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The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the XI Olympic Winter Games ( Japanese: 第11回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūichi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( Japanese: 札幌1972 ), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
Feb 2, 1972 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1972 winter Olympics in Sapporo. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
Sapporo 1972 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Sapporo, Japan, that took place Feb. 3–13, 1972. The Sapporo Games were the 11th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games.
The XI Sapporo Winter Olympics held from February 3 to 13, 1972 was the first Winter Olympic Games in Asia. However, the Games should have taken place much earlier. The 5th Games had been scheduled for Sapporo in 1940, but the Japanese government withheld from it as the Sino-Japanese War escalated.
SAPPORO 1972 Winter Olympic Games. The 11th Olympic Winter Games were held over 11 days from 3 to 13 February, 1972, in the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido. In these, the first Winter Olympics to be staged outside Europe and the United States, a total of 1,006 athletes (801 men and 205 women) from 35 countries and regions took part in 35 events in ...
The Winter Olympics were to be held in Sapporo in 1940, 32 years before 1972. However, due to the Japan-China War, they were revoked. They continued to bid for the 10th and 11th Winter Olympics after World War Ⅱ. The sports stadiums continue to contribute to the development of. winter sports in Sapporo since the Olympics.
Jan 25, 2022 · A new generation of Japanese winter sports athletes. Sapporo 1972 was significant for both Japanese and Asian winter sport. As the first Winter Games held in Asia, they inspired people across the continent to watch, and take up, snow and ice disciplines.
