Australia at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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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.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...
in Sapporo, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Malcolm Milne
Malcolm Milne
Malcolm Milne is a former Australian Olympic skier.In 1968, at the age of 19, Malcolm competed in his first Olympics at Grenoble, France. In an era dominated by Jean-Claude Killy, Malcolm finished twenty-fourth of eighty-six starters, with a time only 5.51 seconds behind Killy...
, who won an international downhill race at Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1970, almost fell during the downhill race, denying him a chance at an Olympic medal.
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)
Speed 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)