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.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEventDateSpeed skatingWomen's 1500 metersSpeed skatingWomen's 500 metersAlpine skiingWomen's slalomSpeed skatingWomen's 3000 metersIce hockeyMen's tournamentAlpine skiingWomen's downhillFigure skatingLadies' singlesSpeed skatingWomen's 1000 meters
| width=22% align=left valign=top | +Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalDianne HolumSpeed skating1102Anne HenningSpeed skating1012
Alpine skiing
Men AthleteEventClassificationFinalRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBob CochranDownhillcolspan=6 rowspan=4 1:53.398David Currier1:54.9617Hank Kashiwa1:55.6025Mike Lafferty1:54.3814Rick ChaffeeGiant slalomcolspan=2 rowspan=4 1:39.23361:45.09313:24.3230Bob Cochran1:35.39191:40.15163:15.5417David CurrierHank Kashiwa1:37.42281:40.71193:18.1321Rick ChaffeeSlalom1:47.813Bob CochranTerry Palmer1:45.82458.782155.50131:54.2816Tyler Palmercolspan=2 57.681554.3741:52.059
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKaren BudgeDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=4 1:40.6814Marilyn Cochran1:41.9628Susan Corrock1:37.68Sandy Poulsen1:41.2521Karen BudgeGiant slalomcolspan=4 rowspan=4 1:35.5723Barbara Cochran1:33.1611Marilyn Cochran1:35.2720Sandy PoulsenPatty BoydstunSlalom48.111347.4891:35.598Barbara Cochran46.05145.1921:31.24Marilyn CochranSusan Corrock48.091247.67101:35.769
Biathlon
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankJay BowermanIndividual1:29:13.71745Dennis Donahue1:23:20.39424Peter Karns1:20:59.67214Terry Morse1:28:40.14741Jay BowermanDennis DonahuePeter KarnsTerry MorseRelay1:57:24.321 (0+1)6
Bobsleigh
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPaul LameyHoward SilerTwo-man1:18.13161:16.93121:15.52151:16.04165:06.6216Boris SaidThomas Becker1:17.34131:17.23151:16.66211:17.71205:08.9419Jim HickeyJim BridgesHoward SilerThomas BeckerFour-manBoris SaidJames CopleyKen MorrisPhil Duprey1:12.31131:12.3471:11.80141:11.98124:48.4314
Cross-country skiing
Men AthleteEventTimeRankTim Caldwell15 km51:17.9254Everett Dunklee49:52.2044Larry Martin53:13.9158Ronny Yeager51:36.5455Mike Elliott30 km1:43:15.0326Mike Gallagher1:43:39.4130Bob Gray1:46:38.3142Clark Matis1:52:18.5253Everett Dunklee50 km2:56:42.4927Bob Gray3:01:15.3733Joe McNultyGene Morgan2:54:01.5224Tim CaldwellMike ElliottMike GallagherLarry Martin4 × 10 km relay2:14:37.2812
Women AthleteEventTimeRankBarbara Britch5 km18:18.3731Margie Mahoney19:15.1339Alison Owen-Spencer18:54.7636Martha Rockwell17:50.3418Trina Hosmer10 km40:40.5641Margie Mahoney39:27.9536Alison Owen-Spencer38:50.0535Martha Rockwell36:34.2216Barbara BritchAlison Owen-SpencerMartha Rockwell3 × 5 km relay53:38.6011
Figure skating
Individual AthleteEventTotalRankRankPointsPlacesRankGordon McKellenMen's singles1092511.08910John Misha Petkevich622591.5475Kenneth Shelley532596.0434Julie Lynn HolmesLadies' singles282627.0394Janet Lynn412663.127Suna Murray1392426.210212
Mixed AthleteEventTotalRankRankPointsPlacesRankBarbara BrownDouglas BerndtPairs1213366.911412Melissa MilitanoMark Militano87393.065.57JoJo StarbuckKenneth Shelley44406.8354
Ice hockey
Summary TeamEventFirst roundConsolation gameMedal roundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankUnited States menMen's tournamentW 5–3L 1–5W 5–2L 2–7W 4–1W 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.
Medal round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts15401331392532018156353202613645221171355523014244650509390 Sweden 5-1 USA USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia USSR 7-2 USA USA 4-1 Finland USA 6-1 Poland
Luge
Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRalph HavensSingles55.173054.842854.313254.00323:38.3232James Murray55.313355.223453.942753.46233:37.9328Terry O'Brien55.413455.213254.022853.64263:38.2431Bob Rock55.983855.253553.85261:13.96443:59.0444Robert BerkleyRichard CavanaughDoubles46.581746.5917colspan=4 rowspan=2 1:33.1717Jack ElderFrank Jones46.481646.11141:32.5915
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeggy FrairSinglesKathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad47.681946.641546.171445.49123:05.9815
Nordic combined
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalJump 1Jump 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankMike DeveckaIndividual77.679.5157.12750:00.0205.7356362.83521Bob Kendall67.971.1139.03854:34.0164.63538303.63539Jim Miller80.858.9139.73751:09.9195.25017334.95034Teyck Weed66.563.3129.84052:26.2183.80529313.60538
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankScott BerryNormal hill67.587.766.084.3172.052Jerry Martin76.0105.369.591.9197.234Ron Steele75.099.271.593.1192.341Greg Swor70.593.067.086.4179.450Scott BerryLarge hill79.076.181.575.6151.747Jerry Martin89.089.177.574.0163.136Ron Steele86.586.689.091.1177.725Greg Swor80.577.291.595.6172.830
Speed skating
Men AthleteEventTimeRankNeil Blatchford500 m40.6715Pete Eberling40.5811Greg Lyman41.3020John WursterDan Carroll1500 m2:07.247Gary Jonland2:09.5514Clark King2:14.8330Bill Lanigan2:12.3125Dan Carroll5000 m7:44.7210Charles Gilmore8:03.0420Clark King8:07.2021Dan Carroll10,000 m15:44.419Clark King16:39.8221
Women AthleteEventTimeRankAnne Henning500 m43.33 Kay Lunda44.957Sheila Young44.534Anne Henning1000 m1:31.62Dianne Holum1:32.416Sheila Young1:34.9717Connie Carpenter-Phinney1500 m2:23.937Dianne Holum2:20.85 Leah Poulos2:31.2924Dianne Holum3000 m4:58.67Jeanne Omelenchuk5:32.8722Leah Poulos5:17.3817
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com