Medals By Republic
In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
| Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 60 | 22 | 20 | 102 |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 20 | 7 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Byelorussian SSR | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Georgian SSR | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Uzbek SSR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Lithuanian SSR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Kazakh SSR | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Armenian SSR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan SSR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Estonian SSR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Tajik SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Latvian SSR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Read more about this topic: Soviet Union At The 1972 Summer Olympics
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