Winter Olympic Games 1972. First Asian games

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It was the first time that the Winter Olympics were held in Asia. Acting as organizers of the Games, the Japanese had little hope for the success of their athletes: in their entire history they managed to win only one silver medal.

VENUE

Sapporo

Sapporo is a city in Japan, in the southern part of the island of Hokkaido, on the Toyohira River, near the coast of the Sea of Japan. Population: 1.2 million inhabitants. Administrative, economic, cultural center of the island.

OUR STANDARD BEARER

Vyacheslav Vedenin

At the Olympics in Sapporo, he was the standard bearer of the USSR national team and brought two gold medals to its treasury - in the 30 km race and in the relay. Before Vedenin, none of the Soviet athletes had managed to win the men's individual race on the Olympic track. Vedinin is a four-time world champion, and from 1966 to 1973 he regularly became the champion of the USSR.

ALTERNATIVE EVENTS

ABM Treaty

On May 26, 1972, an agreement was concluded between the USSR and the USA on the limitation of missile defense systems, which, despite the Cold War and the general increase in tension in relations between the two countries, became to some extent one of the pillars of international security systems. This treaty remained in force for almost 30 years - on December 13, 2001, US President George W. Bush announced the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the ABM Treaty. According to political scientists, this step means that America has set a course to ensure its absolute military superiority on the planet, despite the fact that the events in Afghanistan 20 years ago proved that without Moscow it is impossible to effectively solve the most pressing international problems.

The main objective of the Games was to demonstrate the social and economic transformations that took place in the country over the post-war decades. That is why about 4 thousand journalists were accredited in Sapporo.

1012 athletes, including 204 women from 35 countries, took part in the fight for 35 sets of awards in 10 sports. The USSR athletes performed confidently again. Successful performances by skiers, biathletes, hockey players and figure skaters allowed the USSR team to get ahead of all rivals.

The hero of the skiing competition was the talented racer V. Vedenin, who managed to win two gold and a bronze medal. However, it was not so much the gold medal in the 30 km race that glorified this athlete as his performance in the last leg of the 4 x 10 km relay.

When Vedenin took the start, the USSR team lost to the Norwegian team for about a minute. Eliminate this gap in competition with strong team seemed impossible. The coaches set Vedenin the only task - not to miss out on at least a silver medal. However, Vedenin was the first to finish, managing not only to gain a minute back from the Norwegians, but to bring victory to the USSR team with an advantage of more than 9 seconds.

IN ski racing at 5 and 10 km for women confident victory G. Kulakova won, managing to add a third to these two gold medals - a victory in the relay. The winner in the speed skating competition was A. Schenk (Netherlands), who won three gold medals at distances of 1500 m, 5000 m and 10,000 m. One of the sensations of the Games was the performance of Japanese 70-meter springboard jumpers: Y. Kasaya, A. Kono and S. Aoti managed to win all three medals.

Another sensation was the achievements of the GDR athletes, who competed as an independent team for the second time. At the X Winter Games they managed to win 5 medals and took tenth place with 35 points. But in Sapporo there were already 14 medals: 4 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze. Three gold medals were won by lugers, the first among the combined athletes was W. Wehling. In team wrestling, GDR athletes took second place - 83 points.

And the USSR athletes confidently achieved a team victory, winning 120 points and 16 medals: 8 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze. The third were the Norwegian athletes who won 79 points and 12 medals: 2 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze.

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From February 3 to 13, 1972, the XI Winter Olympic Games were held in Sapporo (Japan). It was the first time the Games were held in Asia. Acting as organizers of the Games, the Japanese had little hope for the success of their athletes: after all, in their entire history they managed to win only one silver medal. The main objective of the Games was to demonstrate the social and economic transformations that took place in the country over the post-war decades. That is why about 4 thousand journalists were accredited in Sapporo. 1006 athletes (including 206 women) from 35 countries took part, competing in 7 sports.

The USSR team, which included 82 athletes, competed in all types of programs, except for bobsleigh competitions, and won 8 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals. Successful performances by skiers, biathletes, hockey players and figure skaters allowed the USSR team to get ahead of all rivals. The hero of the ski competition was the talented racer V. Vedenin, who managed to win two gold and bronze medal. However, it was not so much the gold medal in the 30 km race that glorified this athlete as his performance at the last leg of the 4x10 km relay. When Vedenin took the start, the USSR team lost to the Norwegian team for about a minute. It seemed impossible to close such a gap in competition with a strong team. The coaches set Vedenin the only task - not to miss out on at least a silver medal. However, Vedenin was the first to finish, managing not only to gain a minute back from the Norwegians, but to bring victory to his team with an advantage of more than 9 seconds.

In the women's 5 and 10 km cross-country skiing, G. Kulakova won a landslide victory, managing to add a third to these two gold medals - victory in the relay.

The winner in the speed skating competition was A. Schenk (Netherlands), who won three gold medals - at distances of 1500, 5000 and 10,000 m.

One of the sensations of the Games was the performance of Japanese 70-meter springboard jumpers: Yu. Kasaya, A. Kono and S. Aoti managed to win all three medals.

Photo: AFP

Another sensation was the achievements of the GDR athletes, who competed as an independent team for the second time. At the X Winter Olympic Games they managed to win 5 medals and took tenth place with 35 points. But in Sapporo there were already 14 medals (4, 3, 7, respectively). Three gold medals were won by lugers, the first among the combined athletes was W. Wehling. In team wrestling, GDR athletes took second place (83 points). And the USSR athletes confidently achieved a team victory - 120 points and 16 medals. Norwegian athletes were third - 79 points and 12 medals (2, 5, 5).

Information provided by the Russian Olympic Committee.

XI Winter Olympic Games were held in Sapporo (Japan) from February 3 to 13, 1972.

The second half of the 60s of the 20th century was characterized by a difficult political situation in the world. The underdeveloped countries of Africa were especially “different”, where military coups and uprisings became almost an everyday norm. This, of course, left its mark on the development of the entire world sport and the Olympic movement.

But, despite the complexity of the situation on Earth, the Olympic movement could not help but receive a new impetus in its development. And soon this impulse appeared. An example of this was the officially submitted application on October 6, 1965 from the leadership of the Japanese Olympic Committee and the city of Sapporo. In it, an appeal was drawn up to the IOC President with a request to consider the candidacy of Sapporo as a candidate city to host the XI Winter Olympic Games in 1972. And already in April 1966, the 64th session of the IOC took place in Rome, at which the question was decided that this Japanese city was destined to become the capital of the next, 11th White Olympics. The decision of this session was doubly significant - because for the first time the Winter Olympic Games were to be held in Asia, which had never happened before.

Games emblem

Eight of Japan's best designers submitted their designs for the Olympics, but Kazumasa Nagai's design won and was eventually chosen as the official logo for the Sapporo Olympics.

The emblem represents a combination of three elements that are absolutely independent of each other:
- the rising sun, symbol of Japan;
- a snowflake, which is a symbol of winter;
- olympic rings with the inscription "Sapporo '72".

Official Games Poster

The subject of the Olympic poster is a snowy mountain peak in combination with the emblem of the Games, based on a stylized snowflake, a similar image of which goes into extreme antiquity. The author of the composition was Takashi Kono.

At the rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the XI Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, one of the spectators drew the attention of members of the organizing committee to the fact that the Olympic rings were incorrectly located on the flag brought into the stadium. As you know, the order of the rings is legalized by the Olympic Charter: blue, yellow, black, green, red. And then it turned out that the flag with an “error” had been flown at all Winter Games since 1952. And no one noticed anything.

It was the first time the Games were held in Asia. Acting as organizers of the Games, the Japanese had little hope for the success of their athletes: after all, in their entire history they managed to win only one silver medal. The main objective of the Games was to demonstrate the social and economic transformations that took place in the country over the post-war decades. That is why about 4 thousand journalists were accredited in Sapporo.

Canadian hockey players boycotted the Olympics for the first time. They demanded that professionals be allowed to participate in the Games, because the USSR was not entirely amateur.

17-year-old Swiss Marie-Therese Nadig sensationally won two golds in alpine skiing

Irina Rodnina and Alexey Ulanov won gold in the Soviet duel - they were opposed by Lyudmila Smirnova and Andrey Suraikin

The Japanese hosted the Olympics to show the world the changes in their country after the war. For all the past Winter Games Japan won only one silver medal. In Sapporo, 70-meter springboard jumpers distinguished themselves by taking the entire podium

“How to run thirty? Yes... with him"

Vyacheslav Vedenin - main character Sapporo. Before thirty, a Japanese journalist approached him. Now before the start no one will be allowed near the athlete, but then - please. The Japanese asked how to escape, since it was snowing? Vedenin replied: “Yes... with him.” The Japanese thought it was a spell - “Dahusim”. Local newspapers wrote about this.

Then correspondents roamed freely, Vedenin recalled in an interview with Alexander Kruzhkov and Yuri Golyshak. - They got into the soul. I could poke them with a stick.

In the relay race, Vedenin accomplished a feat - last stage left a minute and eight seconds behind the Norwegians - for the “ten” this is years, and maybe centuries. The coaches even threw away their radios. Why take him the distance if there is no chance?

Vedenin was cunning. He pretended to be rubbing his skis with blue Swix, although in reality he was running his finger over them. The Norwegian bought it and also anointed it. Vedenin knew that this ointment slowed down skis terribly.

He also told the guys from the team to stand on the descent and shout “Vedenin!” A Norwegian turns his head and loses two seconds. The stick slips - three. He turned around several times...

As you understand, Vedenin came first. He received gold and was angry with the fans - 800 people arrived from Vladivostok by ship and left the stadium before the final stage.