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Anne Henning (USA) takes the gold in speedskating. |
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XI Olympics
Sapporo was originally scheduled to be the site of the 1940 Winter Games, but Japan resigned as the Games' host nation after its 1937 invasion of China. Organizers of the Sapporo Winter Olympics turned a tidy profit for the Games, largely as a result of their take of the record $8.47 million for the broadcast rights to the Winter Games.
Canada pulled out of the ice hockey competition over a dispute over the amateur status of many of the hockey players. The Canadians felt that so-called state-sponsored East European teams were in fact professional in nature, and believed that they too should be allowed to send their best to the Olympics. |
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- VITAL STATS
Attendance: 35 nations
Male athletes: 1,015
Female athletes: 217
Most-medaled country: USSR (16)
U.S. rank: 6th
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- HIGHLIGHTS
ï Japanese ski jumpers soared to victory as Yukio Kasaga, Akitsugu Konno and Seiji Aochi finished one, two and three in the 70m hill event.
ï Alpine skier Francisco Fernandez Ochoa's victory in the slalom became Spain's first gold medal in the Olympic Winter Games competition.
ï Nordic skier Galina Kulakova (USSR) won three gold medals in cross-country skiing, winning the 5km and 10km individual events, and as a member of the team 3 x 5km.
ï U.S. women speedskaters made their best showing in the Winter Games, with Anne Henning taking the gold in the 500m and the bronze in the 1,000m, and Dianne Holum winning the gold in the 1,000m and the silver in the 3,000m.
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