Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre

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Men's 30 kilometre
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Makomanai Cross Country Events Site
Dates4 February 1972
Competitors59 from 18 nations
Winning time1:36:31.15
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Vedenin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Pål Tyldum
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Johs Harviken
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1968
1976  

The men's 30 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, was held on Friday 4 February at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site. [1] [2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. Vyacheslav Vedenin of the Soviet Union was the 1970 World champion and Franco Nones of Italy was the defending Olympic champion from the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France. [3]

Results

Sources: [1] [4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg54 Vyacheslav Vedenin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:36:31.15
Silver medal icon.svg60 Pål Tyldum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:37:25.30+54.15
Bronze medal icon.svg36 Johs Harviken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:37:32.44+1:01.29
435 Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:37:33.72+1:02.57
557 Walter Demel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:37:45.53+1:14.38
618 Fyodor Simashov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:38:22.50+1:51.35
712 Alois Kälin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:38:40.72+2:09.57
853 Gert-Dietmar Klause Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:39:15.54+2:44.39
958 Stanislav Henych Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:39:24.29+2:53.14
1045 Gerhard Gehring Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:39:44.47+3:13.32
1127 Lars-Göran Åslund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:39:45.29+3:14.14
1224 Axel Lesser Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:39:49.24+3:18.09
1352 Sven-Åke Lundbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:39:54.35+3:23.20
1444 Eduard Hauser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:40:14.98+3:43.83
152 Yury Skobov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:40:18.70+3:47.55
1643 Vladimir Dolganov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:40:48.85+4:17.70
1750 Alfred Kälin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:41:35.34+5:04.19
188 Gerd Heßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:41:37.47+5:06.32
1915 Eero Mäntyranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:41:40.51+5:09.36
2038 Elviro Blanc Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:41:44.32+5:13.17
2119 Magne Myrmo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:42:23.40+5:52.25
2213 Teuvo Hatunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:42:27.18+5:56.03
2349 Kunio Shibata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:42:30.83+5:59.68
2448 Ulrico Kostner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:42:44.06+6:12.91
2541 Jean-Paul Vandel Flag of France.svg  France 1:42:45.88+6:14.73
2647 Mike Elliott Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:43:15.03+6:43.88
2737 Eberhard Klessen Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:43:15.99+6:44.84
287 Thomas Magnusson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:43:26.02+6:54.87
2939 Jan Staszel Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1:43:35.68+7:04.53
3023 Mike Gallagher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:43:39.41+7:08.26
316 Ole Ellefsæter Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:44:25.21+7:54.06
329 Renzo Chiocchetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:44:35.03+8:03.88
3355 Herbert Wachter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:44:45.67+8:14.52
3440 Ján Fajstavr Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:44:49.45+8:18.30
3529 Hartmut Döpp Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:44:51.05+8:19.90
3614 Attilio Lombard Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:45:03.72+8:32.57
3732 Hideo Tanifuji Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:45:37.13+9:05.98
3810 Edgar Eckert Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:45:38.51+9:07.36
3926 Petar Pankov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:45:50.66+9:19.51
4030 Ján Michalko Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:46:19.36+9:48.21
4121 Werner Geeser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:46:20.36+9:49.21
4211 Bob Gray Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:46:38.31+10:07.16
4346 Malcolm Hunter Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:46:51.47+10:20.32
443 Seiji Kudo Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:47:00.40+10:29.25
4556 Daniel Cerisey Flag of France.svg  France 1:47:03.01+10:31.86
4642 Ventseslav Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:47:11.68+10:40.53
4722 Tomio Okamura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:47:50.22+11:19.07
4834 Heinrich Wallner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:48:05.42+11:34.27
491 Gilbert Faure Flag of France.svg  France 1:48:12.19+11:41.04
5020 Jan Omholt-Jensen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:51:14.04+14:42.89
5117 Danzangiin Narantungalag Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 1:51:29.88+14:58.73
524 Namsrain Sandagdorj Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 1:52:14.67+15:43.52
5359 Clark Matis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52:18.52+15:47.37
5431 Keith Oliver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54:10.60+17:39.45
5525 Terence Palliser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:54:39.41+18:08.26
16 Josef Hauser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF
28 Roland Jeannerod Flag of France.svg  France DNF
33 Raimo Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
51 Osmo Karjalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
5 Ján Ilavský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNS

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