Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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15 km

February 7, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
45:28.24
46:00.84
46:02.68
4 46:02.74
5 46:04.59
6 46:17.01
7 46:17.36
8 46:23.29

30 km

February 4, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
1:36:31.15
1:37:25.30
1:37:32.44
4 1:37:33,72
5 1:37:45.53
6 1:38:22.50
7 1:38:40.72
8 1:39:15.54


Vedenin was the first Soviet male athlete to win an Olympic cross-country skiing gold medal.

50 km

February 10, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
2:43:14.75
2:43:29.45
2:44:00.19
4 2:44:14.51
5 2:44:32.67
6 2:44:34.13
7 2:45:06.80
8 2:45:08.93

4 x 10 km relay

February 13, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
(Vladimir Voronkov
Vladimir Voronkov
Vladimir Petrovich Voronkov was a Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He won the 4 x 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR...

, Yuri Skobov
Yuri Skobov
Yuri Georgievich Skobov was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the early 1970s, training at Spartak in Omutninsk. He won the 4 x 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR...

, Fyodor Simashev
Fyodor Simashev
Fyodor Petrovich Simashov was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the early 1970s, training at Dynamo in Moscow...

, Vyacheslav Vedenin
Vyacheslav Vedenin
Vyacheslav Petrovitch Vedenin was a Soviet cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, training at Dynamo in Moscow.He won the 50 km silver at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble...

)
2:04:47.94
(Oddvar Brå
Oddvar Brå
Oddvar Brå is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He was among the best skiers in Norway, winner three times og World Cup winning 16 national championships, but his success in the major international championships was more modest...

, Pål Tyldum
Pål Tyldum
Pål Tyldum is a former cross country skier from Norway. Specializing in the longer distances, he won a gold medal in the 50 km event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he won a gold medal in the 4 x 10km relay...

, Ivar Formo
Ivar Formo
Ivar Formo was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. He won four medals at the Winter Olympics. Formo also won two bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 x 10 km relay...

, Johs Harviken
Johs Harviken
Johs Harviken is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1970s. He won two medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo with a silver in the 4 x 10km relay and a bronze in the 30km.-External links:...

)
2:04:57.06
(Alfred Kälin
Alfred Kälin
Alfred Kälin is a former Swiss cross country skier who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.-External links:*...

, Albert Giger
Albert Giger
Albert Giger is a former Swiss cross country skier who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He is as well a 5-times winner of the Engadin Skimarathon.- External links :*...

, Alois Kälin
Alois Kälin
Alois "Wisel" Kälin is a former Swiss Nordic skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He won a Nordic combined silver in the at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo...

, Eduard Hauser
Eduard Hauser
Eduard Hauser is a former Swiss cross country skier who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.- External links :*...

)
2:07:00.06
4 (Thomas Magnusson
Thomas Magnusson
Thomas Magnusson is a former Swedish cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. He won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including golds in the 30 km and the 4 × 10 km and a bronze in the 50 km...

, Lars-Göran Åslund
Lars-Göran Åslund
Lars-Göran Åslund . is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His biggest success was at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry where he won two medals with a gold in the 15 km and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km.-External links:...

, Gunnar Larsson
Gunnar Larsson (cross country skier)
Gunnar Larsson was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s. He won the 4 x 10 km silver and the 15 km bronze at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-External links:*...

, Sven-Åke Lundbäck
Sven-Åke Lundbäck
Sven-Åke Lundbäck is a former Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1972 to 1980. He won the 15 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo....

)
2:07:03.60
5 (Hannu Taipale
Hannu Taipale
Hannu Taipale is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble....

, Juha Mieto
Juha Mieto
Juha Iisakki Mieto . is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. He won five medals at the Winter Olympics...

, Juhani Repo, Osmo Karjalainen)
2:07:50.19
6 (Gerd Hessler
Gerd Hessler
Gerd Hessler was a former East German cross country skier who competed in the 1970s. He earned two medals in the 4 x 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold and a silver ....

, Axel Lesser
Axel Lesser
Axel Lesser is a former East German cross country skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. He earned a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry....

, Gerhard Grimmer
Gerhard Grimmer
Gerhard Grimmer was an East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. He won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including golds in the 50 km and the 4 x 10 km relay ; silvers in the 30 km , 4 x 10 km relay , and 15 km ; and...

, Gert-Dietmar Klause
Gert-Dietmar Klause
Gert-Dietmar Klause . is a former East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. He won a silver medal in the 50 km at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck....

)
2:10:03.73
7 (Franz Betz, Urban Hettich
Urban Hettich
Urban Hettich is a West German nordic combined and skier who competed during the 1970s. His best known finish was a silver at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck in the Individual event....

, Hartmut Döpp, Walter Demel
Walter Demel
Walter Demel is a West German cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's. He won a bronze medal in the 30 km event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships....

)
2:10:42.85
8 (Stanislav Henych
Stanislav Henych
Stanislav Henych is a Czechoslovakian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. He won a silver medal in the 50 km at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun....

, Jan Fastavr, Jan Michalko, Ján Ilavský)
2:11:27.55

5 km

February 9, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
17:00.50
17:05.50
17:07.32
4 17:07.40
5 17:11.67
6 17:12.08

10 km

February 6, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
34:17.82
34:54.11
34:56.45
4 34:58.56
5 35:06.34
6 35:18.84

3 x 5 km relay

February 12, 1972
Medal Athlete Time
(Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina
Alevtina Olyunina
Alevtina Sergeyevna Olyunina was a female Soviet former cross country skier who competed during the early 1970s for Trud Voluntary Sports Society....

, Galina Kulakova
Galina Kulakova
Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova is a female Soviet former cross country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. Kulakova trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society...

)
48:46.15
(Helena Takalo, Hilkka Riihivuori, Marjatta Kajosmaa
Marjatta Kajosmaa
Marjatta Kajosmaa is a Finnish former cross country skier who competed during the 1970s. She competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Kajosmaa also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning four times at 10 km and three times at 5 km...

)
49:19.37
(Inger Aufles
Inger Aufles
Inger Aufles is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970s. She won three Winter Olympic medals with a gold and two bronzes ....

, Aslaug Dahl
Aslaug Dahl
Aslaug Dahl is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the early 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the 3 x 5 km relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.-External links:*...

, Berit Mørdre)
49:51.49
4 (Monika Mrklas, Ingrid Rothfuss, Michaela Enler) 50:25.61
5 (Gabriele Haupt
Gabriele Haupt
Gabriele Haupt was a former East German cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She earned a silver medal in the 3 x 5 km at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry....

, Renate Fischer, Anna Unger
Anna Unger
Anna Unger was a former East German cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She earned a silver medal in the 3 x 5 km at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry.-External links:*...

)
50:28.45
6 (Alena Bartošová
Alena Bartosová
Alena Bartošová was a former Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed during the 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun....

, Helena Šikolová
Helena Šikolová
Helena Balatková is a former Czechoslovak cross country skier who competed during the 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the 5 km event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, becoming the first Czech of either sex to win an Olympic medal in cross country skiing.Šikolová also finished 4th in...

, Milena Cillerova)
51:16.16
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