| 1972 Summer Olympics medal count
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|
| Pos
| Country
| Gold
| Silver
| Bronze
| Total
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| 1 | USSR
| 50 | 27 | 22 | 99
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| 2 | United States
| 33 | 31 | 30 | 94
|
| 3 | East Germany (GDR)
| 20 | 23 | 23 | 66
|
| 4 | West Germany (FRG)
| 13 | 11 | 16 | 40
|
| 5 | Japan
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 29
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| 6 | Australia
| 8 | 7 | 2 | 17
|
| 7 | Poland
| 7 | 5 | 9 | 21
|
| 8 | Hungary
| 6 | 13 | 16 | 35
|
| 9 | Bulgaria
| 6 | 10 | 5 | 21
|
| 10 | Italy
| 5 | 3 | 10 | 18
|
| 11 | SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 16
|
| 12 | Great BritainThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly
| 4 | 5 | 9 | 18
|
| 13 | RomaniaRomania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania is a country in southeastern Europe. Romania is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast, Hungary and Serbia in the west and Bulgaria to the south. Romania also has a small sea coast on the Black Sea.
| 3 | 6 | 7 | 16
|
| 14 | CubaAlternate meanings: see Cuba (disambiguation The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean, in between the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west M
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 8
|
| FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 kmē 9. 4% Population Tot
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 8
|
| 16 | NetherlandsDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 5
|
| 17 | FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 13
|
| 18 | CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repu
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 8
|
| 19 | Kenya
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 9
|
| 20 | Yugoslavia
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 5
|
| 21 | Norway
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 4
|
| 22 | DPR Korea
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 5
|
| 23 | New Zealand
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
|
| 24 | Uganda
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
|
| 25 | Denmark
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
|
| 26 | Switzerland
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 3
|
| 27 | Canada
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 5
|
| 28 | Iran
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3
|
| 29 | Belgium
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
|
| Greece
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
|
| 31 | Austria
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
|
| Colombia
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3
|
| 33 | Argentina
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| South Korea
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Lebanon
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Mexico
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Mongolia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Pakistan
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Tunisia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| Turkey
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
|
| 41 | Ethiopia
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
|
| 42 | Brazil
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
|
| 43 | Ghana
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| India
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Jamaica
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Niger
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Nigeria
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| Spain
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
|
| | | 195 | 195 | 210 | 600
|