| Belgium at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BEL |
| NOC | Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sapporo | |
| Competitors | 1 (man) in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Robert Blanchaer [1] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Belgium competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Robert Blanchaer | Downhill | 2:02.45 | 42 | ||||
| Robert Blanchaer | Giant Slalom | 1:43.59 | 42 | 1:45.79 | 33 | 3:29.38 | 34 |
| Athlete | Classification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Robert Blanchaer | DSQ | – | 1:05.78 | 36 | 1:01.58 | 25 | 2:07.36 | 25 |
Robert A. Kasting is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. Kasting represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4x100-metre medley relay, together with Canadian teammates Erik Fish, Bruce Robertson and William Mahony.
Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
New Zealand competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. The country was represented by 2 athletes, Ross Ewington and Chris Womersley, both in the Alpine Skiing events. Womersley finished 41st, and Ewington 49th in Downhill. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Alan Ward the team Manager.
Greece competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Romania competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Spain competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Chile competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria after they missed in 1972.
The Philippines competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. The nation returned after a 16-year absence since they last competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
The Philippines competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with two athletes who competed in alpine skiing. The country was also the first tropical nation and Southeast Asian country to feature in the Winter Olympics.
Lebanon competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Mongolia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Niger has sent athletes to all Summer Olympic Games held since 1964 except for 1976 and 1980. Only twice has the country won an Olympic medal: Issaka Daborg, who won a bronze medal in light welterweight boxing in 1972, and Abdoul Razak Issoufou, who won a silver medal in men's +80 kg taekwondo in 2016. No athletes from Niger have competed in any Winter Olympic Games.
Burkina Faso has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1988. Under its previous name of Upper Volta (VOL), the country also competed in 1972. After appearing in eight different Olympics, Burkina Faso won their first Olympic medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, following Hugues Fabrice Zango's bronze-winning performance in the men's triple jump. No athletes from Burkina Faso have competed in any Winter Olympic Games.
Wolfgang Scheidel is an East German former luger who won the gold medal in the men's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He also won three medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold in the men's doubles (1965) and two bronzes in the men's singles. He won a pair of silver medals in the men's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships.
Wolfram Fiedler was an East German luger who competed from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. He won two bronze medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, earning them in the men's singles and men's doubles event, respectively.
Horst Hörnlein is a former East German luger and bobsleigh coach who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He and Reinhard Bredow won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Reinhard Bredow is an East German former luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He and Horst Hörnlein won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
The Republic of the Congo, competing as Congo, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since then. Congo missed the 1968 Games and boycotted the 1976 Games along with most other African nations. Congo has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games.
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