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  • Was It Worth It?
    Despite the loutish behavior of the U.S. hockey team and the favorites' early ouster, the answer is, Yes, this was a dream of a tournament

    Golden Girls
    A talented U.S. women's hockey team showed its mettle by defeating favored Canada

    A Holy Tara
    While Michelle Kwan was all business, Tara Lipinski was determined to make friends and have fun, and she left Nagano with a cool keepsake

     
    Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsled Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Speed Skating Luge Nordic Combined Snowboarding olympics

    1972 Results
    Alpine Skiing - Downhill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland)
    Men -- Bernhard Russi (Switzerland)
    Silver Women -- Annemarie Proll (Austria)
    Men -- Roland Collombin (Switzerland)
    Bronze Women -- Susan Corrock (United States)
    Men -- Heinrich Messner (Austria)
    Alpine Skiing - Slalom
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Barbara Cochran (United States)
    Men -- Francisco Fernandez Ochoa (Spain)
    Silver Women -- Danielle Debernard (France)
    Men -- Gustav Thoni (Italy)
    Bronze Women -- Florence Steurer (France)
    Men -- Roland Thoni (Italy)
    Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Marie-Theres Nadig (Switzerland)
    Men -- Gustav Thoni (Italy)
    Silver Women -- Annemarie Proll (Austria)
    Men -- Edmund Bruggmann (Switzerland)
    Bronze Women -- Wiltrud Drexel (Austria)
    Men -- Werner Mattle (Switzerland)
    Biathlon - 20km
    Medal Winners
    Gold Magnar Solberg (Norway)
    Silver Hansjorg Knauthe (East Germany)
    Bronze Lars-Goran Arwidson (Sweden)
    Biathlon - 4 X 7.5km Relay
    Medal Winners
    Gold Soviet Union -- Aleksandr Tikhonov, Rinnat Safine, Ivan Biakov, Victor Mamatov
    Silver Finland -- Esko Saira, Juhani Suutarinen, Heikki Ikola, Mauri Roppanen
    Bronze East Germany -- Hansjorg Knauthe, Joachim Meischner, Dieter Speer, Horst Koschka
    Bobsled - Four-Man
    Medal Winners
    Gold Switzerland -- Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, Werner Carmichel
    Silver Italy -- Nevio De Zordo, Gianni Bonichon, Adriano Frassinelli, Corrado Dal Fabbro
    Bronze Germany -- Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Stefan Gaisreiter, Walter Steinbauer
    Bobsled - Two-Man
    Medal Winners
    Gold Germany -- Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider
    Silver Germany -- Horst Floth, Pepi Bader
    Bronze Switzerland -- Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher
    Figure Skating - Pairs
    Medal Winners
    Gold Soviet Union -- Irina Rodnina, Aleksei Ulanov
    Silver Soviet Union -- Lyudmila Smirnova, Andrei Suraikin
    Bronze East Germany -- Manuela Gross, Uwe Kagelmann
    Figure Skating - Singles
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Beatrix Schuba (Austria)
    Men -- Ondrej Nepela (Czechoslovakia)
    Silver Women -- Karen Magnussen (Canada)
    Men -- Sergei Chetveroukhin (Soviet Union)
    Bronze Women -- Janet Lynn (United States)
    Men -- Patrick Pera (France)
    Ice Hockey
    Medal Winners
    Gold Soviet Union -- Vladislav Tretiak, Aleksandr Pachkov, Vitaly Davydov, Vladimir Lutchenko, Aleksandr Ragulin, Viktor Kuzkin, Gennady Tsygankov, Valery Vasilyev, Valery Kharlamov, Yuri Blinov, Vladimir Petrov, Anatoly Firsov, Aleksandr Maltsev, Vladimir Chadrin, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Vikulov, Aleksandr Yakushev
    Silver United States -- Michael Curran, Peter Sears, James McElmury, Thomas Mellor, Frank Sanders, Charles Brown, Richard McGlynn, Walter Olds, Kevin Ahearn, Stuart Irving, Mark Howe, Henry Boucha, Keith Christiansen, Robbie Ftorek, Ronald Naslund, Craig Sarner, Timothy Sheehy
    Bronze Czechoslovakia -- Vladimir Dzurilla, Jiri Holecek, Frantisek Pospisil, Karel Vohralik, Josef Horesovsky, Oldrich Machac, Vladimir Bednar, Rudolf Tajcnar, Josef Cerny, Jiri Holik, Bohuslav Stastny, Richard Farda, Ivan Hlinka, Vaclav Nedomansky, Jiri Kochta, Vladimir Martinec, Eduard Novak, Jaroslav Holik
    Luge - Single
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Anna-Maria Muller (East Germany)
    Men -- Wolfgang Scheidel (East Germany)
    Silver Women -- Ute Ruhrold (East Germany)
    Men -- Harald Ehrig (East Germany)
    Bronze Women -- Margit Schumann (East Germany)
    Men -- Wolfram Fiedler (East Germany)
    Luge - Doubles
    Medal Winners
    Gold East Germany -- Horst Hornlein (tie), Reinhard Bredow (tie), Paul Hildgartner (tie), Walter Plaikner (tie)
    Silver
    Bronze East Germany -- Klaus Bonsack, Wolfram Fiedler
    Nordic Skiing - 5km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Galina Kulakova (Soviet Union)
    Silver Marjatta Kajosmaa (Finland)
    Bronze Helena Sikolova (Czechoslovakia)
    Nordic Skiing - 10km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Galina Kulakova (Soviet Union)
    Silver Alevtina Olunina (Soviet Union)
    Bronze Marjatta Kajosmaa (Finland)
    Nordic Skiing - 15km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Sven-Ake Lundback (Sweden)
    Silver Fedor Simashev (Soviet Union)
    Bronze Ivar Formo (Norway)
    Nordic Skiing - 30km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Vyacheslav Vedenine (Soviet Union)
    Silver Pal Tyldum (Norway)
    Bronze Johs Harviken (Norway)
    Nordic Skiing - 50km (Classical)
    Medal Winners
    Gold Pal Tyldum (Norway)
    Silver Magne Myrmo (Norway)
    Bronze Vyacheslav Vedenine (Soviet Union)
    Nordic Skiing - 4 X 5km Relay
    Medal Winners
    Gold Soviet Union -- Lyubov Moukhatcheva, Alevtina Olunina, Galina Kulakova
    Silver Finland -- Helena Takalo, Hilkka Kuntola, Marjatta Kajosmaa
    Bronze Norway -- Inger Aufles, Auslaug Dahl, Berit Mordre Lammedal
    Nordic Skiing - 4 X 10km Relay
    Medal Winners
    Gold Soviet Union -- Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fedor Simachev, Vyacheslav Vedenine
    Silver Norway -- Oddvar Bra, Pal Tyldum, Ivar Formo, Johs Harviken
    Bronze Switzerland -- Alfred Kalin, Albert Giger, Alois Kalin, Eduard Hauser
    Nordic Skiing - Individual Combined
    Medal Winners
    Gold Ulrich Wehling (East Germany)
    Silver Rauno Miettinen (Finland)
    Bronze Karl-Heinz Luck (East Germany)
    Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Wojciech Fortuna (Poland)
    Silver Walter Steiner (Switzerland)
    Bronze Rainer Schmidt (East Germany)
    Ski Jumping - Individual Normal Hill
    Medal Winners
    Gold Yukio Kasaya (Japan)
    Silver Akitsugu Konno (Japan)
    Bronze Seiji Aochi (Japan)
    Speed Skating - 500m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Anne Henning (United States)
    Men -- Erhard Keller (Germany)
    Silver Women -- Vera Krasnova (Soviet Union)
    Men -- Hasse Borjes (Sweden)
    Bronze Women -- Lyudmila Titova (Soviet Union)
    Men -- Valery Muratov (Soviet Union)
    Speed Skating - 1000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Monika Pflug (Germany)
    Silver Atje Keulen-Deelstra (Netherlands)
    Bronze Anne Henning (United States)
    Speed Skating - 1500m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Women -- Dianne Holum (United States)
    Men -- Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (Netherlands)
    Silver Women -- Christina Baas-Kaiser (Netherlands)
    Men -- Roar Gronvold (Norway)
    Bronze Women -- Atje Keulen-Deelstra (Netherlands)
    Men -- Goran Claesson (Sweden)
    Speed Skating - 3000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Christina Baas-Kaiser (Netherlands)
    Silver Dianne Holum (United States)
    Bronze Atje Keulen-Deelstra (Netherlands)
    Speed Skating - 5000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (Netherlands)
    Silver Roar Gronvold (Norway)
    Bronze Sten Stensen (Norway)
    Speed Skating - 10,000m
    Medal Winners
    Gold Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (Netherlands)
    Silver Cornelis "Kees" Verkerk (Netherlands)
    Bronze Sten Stensen (Norway)

    Information compiled by the Sports Illustrated Library


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