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The Denver's Withdrawal

The Games had been awarded to the city of Denver, who withdrew on 15 November 1972 following a referendum which rejected the building of Olympic installations for ecological reasons. Innsbruck offered to step in. It was accepted by the IOC as host city of these Games on 4 February 1973.

And another thing

This was the second time the Games had taken place in this city, the first being in 1964. For this reason, two Olympic flames were lit.

Two Flames

For the first time in the Olympic Winter Games two Olympic Flames were lit.

New on the program

Olympic debut for ice dancing.

The first back flip

For the first time in the history of figure skating, a competitor (Terry Kubicka, USA) attempted, and succeeded, a dangerous back flip.