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

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Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay
at the XI Olympic Winter Games
VenueCross Country Skiing Stadium
Date12 February
Competitors33 from 11 nations
Winning time48:16.15
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lyubov Mukhachyova
Alevtina Olyunina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helena Takalo
Hilkka Riihivuori
Marjatta Kajosmaa
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre
 Norway
← 1968
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

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Rank Name Country Time
1 Lyubov Mukhachyova
Alevtina Olyunina
Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union 48:16.15
2 Helena Takalo
Hiikka Kuntola
Marjatta Kajosmaa
 Finland 49:19.37
3 Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre
 Norway 49:51.49
4 Monika Mrklas
Ingrid Rothfuß
Michaela Endler
 West Germany 50:25.61
5 Gabi Haupt
Renate Fischer-Köhler
Anni Unger
 East Germany 50:28.45
6 Alena Bartošová
Helena Šikolová
Milena Cillerová
 Czechoslovakia 51:16.16
7 Anna Gębala-Duraj
Józefa Chromik
Weronika Budny
 Poland 51:49.13
8 Meeri Bodelid
Eva Olsson
Birgitta Lindqvist
 Sweden 51:51.84
9 Tokiko Ozeki
Hiroko Takahashi
Hideko Saito
 Japan 53:20.75
10 Shirley Firth
Sharon Firth
Roseanne Allen
 Canada 53:37.82
11 Barbara Britch
Alison Owen-Spencer
Martha Rockwell
 United States 53:38.60

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games: Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2018.