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Host nation: JPN Japan
Opening date: 3 February 1972
Closing date: 13 February 1972
Olympic flame lit by Hideki Takada
Olympic oath taken by Keiichi Suzuki
Other candidate cities: Banff (CAN); Lahti / Are (SWE); Salt Lake City (USA)
Number of athletes: 1012
Number of non-participating athletes: 4
Index of athletes
Athletes by sport
Athletes by nation
Medallists
Medallists by sport
Medallists by nation
Results
Records
Medal Table
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||
| URS | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| SUI | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| NED | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| USA | United States of America | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| NOR | Norway | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| ITA | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| AUT | Austria | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| SWE | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| JPN | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TCH | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ESP | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| POL | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FIN | Finland | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| FRA | France | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| CAN | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 |