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]
| Nordic Combined at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium (ski jumping) Makomanai Park (cross-country skiing) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4–5 February 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 413.340 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medal summary
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual |
Ulrich Wehling East Germany |
413.340 | Rauno Miettinen Finland |
405.505 | Karl-Heinz Luck East Germany |
398.800 |
Individual
editAthletes 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 | ||||
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Ulrich Wehling | East Germany |
101.6 | 99.3 | 200.9 | 4 | 49:15.3 | 212.440 | 3 | 413.340 | |
 |
Rauno Miettinen | Finland |
103.9 | 106.1 | 210.0 | 2 | 51:08.2 | 195.505 | 15 | 405.505 | |
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Karl-Heinz Luck | East Germany |
85.0 | 93.8 | 178.8 | 17 | 48:24.9 | 220.000 | 1 | 398.800 | |
| 4 | Erkki Kilpinen | Finland |
91.5 | 93.5 | 185.0 | 9 | 49:52.6 | 206.845 | 4 | 391.845 | |
| 5 | Yuji Katsuro |  Japan |
92.1 | 103.0 | 195.1 | 6 | 51:10.9 | 195.100 | 18 | 390.200 | |
| 6 | Tomáš Kučera |  Czechoslovakia |
95.1 | 96.7 | 191.8 | 7 | 51:04.0 | 196.135 | 14 | 387.935 | |
| 7 | Aleksandr Nosov |  Soviet Union |
100.4 | 100.9 | 201.3 | 3 | 52:08.7 | 186.430 | 27 | 387.730 | |
| 8 | Kåre Olav Berg |  Norway |
90.9 | 89.5 | 180.4 | 16 | 50:08.9 | 204.400 | 7 | 384.800 | |
| 9 | Günter Deckert | East Germany |
104.9 | 78.5 | 183.4 | 12 | 50:41.1 | 199.570 | 10 | 382.970 | |
| 10 | Ralph Pöhland |  West Germany |
90.7 | 84.1 | 174.8 | 22 | 49:55.6 | 206.395 | 5 | 381.195 | |
| 11 | Mikhail Artyukhov | Soviet Union |
91.4 | 91.6 | 183.0 | 14 | 50:57.0 | 197.185 | 12 | 380.185 | |
| 12 | Kazimierz Długopolski |  Poland |
93.1 | 91.8 | 184.9 | 10 | 51:38.5 | 190.960 | 24 | 375.860 | |
| 13 | Hideki Nakano | Japan |
109.5 | 111.0 | 220.5 | 1 | 55:41.2 | 154.555 | 39 | 375.055 | |
| 14 | Kjell Åsvestad | Norway |
90.5 | 92.6 | 183.1 | 13 | 51:36.2 | 191.305 | 23 | 374.405 | |
| 15 | Kazuo Araya | Japan |
100.3 | 99.4 | 199.7 | 5 | 53:29.3 | 174.340 | 34 | 374.040 | |
| 16 | Ezio Damolin |  Italy |
84.9 | 90.3 | 175.2 | 21 | 50:58.1 | 197.020 | 13 | 372.220 | |
| 17 | Stefan Hula | Poland |
92.9 | 85.3 | 178.2 | 18 | 51:29.4 | 192.325 | 21 | 370.525 | |
| 18 | Hans Hartleb | East Germany |
91.2 | 92.7 | 183.9 | 11 | 52:14.2 | 185.605 | 28 | 369.505 | |
| 19 | Henning Weid | Norway |
90.0 | 91.3 | 181.3 | 15 | 51:58.1 | 188.020 | 25 | 369.320 | |
| 20 | Urban Hettich | West Germany |
78.3 | 73.8 | 152.1 | 32 | 49:00.4 | 214.675 | 2 | 366.775 | |
| 21 | Mike Devecka |  United States |
77.6 | 79.5 | 157.1 | 27 | 50:00.0 | 205.735 | 6 | 362.835 | |
| 22 | Anatoly Zaytsev | Soviet Union |
78.3 | 80.0 | 158.3 | 26 | 50:10.4 | 204.175 | 8 | 362.475 | |
| 23 | Gjert Andersen | Norway |
81.5 | 91.8 | 173.3 | 23 | 52:04.8 | 187.015 | 26 | 360.315 | |
| 24 | Nobutaka Sasaki | Japan |
90.8 | 99.5 | 190.3 | 8 | 54:00.6 | 169.645 | 37 | 359.945 | |
| 25 | Alfred Winkler | West Germany |
84.2 | 91.4 | 175.6 | 20 | 52:41.5 | 181.510 | 32 | 357.110 | |
| 26 | Ladislav Rygl | Czechoslovakia |
76.1 | 84.3 | 160.4 | 24 | 51:09.2 | 195.355 | 16 | 355.755 | |
| 27 | Jukka Kuvaja | Finland |
76.4 | 83.8 | 160.2 | 25 | 51:17.0 | 194.185 | 19 | 354.385 | |
| 28 | Jaroslav Svoboda | Czechoslovakia |
89.8 | 86.1 | 175.9 | 19 | 53:20.2 | 175.705 | 33 | 351.605 | |
| 29 | Vyacheslav Dryagin | Soviet Union |
72.5 | 73.7 | 146.2 | 35 | 50:29.4 | 201.325 | 9 | 347.525 | |
| 30 | Fabio Morandini | Italy |
61.9 | 79.6 | 141.5 | 36 | 50:43.7 | 199.180 | 11 | 340.680 | |
| 31 | Józef Gąsienica | Poland |
82.4 | 64.4 | 146.8 | 34 | 51:29.4 | 192.325 | 21 | 339.125 | |
| 32 | Janez Gorjanc |  Yugoslavia |
78.3 | 77.5 | 155.8 | 28 | 52:40.1 | 181.720 | 31 | 337.520 | |
| 33 | Franz Keller | West Germany |
73.7 | 80.3 | 154.0 | 31 | 52:32.5 | 182.860 | 30 | 336.860 | |
| 34 | Jim Miller | United States |
80.8 | 58.9 | 139.7 | 37 | 51:09.9 | 195.250 | 17 | 334.950 | |
| 35 | Jacques Gaillard |  France |
76.3 | 79.1 | 155.4 | 29 | 53:59.5 | 169.810 | 35 | 325.210 | |
| 36 | Sven-Olof Israelsson |  Sweden |
70.7 | 59.6 | 130.3 | 39 | 51:24.9 | 193.000 | 20 | 323.300 | |
| 37 | Ulli Öhlböck |  Austria |
72.7 | 78.2 | 150.9 | 33 | 53:59.5 | 169.810 | 35 | 320.710 | |
| 38 | Teyck Weed | United States |
66.5 | 63.3 | 129.8 | 40 | 52:26.2 | 183.805 | 29 | 313.605 | |
| 39 | Bob Kendall | United States |
67.9 | 71.1 | 139.0 | 38 | 54:34.0 | 164.635 | 38 | 303.635 | |
| - | Libor Foltman | Czechoslovakia |
80.1 | 74.9 | 155.0 | 30 | DNF | - | - | - | |
Participating NOCs
editFourteen nations participated in nordic combined at the Sapporo Games.[1]
Austria (1)
Finland (3)
France (1)
West Germany (4)
East Germany (4)
Italy (2)
Japan (4)
Norway (4)
Poland (3)
Sweden (1)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Soviet Union (4)
United States (4)
Yugoslavia (1)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2019.