Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLo Stadio della neve
Dates27 January – 4 February
No. of events6
Competitors150 from 20 nations
at the
1956 Winter Olympics
10 kmwomen
15 kmmen
30 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymenwomen

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 × 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2237
2 Finland (FIN)2204
3 Sweden (SWE)1236
4 Norway (NOR)1001
Totals (4 entries)66618

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
 Hallgeir Brenden
 Norway 		Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden 		Pavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union
30 km
 Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland 		Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden 		Pavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union
50 km
 Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden 		Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland 		Fyodor Terentyev
 Soviet Union
4 × 10 km relay
  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
 Lyubov Kozyreva
 Soviet Union 		Radia Yeroshina
 Soviet Union 		Sonja Edström
 Sweden
3 × 5 km relay
  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

References

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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