The 1972 Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo, Japan, the first Winter Games held in Asia. Spain's Francisco Fernandez Ochoa won the men's slalom, becoming the first Spanish Winter Olympic champion, and the Netherlands' Ard Schenk won three of the four individual gold medals in men's speed skating. The Sapporo Games also saw disputes over amateur status that led to the exclusion of several top Alpine skiers ahead of the competition.
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The 1972 Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo, Japan, the first Winter Games held in Asia. Spain's Francisco Fernandez Ochoa won the men's slalom, becoming the first Spanish Winter Olympic champion, and the Netherlands' Ard Schenk won three of the four individual gold medals in men's speed skating.
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The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the XI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sapporo 1972, were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, was the 12th Olympic Championship.
Wikipedia: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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The figure skating events at the 1972 Winter Olympics were held at the Makomanai Skating Rink and the Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink.
Wikipedia: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 to 12 February.
Wikipedia: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held February 5-13 near Sapporo, Japan.
Wikipedia: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 6 to 11 February 1972, with the large hill event taking place at Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, and the normal hill event at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium.
Galina Kulakova (Wikipedia)
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She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands.
Alexander Tikhonov (Wikipedia)
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took part in the gold medal relay winning teams in 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980
Ard Schenk (Wikipedia)
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He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Edy Hubacher (Wikipedia)
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winning a gold medal in the four-man and a bronze medal in the two-man events at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Pepi Bader (Wikipedia)
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he won silver medals in the two-man event both in 1968 and 1972
Magnar Solberg (Wikipedia)
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his 4 × 7.5 km relay teams placed second in 1968 and fourth in 1972.
Erhard Keller (Wikipedia)
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Olympic Champion on the 500 m again (setting a new Olympic record in the process) at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Ulrich Wehling (Wikipedia)
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in 1972, 1976, and 1980
Vladislav Tretiak (Wikipedia)
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He also played well in the 1972 Winter Olympics, in which the Soviets took the gold medal.
Eero Mäntyranta (Wikipedia)
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He competed in four Winter Olympics (1960
Juha Mieto (Wikipedia)
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He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics
Jan Hoffmann (Wikipedia)
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He finished sixth at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Diane Pratte (Olympedia)
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1972 Winter Olympics
Yukio Kasaya (Wikipedia)
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At the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo he became the first Japanese athlete to win a gold medal
Ondrej Nepela (Wikipedia)
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won the gold medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Wojciech Fortuna (Wikipedia)
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who won the Olympic gold medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Jiří Raška (Wikipedia)
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fifth place in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Leah Poulos-Mueller (Wikipedia)
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She competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics
Akiko Aruga (Wikipedia)
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She competed in the women's 3000 metres at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Gustav Thöni (Wikipedia)
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Roland took bronze in the slalom at the 1972 Olympics, while Gustav took the silver.
Sven-Åke Lundbäck (Wikipedia)
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He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics
Olympedia: Alfred Hagn
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1972 Winter Olympics
Olympedia: Rosi Speiser
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1972 Winter Olympics
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1972 Winter Olympics
Hans Leutenegger (Wikipedia)
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He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey) (Wikipedia)
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Olympic gold medal in 1972 and 1976
Trixi Schuba (Wikipedia)
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1972 Olympic champion
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