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2 lut 1972 · The biggest surprise of the Games was the victory of 21-year-old "Paquito" Fernandez Ochoa, who won the slalom by a full second. His gold medal was the first ever to be won by a Spanish athlete in the Olympic Winter Games.
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.
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.
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 was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place ...
The team was not punished and even won the group, ultimately there was 7th place. All current medals and successes have been brought together and evaluated by us. Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972 Medal table for competitions, sports and the games.
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.
