What is 1972 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1972|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]] {{refn|Japan is a [[devolved state]] since 1947.|Note}} | nations = 35 | athletes = 1,006 (801 men, 205 women) | events = 35 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (10 disciplines) | opening = February 3 | closing = February 13 | opened_by = [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Hirohito]] | cauldron = Hideki Takada | stadium = [[Makomanai Open Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[1968 Winter Olympics|Grenoble 1968]] | winter_next = [[1976 Winter Olympics|Innsbruck 1976]] | summer_prev = [[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City 1968]] | summer_next = [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]] |image=1972 Winter Olympics.svg|image_size=250px}} The '''1972 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XI Olympic Winter Games''', were held in 1972 in [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]]. It was the first Winter Olympics to be held outside [[Western Europe]] and the United States, and only the third Games (Summer or Winter) held outside these regions, after [[1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne in 1956]] and [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo in 1964]]. The [[city]] won the rights to the games in 1966. ==Related pages== * [[Sports in Japan]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} ==Other websites== * [https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sapporo-1972 IOC page for the 1972 Winter Olympics] {{Olympic Games}} {{multistub|Sport|Japan}} [[Category:1972 Winter Olympics| ]] [[Category:1972 in sports]] [[Category:1970s in Japan]] [[Category:Sapporo]] [[Category:1972 in Asia]]