Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

Men's 15 kilometre
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMakomanai Cross Country Events Site
Dates7 February
Competitors62 from 19 nations
Winning time45:28.24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven-Åke Lundbäck
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fyodor Simashov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ivar Formo
 Norway
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Cross-country skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, was held on Monday 7 February at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.[1][2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Lars-Göran Åslund of Sweden was the 1970 World champion and Harald Grønningen of Norway was the defending Olympic champion from the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France.[3]

Results

Sources:[1][4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 54 Sven-Åke Lundbäck  Sweden 45:28.24 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 52 Fyodor Simashov  Soviet Union 46:00.84 +32.60
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 34 Ivar Formo  Norway 46:02.68 +34.44
4 57 Juha Mieto  Finland 46:02.74 +34.50
5 23 Yury Skobov  Soviet Union 46:04.59 +36.35
6 35 Axel Lesser  East Germany 46:17.01 +48.77
7 61 Walter Demel  West Germany 46:17.36 +49.12
8 37 Gunnar Larsson  Sweden 46:23.29 +55.05
9 9 Oddvar Brå  Norway 46:25.88 +57.64
10 38 Osmo Karjalainen  Finland 46:27.51 +59.27
11 59 Eduard Hauser  Switzerland 46:30.53 +1:02.29
12 12 Vladimir Voronkov  Soviet Union 46:33.43 +1:05.19
13 63 Gert-Dietmar Klause  East Germany 46:34.40 +1:06.16
14 28 Albert Giger  Switzerland 46:38.36 +1:10.12
15 46 Johs Harviken  Norway 46:46.36 +1:18.12
16 42 Valery Tarakanov  Soviet Union 46:48.32 +1:20.08
17 41 Alois Kälin  Switzerland 46:50.31 +1:22.07
18 29 Lars-Göran Åslund  Sweden 46:56.23 +1:27.99
19 58 Magne Myrmo  Norway 47:02.55 +1:34.31
20 15 Tord Backman  Sweden 47:22.97 +1:54.73
21 56 Stanislav Henych  Czechoslovakia 47:25.81 +1:57.57
22 36 Gerhard Gehring  West Germany 47:33.78 +2:05.54
23 24 Juhani Repo  Finland 47:56.16 +2:27.92
24 53 Carlo Favre  Italy 47:59.07 +2:30.83
25 49 Gerd Heßler  East Germany 48:04.15 +2:35.91
26 3 Rainer Groß  East Germany 48:05.86 +2:37.62
27 47 Tonio Biondini  Italy 48:10.09 +2:41.85
28 22 Franco Stella  Italy 48:17.14 +2:48.90
29 39 Ján Fajstavr  Czechoslovakia 48:18.22 +2:49.98
30 21 Ján Michalko  Czechoslovakia 48:31.64 +3:03.40
31 55 Roland Jeannerod  France 48:32.42 +3:04.18
32 14 Hartmut Döpp  West Germany 48:46.08 +3:17.84
33 50 Jan Staszel  Poland 48:46.72 +3:18.48
34 16 Hansüli Kreuzer  Switzerland 48:55.37 +3:27.13
35 8 Manne Liimatainen  Finland 48:59.90 +3:31.66
36 27 Franz Betz  West Germany 49:00.41 +3:32.17
37 19 Hideo Tanifuji  Japan 49:06.97 +3:38.73
38 30 Heinrich Wallner  Austria 49:17.97 +3:49.73
39 44 Jean-Paul Vandel  France 49:22.89 +3:54.65
40 17 Franco Nones  Italy 49:35.43 +4:07.19
41 60 Kunio Shibata  Japan 49:38.95 +4:10.71
42 51 Herbert Wachter  Austria 49:44.13 +4:15.89
43 40 Akiyoshi Matsuoka  Japan 49:50.72 +4:22.48
44 26 Everett Dunklee  United States 49:52.20 +4:23.96
45 43 Malcolm Hunter  Canada 49:54.08 +4:25.84
46 33 Daniel Cerisey  France 50:05.88 +4:37.64
47 25 Petar Pankov  Bulgaria 50:06.74 +4:38.50
48 4 Gérard Granclement  France 50:07.11 +4:38.87
49 62 Fred Kelly  Canada 50:07.22 +4:38.98
50 32 Roger Allen  Canada 50:41.31 +5:13.07
51 6 Motoharu Matsumura  Japan 50:43.76 +5:15.52
52 11 Jarl Omholt-Jensen  Canada 50:52.14 +5:23.90
53 2 Ventseslav Stoyanov  Bulgaria 50:54.98 +5:26.74
54 45 Tim Caldwell  United States 51:17.92 +5:49.68
55 13 Ronny Yeager  United States 51:36.54 +6:08.30
56 20 Danzangiin Narantungalag  Mongolia 52:06.18 +6:37.94
57 1 Namsrain Sandagdorj  Mongolia 52:48.54 +7:20.30
58 64 Larry Martin  United States 53:13.91 +7:45.67
59 48 Terence Palliser  Great Britain 54:11.98 +8:43.74
60 31 Peter Strong  Great Britain 54:41.99 +9:13.75
61 5 Harry Tobin  Great Britain 56:05.05 +10:36.81
62 18 Liang Reng-guey  Chinese Taipei 1:03:35.66 +18:07.42
7 Josef Hauser  Austria DNF
10 Ján Ilavský  Czechoslovakia DNS

References

  1. ^ a b "Sapooro 15 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ "15 km Men Grenoble". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. ^ "15 km Men Sapporo". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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