Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Lo Stadio della neve
Dates27 January – 4 February
No. of events6
Competitors150 from 20 nations
←  1952
1960  →

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
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2237
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2204
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1236
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
Totals (4 entries)66618

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
15 km
details 		Hallgeir Brenden
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 		Sixten Jernberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		Pavel Kolchin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
30 km
details 		Veikko Hakulinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 		Sixten Jernberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		Pavel Kolchin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
50 km
details 		Sixten Jernberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		Veikko Hakulinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 		Fyodor Terentyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4 × 10 km relay
details 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Fyodor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolay Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin 		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 km
details 		Lyubov Kozyreva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 		Radia Yeroshina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 		Sonja Edström
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3 × 5 km relay
details 		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Sirkka Polkunen
Mirja Hietamies
Siiri Rantanen 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)
Lyubov Kozyreva
Alevtina Kolchina
Radya Yeroshina 		Flag of Sweden.svg  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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