Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 4 February to 5 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, while the cross-country portion took place at Makomanai Park.[1][2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany1012
2 Finland0101
Totals (2 entries)1113

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details 		Ulrich Wehling
 East Germany		 413.340 Rauno Miettinen
 Finland		 405.505 Karl-Heinz Luck
 East Germany		 398.800

Individual

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.[1]

Rank Name Country Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Total Rank Time Points Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrich Wehling  East Germany 101.6 99.3 96.2 200.9 4 49:15.3 212.440 3 413.340
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rauno Miettinen  Finland 94.4 103.9 106.1 210.0 2 51:08.2 195.505 15 405.505
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karl-Heinz Luck  East Germany 85.0 93.8 65.4 178.8 17 48:24.9 220.000 1 398.800
4 Erkki Kilpinen  Finland 78.8 91.5 93.5 185.0 9 49:52.6 206.845 4 391.845
5 Yuji Katsuro  Japan 90.4 92.1 103.0 195.1 6 51:10.9 195.100 18 390.200
6 Tomáš Kučera  Czechoslovakia 95.1 96.7 86.6 191.8 7 51:04.0 196.135 14 387.935
7 Aleksandr Nosov  Soviet Union 80.8 100.4 100.9 201.3 3 52:08.7 186.430 27 387.730
8 Kåre Olav Berg  Norway 74.0 90.9 89.5 180.4 16 50:08.9 204.400 7 384.800
9 Günter Deckert  East Germany 104.9 77.0 78.5 183.4 12 50:41.1 199.570 10 382.970
10 Ralph Pöhland  West Germany 81.4 90.7 84.1 174.8 22 49:55.6 206.395 5 381.195
11 Mikhail Artyukhov  Soviet Union 91.4 88.2 91.6 183.0 14 50:57.0 197.185 12 380.185
12 Kazimierz Długopolski  Poland 93.1 89.7 91.8 184.9 10 51:38.5 190.960 24 375.860
13 Hideki Nakano  Japan 109.5 111.0 108.8 220.5 1 55:41.2 154.555 39 375.055
14 Kjell Åsvestad  Norway 87.9 90.5 92.6 183.1 13 51:36.2 191.305 23 374.405
15 Kazuo Araya  Japan 88.5 100.3 99.4 199.7 5 53:29.3 174.340 34 374.040
16 Ezio Damolin  Italy 80.1 84.9 90.3 175.2 21 50:58.1 197.020 13 372.220
17 Stefan Hula  Poland 77.2 92.9 85.3 178.2 18 51:29.4 192.325 21 370.525
18 Hans Hartleb  East Germany 91.2 92.7 71.8 183.9 11 52:14.2 185.605 28 369.505
19 Henning Weid  Norway 85.6 90.0 91.3 181.3 15 51:58.1 188.020 25 369.320
20 Urban Hettich  West Germany 78.3 73.8 73.5 152.1 32 49:00.4 214.675 2 366.775
21 Mike Devecka  United States 63.3 77.6 79.5 157.1 27 50:00.0 205.735 6 362.835
22 Anatoly Zaytsev  Soviet Union 69.6 78.3 80.0 158.3 26 50:10.4 204.175 8 362.475
23 Gjert Andersen  Norway 81.5 91.8 72.7 173.3 23 52:04.8 187.015 26 360.315
24 Nobutaka Sasaki  Japan 90.8 99.5 84.5 190.3 8 54:00.6 169.645 37 359.945
25 Alfred Winkler  West Germany 84.2 91.4 82.5 175.6 20 52:41.5 181.510 32 357.110
26 Ladislav Rygl  Czechoslovakia 76.1 59.6 84.3 160.4 24 51:09.2 195.355 16 355.755
27 Jukka Kuvaja  Finland 76.4 75.9 83.8 160.2 25 51:17.0 194.185 19 354.385
28 Jaroslav Svoboda  Czechoslovakia 84.9 89.8 86.1 175.9 19 53:20.2 175.705 33 351.605
29 Vyacheslav Dryagin  Soviet Union 40.8 72.5 73.7 146.2 35 50:29.4 201.325 9 347.525
30 Fabio Morandini  Italy 61.9 79.6 39.2 141.5 36 50:43.7 199.180 11 340.680
31 Józef Gąsienica  Poland 62.9 82.4 64.4 146.8 34 51:29.4 192.325 21 339.125
32 Janez Gorjanc  Yugoslavia 66.7 78.3 77.5 155.8 28 52:40.1 181.720 31 337.520
33 Franz Keller  West Germany 72.4 73.7 80.3 154.0 31 52:32.5 182.860 30 336.860
34 Jim Miller  United States 50.8 80.8 58.9 139.7 37 51:09.9 195.250 17 334.950
35 Jacques Gaillard  France 76.3 79.1 73.4 155.4 29 53:59.5 169.810 35 325.210
36 Sven-Olof Israelsson  Sweden 70.7 59.6 55.6 130.3 39 51:24.9 193.000 20 323.300
37 Ulli Öhlböck  Austria 62.2 72.7 78.2 150.9 33 53:59.5 169.810 35 320.710
38 Teyck Weed  United States 55.6 66.5 63.3 129.8 40 52:26.2 183.805 29 313.605
39 Bob Kendall  United States 58.0 67.9 71.1 139.0 38 54:34.0 164.635 38 303.635
- Libor Foltman  Czechoslovakia 80.1 74.9 42.0 155.0 30 DNF - - -

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in nordic combined at the Sapporo Games.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo 1972" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games. LA84 Foundation. 1972. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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