Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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The 1956 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiing results
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[edit] Men's events
[edit] 15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) |
49:39 |
| Silver |  Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
50:14 |
| Bronze |  Pavel Kolchin (URS) |
50:17 |
This was the first race run at 15km after being held at 18km from 1924 to 1952. Kolchin was the first non-Scandinavian to earn an Olympic medal.
[edit] 30 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) |
1:44.06 |
| Silver | Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
1:44.30 |
| Bronze | Pavel Kolchin (URS) |
1:45.45 |
[edit] 50 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
2:50.27 |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) |
2:51.45 |
| Bronze | Fyodor Terentyev (URS) |
2:53.32 |
[edit] 4 x 10 km
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin) |
2:15.30 |
| Silver | Finland (August Kiuru, Jorma Kortelainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) |
2:16.31 |
| Bronze | Sweden (Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg) |
2:17.42 |
[edit] Women's events
[edit] 10 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Lyubov Kosyreva (URS) |
38:11 |
| Silver | Radia Yeroshina (URS) |
38:16 |
| Bronze | Sonja Edström (SWE) |
38:23 |
[edit] 3 x 5 km
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Finland (Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen) |
1:09.01 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (Lyubov Kosyreva, Alevtina Kolchina, Radia Yeroshina) |
1:09.28 |
| Bronze | Sweden (Irma Johansson, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Sonja Edström) |
1:09.48 |
| Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics |
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| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing |
| Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina d'Ampezzo) |
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| Alpine skiing • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating |
