1972 Winter Universiade

Host City Lake Placid, New York
Country USA
Held 26 February – 5 March 1972
Competitors 152
Countries 15

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Downhill Men — Medal 3 2
Giant Slalom Men — Medal 3 3
Slalom Men — Medal 3 3
Combined Men — Medal 3 2
Downhill Women — Medal 3 3
Giant Slalom Women — Medal 3 3
Slalom Women — Medal 3 3
Combined Women — Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men — Medal 3 1
30 km classical Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 10 km relay classical Men — Medal 12 3
5 km classical Women — Medal 3 1
10 km classical Women — Medal 3 2
3 x 5 km relay classical Women — Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men — Medal 3 2
Singles Women — Medal 3 2
Pairs Mixed — Medal 4 2
Ice Dancing Mixed — Medal 6 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Ice Hockey Men — Medal 56 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill (two jumps)/15 km Men 27 – 29 February 1972 Medal 3 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill Men 4 March 1972 Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
500 m Men 3 March 1972 Medal 21 7
1,500 m Men 4 March 1972 Medal 21 7
3,000 m Men 3 March 1972 Medal 14 6
5,000 m Men 4 March 1972 Medal 13 6
500 m Women 3 March 1972 Medal 7 3
1,000 m Women 4 March 1972 Medal 7 3
1,500 m Women 3 March 1972 Medal 6 3
3,000 m Women 4 March 1972 Medal 6 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 14 10 8 32
2 United States USA 3 3 7 13
3 Netherlands NED 3 1 1 5
4 France FRA 2 2 2 6
5 Poland POL 2 1 1 4
6 Japan JPN 1 3 0 4
7 South Korea KOR 1 2 1 4
8 Canada CAN 1 1 0 2
= Italy ITA 1 1 0 2
10 Germany GER 1 0 1 2
= Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
12 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 2 1 3
13 Austria AUT 0 1 4 5
14 Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
15 Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Downhill, Men Eric Stahl FRA Jean-Pierre Puthod FRA Bill Farrell USA
Giant Slalom, Men Andrzej Bachleda POL Roger Ahlm SWE Franz Vogler GER
Slalom, Men Roman Dereziński POL Masayoshi Kashiwagi JPN Fabrice Thomas FRA
Combined, Men Eric Stahl FRA Hans Tesar AUT Michael Schlegel AUT
Downhill, Women Lisa Richardson CAN Caroline Rebattu FRA Anita Haidacher AUT
Giant Slalom, Women Franziska Friedel GER Pam Reed USA Pascale Tremoulet FRA
Slalom, Women Anahid Tasgian ITA Caryn West USA Bärbl Edelsbrunner AUT
Combined, Women Caryn West USA Anahid Tasgian ITA Bärbl Edelsbrunner AUT
15 km classical, Men Fyodor Simashov URS Ivan Pronin URS Sergey Savelyev URS
30 km classical, Men Fyodor Simashov URS Nikolay Yemelin URS Ulrich Wenger SUI
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Soviet Union URS Japan JPN United States USA
5 km classical, Women Lyubov Mukhachova URS Olga Rokko URS Nina Selyunina URS
10 km classical, Women Lyubov Mukhachova URS Nina Selyunina URS Zofia Majerczyk POL
3 x 5 km relay classical, Women Soviet Union URS Poland POL United States USA
Singles, Men John Misha Petkevich USA Vladimir Kovalyov URS Perry Hutchings USA
Pairs, Mixed Galina Karelina / Georgy Proskurin URS Debbie Hughes / Philip Grout USA
Ice Dancing, Mixed Yelena Zharkova / Gennady Karponosov URS Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický TCH Debbie Ganson / Bradley Hislop USA
Singles, Women Jenny Walsh USA Ľudmila Bezáková TCH Julia Johnson USA
Ice Hockey, Men Soviet Union URS Canada CAN United States USA
Normal Hill (two jumps)/15 km, Men Vladimir Rusinov URS Hideki Nakano JPN Ladislav Rygl TCH
Normal Hill, Men Hideki Nakano JPN Gary Napalkov URS Yury Kalinin URS
500 m, Men Ole Christian Iversen
Jos Valentijn 		NOR
NED 		Per Bjørang NOR
1,500 m, Men Valery Lavrushkin URS Harm Kuipers NED Ronnie Nooitgedagt NED
3,000 m, Men Harm Kuipers NED Valery Lavrushkin URS Aleksandr Chekulayev URS
5,000 m, Men Harm Kuipers NED Valery Lavrushkin URS Aleksandr Chekulayev URS
500 m, Women Tatyana Averina-Barabash URS Choi Jung-Hyi KOR Nataliya Solbatova URS
1,000 m, Women Jeon Seon-Ok KOR Tatyana Gorobets URS Lyubov Sadchikova URS
1,500 m, Women Nataliya Solbatova URS Jeon Seon-Ok KOR Tatyana Gorobets URS
3,000 m, Women Nataliya Solbatova URS Tatyana Gorobets URS Choi Jung-Hyi KOR