The 4 × 10 kilometre relay
cross-country skiing 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 Sunday 13 February at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.
It was the eighth appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics. It was the second time that
the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
won the gold medal in the event. Norway finished second in the relay, Switzerland in third place.
Results
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References
External links
Results International Ski Federation (FIS)
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Men's cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics