Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Karpov akamirira Soviet Union paOlympia yeChess mitanhatu, umo USSR yakakunda menduru yegoridhe yechikwata. Akatamba somutambi wokutanga muSkopje 1972
, vakakunda mubairo webhodhi ne13/15. PaNice 1974, akaenderera mberi kukwira bhodhi rimwe uye zvakare akahwina mubairo webhodhi ne12/14. PaLa Valletta 1980, akanga arizve mubhodhi rimwe uye akawana 9/12. PaLucerne 1982, akawana 61⁄2/8 pabhodhi rimwe. MuDubai 1986, akawana 6/9 pabhodhi rechipiri. Rake rokupedzisira rakanga riri Thessaloniki 1988, apo pabhodhi rechipiri akawana 8/10. Mumutambo weOlympiad, Karpov akarasikirwa nemitambo miviri chete pamitambo 68 yaakatamba.