1972 Nordic World Ski Championships

Host City Sapporo
Country JPN
Held 4 – 13 February 1972
Competitors 30
Countries 9

Olympic Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men 7 February 1972 Medal 3 3
30 km classical Men 4 February 1972 Medal 3 2
50 km classical Men 10 February 1972 Medal 3 2
4 x 10 km relay classical Men 13 February 1972 Medal 12 3
5 km classical Women 9 February 1972 Medal 3 3
10 km classical Women 6 February 1972 Medal 3 2
3 x 5 km relay Women 12 February 1972 Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill Men 6 February 1972 Medal 3 1
Large Hill Men 11 February 1972 Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 5 2 1 8
2 Norway NOR 1 3 3 7
3 Japan JPN 1 1 1 3
4 Poland POL 1 0 0 1
= Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
6 Finland FIN 0 2 1 3
7 Switzerland SUI 0 1 1 2
8 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
15 km classical, Men Sven-Åke Lundbäck SWE Fyodor Simashov URS Ivar Formo NOR
30 km classical, Men Vyacheslav Vedenin URS Pål Tyldum NOR Johs Harviken NOR
50 km classical, Men Pål Tyldum NOR Magne Myrmo NOR Vyacheslav Vedenin URS
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Soviet Union URS Norway NOR Switzerland SUI
5 km classical, Women Galina Kulakova URS Marjatta Kajosmaa FIN Helena Šikolová TCH
10 km classical, Women Galina Kulakova URS Alevtina Olyunina URS Marjatta Kajosmaa FIN
3 x 5 km relay, Women Soviet Union URS Finland FIN Norway NOR
Normal Hill, Men Yukio Kasaya JPN Akitsugu Konno JPN Seiji Aochi JPN
Large Hill, Men Wojciech Fortuna POL Walter Steiner SUI Rainer Schmidt GDR