1972 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview

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.

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

• Olympic Games
• Summer Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

External links

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