Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Nordic Combined at the XI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (ski jumping) Makomanai Park (cross-country skiing)
Dates	18–19 February
Competitors	40 from 14 nations
Winning Score	413.340
Medalists
Ulrich Wehling  East Germany Rauno Miettinen  Finland Karl-Heinz Luck  East Germany

Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 4 February to 5 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, while the cross-country portion took place at Makomanai Park.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany	1	0	1	2
2	Finland	0	1	0	1
Totals (2 nations)		1	1	1	3

Events

^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	Ulrich Wehling  East Germany	413.34	Rauno Miettinen  Finland	405.51	Karl-Heinz Luck  East Germany	398.80

Individual

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Ski Jumping					Cross-country			Total
			Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
	Ulrich Wehling	East Germany	101.6	99.3	96.2	200.9	4	49:15.3	212.44	3	413.34
	Rauno Miettinen	Finland	94.4	103.9	106.1	210.0	2	51:08.2	195.51	15	405.51
	Karl-Heinz Luck	East Germany	85.0	93.8	65.4	178.8	17	48:24.9	220.00	1	398.80
4	Erkki Kilpinen	Finland	78.8	91.5	93.5	185.0	9	49:52.6	206.85	4	391.85
5	Yuji Katsuro	Japan	90.4	92.1	103.0	195.1	6	51:10.9	195.10	18	390.20
6	Tomáš Kučera	Czechoslovakia	95.1	96.7	86.6	191.8	7	51:04.0	196.14	14	387.94
7	Aleksandr Nosov	Soviet Union	80.8	100.4	100.9	201.3	3	52:08.7	186.43	27	387.73
8	Kåre Olav Berg	Norway	74.0	90.9	89.5	180.4	16	50:08.9	204.40	7	384.80
9	Günter Deckert	East Germany	104.9	77.0	78.5	183.4	12	50:41.1	199.57	10	382.97
10	Ralph Pöhland	West Germany	81.4	90.7	84.1	174.8	22	49:55.6	206.40	5	381.20
11	Mikhail Artyukhov	Soviet Union	91.4	88.2	91.6	183.0	14	50:57.0	197.19	12	380.19
12	Kazimierz Długopolski	Poland	93.1	89.7	91.8	184.9	10	51:38.5	190.96	24	375.86
13	Hideki Nakano	Japan	109.5	111.0	108.8	220.5	1	55:41.2	154.56	39	375.06
14	Kjell Åsvestad	Norway	87.9	90.5	92.6	183.1	13	51:36.2	191.31	23	374.41
15	Kazuo Araya	Japan	88.5	100.3	99.4	199.7	5	53:29.3	174.34	34	374.04
16	Ezio Damolin	Italy	80.1	84.9	90.3	175.2	21	50:58.1	197.02	13	372.22
17	Stefan Hula	Poland	77.2	92.9	85.3	178.2	18	51:29.4	192.33	21	370.53
18	Hans Hartleb	East Germany	91.2	92.7	71.8	183.9	11	52:14.2	185.61	28	369.51
19	Henning Weid	Norway	85.6	90.0	91.3	181.3	15	51:58.1	188.02	25	369.32
20	Urban Hettich	West Germany	78.3	73.8	73.5	152.1	32	49:00.4	214.68	2	366.78
21	Mike Devecka	United States	63.3	77.6	79.5	157.1	27	50:00.0	205.74	6	362.84
22	Anatoly Zaytsev	Soviet Union	69.6	78.3	80.0	158.3	26	50:10.4	204.18	8	362.48
23	Gjert Andersen	Norway	81.5	91.8	72.7	173.3	23	52:04.8	187.02	26	360.32
24	Nobutaka Sasaki	Japan	90.8	99.5	84.5	190.3	8	54:00.6	169.65	37	359.95
25	Alfred Winkler	West Germany	84.2	91.4	82.5	175.6	20	52:41.5	181.51	32	357.11
26	Ladislav Rygl	Czechoslovakia	76.1	59.6	84.3	160.4	24	51:09.2	195.36	16	355.76
27	Jukka Kuvaja	Finland	76.4	75.9	83.8	160.2	25	51:17.0	194.19	19	354.39
28	Jaroslav Svoboda	Czechoslovakia	84.9	89.8	86.1	175.9	19	53:20.2	175.71	33	351.61
29	Vyacheslav Dryagin	Soviet Union	40.8	72.5	73.7	146.2	35	50:29.4	201.33	9	347.53
30	Fabio Morandini	Italy	61.9	79.6	39.2	141.5	36	50:43.7	199.18	11	340.68
31	Józef Gąsienica	Poland	62.9	82.4	64.4	146.8	34	51:29.4	192.33	21	339.13
32	Janez Gorjanc	Yugoslavia	66.7	78.3	77.5	155.8	28	52:40.1	181.72	31	337.52
33	Franz Keller	West Germany	72.4	73.7	80.3	154.0	31	52:32.5	182.86	30	336.86
34	Jim Miller	United States	50.8	80.8	58.9	139.7	37	51:09.9	195.25	17	334.95
35	Jacques Gaillard	France	76.3	79.1	73.4	155.4	29	53:59.5	169.81	35	325.21
36	Sven-Olof Israelsson	Sweden	70.7	59.6	55.6	130.3	39	51:24.9	193.00	20	323.30
37	Ulli Öhlböck	Austria	62.2	72.7	78.2	150.9	33	53:59.5	169.81	35	320.71
38	Teyck Weed	United States	55.6	66.5	63.3	129.8	40	52:26.2	183.81	29	313.61
39	Bob Kendall	United States	58.0	67.9	71.1	139.0	38	54:34.0	164.64	38	303.64
-	Libor Foltman	Czechoslovakia	80.1	74.9	42.0	155.0	30	DNF	-	-	-

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in nordic combined at the Sapporo Games.^[1]

References

Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Nordic Combined

Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Nordic Combined - Individual