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Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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Field	Value
event	Ski jumping
games	1972 Winter
image	Ski jumping pictogram.svg
image_size	100px
caption	Pictogram for ski jumping
venue	Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium (large hill) & Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (normal hill)
dates	6–11 February 1972
competitors	62
nations	16
prev	1968
next	1976

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.{{cite web

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Large hill
Wojciech Fortuna	219.9	Walter Steiner	219.8		Rainer Schmidt	219.3

Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Sapporo Games.

References

"Ski Jumping at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference.

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