Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 × 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956.[1]

Cross-country skiing
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLo Stadio della neve
Dates27 January – 4 February
No. of events6
Competitors150 from 20 nations
Cross-country skiing at the
1956 Winter Olympics
10 kmwomen
15 kmmen
30 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymenwomen

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2237
2 Finland (FIN)2204
3 Sweden (SWE)1236
4 Norway (NOR)1001
Totals (4 nations)66618

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
 Hallgeir Brenden
 Norway		 Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden		 Pavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union
30 km
 Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland		 Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden		 Pavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union
50 km
 Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden		 Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland		 Fyodor Terentyev
 Soviet Union
4 × 10 km relay
  Soviet Union (URS)
Fyodor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolay Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin		  Finland (FIN)
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen		  Sweden (SWE)
Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km
 Lyubov Kozyreva
 Soviet Union		 Radia Yeroshina
 Soviet Union		 Sonja Edström
 Sweden
3 × 5 km relay
  Finland (FIN)
Sirkka Polkunen
Mirja Hietamies
Siiri Rantanen		  Soviet Union (URS)
Lyubov Kozyreva
Alevtina Kolchina
Radya Yeroshina		  Sweden (SWE)
Irma Johansson
Anna-Lisa Eriksson
Sonja Edström

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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