Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Winter Olympics
# Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

## Medalists

| 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 DzurillaJiří HolečekVladimír BednářRudolf TajcnárOldřich MachačFrantišek PospíšilJosef HorešovskýKarel VohralíkVáclav NedomanskýJiří HolíkJaroslav HolíkJiří KochtaEduard NovákRichard FardaJosef ČernýVladimír MartinecIvan HlinkaBohuslav Šťastný | Ice hockey | Men's competition |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Pavel Ploc | 1'18:38.79 | 11 | 1'29:38.79 | 47 |
| 20 km | Stanislav Fajstavr | 1'19:53.33 | 9 | 1'28:53.33 | 44 |
| 20 km | Arnošt Hájek | 1'19:22.37 | 9 | 1'28:22.37 | 39 |
| 20 km | 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 | Race | 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

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Ján Michalko | 48:31.64 | 30 |
| 15 km | Ján Fajstavr | 48:18.22 | 29 |
| 15 km | Stanislav Henych | 47:25.81 | 21 |
| 30 km | Ján Michalko | 1'46:19.36 | 40 |
| 30 km | Ján Fajstavr | 1'44:49.45 | 34 |
| 30 km | 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 | Race |
| - | - | - |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Stanislav Henych Ján Fajstavr Ján Michalko Ján Ilavský | 2'11:27.55 | 8 |

### Women

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

### Women's 3 × 5 km relay

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

## Figure skating

### Men

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

## Ice hockey

### First round

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

| 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

| 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

Events:

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

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | 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 | Individual | 70.5 | 67.5 | 155.0 | 30 | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Tomáš Kučera | Individual | 75.5 | 75.5 | 191.8 | 7 | 51:04.0 | 196.135 | 14 | 387.935 | 6 |
| Jaroslav Svoboda | Individual | 71.5 | 71.5 | 175.9 | 19 | 53:20.2 | 175.705 | 33 | 351.605 | 28 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | 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 | Normal hill | 78.5 | 112.3 | 78.0 | 112.5 | 224.8 | 5 |
| Zbyněk Hubač | Normal hill | 79.0 | 113.1 | 75.0 | 104.7 | 217.8 | 11 |
| Karel Kodejška | Normal hill | 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 | Large hill | 89.5 | 96.3 | 85.0 | 80.0 | 176.3 | 26 |
| Jiří Raška | Large hill | 99.0 | 111.1 | 89.0 | 93.6 | 204.7 | 10 |
