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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |