Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

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Men's 15kilometre
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Lo Stadio della neve, Cortina
Date30 January
Competitors62 from 20 nations
Winning time49:39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hallgeir Brenden  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sixten Jernberg  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Kolchin  
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The men's 15 kilometre cross-country race at the

Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cortina. Sixty-one competitors from twenty countries participated in the event. The Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden took first and second in the form of Hallgeir Brenden of Norway and Sixten Jernberg of Sweden. This was Jernberg's second silver medal of the Games. Soviet skier Pavel Kolchin won his second bronze of the Games.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Hallgeir Brenden
 Norway
Silver Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden
Bronze Pavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union

Source:[3]

Results

Place No. Competitor Time Difference*
1 36  Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) 49:39
2 56  Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 50:14 +0.35
3 41  Pavel Kolchin (URS) 50:17 +0.38
4 48  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 50:31 +0.52
5 51  Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 50:36 +0.57
6 25  Martin Stokken (NOR) 50:45 +1.06
7 18  
Nikolai Anikin (URS
)		 50:58 +1.19
8 24  Lennart Larsson (SWE) 51:03 +1.24
9 42  Arvo Viitanen (FIN) 51:10 +1.31
10 49  Vladimir Kuzin (URS) 51:36 +1.57
11 32  Ottavio Compagnoni (ITA) 51:42 +2.03
12 35  Per-Erik Larsson (SWE) 51:44 +2.05
13 59  Ilja Matouš (TCH) 52:04 +2.25
14 13  Veikko Räsänen (FIN) 52:35 +2.56
15 2  Gunnar Samuelsson (SWE) 52:39 +3.00
16 55  
Tadeusz Kwapien (POL
)		 52:45 +3.06
17 53  Federico Deflorian (ITA) 52:48 +3.09
18 10  Minnevali Galiyev (URS) 52:49 +3.10
19 54  Clarence Servold (CAN) 53:34 +3.55
20 26  Jean Mermet (FRA) 53:40 +4.01
20 45  Werner Zwingli (SUI) 53:40 +4.01
22 63  
Benoit Carrara (FRA
)		 53:41 +4.02
23 34  Andrzej Mateja (POL) 53:42 +4.03
24 16  Pompeo Fattor (ITA) 53:45 +4.06
25 1  Innocenzo Chatrian (ITA) 53:46 +4.07
26 5  Arto Tiainen (FIN) 54:11 +4.32
27 50  Kuno Werner (EUA) 54:18 +4.39
28 62  
Sepp Schneeberger (AUT
)		 54:21 +4.42
29 17  Siegfried Weiß (EUA) 54:29 +4.50
30 11  Magnar Ingebrigtsli (NOR) 54:30 +4.51
31 38  Rudi Kopp (EUA) 54:31 +4.52
32 44  Manole Aldescu (ROM) 54:40 +5.01
33 33  Victor Kronig (SUI) 54:43 +5.04
34 19  
Josef Rubis (POL
)		 54:47 +5.08
35 7  
Karl Refreider (AUT
)		 54:51 +5.12
36 20  Josef Prokeš (TCH) 55:05 +5.26
36 21  Michel Rey (SUI) 55:05 +5.26
38 12  Erwin Hari (SUI) 55:06 +5.27
39 31  Hermann Mayr (AUT) 55:51 +6.12
40 30  
Enache Constantin (ROM
)		 56:06 +6.27
41 58  Mack Miller (USA) 56:08 +6.29
42 40  Jaroslav Cardal (TCH) 56:12 +6.33
43 15  Zdravko Hlebanja (YUG) 56:32 +6.53
44 8  
Jozef Sobczak-Gacienica (POL
)		 56:39 +7.00
45 29  Janez Pavčič (YUG) 56:41 +7.02
46 3  Helmut Hagg (EUA) 56:50 +7.11
47 6  Cveto Pavčič (YUG) 56:55 +7.16
48 47  Tatsuo Miyao (JPN) 56:59 +7.20
49 60  
Matevz Kordez (YUG
)		 57:09 +7.30
50 22  Paul Romand (FRA) 57:11 +7.32
51 43  
Lawrence Damon (USA
)		 57:18 +7.39
52 4  Victor Arbez (FRA) 57:38 +7.59
53 52  Dimitri Petrov (BUL) 57:53 +8.14
54 37  Zakharin Grivev (BUL) 58:11 +8.32
55 61  
Jon Kristjansson (ISL
)		 58:23 +8.44
56 14  Maurice Gover (GBR) 58:58 +9.17
57 28  Andrew Morgan (GBR) 59:27 +9.48
58 57  John Moore (GBR) 59:31 +9.52
59 23  Oskar Schulz (AUT) 59:56 +10.17
60 9  Aubrey Fielder (GBR) 59:59 +10.20
61 39  
Oddur Petursson (ISL
)		 1:02.36 +12.57
AC  Georges Gereidi (LIB) DQ

* - Difference is in minutes and seconds.

Source:[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606–607

References

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