Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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The 1972 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results.

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[edit] Men's events

[edit] 15 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) 45:28.24
Silver Soviet Union Fyodor Simashev (URS) 46:00.84
Bronze Norway Ivar Formo (NOR) 46:02.68

[edit] 30 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Soviet Union Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) 1:36:31.15
Silver Norway Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1:37:25.30
Bronze Norway Johs Harviken (NOR) 1:37:32.44

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

[edit] 50 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Norway Pål Tyldum (NOR) 2:43:14.75
Silver Norway Magne Myrmo (NOR) 2:43:29.45
Bronze Soviet Union Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) 2:44:00.19

[edit] 4 x 10 km relay

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) (Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin) 2:04:47.94
Silver Norway Norway (NOR) (Oddvar Brå, Pål Tyldum, Ivar Formo, Johs Harviken) 2:04:57.06
Bronze Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) (Alfred Kälin, Albert Giger, Alois Kälin, Eduard Hauser) 2:07:00.06

[edit] Women's events

[edit] 5 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Soviet Union Galina Kulakova (URS) 17:00.50
Silver Finland Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN) 17:05.50
Bronze Czechoslovakia Helena Šikolová (TCH) 17:07.32

[edit] 10 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Soviet Union Galina Kulakova (URS) 34:17.82
Silver Soviet Union Alevtina Olyunina (URS) 34:54.11
Bronze Finland Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN) 34:56.45

[edit] 3 x 5 km relay

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) (Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, Galina Kulakova) 48:46.15
Silver Finland Finland (FIN) (Helena Takalo, Hilkka Riihivuori, Marjatta Kajosmaa) 49:19.37
Bronze Norway Norway (NOR) (Inger Aufles, Aslaug Dahl, Berit Mørdre) 49:51.49