Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay

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The ladies' 3 × 5 kilometre cross-country relay at the

Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cortina. Ten teams and thirty skiers participated in the event. Finland won the event. The Soviet team placed second and Sweden took the bronze.[1]

Medalists

Medal Team Time
Gold  Finland (FIN) (Siiri Rantanen, Mirja Hietamies, Sirkka Polkunen) 1:04:21.4
Silver  ) 1:05:02.6
Bronze  Sweden (SWE) (Sonja Ruthström-Edström, Irma Johansson, Anna-Lisa Eriksson) 1:06:27.5

Source:[2]

Results

Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies and Siiri Rantanen, winners of 3 x 5 km relay
Rank Bib Country Time Deficit*
1 3  Finland
Siiri Rantanen
Mirja Hietamies
Sirkka Polkunen
1:09.01
23:22
22:20
23:19
0.0
2 5   1:09.28
22:58
22:38
23:52
+27.0
3 8  Sweden
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
Irma Johansson
Anna-Lisa Eriksson
1:09.48
24:10
23:36
22:02
+47.0
4 7  
Gina Regland
Rakel Wahl
1:10.50
23:42
24:03
23:05
+1:49
5 9  
Josefa Peksa
Zofia Krzeptowska
1:13.20
24:30
24:10
24:40
+4.19
6 1  
Eva Lauermannova
1:14.19
26:23
24:05
23:51
+5.18
7 10  
Sonnhilde Hausschild
1:15.33
25:11
25:11
25:11
+6.32
8 2  Italy
Fides Romanin
Rita Bottero
Ildegarda Taffra
1:16.11
25:44
25:23
25:04
+7.10
9 4  
Nada Kustec
1:18.54
26:38
26:39
25:37
+9.53
10 6  Romania
Iuliana Simon
Ștefania Botcariu
Elena Zangor
DQ

* Difference is in minutes and seconds.

Source:[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 604
  2. ^ a b Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 604–605

References

  • Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2010-03-02.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)