NOCs at the 1972 Summer Olympics
NOCs in green participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not historically correct.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AFG |
Afghanistan | 8 | 0 | 8 |
 ALB |
Albania | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 ALG |
Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 ARG |
Argentina | 88 | 4 | 92 |
 AUS |
Australia | 139 | 29 | 168 |
 AUT |
Austria | 97 | 14 | 111 |
 BAR |
Barbados | 8 | 5 | 13 |
 BEL |
Belgium | 82 | 6 | 88 |
 BIZ |
British Honduras | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 BEN |
Dahomey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 BER |
Bermuda | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 BOL |
Bolivia | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 BRA |
Brazil | 78 | 3 | 81 |
 BUL |
Bulgaria | 106 | 24 | 130 |
 BUR |
Upper Volta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 CAM |
Cambodia | 8 | 1 | 9 |
 CMR |
Cameroon | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 CAN |
Canada | 158 | 50 | 208 |
 CHA |
Chad | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 CHI |
Chile | 9 | 2 | 11 |
 TPE |
Republic of China | 15 | 6 | 21 |
 COL |
Colombia | 55 | 4 | 59 |
 CGO |
Congo | 6 | 0 | 6 |
 CRC |
Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 CIV |
Côte d'Ivoire | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 CUB |
Cuba | 109 | 28 | 137 |
 TCH |
Czechoslovakia | 145 | 36 | 181 |
 PRK |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 23 | 14 | 37 |
 DEN |
Denmark | 114 | 12 | 126 |
 DOM |
Dominican Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 GDR |
East Germany | 231 | 66 | 297 |
 ECU |
Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 EGY |
Egypt | 23 | 0 | 23 |
 ESA |
El Salvador | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 SWZ |
Swaziland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 ETH |
Ethiopia | 31 | 0 | 31 |
 FIJ |
Fiji | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 FIN |
Finland | 89 | 7 | 96 |
 FRA |
France | 197 | 30 | 227 |
 GAB |
Gabon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 GHA |
Ghana | 33 | 2 | 35 |
 GBR |
Great Britain | 210 | 74 | 284 |
 GRE |
Greece | 58 | 2 | 60 |
 GUA |
Guatemala | 8 | 0 | 8 |
 GUY |
Guyana | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 HAI |
Haiti | 6 | 1 | 7 |
 HKG |
Hong Kong | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 HUN |
Hungary | 187 | 45 | 232 |
 ISL |
Iceland | 24 | 1 | 25 |
 IND |
India | 40 | 1 | 41 |
 INA |
Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
 IRL |
Ireland | 51 | 8 | 59 |
 IRI |
Iran | 48 | 0 | 48 |
 ISR |
Israel | 12 | 2 | 14 |
 ITA |
Italy | 197 | 27 | 224 |
 JAM |
Jamaica | 21 | 12 | 33 |
 JPN |
Japan | 148 | 36 | 184 |
 KEN |
Kenya | 55 | 2 | 57 |
 KSA |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 KUW |
Kuwait | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 LBN |
Lebanon | 17 | 2 | 19 |
 LES |
Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 LBR |
Liberia | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 LIE |
Liechtenstein | 6 | 0 | 6 |
 LUX |
Luxembourg | 10 | 1 | 11 |
 MAD |
Madagascar | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 MAW |
Malawi | 13 | 3 | 16 |
 MAS |
Malaysia | 42 | 3 | 45 |
 MLI |
Mali | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 MLT |
Malta | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 MEX |
Mexico | 152 | 22 | 174 |
 MON |
Monaco | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 MGL |
Mongolia | 37 | 2 | 39 |
 MAR |
Morocco | 33 | 2 | 35 |
 MYA |
Burma | 18 | 0 | 18 |
 NEP |
Nepal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 NED |
Netherlands | 90 | 29 | 119 |
 AHO |
Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 NZL |
New Zealand | 82 | 7 | 89 |
 NCA |
Nicaragua | 7 | 1 | 8 |
 NIG |
Niger | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 NGR |
Nigeria | 20 | 5 | 25 |
 NOR |
Norway | 101 | 11 | 112 |
 PAK |
Pakistan | 25 | 0 | 25 |
 PAN |
Panama | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 PAR |
Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 PER |
Peru | 17 | 3 | 20 |
 PHI |
Philippines | 48 | 5 | 53 |
 POL |
Poland | 252 | 38 | 290 |
 POR |
Portugal | 29 | 0 | 29 |
 PUR |
Puerto Rico | 53 | 0 | 53 |
 KOR |
Republic of Korea | 32 | 10 | 42 |
 ROU |
Romania | 132 | 27 | 159 |
 SMR |
San Marino | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 SEN |
Senegal | 38 | 0 | 38 |
 SGP |
Singapore | 5 | 2 | 7 |
 SOM |
Somalia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 VNM |
South Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 URS |
Soviet Union | 298 | 73 | 371 |
 ESP |
Spain | 118 | 5 | 123 |
 SRI |
Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 SUD |
Sudan | 26 | 0 | 26 |
 SUR |
Suriname | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 SWE |
Sweden | 104 | 27 | 131 |
 SUI |
Switzerland | 122 | 29 | 151 |
 SYR |
Syrian Arab Republic | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 THA |
Thailand | 33 | 0 | 33 |
 BAH |
The Bahamas | 19 | 1 | 20 |
 TOG |
Togo | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 TTO |
Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 1 | 19 |
 TUN |
Tunisia | 35 | 0 | 35 |
 TUR |
Turkey | 42 | 1 | 43 |
 UGA |
Uganda | 31 | 2 | 33 |
 TAN |
United Republic of Tanzania | 15 | 0 | 15 |
 USA |
United States | 316 | 84 | 400 |
 ISV |
United States Virgin Islands | 16 | 0 | 16 |
 URU |
Uruguay | 10 | 3 | 13 |
 VEN |
Venezuela | 20 | 3 | 23 |
 FRG |
West Germany | 341 | 83 | 424 |
 YUG |
Yugoslavia | 113 | 13 | 126 |
 ZAM |
Zambia | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Total | 6053 | 1061 | 7114 |