The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, was held on Thursday 10 February at Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.[1] Kalevi Oikarainen of Finland was the 1970 World champion and Ole Ellefsæter of Norway was the defending champion from the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France.[2]
| Men's 50 kilometre at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Makomanai Cross Country Events Site | |||||||||
| Dates | 10 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:43:14.75 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 40 athletes who started the race, seven did not finish. Pål Tyldum of Norway took his third medal of the Games; his first individual Olympic gold medal.
Results edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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40 | Pål Tyldum |  Norway |
2:43:14.75 | – |
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19 | Magne Myrmo | Norway |
2:43:29.45 | +14.70 |
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37 | Vyacheslav Vedenin |  Soviet Union |
2:44:00.19 | +45.44 |
| 4 | 32 | Reidar Hjermstad | Norway |
2:44:14.51 | +59.76 |
| 5 | 27 | Walter Demel |  West Germany |
2:44:32.67 | +1:17.92 |
| 6 | 11 | Werner Geeser |  Switzerland |
2:44:34.13 | +1:19.38 |
| 7 | 16 | Lars-Arne Bölling |  Sweden |
2:45:06.80 | +1:52.05 |
| 8 | 29 | Fyodor Simashov | Soviet Union |
2:45:08.93 | +1:54.18 |
| 9 | 35 | Gert-Dietmar Klause |  East Germany |
2:46:17.43 | +3:02.68 |
| 10 | 2 | Ole Ellefsæter | Norway |
2:46:46.94 | +3:32.19 |
| 11 | 36 | Hans-Erik Larsson | Sweden |
2:47:59.37 | +4:44.62 |
| 12 | 8 | Hannu Taipale |  Finland |
2:48:24.83 | +5:10.08 |
| 13 | 5 | Tord Backman | Sweden |
2:48:53.51 | +5:38.76 |
| 14 | 1 | Ulrich Wenger | Switzerland |
2:49:35.35 | +6:20.60 |
| 15 | 22 | Ivan Pronin | Soviet Union |
2:49:45.59 | +6:30.84 |
| 16 | 12 | Eberhard Klessen | East Germany |
2:49:53.01 | +6:38.26 |
| 17 | 9 | Ivan Garanin | Soviet Union |
2:50:00.78 | +6:46.03 |
| 18 | 33 | Rainer Gross | East Germany |
2:50:16.91 | +7:02.16 |
| 19 | 15 | Ján Fajstavr |  Czechoslovakia |
2:51:12.92 | +7:58.17 |
| 20 | 31 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden |
2:51:17.56 | +8:02.81 |
| 21 | 26 | Elviro Blanc |  Italy |
2:51:25.19 | +8:10.44 |
| 22 | 39 | Attilio Lombard | Italy |
2:51:39.65 | +8:24.90 |
| 23 | 25 | Louis Jäggi | Switzerland |
2:53:00.78 | +9:46.03 |
| 24 | 13 | Gene Morgan |  United States |
2:54:01.52 | +10:46.77 |
| 25 | 4 | Tonio Biondini | Italy |
2:54:28.39 | +11:13.64 |
| 26 | 34 | Giuseppe Dermon | Switzerland |
2:56:24.21 | +13:09.46 |
| 27 | 41 | Everett Dunklee | United States |
2:56:42.49 | +13:27.74 |
| 28 | 10 | Petar Pankov |  Bulgaria |
2:57:12.15 | +13:57.40 |
| 29 | 20 | Seiji Kudo |  Japan |
2:57:42.62 | +14:27.87 |
| 30 | 24 | Ján Michalko | Czechoslovakia |
2:58:31.83 | +15:17.08 |
| 31 | 21 | Edgar Eckert | West Germany |
3:00:08.32 | +16:53.57 |
| 32 | 18 | Teuvo Hatunen | Finland |
3:00:41.72 | +17:26.97 |
| 33 | 28 | Bob Gray | United States |
3:01:15.37 | +18:00.62 |
| 3 | Joe McNulty | United States |
DNF | ||
| 6 | Ventseslav Stoyanov | Bulgaria |
DNF | ||
| 14 | Ulrico Kostner | Italy |
DNF | ||
| 17 | Jean Jobez |  France |
DNF | ||
| 23 | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland |
DNF | ||
| 30 | Motoharu Matsumura | Japan |
DNF | ||
| 38 | Kalevi Oikarainen | Finland |
DNF | ||
| 7 | Gerhard Gehring | West Germany |
DNS |
References edit
- ^ a b "Sapporo 50 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 11 February 2019.