Bobsleigh At The 1972 Winter Olympics
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Bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
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1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
consisted of two events, at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 12 February 1972.


Medal summary


Medal table

Three countries won medals in Sapporo, West Germany leading the medal table.


Events


Participating NOCs

Eleven nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1972 Games. Japan made their Olympic bobsleigh debut. * * * * * * * * * * *


References


External links

*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. {{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
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