# United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Dianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 1500 meters | February 9 |
| Gold | Anne Henning | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 10 |
| Gold | Barbara Cochran | Alpine skiing | Women's slalom | February 11 |
| Silver | Dianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 3000 meters | February 12 |
| Silver | United States men's national ice hockey team Kevin AhearnHenry BouchaCharles BrownKeith ChristiansenMike CurranRobbie FtorekMark HoweStuart IrvingJim McElmuryDick McGlynnTom MellorRonald NaslundWally OldsFrank SandersCraig SarnerPeter SearsTimothy Sheehy | Ice hockey | Men's tournament | February 13 |
| Bronze | Susan Corrock | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | February 5 |
| Bronze | Janet Lynn | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | February 7 |
| Bronze | Anne Henning | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 11 |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Dianne Holum | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Anne Henning | Speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

## Alpine skiing

Men
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Classification | Classification | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bob Cochran | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:53.39 | 8 |
| David Currier | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:54.96 | 17 |
| Hank Kashiwa | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:55.60 | 25 |
| Mike Lafferty | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:54.38 | 14 |
| Rick Chaffee | Giant slalom | — | — | 1:39.23 | 36 | 1:45.09 | 31 | 3:24.32 | 30 |
| Bob Cochran | Giant slalom | — | — | 1:35.39 | 19 | 1:40.15 | 16 | 3:15.54 | 17 |
| David Currier | Giant slalom | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Hank Kashiwa | Giant slalom | — | — | 1:37.42 | 28 | 1:40.71 | 19 | 3:18.13 | 21 |
| Rick Chaffee | Slalom | 1:47.81 | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Bob Cochran | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Terry Palmer | Slalom | 1:45.82 | 4 | 58.78 | 21 | 55.50 | 13 | 1:54.28 | 16 |
| Tyler Palmer | Slalom | Bye | Bye | 57.68 | 15 | 54.37 | 4 | 1:52.05 | 9 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Karen Budge | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:40.68 | 14 |
| Marilyn Cochran | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:41.96 | 28 |
| Susan Corrock | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:37.68 | |
| Sandy Poulsen | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:41.25 | 21 |
| Karen Budge | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:35.57 | 23 |
| Barbara Cochran | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:33.16 | 11 |
| Marilyn Cochran | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:35.27 | 20 |
| Sandy Poulsen | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Patty Boydstun | Slalom | 48.11 | 13 | 47.48 | 9 | 1:35.59 | 8 |
| Barbara Cochran | Slalom | 46.05 | 1 | 45.19 | 2 | 1:31.24 | |
| Marilyn Cochran | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Susan Corrock | Slalom | 48.09 | 12 | 47.67 | 10 | 1:35.76 | 9 |

## Biathlon

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Jay Bowerman | Individual | 1:29:13.71 | 7 | 45 |
| Dennis Donahue | Individual | 1:23:20.39 | 4 | 24 |
| Peter Karns | Individual | 1:20:59.67 | 2 | 14 |
| Terry Morse | Individual | 1:28:40.14 | 7 | 41 |
| Jay Bowerman Dennis Donahue Peter Karns Terry Morse | Relay | 1:57:24.32 | 1 (0+1) | 6 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jim Hickey Jim Bridges Howard Siler Thomas Becker | Four-man | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| 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

Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tim Caldwell | 15 km | 51:17.92 | 54 |
| Everett Dunklee | 15 km | 49:52.20 | 44 |
| Larry Martin | 15 km | 53:13.91 | 58 |
| Ronny Yeager | 15 km | 51:36.54 | 55 |
| Mike Elliott | 30 km | 1:43:15.03 | 26 |
| Mike Gallagher | 30 km | 1:43:39.41 | 30 |
| Bob Gray | 30 km | 1:46:38.31 | 42 |
| Clark Matis | 30 km | 1:52:18.52 | 53 |
| Everett Dunklee | 50 km | 2:56:42.49 | 27 |
| Bob Gray | 50 km | 3:01:15.37 | 33 |
| Joe McNulty | 50 km | DNF | DNF |
| Gene Morgan | 50 km | 2:54:01.52 | 24 |
| Tim Caldwell Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Larry Martin | 4 × 10 km relay | 2:14:37.28 | 12 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Barbara Britch | 5 km | 18:18.37 | 31 |
| Margie Mahoney | 5 km | 19:15.13 | 39 |
| Alison Owen-Spencer | 5 km | 18:54.76 | 36 |
| Martha Rockwell | 5 km | 17:50.34 | 18 |
| Trina Hosmer | 10 km | 40:40.56 | 41 |
| Margie Mahoney | 10 km | 39:27.95 | 36 |
| Alison Owen-Spencer | 10 km | 38:50.05 | 35 |
| Martha Rockwell | 10 km | 36:34.22 | 16 |
| Barbara Britch Alison Owen-Spencer Martha Rockwell | 3 × 5 km relay | 53:38.60 | 11 |

## Figure skating

Individual
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Gordon McKellen | Men's singles | 10 | 9 | 2511.0 | 89 | 10 |
| John Misha Petkevich | Men's singles | 6 | 2 | 2591.5 | 47 | 5 |
| Kenneth Shelley | Men's singles | 5 | 3 | 2596.0 | 43 | 4 |
| Julie Lynn Holmes | Ladies' singles | 2 | 8 | 2627.0 | 39 | 4 |
| Janet Lynn | Ladies' singles | 4 | 1 | 2663.1 | 27 | |
| Suna Murray | Ladies' singles | 13 | 9 | 2426.2 | 102 | 12 |
Mixed
| Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Barbara Brown Douglas Berndt | Pairs | 12 | 13 | 366.9 | 114 | 12 |
| Melissa Militano Mark Militano | Pairs | 8 | 7 | 393.0 | 65.5 | 7 |
| JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley | Pairs | 4 | 4 | 406.8 | 35 | 4 |

## Ice hockey

Summary
| Team | Event | First round | Consolation game | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Switzerland W 5–3 | Bye | Sweden L 1–5 | Czechoslovakia W 5–2 | Soviet Union L 2–7 | Finland W 4–1 | Poland W 6–1 | |

### Roster

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

## Luge

Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ralph Havens | Singles | 55.17 | 30 | 54.84 | 28 | 54.31 | 32 | 54.00 | 32 | 3:38.32 | 32 |
| James Murray | Singles | 55.31 | 33 | 55.22 | 34 | 53.94 | 27 | 53.46 | 23 | 3:37.93 | 28 |
| Terry O'Brien | Singles | 55.41 | 34 | 55.21 | 32 | 54.02 | 28 | 53.64 | 26 | 3:38.24 | 31 |
| Bob Rock | Singles | 55.98 | 38 | 55.25 | 35 | 53.85 | 26 | 1:13.96 | 44 | 3:59.04 | 44 |
| Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh | Doubles | 46.58 | 17 | 46.59 | 17 | — | — | — | — | 1:33.17 | 17 |
| Jack Elder Frank Jones | Doubles | 46.48 | 16 | 46.11 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1:32.59 | 15 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peggy Frair | Singles | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad | Singles | 47.68 | 19 | 46.64 | 15 | 46.17 | 14 | 45.49 | 12 | 3:05.98 | 15 |

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mike Devecka | Individual | 77.6 | 79.5 | 157.1 | 27 | 50:00.0 | 205.735 | 6 | 362.835 | 21 |
| Bob Kendall | Individual | 67.9 | 71.1 | 139.0 | 38 | 54:34.0 | 164.635 | 38 | 303.635 | 39 |
| Jim Miller | Individual | 80.8 | 58.9 | 139.7 | 37 | 51:09.9 | 195.250 | 17 | 334.950 | 34 |
| Teyck Weed | Individual | 66.5 | 63.3 | 129.8 | 40 | 52:26.2 | 183.805 | 29 | 313.605 | 38 |

## Ski jumping

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

## Speed skating

Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Neil Blatchford | 500 m | 40.67 | 15 |
| Pete Eberling | 500 m | 40.58 | 11 |
| Greg Lyman | 500 m | 41.30 | 20 |
| John Wurster | 500 m | DNF | DNF |
| Dan Carroll | 1500 m | 2:07.24 | 7 |
| Gary Jonland | 1500 m | 2:09.55 | 14 |
| Clark King | 1500 m | 2:14.83 | 30 |
| Bill Lanigan | 1500 m | 2:12.31 | 25 |
| Dan Carroll | 5000 m | 7:44.72 | 10 |
| Charles Gilmore | 5000 m | 8:03.04 | 20 |
| Clark King | 5000 m | 8:07.20 | 21 |
| Dan Carroll | 10,000 m | 15:44.41 | 9 |
| Clark King | 10,000 m | 16:39.82 | 21 |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Anne Henning | 500 m | 43.33 OR | |
| Kay Lunda | 500 m | 44.95 | 7 |
| Sheila Young | 500 m | 44.53 | 4 |
| Anne Henning | 1000 m | 1:31.62 | |
| Dianne Holum | 1000 m | 1:32.41 | 6 |
| Sheila Young | 1000 m | 1:34.97 | 17 |
| Connie Carpenter-Phinney | 1500 m | 2:23.93 | 7 |
| Dianne Holum | 1500 m | 2:20.85 OR | |
| Leah Poulos | 1500 m | 2:31.29 | 24 |
| Dianne Holum | 3000 m | 4:58.67 | |
| Jeanne Omelenchuk | 3000 m | 5:32.87 | 22 |
| Leah Poulos | 3000 m | 5:17.38 | 17 |