1972 Winter Olympics
11th edition of Winter Olympics, in Sapporo, Japan
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Summary
1972 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 1,911 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #20 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1968 Winter Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 1976 Winter Olympics[6]
- Location: Makomanai Open Stadium[7]
- Commons category: 1972 Winter Olympics[8]
- Edition number: 11[9]
- Has part(s): bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics[10], luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics[11], ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics[12], Nordic skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics[13], cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics[14], alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics[15], speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics[16], biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics[17], Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics[18], ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics[19], figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics[20]
- Officially opened by: Hirohito[21]
- Oath made by: Keiichi Suzuki[22], Fumio Asaki[23]
- Torch lit by: Hideki Takada[24]
- Start time: February 3, 1972[25]
- End time: February 13, 1972[26]
- Point in time: February 1972[27]
- Sport: winter sport[28]
- Participant: Milena Chlumová[29]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sapporo-1972[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:1972 Winter Olympics[31]
- Theme music: Niji to Yuki no Ballad[32]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/[33]
- Number of participants: 35[34], 1006[35]
- Official name: XI. Olympesch Wanterspiller[36]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[37]
- Sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games[38]
- Dedicated heritage entity: Sapporo Olympic Museum[39]
Why It Matters
1972 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]