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1972 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview

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XI Olympic Winter Games
Nations participating 35
Athletes participating 1006 (801 men, 205 women)
Events 35 in 6 sports
Opening ceremony February 3, 1972
Closing ceremony February 13, 1972
Officially opened by Emperor Hirohito
Athlete's Oath Keiichi Suzuki
Official's Oath Fumio Asaki
Olympic Torch Hideki Takada

The XI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan.

Contents

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1972 Winter Olympics medal count)

1972 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union 8 5 3 16
2 East Germany 4 3 7 14
3 Switzerland 4 3 3 10
4 Netherlands 4 3 2 9
5 United States 3 2 3 8
6 West Germany 3 1 1 5
7 Norway 2 5 5 12
8 Italy 2 2 1 5
9 Austria 1 2 2 5
10 Sweden 1 1 2 4

Sports/Events

  • Alpine skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Bobsleigh
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Figure skating
  • Ice hockey
  • Luge
  • Nordic combined
  • Ski jumping
  • Speed skating

Internal links

External links

  • Olympicstatistics (German) [1] (http://www.olympia-statistik.de/Winterolympiaden.htm)



Olympic Games
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Winter Olympic Games
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*The 1906 Olympic were organised by the IOC, but are currently not officially recognised by the IOC.


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