About the Games
American athlete Sheila Young, who won three medals in speed skating at the XII Olympic Winter Games, went on to win the World Cycling Championship just a few months later.
As honored guests at the XII Olympic Winter Games, Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts from the Apollo–Soyuz crew attended.
At the XII Olympic Winter Games, an official mascot was introduced for the first time — a snowman named Tyrolean (Tirolin).
