1972 Winter Universiade

Host City Lake Placid, New York
Country USA
Held 26 February – 5 March 1972
Events 29
Competitors 152
Countries 15

Events

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