Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code
URS
NOC
Soviet Olympic Committee
in Munich, West Germany 26 August 1972 (1972-08-26) – 10 September 1972 (1972-09-10)
Competitors
371 (298 men, 73 women)[1] in 22 sports
Flag bearer
Aleksandr Medved
Medals Ranked 1st
Gold
50
Silver
27
Bronze
22
Total
99
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–2016) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) ROC (2020–2022)
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 371 competitors, 298 men and 73 women, took part in 180 events in 22 sports.[2]
The Soviet Union won 50 gold medal in the year, when the fiftieth anniversary of the USSR's founding was celebrated in the country. That fact pleased the Soviet authorities.[3]
^"The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
^"Soviet Union at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
^"XX Летние Олимпийские игры в Мюнхене – история Летних игр".
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