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Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Cross country skiing

| games = 1972 Winter

| image = Cross country skiing pictogram.svg

| image_size = 80px

| caption =

| venue = Makomanai Cross Country Events Site

| dates = February 4-13

| num_events = 7

| competitors = 152 (104 men, 48 women)

| nations = 19

| prev = Grenoble 1968

| next = Innsbruck 1976

}}

{{Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

The 1972 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/CCS/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054001/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/CCS/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=27 June 2019}}

Medal summary

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1972 Winter

| team =

| gold_URS = 5 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 1

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 3

| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 1

| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1

}}

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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| 15 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Sven-Åke Lundbäck|SWE|1972 Winter}}

45:28.24

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Fyodor Simachov|URS|1972 Winter}}

46:00.84

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivar Formo|NOR|1972 Winter}}

46:02.68
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| 30 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Vyacheslav Vedenin|URS|1972 Winter}}

1:36:31.15

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Pål Tyldum|NOR|1972 Winter}}

1:37:25.30

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Johs Harviken|NOR|1972 Winter}}

1:37:32.44
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| 50 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Pål Tyldum|NOR|1972 Winter}}

2:43:14.75

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Magne Myrmo|NOR|1972 Winter}}

2:43:29.45

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Vyacheslav Vedenin|URS|1972 Winter}}

2:44:00.19
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| 4 × 10 km relay
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|URS|1972 Winter}}
Vladimir Voronkov
Yuriy Skobov
Fyodor Simachov
Vyacheslav Vedenin

2:04:47.94

| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|1972 Winter}}
Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken

2:04:57.06

| {{flagIOCteam|SUI|1972 Winter}}
Alfred Kälin
Albert Giger
Alois Kälin
Eduard Hauser

2:07:00.06

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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| 5 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Galina Kulakova|URS|1972 Winter}}

17:00.50

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Marjatta Kajosmaa|FIN|1972 Winter}}

17:05.50

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Helena Šikolová|TCH|1972 Winter}}

17:07.32
valign="top"

| 10 km
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Galina Kulakova|URS|1972 Winter}}

34:17.82

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Alevtina Olyunina|URS|1972 Winter}}

34:54.11

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Marjatta Kajosmaa|FIN|1972 Winter}}

34:56.45
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| 3 × 5 km relay
{{DetailsLink|Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay}}

| {{flagIOCteam|URS|1972 Winter}}
Lyubov Mukhachyova
Alevtina Olyunina
Galina Kulakova

48:46.15

| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|1972 Winter}}
Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori
Marjatta Kajosmaa

49:19.37

| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|1972 Winter}}
Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre

49:51.49

=Participating NOCs=

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

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  • {{flagIOC|AUT|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|BUL|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|CAN|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROC|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|TCH|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|GDR|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|FIN|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|JPN|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|MGL|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|NOR|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|POL|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|URS|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|1972 Winter}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRG|1972 Winter}}

{{div col end}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

{{Events at the 1972 Winter Olympics}}

{{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics}}

1972 Winter Olympics

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Olympics

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