Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results.[1]

Cross country skiing
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMakomanai Cross Country Events Site
DatesFebruary 4-13
No. of events7
Competitors152 (104 men, 48 women) from 19 nations

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)5218
2  Norway (NOR)1337
3  Sweden (SWE)1001
4  Finland (FIN)0213
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (6 entries)77721

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
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Sven-Åke Lundbäck
  Sweden
45:28.24 Fyodor Simachov
  Soviet Union
46:00.84 Ivar Formo
  Norway
46:02.68
30 km
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Vyacheslav Vedenin
  Soviet Union
1:36:31.15 Pål Tyldum
  Norway
1:37:25.30 Johs Harviken
  Norway
1:37:32.44
50 km
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Pål Tyldum
  Norway
2:43:14.75 Magne Myrmo
  Norway
2:43:29.45 Vyacheslav Vedenin
  Soviet Union
2:44:00.19
4 × 10 km relay
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  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Voronkov
Yuriy Skobov
Fyodor Simachov
Vyacheslav Vedenin
2:04:47.94   Norway (NOR)
Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken
2:04:57.06   Switzerland (SUI)
Alfred Kälin
Albert Giger
Alois Kälin
Eduard Hauser
2:07:00.06

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km
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Galina Kulakova
  Soviet Union
17:00.50 Marjatta Kajosmaa
  Finland
17:05.50 Helena Šikolová
  Czechoslovakia
17:07.32
10 km
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Galina Kulakova
  Soviet Union
34:17.82 Alevtina Olyunina
  Soviet Union
34:54.11 Marjatta Kajosmaa
  Finland
34:56.45
3 × 5 km relay
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  Soviet Union (URS)
Lyubov Mukhachyova
Alevtina Olyunina
Galina Kulakova
48:46.15   Finland (FIN)
Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori
Marjatta Kajosmaa
49:19.37   Norway (NOR)
Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre
49:51.49

Participating NOCs

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Nineteen nations participated in Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Games.


References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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