Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km	Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden (SWE)	45:28.24	Fyodor Simachov Soviet Union (URS)	46:00.84	Ivar Formo Norway (NOR)	46:02.68
30 km	Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union (URS)	1:36:31.15	Pål Tyldum Norway (NOR)	1:37:25.31	Johs Harviken Norway (NOR)	1:37:32.44
50 km	Pål Tyldum Norway (NOR)	2:43:14.75	Magne Myrmo Norway (NOR)	2:43:29.45	Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union (URS)	2:44:00.19
4×10 km	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Voronkov Yuriy Skobov Fyodor Simachov Vyacheslav Vedenin	2:04:47.94	Norway (NOR) Oddvar Brå Pål Tyldum Ivar Formo Johs Harviken	2:04:57.06	Switzerland (SUI) Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser	2:07:00.06

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km	Galina Kulakova Soviet Union (URS)	17:00.50	Marjatta Kajosmaa Finland (FIN)	17:05.50	Helena Šikolová Czechoslovakia (TCH)	17:07.32
10 km	Galina Kulakova Soviet Union (URS)	34:17.82	Alevtina Olyunina Soviet Union (URS)	34:54.11	Marjatta Kajosmaa Finland (FIN)	34:56.45
3×5 km	Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova	48:46.15	Finland (FIN) Helena Takalo Hilkka Riihivuori Marjatta Kajosmaa	49:19.37	Norway (NOR) Inger Aufles Aslaug Dahl Berit Mørdre	49:51.49

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	5	2	1	8
2	Norway (NOR)	1	3	3	7
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
4	Finland (FIN)	0	2	1	3
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1

References

• Official Olympic Report