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

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Men's 15 kilometre
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
VenueMakomanai Cross Country Events Site
Dates7 February
Competitors62 from 19 nations
Winning time45:28.24
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sven-Åke Lundbäck
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Fyodor Simashov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Ivar Formo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1968
1976  

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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg54 Sven-Åke Lundbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 45:28.24
Silver medal icon.svg52 Fyodor Simashov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46:00.84+32.60
Bronze medal icon.svg34 Ivar Formo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46:02.68+34.44
457 Juha Mieto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 46:02.74+34.50
523 Yury Skobov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46:04.59+36.35
635 Axel Lesser Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 46:17.01+48.77
761 Walter Demel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46:17.36+49.12
837 Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 46:23.29+55.05
99 Oddvar Brå Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46:25.88+57.64
1038 Osmo Karjalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 46:27.51+59.27
1159 Eduard Hauser Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 46:30.53+1:02.29
1212 Vladimir Voronkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46:33.43+1:05.19
1363 Gert-Dietmar Klause Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 46:34.40+1:06.16
1428 Albert Giger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 46:38.36+1:10.12
1546 Johs Harviken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46:46.36+1:18.12
1642 Valery Tarakanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46:48.32+1:20.08
1741 Alois Kälin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 46:50.31+1:22.07
1829 Lars-Göran Åslund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 46:56.23+1:27.99
1958 Magne Myrmo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47:02.55+1:34.31
2015 Tord Backman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47:22.97+1:54.73
2156 Stanislav Henych Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 47:25.81+1:57.57
2236 Gerhard Gehring Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 47:33.78+2:05.54
2324 Juhani Repo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 47:56.16+2:27.92
2453 Carlo Favre Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47:59.07+2:30.83
2549 Gerd Heßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 48:04.15+2:35.91
263 Rainer Groß Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 48:05.86+2:37.62
2747 Tonio Biondini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48:10.09+2:41.85
2822 Franco Stella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48:17.14+2:48.90
2939 Ján Fajstavr Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 48:18.22+2:49.98
3021 Ján Michalko Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 48:31.64+3:03.40
3155 Roland Jeannerod Flag of France.svg  France 48:32.42+3:04.18
3214 Hartmut Döpp Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 48:46.08+3:17.84
3350 Jan Staszel Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 48:46.72+3:18.48
3416 Hansüli Kreuzer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 48:55.37+3:27.13
358 Manne Liimatainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48:59.90+3:31.66
3627 Franz Betz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 49:00.41+3:32.17
3719 Hideo Tanifuji Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 49:06.97+3:38.73
3830 Heinrich Wallner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 49:17.97+3:49.73
3944 Jean-Paul Vandel Flag of France.svg  France 49:22.89+3:54.65
4017 Franco Nones Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49:35.43+4:07.19
4160 Kunio Shibata Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 49:38.95+4:10.71
4251 Herbert Wachter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 49:44.13+4:15.89
4340 Akiyoshi Matsuoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 49:50.72+4:22.48
4426 Everett Dunklee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49:52.20+4:23.96
4543 Malcolm Hunter Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49:54.08+4:25.84
4633 Daniel Cerisey Flag of France.svg  France 50:05.88+4:37.64
4725 Petar Pankov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50:06.74+4:38.50
484 Gérard Granclement Flag of France.svg  France 50:07.11+4:38.87
4962 Fred Kelly Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50:07.22+4:38.98
5032 Roger Allen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50:41.31+5:13.07
516 Motoharu Matsumura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 50:43.76+5:15.52
5211 Jarl Omholt-Jensen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 50:52.14+5:23.90
532 Ventseslav Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50:54.98+5:26.74
5445 Tim Caldwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51:17.92+5:49.68
5513 Ronny Yeager Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51:36.54+6:08.30
5620 Danzangiin Narantungalag Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 52:06.18+6:37.94
571 Namsrain Sandagdorj Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 52:48.54+7:20.30
5864 Larry Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53:13.91+7:45.67
5948 Terence Palliser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54:11.98+8:43.74
6031 Peter Strong Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54:41.99+9:13.75
615 Harry Tobin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56:05.05+10:36.81
6218 Liang Reng-guey Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China 1:03:35.66+18:07.42
7 Josef Hauser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF
10 Ján Ilavský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNS

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