Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Ondrej Nepela won figure skating gold medal.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Figure skating Men's singles 11 February Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km 9 February Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition 13 February
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmPavel Ploc1'18:38.79111'29:38.7947Stanislav Fajstavr1'19:53.3391'28:53.3344Arnošt Hájek1'19:22.3791'28:22.3739Ladislav Žižka1'16:36.81111'27:36.8136
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankLadislav ŽižkaPavel PlocJán HúskaArnošt Hájek32'03:08.1712
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmJán Michalko48:31.6430Ján Fajstavr48:18.2229Stanislav Henych47:25.812130 kmJán Michalko1'46:19.3640Ján Fajstavr1'44:49.4534Stanislav Henych1'39:24.29950 kmJán Michalko2'58:31.8330Ján Fajstavr2'51:12.9219
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankStanislav HenychJán FajstavrJán MichalkoJán Ilavský2'11:27.558
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmMilena Chlumová18:12.2227Milena Cillerová17:56.2222Alena Bartošová17:47.2516Helena Šikolová17:07.3210 kmMilena Cillerová37:40.7030Alena Bartošová37:01.7327Milena Chlumová36:59.8726Helena Šikolová35:29.337
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAlena BartošováHelena ŠikolováMilena Cillerová51:16.166
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Ondrej Nepela142739.19
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Medal round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts154013313925320181563 53202613645221171355523014244650509390 Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia
Leading scorers Player GP G A Pts2nd Václav Nedomanský56399th Jiří Kochta533610th Richard Farda5156
Bronze:Vladimír Dzurilla Jiří Holeček Vladimír Bednář Rudolf Tajcnár Oldřich Machač František Pospíšil Josef Horešovský Karel Vohralík Václav Nedomanský Jiří Holík Jaroslav Holík Jiří Kochta Eduard Novák Richard Farda Josef Černý Vladimír Martinec Ivan Hlinka Bohuslav Šťastný
Nordic combined
Events: Normal hill ski jumping . 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankLadislav RyglIndividual65.571.0160.42451:09.2195.35516355.75526Libor Foltman70.567.5155.030DNF––DNF–Tomáš Kučera75.575.5191.8751:04.0196.13514387.9356Jaroslav Svoboda71.571.5175.91953:20.2175.70533351.60528
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankRudolf HöhnlNormal hill73.5100.873.5100.8201.629Jiří Raška78.5112.378.0112.5224.85Zbyněk Hubač79.0113.175.0104.7217.811Karel Kodejška80.0114.775.5105.5220.27Zbyněk HubačLarge hill91.596.191.598.6194.715Leoš Škoda89.596.385.080.0176.326Jiří Raška99.0111.189.093.6204.710
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com