The men's 15 kilometre
cross-country skiing competition at the
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...
in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous cit ...
, Japan, was held on Monday 7 February at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.
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
Harald Grønningen (9 October 1934 – 26 August 2016) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received ...
of Norway was the defending Olympic champion from the
1968 Olympics in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
, France.
Results
Sources:
References
External links
Final results (International Ski Federation)
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Men's cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics