Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

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The 1952 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing competition consisted of three events for men (18 km, 50 km and 4x10 km relay) and the first women's cross-country competition at an Olympic games, of 10 km.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's 18 km	Hallgeir Brenden Norway (NOR)	1:01:34	Tapio Mäkelä Finland (FIN)	1:02:09	Paavo Lonkila Finland (FIN)	1:02:20
Men's 50 km	Veikko Hakulinen Finland (FIN)	3:33:33	Eero Kolehmainen Finland (FIN)	3:38:11	Magnar Estenstad Norway (NOR)	3:38:28
Men's 4×10 km relay	Finland (FIN) Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä	2:20:16	Norway (NOR) Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	2:23:13	Sweden (SWE) Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström	2:24:13
Women's 10 km	Lydia Wideman Finland (FIN)	41:40	Mirja Hietamies Finland (FIN)	42:39	Siiri Rantanen Finland (FIN)	42:50

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	3	2	8
2	Norway (NOR)	1	1	1	3
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1

Events at the 1952 Winter Olympics (Oslo)
Alpine skiing • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating

Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
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 (men) and List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (women)