Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre explained

Event:	Women's 5km
Games:	1972 Winter
Venue:	Cross Country Skiing Stadium
Date:	9 February
Competitors:	43
Nations:	12
Win Value:	17:00.50
Gold:	Galina Kulakova
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Marjatta Kajosmaa
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Helena Šikolová
Bronzenoc:	TCH
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1972 Winter Olympics, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on 9 February 1972, at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1			17:00.50
2			17:05.50
3			17:07.32
4			17:07.40
5			17:11.67
6			17:12.08
7			17:16.79
8			17:17.49
9			17:21.39
10			17:25.62
11			17:32.56
12			17:33.14
13			17:38.74
14			17:41.07
15			17:46.66
16			17:47.25
17			17:49.06
18			17:50.34
19			17:54.53
20			17:55.04
21			17:55.41
22			17:56.22
23			17:56.55
24			17:57.40
25			17:59.93
26			18:06.28
27			18:12.22
28			18:13.19
29			18:13.43
30			18:17.02
31			18:18.37
32			18:25.88
33			18:29.07
34			18:32.75
35			18:36.07
36			18:54.76
37			19:00.82
38			19:05.73
39			19:15.13
40			19:22.70
41			19:30.01
42			19:40.17
43			19:49.74

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's 5 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181251/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/CCS/womens-5-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.