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The Japanese, masters of ski jumping

Yukio Kasaya, Akitsugu Konno and Seiji Aochi gave the Japanese public a triple in ski jumping, on the 70m jump. It was the first Japanese Olympic title in the Winter Games.

Important work

An enormous amount of work had to be done to carve out ski and bobsleigh runs in the mountainside.

Amateurism

Karl Schranz (AUT) was disqualified for being a professional.

The hockey competitions with Canada missing

The hockey tournament took place without the Canadian team, who had not been taking part in international competitions since 1969. They did not send a team to Sapporo to protest against the covert professionalism rife in the USSR and Eastern Europe.

The first Olympic Games in Asia

The first Olympic Winter Games organised in Asia.

(Credit: IOC. Click here for further information.)