Carl Lewis leg of the race; he broke the tape with a time of 37.83 s, setting a new world record. Although Lewis had achieved what he had set out to do—matching Jesse Owens' feat of winning four gold medals in the same events at a single Olympic Games—he did not receive the lucrative endorsement offers that he had expected. The long jump controversy was one reason and his self-congratulatory conduct did not impress several other track stars: "He rubs it in too much," said Edwin Moses, twice Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m hurdles. "A little humility is in order.
Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics German team in earlier Games). Yukio Kasaya, winner of the normal hill event, was the first ever Winter Olympic gold medalist for Japan, while Wojciech Fortuna was the first ever Winter gold medalist for Poland. Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Sapporo Games. Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 6 February to 11 February, with the large hill event taking place at Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, and the normal hill event at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium. Japan