Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 kilometre

Men's 18 kilometre at the V Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Dates	31 January 1948
Competitors	84 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:13:50
Medalists
Martin Lundström   Sweden Nils Östensson   Sweden Gunnar Eriksson   Sweden
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The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, 31 January 1948. Eighty-four cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Martin Lundström   Sweden	Nils Östensson   Sweden	Gunnar Eriksson   Sweden

Results

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Martin Lundström  (SWE)	1'13:50
2	Nils Östensson  (SWE)	1'14:22
3	Gunnar Eriksson  (SWE)	1'16:06
4	Heikki Hasu  (FIN)	1'16:43
5	Nils Karlsson  (SWE)	1'16:54
6	Sauli Rytky  (FIN)	1'18:10
7	August Kiuru  (FIN)	1'18:25
8	Teuvo Laukkanen  (FIN)	1'18:51
9	Olav Hagen  (NOR)	1'19:05
10	Martti Huhtala  (FIN)	1'19:28
11	Benoît Carrara  (FRA)	1'20:03
12	Eero Rautiola  (FIN)	1'20:18
13	Olav Økern  (NOR)	1'20:37
14	Olav Odden  (NOR)	1'21:35
15	Erling Evensen  (NOR)	1'21:40
16	Sven Israelsson  (SWE)	1'21:44
17	Reidar Nyborg  (NOR)	1'21:47
18	Olaf Dufseth  (NOR)	1'21:50
19	Erik Elmsäter  (SWE)	1'22:12
20	Edi Schild  (SUI)	1'22:15
	Niklaus Stump  (SUI)	1'22:15
22	Severino Compagnoni  (ITA)	1'22:21
23	Olavi Sihvonen  (FIN)	1'22:26
24	Pauli Salonen  (FIN)	1'22:28
25	Max Müller  (SUI)	1'22:40
26	Robert Zurbriggen  (SUI)	1'22:51
27	Eilert Dahl  (NOR)	1'22:52
28	Karl Rafreider  (AUT)	1'23:19
29	Alfredo Prucker  (ITA)	1'23:26
30	Theo Allenbach  (SUI)	1'24:12
	Rizzieri Rodeghiero  (ITA)	1'24:12
32	Kaare Østerdahl  (NOR)	1'24:20
33	Clas Haraldsson  (SWE)	1'24:21
34	Alfons Supersaxo  (SUI)	1'24:29
35	Cristiano Rodeghiero  (ITA)	1'24:34
36	Josl Gstrein  (AUT)	1'25:04
37	Marius Mora  (FRA)	1'25:06
38	Stefan Dziedzic  (POL)	1'25:33
39	Engelbert Hundertpfund  (AUT)	1'25:41
40	Jaroslav Cardal  (TCH)	1'25:44
41	Karl Bricker  (SUI)	1'25:47
42	René Jeandel  (FRA)	1'25:57
43	Gottlieb Perren  (SUI)	1'26:27
44	André Buffard  (FRA)	1'27:18
45	Matthias Noichl  (AUT)	1'27:34
46	Josef Deutschmann  (AUT)	1'27:43
47	Tadeusz Kwapień  (POL)	1'27:55
48	Paul Bouveret  (FRA)	1'28:07
49	András Harangvölgyi  (HUN)	1'28:10
50	Alberto Tassotti  (ITA)	1'28:16
51	Tone Razinger  (YUG)	1'28:24
52	Arcangelo Chiocchetti  (ITA)	1'28:36
53	Matevž Kordež  (YUG)	1'28:37
54	Vincenzo Perruchon  (ITA)	1'28:50
55	Jože Knific  (YUG)	1'29:01
56	Tone Pogačnik  (YUG)	1'29:08
57	Imre Beták  (HUN)	1'29:24
58	Vít Fousek Sr.  (TCH)	1'29:37
59	Bohumil Kosour  (TCH)	1'29:37
60	Jaroslav Zajíček  (TCH)	1'29:44
61	Paul Haslwanter  (AUT)	1'31:00
62	Józef Daniel Krzeptowski  (POL)	1'31:05
63	Štefan Kovalčík  (TCH)	1'31:06
64	Karl Martitsch  (AUT)	1'31:19
65	Chummy Broomhall  (USA)	1'31:40
66	Don Johnson  (USA)	1'32:03
67	Jaroslav Kadavý  (TCH)	1'32:47
68	Hubert Hammerschmied  (AUT)	1'32:47
69	Alojz Klančnik  (YUG)	1'33:02
70	Stanisław Bukowski  (POL)	1'34:17
71	Walter Jeandel  (FRA)	1'34:19
72	František Šimůnek  (TCH)	1'35:21
73	Tom Dennie  (CAN)	1'35:41
74	Ralph Townsend  (USA)	1'37:12
75	Corey Engen  (USA)	1'37:24
76	Leopold Tajner  (POL)	1'38:45
77	Gordon Wren  (USA)	1'40:12
78	Jaroslav Lukeš  (TCH)	1'41:00
79	Christof Frommelt  (LIE)	1'42:35
80	Nikola Delev  (BUL)	1'43:29
81	Wilbur Irwin  (CAN)	1'44:43
82	Egon Matt  (LIE)	1'48:41
83	Erwin Jehle  (LIE)	1'49:26
–	Georgi Doykov  (BUL)	DNF

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 18 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2008.