Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
Games:	1972 Winter
Venue:	Makomanai Cross Country Events Site
Date:	13 February
Competitors:	56 (14 teams)
Nations:	14
Win Value:	2:04:47.94
Gold:	Vladimir Voronkov Yury Skobov Fyodor Simashov Vyacheslav Vedenin
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Oddvar Brå Pål Tyldum Ivar Formo Johs Harviken
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser
Bronzenoc:	SUI
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

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

Sources:^[1] ^[3]

Rank	Bib	Time	Deficit
	1	2:04:47.94
	4	2:04:57.06
	5	2:07:00.06
	3	2:07:03.60
	7	2:07:50.19
	2	2:10:03.73
	9	2:10:42.85
	8	2:11:27.55
	6	2:12:07.11
10	11	2:13:59.14
11	13	2:14:35.98
12	10	2:14:37.28
13	14	2:16:56.41	+12:08.47
	12

External links

Results International Ski Federation (FIS)

Notes and References

Web site: 4x10 km relay Sapporo . www.skisport365.com . Skisport365.com. 28 February 2019.
Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181615/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/CCS/mens-4-x-10-kilometres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 28 June 2019.
Web site: Relay 4x10 km Men . www.olympic.org . International Olympic Committee . 28 February 2019.