| Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics |
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| Distance | ||||
| 10 km | women | |||
| 15 km | men | |||
| 30 km | men | |||
| 50 km | men | |||
| 3 x 5 km relay | women | |||
| 4 x 10 km relay | men | |||
The men's 4x10 kilometre relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cotrina. Fourteen teams and fifty-six skiers participated in the event. The Soviet team won the event. Finland came in second and Sweden took the bronze.[1]
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| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (URS) (Fedor Terentjev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin) | 2:15.30 |
| Silver | Finland (FIN) (August Kiuru, Jorma Kortelainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) | 2:16.31 |
| Bronze | Sweden (SWE) (Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg) | 2:17.42 |
Source:[2]
| Rank | Bib | Country | Time | Deficit* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Soviet Union Fedor Terentjev Pavel Kolchin Nikolai Anikin Vladimir Kuzin |
2:15.30 33:25 33:05 34:23 34:37 |
+0.00 |
| 2 | 2 | Finland August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen |
2:16.31 34:56 34:20 33:34 33:41 |
+1:01 |
| 3 | 14 | Sweden Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg |
2:17.42 35:46 34:22 33:50 33:44 |
+2:12 |
| 4 | 4 | Norway Håkon Brusveen Per Olsen Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden |
2:21.16 35:13 36:41 34:47 34:35 |
+5:46 |
| 5 | 1 | Italy Pompeo Fattor Ottavio Compagnoni Innocenzo Chatrian Frederico De Florian |
2:23.28 35:43 34:55 35:59 36:51 |
+7.58 |
| 6 | 9 | France Victor Arbez René Mandrillon Benoit Carrara Jean Mermet |
2:24.06 36:51 36:14 35:18 35:43 |
+8.36 |
| 7 | 8 | Switzerland Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin |
2:24.30 36:24 36:50 35:17 35:59 |
+9.00 |
| 8 | 3 | Czechoslovakia Emil Okuliar Vlastimil Melich Josef Prokes Ilja Matous |
2:24.54 37:02 36:11 36:13 35:28 |
+9.24 |
| 9 | 12 | Poland Jozef Rubis Josef Sobczak-Gasienica Tadeusz Kwapien Andrzej Mateja |
2:25.55 37:03 36:40 35:49 36:23 |
+10.25 |
| 10 | 11 | Germany Kuno Werner Siegried Weiss Rudi Kropp Hermann Mochel |
2:26.37 36:19 37:21 36:35 36:22 |
+11.07 |
| 11 | 13 | Austria Sepp Schneeberger Oskar Schulz Hermann Mayer Karl Refreider |
2:30.50 35:26 38:37 39:09 37:38 |
+15.20 |
| 12 | 10 | United States Ted Farwell Mack Miller Lawrence Damon Marvin Crawford |
2:32.04 37:42 37:22 37:27 39:33 |
+16.34 |
| 13 | 5 | Yugoslavia Zravko Hlebanja Cveto Pavcic Matevz Kordez Janez Pavcic |
2:33.45 38:10 39:03 38:27 28:05 |
+18.15 |
| 14 | 7 | Great Britain Andrew Morgan James Spencer Aubrey Fielder Maurice Gover |
2:38.44 38:44 40:40 39:25 39:55 |
+23.14 |
* Deficit is minutes and seconds
Source:[2]
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