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. 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.
Results Sources:
Rank Bib Team Time Deficit 1 Vladimir VoronkovYury SkobovFyodor SimashovVyacheslav Vedenin 2:04:47.94 4 Oddvar BråPål TyldumIvar FormoJohs Harviken 2:04:57.06 5 Alfred KälinAlbert GigerAlois KälinEduard Hauser 2:07:00.06 3 Thomas MagnussonLars-Göran ÅslundGunnar LarssonSven-Åke Lundbäck 2:07:03.60 7 Hannu TaipaleJuha MietoJuhani RepoOsmo Karjalainen 2:07:50.19 2 Gerd HeßlerAxel LesserGerhard GrimmerGert-Dietmar Klause 2:10:03.73 9 Frank BetzUrban HettichHartmut Döpp Walter Demel 2:10:42.85 8 Stanislav HenychJán FajstavrJán Michalko Ján Ilavský 2:11:27.55 6 Carlo FavreElviro BlancRenzo Chiocchetti Ulrico Kostner 2:12:07.11 10 11 Hideo TanijufiKunio ShibataAkiyoshi Matsuoka Tomio Okamura 2:13:59.14 11 13 Jean-Paul VandelRoland JeannerodGilbert Faure Jean Jobez 2:14:35.98 12 10 Tim CaldwellMike GallagherLarry MartinMike Elliott 2:14:37.28 13 14 Fred KellyRoger AllenJarl Omholt-Jensen Malcolm Hunter 2:16:56.41 +12:08.47 12 Herbert WachterJosef HauserUlrich Öhlböck Heinrich Wallner
References
External links Results International Ski Federation (FIS)