1 mistake

• Terry Morse

  Individual (20 km): 41st place - 1: 28: 40.14 h; 7 mistakes

  Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 6th place - 1: 57: 24.32 h; 1 mistake

bob

Two-man bobsleigh: Paul Lamey / Howard Siler (USA I) 16th place - 5: 06.62 min Thomas Becker / Boris Said (USA II) 19th place - 5: 08.94 min

Four-man bobsleigh: Thomas Becker / Jim Bridges / Jim Hickey / Howard Siler (USA I) DSQ James Copley / Phil Duprey / Ken Morris / Bob Said (USA II) 14th place - 4: 48.43 min

ice Hockey

Men's:

Kevin Ahearn Henry Boucha Charles Brown Keith Christiansen Mike Curran Robbie Ftorek Mark Howe Stu Irving Jim McElmury

Dick McGlynn Tom Mellor Ron Naslund Wally Olds Frank Sanders Craig Sarner Pete Sears Tim Sheehy

figure skating

Women: Janet Lynn Julie Lynn Holmes 4th Place Suna Murray 12th place

Men's: Gordie McKellen 11th place John Misha Petkevich 5th place Kenneth Shelley 4th Place

Couples: JoJo Starbuck / Kenneth Shelley (USA I) Pair skating: 4th place Melissa Militano / Mark Militano (USA II) Pair skating: 7th place Barbara Brown / Doug Berndt (USA III) Pair skating: 12th place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Dianne Holum 1000 m: 6th place - 1: 32.41 min 1500 m: - 2: 20.85 min 3000 m: - 4: 58.67 min Anne Henning 500 m: - 43.33 s 1000 m: - 1: 31.62 min Connie Carpenter-Phinney 1500 m: 7th place - 2: 23.93 min Kay Lunda 500 m: 7th place - 44.95 s Jeanne Omelenchuk 3000 m: 22nd place - 5: 32.87 min Leah Poulos-Mueller 1500 m: 24th place - 2: 31.29 min 3000 m: 17th place - 5: 17.38 min Sheila Young 500 m: 4th place - 44.53 s 1000 m: 17th place - 1: 34.97 min

Men's: Neil Blatchford 500 m: 15th place - 40.67 s Dan Carroll 1500 m: 7th place - 2: 07.24 min 5000 m: 10th place - 7: 44.72 min 10,000 m: 9th place - 15: 44.41 min Pete Eberling 500 m: 11th place - 40.58 s Charles Gilmore 5000 m: 20th place - 8: 03.04 min Gary Jonland 1500 m: 14th place - 2: 09.55 min Clark King 1500 m: 30 place - 2: 14.83 min 5000 m: 21st place - 8: 07.20 min 10,000 m: 21st place - 16: 39.82 min Bill Lanigan 1500 m: 25th place - 2: 12.31 min Greg Lyman 500 m: 20th place - 41.30 s John Wurster 500 m: DNF

Sledding

Women: Peggy Frair DNF Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad 15th place - 3: 05.98 min

Men's: Ralph Havens 32nd place - 3: 38.32 min James Murray 28th place - 3: 37.93 min Terry O'Brien 31st place - 3: 38.24 min Bob rock 44th place - 3: 59.04 min

Double seater: Jack Elder / Frank Jones (USA I) 15th place - 1: 32.59 min Robert Berkley / Richard Cavanaugh (USA II) 17th place - 1: 33.17 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women: Barbara Britch 5 km: 31st place - 18: 18.37 min 3 × 5 km relay: 11th place - 53: 38.60 min Trina Hosmer 10 km: 41st place - 40: 40.56 min Margie Mahoney 5 km: 39th place - 19: 15.13 min 10 km: 36th place - 39: 27.95 min Alison Owen-Spencer 5 km: 36th place - 18: 54.76 min 10 km: 35th place - 38: 50.05 min 3 × 5 km relay: 11th place - 53: 38.60 min Martha Rockwell 5 km: 18th place - 17: 50.34 min 10 km: 16th place - 36: 34.22 min 3 × 5 km relay: 11th place - 53: 38.60 min

Men's: Tim Caldwell 15 km: 54th place - 51: 17.92 min 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place - 2: 14: 37.28 h Everett Dunklee 15 km: 44th place - 49: 52.20 min 50 km: 27th place - 2:56: 42.49 h Mike Elliott 30 km: 26th place - 1: 43: 15.03 h 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place - 2: 14: 37.28 h Mike Gallagher 30 km: 30th place - 1: 43: 39.41 h 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place - 2: 14: 37.28 h Bob Gray 30 km: 42nd place - 1: 46: 38.31 h 50 km: 33rd place - 3: 01: 15.37 h Larry Martin 15 km: 58th place - 53: 13.91 min 4 × 10 km relay: 12th place - 2: 14: 37.28 h Clark Matis 30 km: 53rd place - 1: 52: 18.52 h Joe McNulty 50 km: DNF Gene Morgan 50 km: 53rd place - 2: 54: 01.52 h Ronny Yeager 15 km: 55th place - 51: 36.54 min

Ski jumping

• Scott Berry

  Normal hill: 52nd place - 172.0 points

  Large hill: 47th place - 151.7 points

• Jerry Martin

  Normal hill: 34th place - 197.2 points

  Large hill: 36th place - 163.1 points

• Ron Steele

  Normal hill: 41st place - 192.3 points

  Large hill: 25th place - 177.7 points

• Greg Swor

  Normal hill: 50th place - 179.4 points

  Large hill: 30th place - 172.8 points

Nordic combination

• Mike Devecka

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 21st place

• Bob Kendall

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 39th place

• Jim Miller

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 34th place

• Teyck Weed

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 38th place

Web link

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