Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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| Japan at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: | JPN | |||
| NOC: | Japanese Olympic Committee external link (Japanese) |
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| 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo | ||||
| Medals | Gold 1 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 3 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Japan was the host nation for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. It was the first time that Japan had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but second time overall after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Three Japanese ski jumpers swept the medals in the normal hill event, becoming national heroes.
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[edit] Medals
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Gold
- Yukio Kasaya — Ski Jumping, Normal Hill (K90)
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Silver
- Akitsugu Konno — Ski Jumping, Normal Hill (K90)
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Bronze
- Seiji Aochi — Ski Jumping, Normal Hill (K90)
[edit] Results and competitors by event
[edit] Speed skating
- Akiko Ariga
- Takayuki Hida
- Norio Hirate
- Kaname Ide
- Kiyomi Ito
- Satomi Koike
- Mutsuhiko Maeda
- Osamu Naito
- Yoshiko Onozawa
- Jitsuko Saito
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Masaki Suzuki
- Emiko Taguchi
[edit] References
| Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan |
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| Argentina • Australia • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Canada • Republic of China • Czechoslovakia • Finland • France • East Germany • West Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iran • Italy • Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Lebanon • Liechtenstein • Mongolia • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Philippines • Poland • Romania • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • United States • Yugoslavia |
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