2018 Winter Olympics
Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011, during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. This was the first time that South Korea had hosted the Winter Olympics and the second Olympics held in the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Jean-Charles Seneca
Jean-Charles Seneca (born 23 October 1945) is a Monégasque fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was also Monaco's flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony.
Abdon Pamich
Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the race walking event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964. Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.
Gary Sheerer
Gary Peter Sheerer (born February 18, 1947) is a retired water polo player from the United States, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1968. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Sheerer was born in Berkeley, California.
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics Flag of the United Kingdom IOC code GBR NOC British Olympic Association in London Competitors 541 in 26 sports Flag bearer Chris Hoy (opening) Ben Ainslie (closing) Medals Ranked 3rd Gold Silver Bronze Total 29 17 19 65 Summer Olympics appearances (overview) 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Other related appearances 1906 Intercalated Games
Japan at the Olympics
Games Host city 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo 1972 Winter Olympics Sapporo, Hokkaidō Prefecture 1998 Winter Olympics Nagano, Nagano Prefecture 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo
Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Bahamas sent a delegation of athletes to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics, which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 8 to 24 August 2008. Its Beijing appearance marked its fourteenth time at the Olympics since its début at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The delegation included 25 athletes across four sports (track and field, boxing, swimming and tennis) and nineteen distinct events. Its athletes advanced to semifinals in eight events and finals in five events, medaling in two of them (a silver in men's 4x400 meters relay by Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown, Avard Moncur and Ramon Miller, and a bronze in men's triple jump by Leevan Sands). The Bahamian delegation was one of the largest sent between its début and 2008. The country's flag bearer was Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie.
Ralph Therrio
Ralph Therrio (born January 12, 1954) is an American former cyclist. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Tonique Williams-Darling
Tonique Williams-Darling (born January 17, 1976 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian sprint athlete. She won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She graduated from St. John's College Bahamas (high school).
Roberto Calcaterra
Roberto Calcaterra (born February 2, 1972 in Civitavecchia) is a retired water polo defense player from Italy, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the bronze medal with the men's national team. Calcaterra also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Roldano Simeoni
Roldano Simeoni (Civitavecchia, December 21, 1948) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1972.
Roger Lespagnard
Lespagnard competed for his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, where he finished in seventeenth position in the decathlon event. He returned to both Munich and Montreal in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, finishing fourteenth and nineteenth respectively.
Sante Marsili
Sante Marsili (born 31 October 1950 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian former water polo player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Flag of the Bahamas
The national flag of the Bahamas consists of a black triangle situated at the hoist with three horizontal bands: aquamarine, gold and aquamarine. Adopted in 1973 to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the emblem of the Crown Colony of the Bahama Islands, it has been the flag of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas since the country gained independence that year. The design of the present flag incorporated the elements of various submissions made in a national contest for a new flag prior to independence.
Khmer Republic at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Cambodia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The nation returned to the Olympic Games as the Khmer Republic (1970–1975) after missing the 1968 Summer Olympics. Owing to the troubled situation of the country Cambodia would not compete again until the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics IOC code JAM NOC Jamaica Olympic Association Website www.teamja.org in Beijing Competitors 50 in 4 sports Flag bearer Veronica Campbell - Brown Medals Ranked 15th Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 10 Summer Olympics appearances (overview) 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 2000 2008 2012 2016 Other related appearances British West Indies (1960)
Magnar Solberg
Magnar Solberg (born 4 February 1937) is a former Norwegian biathlete and police officer. He won a gold medal in the 20 km at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics; his 4 × 7.5 km relay teams placed second in 1968 and fourth in 1972. In 1968 he was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje, and in 1972 served as the Olympic flag bearer for Norway at the opening ceremony. He was one of the 16 former Norwegian athletes selected to bring in the Olympic Flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Vernon Stauble
Vernon Stauble (born 1 February 1950) is a former Trinidad cyclist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The Bahamas competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Twenty competitors, nineteen men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in four sports.
Josef Engel
Josef Engel (born 3 July 1942) is a Czech former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
What jurisdiction does the flag of the country representing Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics apply to?
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The Bahamas
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Bahama Islands