1972 Winter Olympics

XI Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Sapporo, Japan
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
Judge's Oath	Fumio Asaki
Olympic Torch	Hideki Takada
Stadium	Makomanai Open Stadium

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan the first Winter Olympics to be held in Asia. The city won the rights to those games in 1966.

Contents 1 Medals awarded 2 Medal count 3 See also 4 External links

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

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

Medal count

1972 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USSR	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
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See also

• Olympic Games
• Summer Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• IOC country codes

External links

• ((German)) Olympicstatistics

Olympic Games Olympic sports Olympic medalists Participating NOCs Olympic symbols Medal counts		Summer Olympic Games 1896, 1900, 1904, 19061, 1908, 1912, (1916)2, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940)2, (1944)2, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
		Winter Olympic Games 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940)2, (1944)2, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
		Athens 2004 — Torino 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010

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