Soviet biathletes, from left: Ripat Safin, Alexander Tikhonov, Ivan and Victor Mamatov Byakov – winners of the 11th Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan (retouched).23.02.1972#1221459
Soviet athlete Galina Kulakova, three-time champion of the 11th Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo in five and ten kilometer ski racing and the 3x5 kilometer relay.10.02.1972#1107639
Olympic Champions in pair-skating Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov. XI Winter Olympics in Sapporo.09.12.1972#686314
Anatoly Zheglanov, member of the USSR national ski jump team. The 11th Winter Olympic Games (February 3 - February 13, 1972).11.02.1972#579505
Sergei Yanin, member of the USSR ski jump national team, at the 11th Winter Olympic Games (February 3-13, 1972).11.02.1972#579503
Lyubov Mukhacheva, member of the USSR cross-country skiing team, at the 11th Winter Olympic Games (February 3 - February 13, 1972).11.02.1972#579499
Vladimir Dolganov, member of the USSR cross-country skiing national team, at the 11th Winter Olympic Games (February 3-13, 1972).11.02.1972#579494
Vladimir Dolganov, member of the USSR cross-country skiing national team, at the 11th Winter Olympic Games (February 3-13, 1972).11.02.1972#579493
Vladimir Dolganov, member of the USSR cross-country skiing national team, at the 11th Winter Olympic Games (February 3-13, 1972).11.02.1972#579487
Players of the Soviet and the Swedish national teams during a match at the XI Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo.03.02.1972#576869
Champions of XI Winter Olympics in Sapporo, pair skaters Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov.03.02.1972#576866
Olympic champion Galina Kulakova during the last leg of the 3x5 relay race. XI Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo.10.02.1972#555965
Olympic champion Lyubov Mukhachyova during the first leg of the 3x5 km relay race. XI Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo.10.02.1972#555963
XI Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. Olympic Champion, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Figure Skater Ondrej Nepela.08.02.1972#553496
The 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. Lyudmila Smirnova and Andrei Suraikin win silver in pair figure skating.08.02.1972#553494
XI Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. Soviet sportsman, 1970 World champion in ski jumping Gariy Napalkov, left, and Olympic champion in normal hill ski jumping Yukio Kasaya (Japan).08.02.1972#553486
XI Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. Winners of Men's 500m speed skating race, left to right: Valery Muratov (USSR, 3rd place), Erhard Keller (FRG, 1st place), Hasse Börjes (Sweden, 2nd place) on the victory podium.08.02.1972#553485
The 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. Vyacheslav Vedenin, center, Olympic champion in 30km cross-country skiing, giving an interview. Left: coach Pavel Kolchin.08.02.1972#553482
Vitaly Ruben, Deputy Chairman of the USSR Supreme Council Presidium, presenting a Lenin Order to Galina Kulakova, three-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing at the Olympic Games in Sapporo, in Kremlin.10.03.1972#553437
Olympic champions in cross-country skiing Vyacheslav Vedenin and Galina Kulakova after an awarding ceremony in Kremlin. They received state awards for their victories at the 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo.10.03.1972#553435
Winners of the 3x5km cross-country skiing relay, from left: Galina Kulakova, Alevtina Olyunina and Lyubov Mukhacheva. The 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo.10.02.1972#553433
From left: the USSR national team of Viktor Mamatov, Ivan Byakov, Rinat Safin and Alexander Tikhonov won the men's relay at the XI Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo.09.01.1972#495569
From left: Galina Kulakova, Lyubov Mukhacheva, Alevtina Olyunina, winners of a women's ski relay at the 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo.09.01.1972#495567
Galina Kulakova and her coach Viktor Kuzmin. Galina Kulakova wins 5km and 10km race and women's relay at the 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo.09.01.1972#495531
Skater Sergei Chetvertukhin, winner of the Sapporo Olympic Games, and World, European and national championships.01.06.1972#495478
Soviet cross country skier Fydor Simashev took the 15 km silver gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo (Japan). 1972.23.02.1972#334411
The 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, the winners in speed skating, from left, Valery Muratov, USSR, 3rd place; Erhard Keller, FRG, 1st place; Hasse Borjes, Sweden, 2nd place.11.02.1972#155893
Soviet figure skater and Olympic champion Irina Rodnina gives autograph to young fan during the Eleventh Winter Olympics in Sapporo. 11.02.1972#155830
Viktor Mamatov takes part in last leg of 4.5 by 7 kilometers biathlon relay race that was won by the Soviet team during the Eleventh Sapporo Winter Olympics. 10.02.1972#155829
Figure skaters, who won at the Eleventh Sapporo Winter Olympics. The first place went to Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov of the Soviet Union. Lyudmila Smirnova and Alexei Suraikin, also of the Soviet Union, placed second. And Manuela Gross and Uwe Kagelmann of the German Democratic Republic came third. 12.02.1972#155828
The Soviet Union's Galina Kulakova at the 3x5 kilometer ski race triumphal finish in the Sapporo Winter Olympics, 1972.20.02.1972#148036
Soviet skiers (from left to right): Galina Kulakova, Alevtina Olyunina and Lyubov Mukhacheva ar the 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. 01.12.1972#62258
Soviet hockey-player Yevgeny Zimin (second left) gives autographs to his fans at the 11th Olympic Games in Sapporo.15.01.1972#60453
Coaches of hill ski jumpers watch their fosterlings compete at the 11th Olympic Games in Sapporo. 14.01.1972#60452
Pavel Kolchin, coach of Vyacheslav Vedenin, who became the Olympic champion in cross-country race at the 11th winter Olympic games in Sapporo. 11.01.1972#60450
A 30-kilometre cross-country race competitor during the 11th Olympic games in Sapporo.12.01.1972#60451
The Soviet team, champion in the biathlon relay race at the 9th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. Left to right: Viktor Mamatov, Ivan Byakov, Rinnat Safin and Alexander Tikhonov.09.12.1972#59522
Olympic champions in pair figure skating Irina Rodnina (left) and Alexei Ulanov (right) at the 9th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo.09.12.1972#59521
Champions of the 11th Olympic Games in pairs figure skating Irina Rodnina, Alexei Ulanov and their coach Stanislav Zhuk, Sapporo, Japan.01.01.1972#57742
Valery Kharlamov of the U.S.S.R. ice hockey national team during a match at the 9th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. 03.02.1972#53482
