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

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]

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
Sven-Åke Lundbäck
 Sweden
Fyodor Simashov
 Soviet Union
Ivar Formo
 Norway
Cross-country skiing at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
54Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden45:28.24–
52Fyodor Simashov Soviet Union46:00.84+32.60
34Ivar Formo Norway46:02.58+34.34
457Juha Mieto Finland46:02.64+34.40
523Yury Skobov Soviet Union46:04.59+36.35
635Axel Lesser East Germany46:17.01+48.77
761Walter Demel West Germany46:17.36+49.12
837Gunnar Larsson Sweden46:23.29+55.05
99Oddvar Brå Norway46:25.88+57.64
1038Osmo Karjalainen Finland46:27.51+59.27
1159Eduard Hauser Switzerland46:30.53+1:02.29
1212Vladimir Voronkov Soviet Union46:33.43+1:05.19
1363Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany46:34.40+1:06.16
1428Albert Giger Switzerland46:38.36+1:10.12
1546Johs Harviken Norway46:46.36+1:18.12
1642Valery Tarakanov Soviet Union46:48.32+1:20.08
1741Alois Kälin Switzerland46:50.31+1:22.07
1829Lars-Göran Åslund Sweden46:56.23+1:27.99
1958Magne Myrmo Norway47:02.55+1:34.31
2015Tord Backman Sweden47:22.97+1:54.73
2156Stanislav Henych Czechoslovakia47:25.81+1:57.57
2236Gerhard Gehring West Germany47:33.78+2:05.54
2324Juhani Repo Finland47:56.16+2:27.92
2453Carlo Favre Italy47:59.07+2:30.83
2549Gerd Heßler East Germany48:04.15+2:35.91
263Rainer Groß East Germany48:05.86+2:37.62
2747Tonio Biondini Italy48:10.09+2:41.85
2822Franco Stella Italy48:17.14+2:48.90
2939Ján Fajstavr Czechoslovakia48:18.22+2:49.98
3021Ján Michalko Czechoslovakia48:31.64+3:03.40
3155Roland Jeannerod France48:32.42+3:04.18
3214Hartmut Döpp West Germany48:46.08+3:17.84
3350Jan Staszel Poland48:46.72+3:18.48
3416Hansüli Kreuzer Switzerland48:55.37+3:27.13
358Manne Liimatainen Finland48:59.90+3:31.66
3627Franz Betz West Germany49:00.41+3:32.17
3719Hideo Tanifuji Japan49:06.97+3:38.73
3830Heinrich Wallner Austria49:17.97+3:49.73
3944Jean-Paul Vandel France49:22.89+3:54.65
4017Franco Nones Italy49:35.43+4:07.19
4160Kunio Shibata Japan49:38.95+4:10.71
4251Herbert Wachter Austria49:44.13+4:15.89
4340Akiyoshi Matsuoka Japan49:50.72+4:22.48
4426Everett Dunklee United States49:52.20+4:23.96
4543Malcolm Hunter Canada49:54.08+4:25.84
4633Daniel Cerisey France50:05.88+4:37.64
4725Petar Pankov Bulgaria50:06.74+4:38.50
484Gérard Granclement France50:07.11+4:38.87
4962Fred Kelly Canada50:07.22+4:38.98
5032Roger Allen Canada50:41.31+5:13.07
516Motoharu Matsumura Japan50:43.76+5:15.52
5211Jarl Omholt-Jensen Canada50:52.14+5:23.90
532Ventseslav Stoyanov Bulgaria50:54.98+5:26.74
5445Tim Caldwell United States51:17.92+5:49.68
5513Ronny Yeager United States51:36.54+6:08.30
5620Danzangiin Narantungalag Mongolia52:06.18+6:37.94
571Namsrain Sandagdorj Mongolia52:48.54+7:20.30
5864Larry Martin United States53:13.91+7:45.67
5948Terence Palliser Great Britain54:11.98+8:43.74
6031Peter Strong Great Britain54:41.99+9:13.75
615Harry Tobin Great Britain56:05.05+10:36.81
6218Liang Reng-guey Chinese Taipei1:03:35.66+18:07.42
7Josef Hauser AustriaDNF
10Ján Ilavský CzechoslovakiaDNS

References
  1. "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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