Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Karpov ya wakilci Tarayyar Soviet a gasar Olympics ta Chess guda shida, a duk lokacin da USSR ta lashe lambar zinare ta tawagar. Ya taka leda a matsayin mai ajiyar farko a Skopje 1972, ya lashe kyautar hukumar tare da 13/15. A cikin
Nice 1974, ya ci gaba zuwa jirgin daya kuma ya sake lashe kyautar jirgin tare da 12/14. A La Valletta 1980, ya sake zama kwamitin daya kuma ya ci 9/12. A Lucerne 1982, ya ci 61⁄2/8 a kan jirgin daya. A Dubai 1986, ya ci 6/9 a kan jirgin biyu. Na karshe shi ne Thessaloniki 1988, inda a jirgin biyu ya ci 8/10. A wasan Olympiad, Karpov ya rasa wasanni biyu ne kawai daga cikin wasanni 68.