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at the

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consisted of six events, held February near

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. The downhills were held at

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, and the four technical events at Teine.

Medal summary

Six nations won medals in alpine skiing; Switzerland led in medals with three gold, two silver, and a bronze. Switzerland's Marie-Theres Nadig led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalist was Gustav Thöni of Italy with a gold and a silver. The gold medal won in the slalom by

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was

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's first medal at the Winter Olympics. Through

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, it remains its only gold medal at the Winter Games.

Medal table

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Men's events

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Women's events

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Course information

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Participating nations

Twenty-seven nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Sapporo. The Philippines and Chinese Taipei made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

World championships

From

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through

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, the

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events at the

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also served as the

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, held every two years. With the addition of the

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, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in

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as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from

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through

, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in

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and at the Olympics in 1988.

Combined

Men's Combined

* Downhill was run on 7 February,

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on 9–10 February,

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on 13 February

Women's Combined

* Downhill was run on 5 February,

on 8 February,

on 11 February * Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland won the downhill and giant slalom, but DNF in first run of slalom.

References

External links

FIS-Ski.com
– results – 1972 Winter Olympics – Sapporo, Japan

– results – 1972 World Championships – Sapporo, Japan {{Alpine World Skiing Championships 1972 Winter Olympics events Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing competitions in Japan