Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Japan at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Infobox Olympics Japan
games=1972 Winter
competitors=90 (70 men/20 women)
sports=
flagbearer=
gold=1
silver=1
bronze=1
total=3
Japan was the host nation for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. It was the first time that Japan had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, but second time overall after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Three Japanese ski jumpers swept the medals in the normal hill event, becoming national heroes.
Medalists
Gold
*Yukio Kasaya — Ski Jumping, Normal Hill (K90)
Silver
*Akitsugu Konno — Ski Jumping, Normal Hill (K90)
Bronze
*Seiji Aochi — Ski Jumping, Normal Hill (K90)
Results and competitors by event
=Speed skating=
* Akiko Ariga
* Takayuki Hida
* Norio Hirate
* Kaname Ide
* Kiyomi Ito
* Satomi Koike
* Mutsuhiko Maeda
* Osamu Naito
* Yoshiko Onozawa
* Jitsuko Saito
* Keiichi Suzuki
* Masaki Suzuki
* Emiko Taguchi
Figure skating
Pairs competition
* Kotoe Nagasawa & Hiroshi Nagakubo
Ladie's competition
* Kazumi Yamashita
Men's competition
* Yutaka Higuchi
References
* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [http://www.joc.or.jp/database/index.html Japan Olympic Committee database]
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