# Langlaufen op de Olympische Winterspelen 1972

Langlaufen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Winterspelen 1972 in Sapporo.

## Heren
### 15 kilometer

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Sven-Åke Lundbäck | SWE | 45:28.24 |
| 2 | Fjodor Simasjov | URS | 46:00.84 |
| 3 | Ivar Formo | NOR | 46:02.68 |
| 4 | Juha Mieto | FIN | 46:02.74 |
| 5 | Joeri Skobov | URS | 46:04.59 |
| 6 | Axel Lesser | GDR | 46:17.01 |
| 7 | Walter Demel | FRG | 46:17.36 |
| 8 | Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 46:23.29 |

### 30 kilometer

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Vjatsjeslav Vedenin | URS | 1:36:31.15 |
| 2 | Pål Tyldum | NOR | 1:37:25.30 |
| 3 | Johannes Harviken | NOR | 1:37:32.44 |
| 4 | Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 1:37:33.72 |
| 5 | Walter Demel | FRG | 1:37:45.33 |
| 6 | Fjodor Simasjov | URS | 1:38:22.50 |
| 7 | Alois Kälin | SUI | 1:38:40.72 |
| 8 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | GDR | 1:39:15.54 |

### 50 kilometer

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Pål Tyldum | NOR | 2:43:14.75 |
| 2 | Magne Myrmo | NOR | 2:43:29.45 |
| 3 | Vjatsjeslav Vedenin | URS | 2:44:00.19 |
| 4 | Reidar Hjermstad | NOR | 2:44:14.51 |
| 5 | Walter Demel | FRG | 2:44:32.67 |
| 6 | Werner Geeser | SUI | 2:44:34.13 |
| 7 | Lars-Årne Bölling | SWE | 2:45:06.80 |
| 8 | Fjodor Simasjov | URS | 2:45:08.93 |

### 4 x 10 kilometer Estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Vladimir Voronkov Joeri Skobov Fjodor Simasjov Vjatsjeslav Vedenin | URS | 2:04:47.94 |
| 2 | Oddvar Brå Pål Tyldum Ivar Formo Johannes Harviken | NOR | 2:04:57.06 |
| 3 | Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser | SUI | 2:07:00.06 |
| 4 | Thomas Magnusson Lars-Göran Åslund Gunnar Larsson Sven-Åke Lundbäck | SWE | 2:07:03.60 |
| 5 | Hannu Taipale Juha Mieto Juhani Repo Osmo Karjalainen | FIN | 2:07:50.19 |
| 6 | Gerd Heßler Axel Lesser Gerhard Grimmer Gert-Dietmar Klause | GDR | 2:10:03.73 |
| 7 | Franz Betz Urban Hettlich Hartmut Döpp Walter Demel | FRG | 2:10:42.85 |
| 8 | Stanislav Henych Jan Fajstavr Jan Michalko Ján Ilavský | TCH | 2:11:27.55 |

## Dames
### 5 kilometer

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Galina Koelakova | URS | 17:00.50 |
| 2 | Marjatta Kajosmaa | FIN | 17:05.50 |
| 3 | Helena Šikolová | TCH | 17:07.32 |
| 4 | Alevtina Oljoenina | URS | 17:07.40 |
| 5 | Hilkka Kuntola | FIN | 17:11.67 |
| 6 | Ljoebov Moechatsjeva | URS | 17:12.08 |
| 7 | Beritt Mørdre-Lammedal | NOR | 17:16.79 |
| 8 | Åslaug Dahl | NOR | 17:17.49 |

### 10 kilometer

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Galina Koelakova | URS | 34:17.82 |
| 2 | Alevtina Oljoenina | URS | 34:54.11 |
| 3 | Marjatta Kajosmaa | FIN | 34:56.45 |
| 4 | Ljoebov Moechatsjeva | URS | 34:58.56 |
| 5 | Helena Takalo | FIN | 35:06.34 |
| 6 | Åslaug Dahl | NOR | 35:18.84 |
| 7 | Helena Šikolová | TCH | 35:29.23 |
| 8 | Hilkka Kuntola | FIN | 35:36.71 |

### 3 x 5 kilometer Estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Ljoebov Moechatsjeva Alevtina Oljoenina Galina Koelakova | URS | 48:46.15 |
| 2 | Helena Takalo Hilkka Kuntola Marjatta Kajosmaa | FIN | 49:19.37 |
| 3 | Inger Aufles Åslaug Dahl Berit Mørdre-Lammedal | NOR | 49:51.49 |
| 4 | Monika Mrklas Ingrid Rothfuß Michaela Endler | FRG | 50:25.61 |
| 5 | Gabriele Haupt Renate Fischer Anna Unger | GDR | 50:28.45 |
| 6 | Alena Bartošová Helena Šikolová Milena Cillerová | TCH | 51:16.16 |
| 7 | Anna Duraj Józefa Chromik Weronika Budny | POL | 51:49.13 |
| 8 | Meeri Bodelid Eva Ohlsson Birgitta Lindqvist | SWE | 51:51.84 |

## Medaillespiegel

| rang | land | 1 goud | 2 zilver | 3 brons | totaal |
| 1 | Sovjet-Unie | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Noorwegen | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Zweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tsjecho-Slowakije | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Zwitserland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |