Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay explained

Event:	Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay
Games:	1972 Winter
Venue:	Cross Country Skiing Stadium
Date:	12 February
Competitors:	33
Nations:	11
Win Value:	48:16.15
Gold:	Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Helena Takalo Hilkka Riihivuori Marjatta Kajosmaa
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Inger Aufles Aslaug Dahl Berit Mørdre
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1972 Winter Olympics, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 12 February 1972, at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1			48:16.15
2			49:19.37
3			49:51.49
4			50:25.61
5			50:28.45
6			51:16.16
7			51:49.13
8			51:51.84
9			53:20.75
10			53:37.82
11			53:38.60

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181251/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1972/CCS/womens-3-x-5-kilometres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.