page_title: 1972 Summer Olympics medal table
section_title: Medal table
hierarchical_section_title: 1972 Summer Olympics medal table / Medal table
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. ADN-ZB-Olympiadienst-Kohls-1.9.1972-ma-München: XX. Olympische Sommerspiele. Die Finalwettkämpfe der Frauen im Turnen an den einzelnen Geräten, standen am Abend des 31.8.1972 völlig im Zeichen der großartigen Mädchen aus der UdSSR und der DDR. Die 19jährige Berliner Medizinstudentin Karin Janz (rechts), erkämpfte sich zwei Goldmedaillen. Hier während der Siegerehrung am Stufenbarren, wo sie 19,675 Punkte erreichte. Für Erika Zuchold (links, beide DDR). und Olga Korbut (UdSSR, mitte), die sich nach der Konkurrenz freudig beglückwünschen, gab es mit der gleichen Punktzahl von 19,450 je eine Silbermedaille.
context_page_description: The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, took place in Munich, Germany, from 26 August through 11 September 1972. A total of 7,134 athletes from 121 National Olympic Committees competed in 195 events from 23 sports. Men's indoor handball, slalom canoeing and kayaking all made their Olympic debuts, while archery returned to the Olympic program after a 52-year hiatus. Rhodesia, like South Africa, was still segregated in 1972 and yet the International Olympic Committee voted to invite Rhodesia to the 1972 Games. Eventually, African nations protested this invitation and threatened to boycott the Games. Three days before the opening ceremonies the IOC voted to rescind their invitation and exclude the Rhodesian athletes.
  The Games were largely overshadowed by what has come to be known as the Munich massacre. On September 5 a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the Black September Organization broke into the Olympic Village and took nine Israeli athletes, coaches and officials hostage in their apartments.
context_section_description: The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by an NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
   Host nation (West Germany)
caption: Olga Korbut receiving her silver medal after tying Erika Zuchold in the uneven bars
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