Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Czechoslovakia at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Czechoslovakia at the; 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	TCH
NOC	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Sapporo
Competitors	41 (37 men, 4 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Jiří Raška (ski jumping)
Medals; Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992;
Other related appearances
	Czech Republic (1994–); Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Ondrej Nepela won figure skating gold medal.

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ondrej Nepela	Figure skating	Men's singles
Bronze	Helena Šikolová	Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
Bronze	Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team 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	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Biathlon edit

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Pavel Ploc	1'18:38.79	11	1'29:38.79	47
	Stanislav Fajstavr	1'19:53.33	9	1'28:53.33	44
	Arnošt Hájek	1'19:22.37	9	1'28:22.37	39
	Ladislav Žižka	1'16:36.81	11	1'27:36.81	36

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

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Ladislav Žižka Pavel Ploc Ján Húska Arnošt Hájek	3	2'03:08.17	12

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing edit

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Ján Michalko	48:31.64	30
	Ján Fajstavr	48:18.22	29
	Stanislav Henych	47:25.81	21
30 km	Ján Michalko	1'46:19.36	40
	Ján Fajstavr	1'44:49.45	34
	Stanislav Henych	1'39:24.29	9
50 km	Ján Michalko	2'58:31.83	30
50 km	Ján Fajstavr	2'51:12.92	19

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Stanislav Henych Ján Fajstavr Ján Michalko Ján Ilavský	2'11:27.55	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Milena Chlumová	18:12.22	27
	Milena Cillerová	17:56.22	22
	Alena Bartošová	17:47.25	16
	Helena Šikolová	17:07.32
10 km	Milena Cillerová	37:40.70	30
	Alena Bartošová	37:01.73	27
	Milena Chlumová	36:59.87	26
	Helena Šikolová	35:29.33	7

Women's 3 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Alena Bartošová Helena Šikolová Milena Cillerová	51:16.16	6

Figure skating edit

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Ondrej Nepela	1	4	2739.1	9

Ice hockey edit

First round edit

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Japan	2–8	Czechoslovakia

Medal round edit

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

Czechoslovakia 14-1 Poland
USA 5-1 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia 7-1 Finland
Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden
USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia

Leading scorers edit

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
2nd Václav Nedomanský	5	6	3	9
9th Jiří Kochta	5	3	3	6
10th Richard Farda	5	1	5	6

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 edit

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ladislav Rygl	Individual	65.5	71.0	160.4	24	51:09.2	195.355	16	355.755	26
Libor Foltman		70.5	67.5	155.0	30	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Tomáš Kučera		75.5	75.5	191.8	7	51:04.0	196.135	14	387.935	6
Jaroslav Svoboda		71.5	71.5	175.9	19	53:20.2	175.705	33	351.605	28

Ski jumping edit

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Rudolf Höhnl	Normal hill	73.5	100.8	73.5	100.8	201.6	29
Jiří Raška		78.5	112.3	78.0	112.5	224.8	5
Zbyněk Hubač		79.0	113.1	75.0	104.7	217.8	11
Karel Kodejška		80.0	114.7	75.5	105.5	220.2	7
Zbyněk Hubač	Large hill	91.5	96.1	91.5	98.6	194.7	15
Leoš Škoda		89.5	96.3	85.0	80.0	176.3	26
Jiří Raška		99.0	111.1	89.0	93.6	204.7	10