Australia at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1972 Winter
competitors=4
sports=2

Australia competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Malcolm Milne, who won an international downhill race at Val d'Isère, France in 1970, almost fell during the downhill race, denying him a chance at an Olympic medal.

Results by event

Alpine skiing

* Downhill: Malcolm Milne (23rd/55), Stephen Clifford (44th)
* Giant slalom: Malcolm Milne (29th/48), Stephen Clifford (36th)
* Slalom: Malcolm Milne (24th/37), Stephen Clifford (disqualified)

peed skating

* 500m: Jim Lynch (35th/36), Colin Coates (36th)
* 1500m: Colin Coates (24th/39), Jim Lynch (39th)
* 5000m: Colin Coates (23rd/28)
* 10000m: Colin Coates (18th/24)

ee also

*Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

* [http://www.olympics.com.au/ Australia NOC]
* [http://www.owia.org/ Olympic Winter Institute of Australia]

References

*"Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in )

*"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" [http://web.archive.org/web/20030308012801/http%3A//www.olympics.com.au/cp7/c9/webi/externaldocument/000114aq.pdf PDF file]

*"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in )