Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 6 to 11 February, 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
Ski jumping at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Normal hillmen
Large hillmen

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)1113
2 Poland (POL)1001
3 Switzerland (SUI)0101
4 East Germany (GDR)0011
Totals (4 nations)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]

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

Participating NOCs

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

References
  1. "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.
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