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

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

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
Sven-Åke Lundbäck
 Sweden
45:28.24 Fyodor Simachov
 Soviet Union
46:00.84 Ivar Formo
 Norway
46:02.68
30 km
Vyacheslav Vedenin
 Soviet Union
1:36:31.15 Pål Tyldum
 Norway
1:37:25.30 Johs Harviken
 Norway
1:37:32.44
50 km
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
 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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
17:00.50 Marjatta Kajosmaa
 Finland
17:05.50 Helena Šikolová
 Czechoslovakia
17:07.32
10 km
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
34:17.82 Alevtina Olyunina
 Soviet Union
34:54.11 Marjatta Kajosmaa
 Finland
34:56.45
3 × 5 km relay
 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

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


References

  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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