Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
| Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Makomanai Cross Country Events Site | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 (14 teams) from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:04:47.94 | ||||||||||||
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| Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 5 km | women | |
| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | |
| 30 km | men | |
| 50 km | men | |
| Relay | men | women |
The 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan was held on Sunday 13 February at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.[1] It was the eighth appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics. It was the second time that the Soviet Union won the gold medal in the event. Norway finished second in the relay, Switzerland in third place.[2]
Results
| Rank | Bib | Team | Time | Deficit |
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1 |  Fyodor Simashov Vyacheslav Vedenin |
2:04:47.94 | – |
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4 |  NorwayOddvar Brå Pål Tyldum Ivar Formo Johs Harviken |
2:04:57.06 | +9.12 |
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5 |  SwitzerlandAlfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser |
2:07:00.06 | +2:12.12 |
| 4 | 3 |  |
2:07:03.60 | +2:15.66 |
| 5 | 7 |  FinlandHannu Taipale Juha Mieto Juhani Repo Osmo Karjalainen |
2:07:50.19 | +3:02.25 |
| 6 | 2 |  East GermanyGerd Heßler Axel Lesser Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause |
2:10:03.73 | +5:15.79 |
| 7 | 9 |  |
2:10:42.85 | +5:54.91 |
| 8 | 8 |  |
2:11:27.55 | +6:39.61 |
| 9 | 6 |  ItalyCarlo Favre Elviro Blanc Renzo Chiocchetti Ulrico Kostner |
2:12:07.11 | +7:19.17 |
| 10 | 11 |  |
2:13:59.14 | +9:11.20 |
| 11 | 13 |  FranceJean-Paul Vandel Roland Jeannerod Gilbert Faure Jean Jobez |
2:14:35.98 | +9:48.04 |
| 12 | 10 |  Mike Elliott |
2:14:37.28 | +9:49.34 |
| 13 | 14 |  CanadaFred Kelly Roger Allen Jarl Omholt-Jensen Malcolm Hunter |
2:16:56.41 | +12:08.47 |
| 12 |  |
DNF |
References
- ^ a b "4x10 km relay Sapporo". www.skisport365.com. Skisport365.com. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Relay 4x10 km Men". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
