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The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the XI Olympic Winter Games (Japanese: 第11回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūichi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (Japanese: 札幌1972), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It ...
2 lut 1972 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1972 winter Olympics in Sapporo. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
25 sty 2022 · The first Olympic Winter Games to be held in Asia, Sapporo 1972, created wide-reaching benefits for the city, for Japan and even for the continent at large. This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Games.
2 paź 2020 · Sapporo 1972: a city transformed, a continent inspired. The first Olympic Winter Games to be held in Asia had wide-reaching benefits for the city, for Japan and even for the continent at large. Legacy overview.
The 11th Olympic Winter Games were held over 11 days from 3 to 13 February, 1972, in the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido. In these, the first Winter Olympics to be staged outside Europe and the United States, a total of 1,006 athletes (801 men and 205 women) from 35 countries and regions took part in 35 events in six sports.
After the success of the 1964 Olympics, the IOC was happy to return to the Orient and the city of Sapporo, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The ninth largest city in Japan in 1972, Sapporo was also the largest city to host the Olympic Winter Games to that time.
As the first Winter Olympics to be held in a region outside of Europe or North America, the 1972 Sapporo Games put Asia on the map for winter sports.
