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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.
Speed skater Guido Caroli carried the Olympic Torch on the ice during the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics. He tripped over a microphone wire and fell, but fortunately he was not harmed and the fire did not go out.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Sapporo 1972 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
Spain scored its first Winter gold medal courtesy of slalom skier Francisco Fernández Ochoa. Poland did the same with Wojciech Fortuna winning the large hill ski jumping competition. American female speedskaters Anne Henning and Dianne Holum made the United States' best showing in the Winter Games, winning two gold, a silver, and a bronze. [3]
Official Figure skating results from the Sapporo 1972 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
Arvidsson and Salpakari were 35 and 45 seconds behind, with no chances for gold. At the finish Solberg had extended his lead over Knauthe to 12 seconds and won his second Olympic gold medal, as dominant as he had been in 1968.
Overview. Banff, British Columbia in Canada was thought to be the favorite to win the bid for the 1972 Olympic Winter Games. The nearby city of Calgary had narrowly lost the bid for the 1968 Olympic Winter Games and the Winter Olympics had not yet been held in Canada, a hotbed of winter sport.
