Cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Tuesday, 14 February 1928. Forty-one cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed.[1]

Cross-country skiing at the
1928 Winter Olympics
18 kmmen
50 kmmen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Per-Erik Hedlund
 Sweden		 Gustaf Jonsson
 Sweden		 Volger Andersson
 Sweden

Results

Hedlund's margin of victory is the largest in Olympic history (13 minutes, 27 seconds).

PlaceCompetitorTime
1 Per-Erik Hedlund (SWE)4'52:03
2 Gustaf Jonsson (SWE)5'05:30
3 Volger Andersson (SWE)5'05:46
4 Olav Kjelbotn (NOR)5'14:22
5 Ole Hegge (NOR)5'17:58
6 Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)5'18:33
7 Anders Ström (SWE)5'21:54
8 Johan Støa (NOR)5'25:30
9 Martti Lappalainen (FIN)5'30:09
10 Otto Wahl (GER)5'34:02
11 Josef Německý (TCH)5'35:46
12 Hans Bauer (GER)5'36:21
13 Andrzej Krzeptowski (POL)5'36:55
14 Franz Donth (TCH)5'37:36
15 Walter Bussmann (SUI)5'38:49
16 Fritz Pellkofer (GER)5'41:00
17 Robert Wampfler (SUI)5'42:40
18 Václav Fišera (TCH)5'42:55
19 Józef Bujak (POL)5'44:19
20 Matteo Demetz (ITA)5'47:47
21 Ferdinando Glück (ITA)5'49:52
22 Carlo Gourlaouen (SUI)5'55:09
23 Joško Janša (YUG)5'58:09
24 Minoru Nagata (JPN)6'02:24
25 Akira Takahashi (JPN)6'05:25
26 Sakuta Takebushi (JPN)6'05:50
27 Franciszek Kawa (POL)6'11:08
28 Stane Kmet (YUG)6'32:07
29 Janko Janša (YUG)6'34:59
30 Stane Bervar (YUG)6'46:48
– Adiel Paananen (FIN)DNF
 Matti Raivio (FIN)DNF
 André Médy (FRA)DNF
 Henri Millan (FRA)DNF
 Évariste Prat (FRA)DNF
 Camille Tournier (FRA)DNF
 Takeharu Aso (JPN)DNF
 John Røen (NOR)DNF
 Stanisław Wilczyński (POL)DNF
 Hans Zeier (SUI)DNF
 Josef Feistauer (TCH)DNF

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1928 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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