Philippines at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Philippines at the
1972 Winter Olympics

Flag of the Philippines

IOC code| PHI
NOC| Philippine Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympic.ph
in Sapporo
Competitors| 2 (men) in 1 sport
Medals|

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The Philippines competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with two athletes who competed in alpine skiing. The country was also the first tropical nation and Southeast Asian country to feature in the Winter Olympics.[1][2]

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Cousins Juan Cipriano and Ben Nanasca represented the Philippines in alpine skiing. They were adopted as teenagers by a family in New Zealand and were part of a development team funded by the Swiss government.[3]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Juan Cipriano | Giant Slalom  | 1:58.00  | 51  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Ben Nanasca | 1:54.59  | 48  | 2:11.61  | 46  | 4:06.20  | 42

Men's slalom
Athlete  | Classification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time 1  | Rank  | Time 2  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Juan Cipriano | DNF  | - | DNF  | - | - | DNF  | -
Ben Nanasca | 2:07.69  | 7  | ?  | 43  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -

Main article: Participation in Popular Culture

To commemorate the first participation of the above Filipino athletes in the first Winter Olympic Games in Asia, a leading Manila film company, Sampaguita Pictures and the Vera-Perez family behind it, filmed a feature film, Winter Holiday, on location in Sapporo and around the Games. Winter Holiday was a musical film which starred the most popular duo of singing film stars in Filipino movies at that time--Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz; and also the above-named skiers, Ben Nanasca and Johnny Cipriano, in minor roles playing themselves. The film debuted at the Manila Film Festival that year. [4]

## References

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1. ^ Chia, Nicole (19 February 2018). "Winter Olympics: Even outsiders can break the ice". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
2. ^ "Cool Runnings: a history of warm weather nations at Winter Olympics". South China Morning Post. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
3. ^ "Olympian part of Youthtown history". Stuff. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/100087669871331/videos/852313372767838 [bare URL]

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
* Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com

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Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan

Africa|

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America|

* Argentina
* Canada
* United States

Asia|

* Republic of China
* Iran
* Japan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Lebanon
* Mongolia
* Philippines

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Finland
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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