Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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Ski jumping
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping pictogram.svg
Pictogram for ski jumping
Venue Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium (large hill) & Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (normal hill)
Dates6–11 February
Competitors62 from 16 nations
  1968
1976  

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. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)1113
2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)1001
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)0101
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Japan topped the medal table by sweeping all three medals in the normal hill event, which were their first ever medals in the sport. In fact, every single country that won a medal in Sapporo was winning their first ever ski jumping medal (East Germans had won medals as part of a unified German team in earlier Games).

Yukio Kasaya, winner of the normal hill event, was the first ever Winter Olympic gold medalist for Japan, while Wojciech Fortuna was the first ever Winter gold medalist for Poland.

Events

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Normal hill
details
Yukio Kasaya
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
244.2 Akitsugu Konno
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
234.8 Seiji Aochi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
229.5
Large hill
details
Wojciech Fortuna
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
219.9 Walter Steiner
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
219.8 Rainer Schmidt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
219.3

Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Sapporo Games. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. "Ski Jumping at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2019.