Tširkova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko Football Gymnastics Handball Men's team competition The Soviet team came away from the three-game opening round with no losses, but only one win. Ties with Denmark and Sweden and a win over Poland put the Soviet Union in a tie with Sweden at the top of the division. Since both teams moved on to the second round, the fact that Sweden won the tie-breaker mattered little. The Soviets' hopes were high after the first game of the second round, a win over East Germany that put the team on top of the division. However, their subsequent loss to Czechoslovakia dropped them to third in the group. This meant that they played in a game for fifth and sixth place against host nation West Germany. Their win was little consolation for being eliminated from medal contention.Men's team competition:Soviet Union – 5th place (3–1–2)Team roster Nikolai Semenov Mikhail Ischenko Aleksandr Panov Vladimir Maksimov Valentin Kulev Vasili Ilyin Anatoli Shevchenko Yuri Klimov Mikhail Luzenko Alexander Resanov Valeri Gassi Albert Oganesov Yan Vilson Yuri Lagutin Ivan Usaty Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1972.Men's individual competitionBoris Onishenko — 5335 pts (→ Silver medal) Pavel Lednev — 5328 pts (→ Bronze medal) Vladimir Shmelev — 5302 pts (→ 5th place)Men's team competitionOnishenko, Lednev and Shmelev — 15968 pts (→ Gold medal) Rowing The Soviet Union had 26 male rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1972.Men's single scullsYury Malyshev Heat — 7:42.67 Semifinals — 8:13.49 Final — 7:10.12 (→ Gold medal) Men's coxless pair – 8th place Vladimir Polyakov Nikolay Vasilyev Men's coxed pair Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov and Yuriy Lorentsson Heat — 7:43.84 Semifinals — 8:07.34 Final — 7:24.44 (→ 5th place) Men's coxless four – 4th place Anatoly Tkachuk Igor Kashurov Aleksandr Motin Vitaly Sapronov Men's coxed four – 4th place Volodymyr Sterlik Vladimir Solovyov Aleksandr Lyubaturov Yury Shamayev Igor Rudakov Men's eight – 4th place Aleksandr Ryazankin Viktor Dementyev Sergey Kolyaskin Aleksandr Shitov Valery Bisarnov Boris Vorobyov Vladimir Savelov Aleksandr Martyshkin Viktor Mikheyev Sailing Shooting Fourteen male shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1972. Yakiv Zhelezniak won gold, Boris Melnik and Yevgeny Petrov won silvers and Viktor Torshin won a bronze medal. 25 m pistol Viktor Torshin Igor Bakalov 50 m pistol Grigory Kosykh Vladimir Stolypin 300 m rifle, three positions Boris Melnik Valentin Kornev 50 m rifle, three positions Vladimir Agishev Vitaly