Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre
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Men's 15 kilometre at the XI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Makomanai Cross Country Events Site | |||||||||
Dates | 7 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 62 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 45:28.24 | |||||||||
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The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, was held on Monday 7 February at the Makomanai Cross Country Events Site.[1][2]
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Lars-Göran Åslund of Sweden was the 1970 World champion and Harald Grønningen of Norway was the defending Olympic champion from the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France.[3]