Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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]

Ski jumping
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for ski jumping
VenueOkurayama Ski Jump Stadium (large hill) & Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (normal hill)
Dates6–11 February
Competitors62 from 16 nations
← 1968
1976 →

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)1113
2  Poland (POL)1001
3  Switzerland (SUI)0101
4  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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill
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Yukio Kasaya
  Japan
244.2 Akitsugu Konno
  Japan
234.8 Seiji Aochi
  Japan
229.5
Large hill
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Wojciech Fortuna
  Poland
219.9 Walter Steiner
  Switzerland
219.8 Rainer Schmidt
  East Germany
219.3

Participating NOCs

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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.