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759:
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240:
639:
789:
654:
547:
436:
272:
1080:
90:
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513:
304:
699:
418:
211:
624:
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454:
336:
609:
669:
587:
Fourteen nations sent biathletes to compete in
Sapporo. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Italy made its Olympic biathlon debut.
169:
Five nations won medals in biathlon, the Soviet Union and Norway leading the medal table with one gold medal each, while East
Germany were the only country to win more than one medal.
134:
898:
1005:
406:
100:
127:
942:
891:
471:
110:
1215:
998:
120:
1057:
1049:
1036:
1030:
962:
884:
850:
947:
763:
972:
927:
793:
643:
1220:
991:
778:
658:
628:
551:
483:
440:
276:
244:
1235:
967:
1022:
952:
1189:
937:
1225:
1176:
1171:
1166:
1161:
1156:
1151:
1146:
1141:
1136:
1131:
1126:
1121:
1116:
1106:
1101:
1096:
907:
62:
57:
733:
598:
517:
308:
1194:
748:
718:
703:
613:
458:
422:
340:
215:
688:
673:
957:
1088:
1014:
1230:
158:
31:
821:
876:
448:
858:
173:, who was part of both East German medals, was the only athlete to win more than one medal.
911:
149:
81:
8:
537:
559:
430:
170:
491:
563:
529:
983:
503:
412:
1209:
571:
567:
533:
495:
499:
525:
1079:
89:
154:
915:
906:
161:. The events began on 9 February and ended on 11 February 1972.
829:
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Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games
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851:"Biathlon at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games"
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822:"The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972"
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1216:Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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14:
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1078:
787:
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742:
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712:
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682:
667:
652:
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622:
607:
592:
545:
511:
477:
452:
434:
416:
334:
302:
270:
238:
209:
164:
88:
1221:Biathlon at the Winter Olympics
1015:Biathlon at the Winter Olympics
1236:Biathlon competitions in Japan
176:
22:at the XI Olympic Winter Games
1:
804:
49:62 from 14 nations
7:
1226:1972 Winter Olympics events
943:Cross‑country skiing
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10:
1252:
466:
401:
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185:
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18:
831:. LA84 Foundation. 1972
159:Makomanai Biathlon Site
32:Makomanai Biathlon Site
583:Participating nations
912:1972 Winter Olympics
150:1972 Winter Olympics
82:1972 Winter Olympics
449:Lars-Göran Arwidson
182:
492:Aleksandr Tikhonov
363:Totals (5 entries)
181:
1203:
1202:
1190:List of medalists
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980:
580:
579:
564:Joachim Meischner
530:Juhani Suutarinen
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378:
153:consisted of two
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144:
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70:
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1231:1972 in biathlon
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861:on 17 April 2020
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855:Sports Reference
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560:Hansjörg Knauthe
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523:
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431:Hansjörg Knauthe
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171:Hansjörg Knauthe
157:events, held at
148:Biathlon at the
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73:
72:
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15:
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1199:
1181:
1083:
1074:
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1060:(demonstration)
1052:(demonstration)
1043:
1039:(demonstration)
1023:Military patrol
1017:
1012:
982:
977:
963:Nordic combined
919:
905:
875:
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864:
862:
849:
848:
844:
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141:
80:
67:
66:
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20:
12:
11:
5:
1249:
1239:
1238:
1233:
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1223:
1218:
1201:
1200:
1198:
1197:
1195:List of venues
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764:Czechoslovakia
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695:
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665:
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589:
584:
581:
578:
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574:
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538:Mauri Röppänen
509:
506:
504:Viktor Mamatov
475:
465:
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461:
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428:
425:
413:Magnar Solberg
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117:
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55:
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989:
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974:
973:Speed skating
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928:Alpine skiing
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925:
922:
917:
913:
909:
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835:September 20,
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794:United States
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780:
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741:
735:
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690:
681:
675:
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651:
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644:Great Britain
636:
630:
621:
615:
606:
600:
591:
590:
588:
575:
573:
572:Horst Koschka
569:
565:
561:
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531:
527:
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460:
450:
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444:
442:
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429:
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374:
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165:Medal summary
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151:
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115:
112:
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106:
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41:9–11 February
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863:. Retrieved
859:the original
854:
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833:. Retrieved
828:
779:Soviet Union
659:East Germany
629:West Germany
586:
568:Dieter Speer
552:East Germany
534:Heikki Ikola
496:Rinnat Safin
484:Soviet Union
441:East Germany
277:East Germany
245:Soviet Union
168:
147:
146:
76:
968:Ski jumping
576:1:54:57.67
542:1:54:37.25
508:1:51:44.92
500:Ivan Biakov
463:1:16:27.03
445:1:16:07.60
427:1:15:55.50
177:Medal table
46:Competitors
1210:Categories
953:Ice hockey
805:References
526:Esko Saira
403:Individual
97:Individual
938:Bobsleigh
1089:Biathlon
933:Biathlon
155:biathlon
77:Biathlon
19:Biathlon
916:Sapporo
910:at the
734:Romania
599:Finland
518:Finland
472:details
407:details
398:Bronze
395:Silver
309:Finland
908:Events
865:1 June
796:
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749:Sweden
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719:Poland
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704:Norway
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216:Norway
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198:Bronze
195:Silver
189:Nation
79:at the
825:(PDF)
689:Japan
674:Italy
556:(GDR)
522:(FIN)
488:(URS)
468:Relay
392:Gold
345:(SWE)
313:(FIN)
281:(GDR)
249:(URS)
220:(NOR)
201:Total
107:Relay
38:Dates
28:Venue
1177:2022
1172:2018
1167:2014
1162:2010
1157:2006
1152:2002
1147:1998
1142:1994
1137:1992
1132:1988
1127:1984
1122:1980
1117:1976
1112:1972
1107:1968
1102:1964
1097:1960
1070:1956
1065:1952
1058:1948
1050:1936
1044:1932
1037:1928
1031:1924
958:Luge
867:2019
837:2013
192:Gold
186:Rank
63:1976
58:1968
798:(4)
783:(4)
768:(5)
753:(4)
738:(5)
723:(5)
708:(5)
693:(4)
678:(5)
663:(5)
648:(4)
633:(2)
618:(5)
603:(5)
111:men
101:men
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