Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Ski jumping at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for ski jumping
Venue	Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium (large hill) & Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (normal hill)
Dates	6–11 February
Competitors	62 from 16 nations

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]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
2	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
3	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
4	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

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 details	Yukio Kasaya  Japan	244.2	Akitsugu Konno  Japan	234.8	Seiji Aochi  Japan	229.5
Large hill details	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]

•  Austria (3)
•  Canada (4)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (4)
•  West Germany (3)
•  East Germany (5)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (5)
•  Norway (5)
•  Poland (4)
•  Switzerland (4)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Czechoslovakia (5)
•  Soviet Union (5)
•  United States (4)
•  Yugoslavia (4)

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.