1972 Summer Olympics medal table

none February 2025 1972 Summer Olympics medals Mark Spitz 1972.jpg Mark Spitz turning slightly to the side and smiling while holding a camcorder in one hand. Shown from about the waist up. Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete. Munich, FRG 1972 Summer Most total medals URS 1972 Summer 99 Most gold medals URS 1972 Summer 50 Medalling NOCs 48 1968 Olympics medal tables 1976 thumb|right|400px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1972 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #A05A2C represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August through 11 September 1972.Munich 1972 Olympic Games Athletes, Massacre, Facts, & Summer Olympics https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-1972-Olympic-Games Encyclopædia Britannica 3 January 2025 en 11 December 2024 19 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119230836/https://www.britannica.com/event/Munich-1972-Olympic-Games live 1972 Summer Olympics Overview https://www.olympedia.org/editions/18 Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250211190454/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/18 11 February 2025 live 19 February 2025 7,134 athletes representing 121 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated,Munich 1972 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972 International Olympic Committee 2 January 2025 17 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211217150855/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972 live which included 11 teams making their debut at the Summer Olympics: Albania,Albania (ALB) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ALB Olympedia 18 February 2025 30 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231030122426/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ALB live Dahomey (now Benin),Benin (BEN) http://olympedia.org/countries/BEN Olympedia 18 February 2025 4 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250204225033/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BEN live Gabon,Gabon – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/gabon International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043147/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/gabon 6 October 2024 dead 30 December 2024 North Korea,DPR Korea – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/dpr-korea International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006042817/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/dpr-korea 6 October 2024 dead 30 December 2024 Lesotho,Lesotho (LES) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/LES Olympedia 18 February 2025 7 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200607130603/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/LES live Malawi,Malawi (MAW) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MAW Olympedia 18 February 2025 26 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231026143001/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MAW live Saudi Arabia,Saudi Arabia – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/saudi-arabia International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241130175344/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/saudi-arabia 30 November 2024 dead 23 December 2024 Somalia,Somalia (SOM) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SOM Olympedia 18 February 2025 28 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231028151501/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SOM live Swaziland (now Eswatini),Eswatini (SWZ) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SWZ Olympedia 18 February 2025 29 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231029161137/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SWZ live Togo,Togo – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/togo International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044518/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/togo 6 October 2024 dead 30 December 2024 and Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso).Burkina Faso – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/burkina-faso International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241127221257/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/burkina-faso 27 November 2024 dead 30 December 2024 The games featured 195 events in 21 sports across 27 disciplines.Timeline: When every Olympic sport made its debut https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/04/sport/olympic-sports-timeline-history-dg/index.html CNN 4 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240813221315/https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/04/sport/olympic-sports-timeline-history-dg/index.html 13 August 2024 live Choi Annette 18 February 2025 en Kayaking, the canoe slalom, and indoor handball all made their Olympic debuts, while archery returned to the Olympic program after a 52-year hiatus. Rhodesia had been barred from participating at the 1968 Games due to racial policies and threats by athletes to boycott the event, but in 1971, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled that Rhodesia would be invited to compete at the 1972 Olympic Games.Chikamhi Eddie ZOC, NAAZ pay tribute to Zimbabwe's Olympic pioneer Tseriwa https://www.herald.co.zw/zoc-naaz-pay-tribute-to-zimbabwes-olympic-pioneer-tseriwa/ The Herald 19 February 2025 Zimbabwe en 16 March 2023 4 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230404095841/https://www.herald.co.zw/zoc-naaz-pay-tribute-to-zimbabwes-olympic-pioneer-tseriwa/ live Two sprinters gave the black-power salute at the Olympics. It took them decades to recover from that gesture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/two-sprinters-gave-the-black-power-salute-at-the-olympics-it-took-them-decades-to-recover-from-that-gesture/2018/05/28/b29e9dfc-4a58-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html The Washington Post 28 May 2018 Maese Rick subscription 19 February 2025 en 31 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230331141807/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/two-sprinters-gave-the-black-power-salute-at-the-olympics-it-took-them-decades-to-recover-from-that-gesture/2018/05/28/b29e9dfc-4a58-11e8-827e-190efaf1f1ee_story.html live Rhodesia, Barred in '68, Invited to '72 Olympics http://nytimes.com/1971/03/29/archives/rhodesia-barred-in-68-invited-to-72-olympics.html The New York Times 29 March 1971 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219201743/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/29/archives/rhodesia-barred-in-68-invited-to-72-olympics.html 19 February 2025 live 19 February 2025 45 Athletes from other African nations protested this invitation and again threatened to boycott the games over those policies. Four days before the opening ceremonies, the IOC voted to rescind their invitation and exclude the Rhodesian athletes.Olympics Boycott? https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/22/archives/olympics-boycott.html The New York Times 1972-08-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20250317160942/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/22/archives/olympics-boycott.html 2025-03-17 live 19 February 2025 42Amdur Neil 23 August 1972 Rhodesia Out of Olympics After a Dispute on Racism https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/23/archives/rhodesia-out-of-olympics-after-a-dispute-on-racism-rhodesia-is.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20250102210021/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/23/archives/rhodesia-out-of-olympics-after-a-dispute-on-racism-rhodesia-is.html 2 January 2025 2 January 2025 The New York Times 1 Athletes representing 48 NOCs received at least one medal, with 25 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. The Soviet Union won the most gold medals, with 50, and the most overall medals, with 99. North Korea and Uganda won their nations' first Summer Olympic gold medals, which was the first medal of any kind at the Summer Olympics for North Korea.Uganda – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/uganda International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241226041952/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/uganda 26 December 2024 dead 3 January 2025 Colombia and Niger also won their nations' first Olympic medals of any kind.Colombia – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/colombia International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006042827/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/colombia 6 October 2024 dead 3 January 2025 Niger – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/niger International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006043820/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/niger 6 October 2024 dead 3 January 2025 Among individual participants, American swimmer Mark Spitz won the most medals at the games with seven, all of which were gold.1972 Munich Summer Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ Olympedia 3 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040848/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ 17 April 2020 dead Spitz also became the record holder for most gold medals at a single Olympic Games, a record that stood for 36 years until American swimmer Michael Phelps surpassed that mark with eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Michael Phelps: The man who dominated the Olympic pool like no other https://olympics.com/en/news/michael-phelps-olympic-medals-record-how-many-gold-swimmer-world-record International Olympic Committee 5 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20240926103755/https://olympics.com/en/news/michael-phelps-olympic-medals-record-how-many-gold-swimmer-world-record 26 September 2024 live Venkat Rahul 3 January 2025 Medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the IOC and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us At the 1972 Games, events in boxing resulted in bronze medals being awarded to each of the competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to them taking part in a third place tiebreaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 Events in judo used a repechage system, which also resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.Repechage in wrestling and other sports explained – the second chance https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules International Olympic Committee 21 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240802015913/https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules 2 August 2024 live Nag Utathya 2 August 2024 In the women's uneven bars, there was a two-way tie for second, resulting in two silver medals being issued and no bronze medal being awarded.Munich 1972 uneven bars women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20221109134517/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women 9 November 2022 live 18 February 2025 In men's football, the third-place match ended in a tie, resulting in both teams receiving bronze medals.Football, Men https://www.olympedia.org/results/33855 Olympedia 18 February 2025 28 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230228035556/https://www.olympedia.org/results/33855 live Key #ffffff darkgray Changes in medal standings (see below) 1972 Summer Olympics medal tableMunich 1972 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/medals International Olympic Committee 18 February 2025 11 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240911063325/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/medals live FRG flagIOC 1972 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee 50 27 22 33 31 30 20 23 23 13 11 16 yes 13 8 8 8 7 2 7 5 9 6 13 16 6 10 5 5 3 10 4 6 6 4 5 9 3 6 7 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 1 1 2 4 7 2 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Changes in medal standings List of stripped Olympic medals + List of official changes in medal standings Event Athlete (NOC National Olympic Committee) Net change Comment Cycling, men's individual road race Jaime Huélamo ESP 1972 Summer red DSQ Disqualified–1–1 Jaime Huélamo was disqualified for doping violations.Cycling: Biddle's Olympic medal riddle https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/olympics/cycling-biddles-olympic-medal-riddle/LU6OX4Q23BP72PRDKO4FVRKL5M/ New Zealand Herald 7 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219202340/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/olympics/cycling-biddles-olympic-medal-riddle/LU6OX4Q23BP72PRDKO4FVRKL5M/ 19 February 2025 live Alderson Andrew 19 February 2025 en-NZ New Zealand's Bruce Biddle finished fourth, but was not awarded the bronze due to stipulations that medal winners had to be drug tested.Olympics: Biddle's bid for bronze declined https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/olympics-biddles-bid-for-bronze-declined/RC2JJIZYPMODHVKTNP2PXVEML4/ New Zealand Herald 2 September 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219201856/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/olympics-biddles-bid-for-bronze-declined/RC2JJIZYPMODHVKTNP2PXVEML4/ 19 February 2025 live 19 February 2025 en-NZ Biddle had tried to get tested following the race on the advice of his team's manager, in the event of a disqualification, but he was turned away.Bruce Biddle https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/bruce-biddle New Zealand Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20250214204816/https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/bruce-biddle 14 February 2025 live 19 February 2025 en Cycling, men's team time trial Fedor den Hertog NED 1972 Summer–1–1 Aad van den Hoek was disqualified for doping violations, causing the entire Dutch cycling team to lose their medals, as it was a team event.1 August 2004 Cycling https://www.thetimes.com/article/cycling-xxwj5szlvcp subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20250219182915/https://www.thetimes.com/article/cycling-xxwj5szlvcp 19 February 2025 19 February 2025 The Times en The Belgian team finished fourth, but did not receive the bronze medals because they had not been subjected to drug testing, a requirement for medal winners at the time.Cycling at the 1972 Munchen Summer Games: Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-100-kilometres-team-time-trial.html Sports Reference 19 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020126/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-100-kilometres-team-time-trial.html 18 April 2020 dead Hennie Kuiper NED 1972 Summer Cees Priem NED 1972 Summer Aad van den Hoek NED 1972 Summer red DSQ Disqualified Judo, men's 63 kg Bakhvain Buyadaa MGL 1972 Summer red DSQ Disqualified–1–1 Bakhvain Buyadaa was disqualified for doping violations.Athletes Who Were Denied Their Olympic Medal Moments Because Others Were Doping https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/14/sports/olympics-medal-doping.html The New York Times 14 August 2016 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K. Rebecca Murray Paul 19 February 2025 Neither athlete who finished third was awarded the silver, which is considered vacant.Lightweight (≤63 kilograms), Men https://www.olympedia.org/results/15139 Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250114142220/https://www.olympedia.org/results/15139 14 January 2025 live 19 February 2025 Swimming, men's 400 metre freestyle Rick DeMont USA 1972 Summer red DSQ Disqualified–1–1 Rick DeMont was disqualified after testing positive for ephedrine, a substance which was found in DeMont's asthma medication. DeMont had declared his asthma medication to the team, but the team had failed to clear it with the IOC, leading to his gold medal being stripped from him.Grohmann Karolos 14 February 2022 Olympic swimmer remembers his 1972 doping punishment https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/us-doping-blunder-munich-72-games-sent-me-dark-place-demont-2022-02-14/ subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20220519233936/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/us-doping-blunder-munich-72-games-sent-me-dark-place-demont-2022-02-14/ 19 May 2022 19 February 2025 ReutersBetter late than never http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2001/01/30/usoc_demont_ap/ 30 January 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20010507004733/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2001/01/30/usoc_demont_ap/ 7 May 2001 dead CNN/SI Associated Press Brad Cooper AUS 1972 Summer +1 –1 0 Steve Genter USA 1972 Summer +1 –1 0 Tom McBreen USA 1972 Summer +1 +1 + List of official changes by country NOC National Olympic Committee Gold Silver Bronze Net change AUS 1972 Summer +1 –1 0 MGL 1972 Summer –1 –1 NED 1972 Summer –1 –1 ESP 1972 Summer –1 –1 USA 1972 Summer –1 +1 0 See also Olympic Games List of 1972 Summer Olympics medal winners All-time Olympic Games medal table 1972 Winter Olympics medal table 1972 Summer Paralympics medal table References Medal count 1972