| Cross country skiing at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Makomanai Cross Country Events Site |
| Dates | February 4-13 |
| No. of events | 7 |
| Competitors | 152 (104 men, 48 women) from 19 nations |
| ← Grenoble 1968Innsbruck 1976 → | |
| Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 5 km | women | |
| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | |
| 30 km | men | |
| 50 km | men | |
| Relay | men | women |
The 1972 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results.
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km details |
Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden |
45:28.24 | Fyodor Simachov Soviet Union |
46:00.84 | Ivar Formo Norway |
46:02.68 |
| 30 km details |
Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union |
1:36:31.15 | Pål Tyldum Norway |
1:37:25.30 | Johs Harviken Norway |
1:37:32.44 |
| 50 km details |
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 details |
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 | |||
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| 5 km details |
Galina Kulakova Soviet Union |
17:00.50 | Marjatta Kajosmaa Finland |
17:05.50 | Helena Šikolová Czechoslovakia |
17:07.32 |
| 10 km details |
Galina Kulakova Soviet Union |
34:17.82 | Alevtina Olyunina Soviet Union |
34:54.11 | Marjatta Kajosmaa Finland |
34:56.45 |
| 3 × 5 km relay details |
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.
Austria
Bulgaria
Canada
Republic of China- Czechoslovakia
East Germany- Finland
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Mongolia- Norway
Poland- Soviet Union
- Sweden
- Switzerland
United States
West Germany
References
- "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
External links
| Events at the 1972 Winter Olympics (Sapporo) | |
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| Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics | |||
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