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

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]

Men's 30 kilometre
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueMakomanai Cross Country Events Site
Dates4 February
Competitors59 from 18 nations
Winning time1:36:31.15
Medalists
Vyacheslav Vedenin
 Soviet Union
Pål Tyldum
 Norway
Johs Harviken
 Norway

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
54Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union1:36:31.15
60Pål Tyldum Norway1:37:25.30+54.15
36Johs Harviken Norway1:37:32.44+1:01.29
435Gunnar Larsson Sweden1:37:33.72+1:02.57
557Walter Demel West Germany1:37:45.53+1:14.38
618Fyodor Simashov Soviet Union1:38:22.50+1:51.35
712Alois Kälin Switzerland1:38:40.72+2:09.57
853Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany1:39:15.54+2:44.39
958Stanislav Henych Czechoslovakia1:39:24.29+2:53.14
1045Gerhard Gehring West Germany1:39:44.47+3:13.32
1127Lars-Göran Åslund Sweden1:39:45.29+3:14.14
1224Axel Lesser East Germany1:39:49.24+3:18.09
1352Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden1:39:54.35+3:23.20
1444Eduard Hauser Switzerland1:40:14.98+3:43.83
152Yury Skobov Soviet Union1:40:18.70+3:47.55
1643Vladimir Dolganov Soviet Union1:40:48.85+4:17.70
1750Alfred Kälin Switzerland1:41:35.34+5:04.19
188Gerd Heßler East Germany1:41:37.47+5:06.32
1915Eero Mäntyranta Finland1:41:40.51+5:09.36
2038Elviro Blanc Italy1:41:44.32+5:13.17
2119Magne Myrmo Norway1:42:23.40+5:52.25
2213Teuvo Hatunen Finland1:42:27.18+5:56.03
2349Kunio Shibata Japan1:42:30.83+5:59.68
2448Ulrico Kostner Italy1:42:44.06+6:12.91
2541Jean-Paul Vandel France1:42:45.88+6:14.73
2647Mike Elliott United States1:43:15.03+6:43.88
2737Eberhard Klessen East Germany1:43:15.99+6:44.84
287Thomas Magnusson Sweden1:43:26.02+6:54.87
2939Jan Staszel Poland1:43:35.68+7:04.53
3023Mike Gallagher United States1:43:39.41+7:08.26
316Ole Ellefsæter Norway1:44:25.21+7:54.06
329Renzo Chiocchetti Italy1:44:35.03+8:03.88
3355Herbert Wachter Austria1:44:45.67+8:14.52
3440Ján Fajstavr Czechoslovakia1:44:49.45+8:18.30
3529Hartmut Döpp West Germany1:44:51.05+8:19.90
3614Attilio Lombard Italy1:45:03.72+8:32.57
3732Hideo Tanifuji Japan1:45:37.13+9:05.98
3810Edgar Eckert West Germany1:45:38.51+9:07.36
3926Petar Pankov Bulgaria1:45:50.66+9:19.51
4030Ján Michalko Czechoslovakia1:46:19.36+9:48.21
4121Werner Geeser Switzerland1:46:20.36+9:49.21
4211Bob Gray United States1:46:38.31+10:07.16
4346Malcolm Hunter Canada1:46:51.47+10:20.32
443Seiji Kudo Japan1:47:00.40+10:29.25
4556Daniel Cerisey France1:47:03.01+10:31.86
4642Ventseslav Stoyanov Bulgaria1:47:11.68+10:40.53
4722Tomio Okamura Japan1:47:50.22+11:19.07
4834Heinrich Wallner Austria1:48:05.42+11:34.27
491Gilbert Faure France1:48:12.19+11:41.04
5020Jan Omholt-Jensen Canada1:51:14.04+14:42.89
5117Danzangiin Narantungalag Mongolia1:51:29.88+14:58.73
524Namsrain Sandagdorj Mongolia1:52:14.67+15:43.52
5359Clark Matis United States1:52:18.52+15:47.37
5431Keith Oliver Great Britain1:54:10.60+17:39.45
5525Terence Palliser Great Britain1:54:39.41+18:08.26
16Josef Hauser AustriaDNF
28Roland Jeannerod FranceDNF
33Raimo Lehtinen FinlandDNF
51Osmo Karjalainen FinlandDNF
5Ján Ilavský CzechoslovakiaDNS

References

  1. "Sapooro 30 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 30 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. "30 km Men Grenoble". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. "30 km Men Sapporo". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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