United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Competitors	103 (77 men, 26 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Dianne Holum (speed skating)
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 3	Silver 2	Bronze 3	Total 8
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The United States competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. The use of both the English alphabet and abbreviations threw the country directly in front of the USSR in the Parade of Nations.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Cochran, BarbaraBarbara Cochran	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
1 Gold	Henning, AnneAnne Henning	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
1 Gold	Holum, DianneDianne Holum	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres
2 Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team 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   Timothy Sheehy	Ice hockey	Men's competition
2 Silver	Holum, DianneDianne Holum	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres
3 Bronze	Corrock, SusanSusan Corrock	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
3 Bronze	Lynn, JanetJanet Lynn	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
3 Bronze	Henning, AnneAnne Henning	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hank Kashiwa	Downhill					1:55.60	25
David Currier						1:54.96	17
Mike Lafferty						1:54.38	14
Bob Cochran						1:53.39	8
David Currier	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Rick Chaffee		1:39.23	36	1:45.09	31	3:24.32	30
Hank Kashiwa		1:37.42	28	1:40.71	19	3:18.13	21
Bob Chochran		1:35.39	19	1:40.15	16	3:15.54	17

Men's slalom

Athlete	Classification		Final
	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Rick Chaffee	1:47.81	3	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Bob Cochran	DSQ	–	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Terry Palmer	1:45.82	4	58.78	21	55.50	13	1:54.28	16
Tyler Palmer	bye		57.68	15	54.37	4	1:52.05	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marilyn Cochran	Downhill					1:41.96	28
Sandy Poulsen						1:41.25	21
Karen Budge						1:40.68	14
Susan Corrock						1:37.68	03 !
Sandy Poulsen	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Karen Budge						1:35.57	23
Marilyn Cochran						1:35.27	20
Barbara Cochran						1:33.16	11
Marilyn Cochran	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Patty Boydstun		48.11	13	47.48	9	1:35.59	8
Susan Corrock		48.09	12	47.67	10	1:35.76	9
Barbara Cochran		46.05	1	45.19	2	1:31.24	01 !

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Jay Bowerman	1'22:13.71	7	1'29:13.71	45
	Terry Morse	1'21:40.14	7	1'28:40.14	41
	Dennis Donahue	1'19:20.39	4	1'23:20.39	24
	Peter Krans	1'18:59.67	2	1'20:59.67	14

¹One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
Peter Karns Terry Morse Dennis Donahue Jay Bowerman	1	1'57:24.32	6

²A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Paul Lamey Howard Siler	Two-man	1:18.13	16	1:16.93	12	1:15.52	15	1:16.04	16	5:06.62	16
USA-2	Boris Said Thomas Becker	Two-man	1:17.34	13	1:17.23	15	1:16.66	21	1:17.71	20	5:08.94	19

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Jim Hickey Jim Bridges Howard Siler Thomas Becker	Four-man	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
USA-2	Boris Said James Copley Ken Morris Phil Duprey	Four-man	1:12.31	13	1:12.34	7	1:11.80	14	1:11.98	12	4:48.43	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Larry Martin	53:13.91	58
	Ronny Yeager	51:36.54	55
	Tim Caldwell	51:17.92	54
	Everett Dunklee	49:52.20	44
30 km	Clark Matis	1'52:18.52	53
	Bob Gray	1'46:38.31	42
	Mike Gallagher	1'43:39.41	30
	Mike Elliott	1'43:15.03	26
50 km	Joe McNulty	DNF	–
	Bob Gray	3'01:15.37	33
	Everett Dunklee	2'56:42.49	27
	Gene Morgan	2'54:01.52	24

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Tim Caldwell Mike Gallagher Larry Martin Mike Elliott	2'14:37.28	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Margie Mahoney	19:15.13	39
	Alison Owen-Spencer	18:54.76	36
	Barbara Britch	18:18.37	31
	Martha Rockwell	17:50.34	18
10 km	Trina Hosmer	40:40.56	41
	Margie Mahoney	39:27.95	36
	Alison Owen-Spencer	38:50.05	35
	Martha Rockwell	36:34.22	16

Women's 3 x 5km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Barbara Britch Alison Owen-Spencer Martha Rockwell	53:38.60	11

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Gordon McKellen	10	9	2511.0	89	10
John Misha Petkevich	6	2	2591.5	47	5
Kenneth Shelley	5	3	2596.0	43	4

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Suna Murray	13	9	2426.2	102	12
Julie Lynn Holmes	2	8	2627.0	39	4
Janet Lynn	4	1	2663.1	27	03 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Barbara Brown Douglas Berndt	12	13	366.9	114	12
Melissa Militano Mark Militano	8	7	393.0	65.5	7
JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley	4	4	406.8	35	4

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	5–3	Switzerland

Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	33	13	9
2	United States 02 !	5	3	2	0	18	15	6
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	26	13	6
4	Sweden	5	2	2	1	17	13	5
5	Finland	5	2	3	0	14	24	4
6	Poland	5	0	5	0	9	39	0

• Sweden 5-1 USA
• USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
• USSR 7-2 USA
• USA 4-1 Finland
• USA 6-1 Poland

Leading scorers

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
4th Craig Sarner	5	4	5	9
6th Kevin Ahearn	5	4	3	7

Silver:

• Team Roster

• Mike Curran
• Peter Sears
• Wally Olds
• Tom Mellor
• Frank Sanders
• Jim McElmury
• Charles Brown
• Dick McGlynn
• Ron Naslund
• Robbie Ftorek
• Stu Irving
• Kevin Ahearn
• Henry Boucha
• Craig Sarner
• Timothy Sheehy
• Keith Christiansen
• Mark Howe

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Rock	55.98	38	55.25	35	53.85	26	1:13.96	44	3:59.04	44
Terry O'Brien	55.41	34	55.21	32	54.02	28	53.64	26	3:38.24	31
James Murray	55.31	33	55.22	34	53.94	27	53.46	23	3:37.93	28
Ralph Havens	55.17	30	54.84	28	54.31	32	54.00	32	3:38.32	32

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Elder Frank Jones	46.48	16	46.11	14	1:32.59	15
Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh	46.58	17	46.59	17	1:33.17	17

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peggy Frair	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad	47.68	19	46.64	15	46.17	14	45.49	12	3:05.98	15

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Teyck Weed	Individual	61.0	61.0	129.8	40	52:26.2	183.805	29	313.605	38
Bob Kendall		62.5	66.5	139.0	38	54:34.0	164.635	38	303.635	39
Mike Devecka		67.0	68.0	157.1	27	50:00.0	205.735	6	362.835	21
Jim Miller		69.0	62.0	139.7	37	51:09.9	195.250	17	334.950	34

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Scott Berry	Normal hill	67.5	87.7	66.0	84.3	172.0	52
Greg Swor		70.5	93.0	67.0	86.4	179.4	50
Ron Steele		75.0	99.2	71.5	93.1	192.3	41
Jerry Martin		76.0	105.3	69.5	91.9	197.2	34
Scott Berry	Large hill	79.0	76.1	81.5	75.6	151.7	47
Greg Swor		80.5	77.2	91.5	95.6	172.8	30
Ron Steele		86.5	86.6	89.0	91.1	177.7	25
Jerry Martin		89.0	89.1	77.5	74.0	163.1	36

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	John Wurster	DNF	–
	Greg Lyman	41.30	20
	Neil Blatchford	40.67	15
	Pete Eberling	40.58	11
1500 m	Clark King	2:14.83	30
	Bill Lanigan	2:12.31	25
	Gary Jonland	2:09.55	14
	Dan Carroll	2:07.24	7
5000 m	Clark King	8:07.20	21
	Charles Gilmore	8:03.04	20
	Dan Caroll	7:44.72	10
10,000 m	Clark King	16:39.82	21
	Dan Carroll	15:44.41	9

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kay Lunda	44.95	7
	Sheila Young	44.53	4
	Anne Henning	43.33 OR	01 !
1000 m	Sheila Young	1:34.97	17
	Dianne Holum	1:32.41	6
	Anne Henning	1:31.62	03 !
1500 m	Leah Poulos-Mueller	2:31.29	24
	Connie Carpenter-Phinney	2:23.93	7
	Dianne Holum	2:20.85 OR	01 !
3000 m	Jeanne Omelenchuk	5:32.87	22
	Leah Poulos-Mueller	5:17.38	17
	Dianne Holum	4:58.67	02 !

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com