Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre

Women's 10 kilometres
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Women's 10 kilometres; at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Holmenkollen
Date	23 February
Competitors	20 from 8 nations
Winning time	41:40
Medalists
	1956 →

The women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was the first appearance of a women's cross-country skiing event at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, 23 February 1952. Twenty cross-country skiers from eight nations competed.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lydia Wideman Finland	Mirja Hietamies Finland	Siiri Rantanen Finland

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time
Rank	Athlete	At 5.5 km	Final
1	Lydia Wideman (FIN)	23:00	41:40
2	Mirja Hietamies (FIN)	24:00	42:39
3	Siiri Rantanen (FIN)	24:15	42:50
4	Märta Norberg (SWE)	24:10	42:53
5	Sirkka Polkunen (FIN)	24:10	43:07
6	Rakel Wahl (NOR)	25:20	44:54
7	Marit Øiseth (NOR)	25:40	45:04
8	Margit Albrechtsson (SWE)	25:05	45:05
9	Eivor Alm (SWE)	25:30	45:20
10	Gina Sigstad (NOR)	25:35	45:37
11	Sonja Edström (SWE)	25:45	45:41
12	Jorun Askersrud (NOR )	26:50	47:45
13	Hanni Gehring (GER)	28:10	50:39
14	Nada Birko (YUG)	28:30	50:44
15	Josette Baisse (FRA)	28:45	51:43
16	Angela Kordež (YUG)	28:55	52:33
17	Fides Romanin (ITA)	31:00	54:43
18	Michèle Angirany (FRA)	30:30	54:56
-	Ildegarda Taffra (ITA)	DNF	-
-	Lizzy Kladensky (AUT)	DNF	-

References

^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

Official Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

[SR-1] "Cross Country Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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