| Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics | |
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| 18 km | men |
| 50 km | men |
The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, 30 January 1924. Thirty-three cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
Thorleif Haug  Norway | Thoralf Strømstad Norway | Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway |
The competition began at 8:37 a.m. with the first starter André Bluffet. The last starter was Erkki Kämäräinen at 9:09 a.m. The first finisher was Johan Grøttumsbråten at 12:27:46 p.m. and the event ended with the last finisher Szczepan Witkowski who crossed the finish-line at 3:25:58 p.m.
| Place | Competitor | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thorleif Haug (NOR) | 3'44:32 |
| 2 | Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) | 3'46:23 |
| 3 | Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) | 3'47:46 |
| 4 | Jon Mårdalen (NOR) | 3'49:48 |
| 5 |  Torkel Persson (SWE) | 4'05:59 |
| 6 | Ernst Alm (SWE) | 4'06:31 |
| 7 |  Matti Raivio (FIN) | 4'06:50 |
| 8 | Oskar Lindberg (SWE) | 4'07:44 |
| 9 |  Enrico Colli (ITA) | 4'10:50 |
| 10 | Giuseppe Ghedina (ITA) | 4'27:48 |
| 11 | Vincenzo Colli (ITA) | 4'31:34 |
| 12 |  Štefan Hevák (TCH) | 4'44:58 |
| 13 | Benigno Ferrera (ITA) | 4'45:29 |
| 14 | Antonín Gottstein (TCH) | 4'45:48 |
| 15 |  Edouard Pouteil-Noble (FRA) | 4'58:27 |
| 16 | Auguste Perrin (FRA) | 5'04:16 |
| 17 | Josef Německý (TCH) | 5'05:06 |
| 18 | Camille Médy (FRA) | 5'10:44 |
| 19 | Oldřich Kolář (TCH) | 5'18:14 |
| 20 |  Ferenc Németh (HUN) | 6'16:32 |
| 21 |  Szczepan Witkowski (POL) | 6'25:58 |
| – | Per-Erik Hedlund (SWE) | DNF |
| Tapani Niku (FIN) | DNF | |
| André Blusset (FRA) | DNF | |
| Erkki Kämäräinen (FIN) | DNF | |
 Simon Julen (SUI) | DNF | |
 Dušan Zinaja (YUG) | DNF | |
 Roberts Plūme (LAT) | DNF | |
| Mirko Pandaković (YUG) | DNF | |
| Hans Herrmann (SUI) | DNF | |
| Zdenko Švigelj (YUG) | DNF | |
| Adolf Aufdenblatten (SUI) | DNF | |
| Anton Collin (FIN) | DNF |
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