1972  medal counts

                    Total    Gold   Silver  Bronze
Soviet Union          16       8       5       3
East Germany          14       3       4       7
Norway                12       2       5       5
Switzerland           10       4       3       3
Netherlands            9       4       3       2
United States          8       3       2       3
West Germany           5       3       1       1
Italy                  5       2       2       1
Austria                5       1       2       2
Finland                5       0       4       1
Sweden                 4       1       1       2
Japan                  3       1       1       1
Czechoslovakia         3       1       0       2
France                 3       0       1       2
Poland                 1       1       0       0
Spain                  1       1       0       0
Canada                 1       0       1       0