Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre explained

Event:	Women's 10km
Games:	1968 Winter
Venue:	Cross Country Skiing Stadium
Date:	6 February
Competitors:	42
Nations:	12
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	34:17.82
Gold:	Galina Kulakova
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Alevtina Olyunina
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Marjatta Kajosmaa
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1972 Winter Olympics, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 6 February 1972, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1			34:17.82
2			34:54.11
3			34:56.45
4			34:58.56
5			35:06.34
6			35:18.84
7			35:29.33
8			35:36.71
9			35:46.96
10			35:54.59
11			35:57.59
12			36:07.08
13			36:29.34
14			36:29.43
15			36:32.65
16			36:34.22
17			36:38.05
18			36:38.41
19			36:41.52
20			36:45.24
21			36:45.39
22			36:46.40
23			36:46.50
24			36:52.49
25			36:53.84
26			36:59.87
27			37:01.73
28			37:24.76
29			37:33.16
30			37:40.70
31			37:51.76
32			38:03.69
33			38:07.24
34			38:19.66
35			38:50.05
36			39:27.95
37			39:33.13
38			39:51.61
39			40:02.73
40			40:25.11
41			40:40.56
42			DNF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181250/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/CCS/womens-10-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.