Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross country skiing events (four for men and two for women) were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 x 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, January 27 to Sunday, February 4, 1956.

Cross-country skiing

Contents

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
details
 Hallgeir Brenden
Norway (NOR)
 Sixten Jernberg
Sweden (SWE)
 Pavel Kolchin
Soviet Union (URS)
30 km
details
 Veikko Hakulinen
Finland (FIN)
 Sixten Jernberg
Sweden (SWE)
 Pavel Kolchin
Soviet Union (URS)
50 km
details
 Sixten Jernberg
Sweden (SWE)
 Veikko Hakulinen
Finland (FIN)
 Fyodor Terentyev
Soviet Union (URS)
4×10 km
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Fyodor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolay Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin
 Finland (FIN)
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen
 Sweden (SWE)
Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km
details
 Lyubov Kozyreva
Soviet Union (URS)
 Radia Yeroshina
Soviet Union (URS)
 Sonja Edström
Sweden (SWE)
3×5 km
details
 Finland (FIN)
Sirkka Polkunen
Mirja Hietamies
Siiri Rantanen
 Soviet Union (URS)
Lyubov Kozyreva
Alevtina Kolchina
Radya Yeroshina
 Sweden (SWE)
Irma Johansson
Anna-Lisa Eriksson
Sonja Edström

Participating nations

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 2 2 3 7
2  Finland (FIN) 2 2 0 4
3  Sweden (SWE) 1 2 3 6
4  Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
Total 6 6 6 18

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