Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Holmenkollen | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 52 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:20:16 | ||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics | ||
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10 km | women | |
18 km | men | |
50 km | men | |
Relay | men | |
The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, 23 February 1952. Fifty-two cross-country skiers from 13 nations competed. [1]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Finland (FIN) Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä | Norway (NOR) Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden | Sweden (SWE) Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström |
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