1972 in sports

• USSR Boxing Championship 1972 ;
• USSR freestyle wrestling championship 1972 ;
• USSR Classic Wrestling Championship 1972 ;
• USSR Championship in Athletics 1972 ;
• 1972 Sambo Championship of the USSR ;
• USSR Championship in Russian drafts 1972 ;
• USSR hockey championship 1971/1972 ;

Volleyball

• USSR Women's Volleyball Championship 1972 ;
• USSR men's volleyball championship 1972 ;

Football

• 1972 USSR Football Championship ;
• The club " Electrometallurg-NZF " was created;

Ice Hockey

• 1971/1972 USSR Ice Hockey Championship ;
• 1972/1973 USSR Ice Hockey Championship ;

Chess

• USSR Championship between the teams of the Union republics in chess 1972 ;
• USSR Championship in chess 1972 ;

• Winter Universiade 1972 ;
• European Figure Skating Championship 1972 ;

1972 Winter Olympics

• Biathlon ;
• Bobsleigh ;
• Alpine skiing ;
• Speed ​​skating ;
• Nordic combined ;
• Ski race ;
• Ski jumping ;
• Luge ;
• Figure skating ;
  • single skating (women) ;
  • single skating (men) ;
  • pair skating ;
• Hockey ;

Medal record at the 1972 Winter Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

• Rowing ;
• Badminton ;
• Basketball ;
  • USSR – USA Basketball Game (1972) ;
• Boxing ;
• Fight ;
• Cycling ;
• Water polo ;
• Water skiing ;
• Volleyball ;
• Kayaking and canoeing ;
• Judo ;
• Horse riding ;
• Athletics ;
  • 10,000 meters running (men) ;
  • 100 m run (women) ;
  • running for 100 meters (men) ;
  • 100 meter hurdles (women) ;
  • 1500 m run (women) ;
  • 200 m run (women) ;
  • 200 meters running (men) ;
  • 3000 meters hurdles (men) ;
  • 400 m run (women) ;
  • 400 meters running (men) ;
  • 400 meters hurdles (men) ;
  • 800 m running (women) ;
  • 800 meters running (men) ;
  • running, 110 meters hurdles (men) ;
  • running, 1500 meters (men) ;
  • running, 5000 meters (men) ;
  • Marathon (men) ;
  • high jump (women) ;
  • long jump (women) ;
  • long jump (men) ;
  • 20 km walking race (men) ;
  • walking, 50 kilometers (men) ;
  • shot put (men) ;
  • triple jump (men) ;
• Sailing ;
• Swimming ;
• Jumping into the water ;
• Modern Pentathlon ;
• Gymnastics ;
• Archery ;
• Shooting ;
• Weightlifting ;
• Fencing ;
• Football ;
• Hockey ;

Results of the 1972 Summer Olympics

• Valdi taxis ;
• Terrorist attack on the Munich Olympics ;
• Football game for philosophers ;

World Championships

• World Speed ​​Skating Championships in classic all-around 1972 ;
• World Speed ​​Skating Championships in the classic women's all-around 1972 ;
• 1972 World Snooker Championship ;
• World Championships in figure skating 1972 ;

Basketball

• USSR – USA Basketball Game (1972) ;
• FIBA Champions Cup 1971/1972 ;
• FIBA Champions Cup 1972/1973 ;

Football

• Matches of the USSR national football team 1972 ;
• European Cup 1971/1972 ;
• European Cup 1972/1973 ;
• Copa Libertadores 1972 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1972/1973 ;
• CONCACAF Champions Cup 1972 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971/1972 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1972/1973 ;
• European Cup Final 1972 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final 1972 ;
• 1972 European Football Championship ;

Ice Hockey

• Izvestia Prize 1972 ;
• USSR Super Series - Canada (1972) ;
• 1972 World Ice Hockey Championship ;

Chess

• Wijk aan Zee 1972 ;
• Women's Chess Olympiad 1972 ;
• The match for the title of world champion in chess 1972 ;
• The match for the title of world champion in chess 1972 ;
• Chess Olympiad 1972 ;

Born

• February 17 - Chemerkin, Andrei Ivanovich , Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion;
• April 24 - Tataroglu, Selim (Zelimkhan Magomadov), Chechen, Russian and Turkish judoist ;
• May 19 - Golubev, Alexander Vyacheslavovich , Russian speed skater, champion of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.