Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

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Men's 50 km
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Lo Stadio della neve
Date2 February
Competitors33 from 13 nations
Winning time2:50:27
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sixten Jernberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Veikko Hakulinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fedor Terentyev
 Soviet Union
← 1952
1960 →

The men's 50 kilometre cross-country race at the

Fedor Terentjev won the bronze. Jernberg would go on to win a bronze in the relay event giving him a full complement of gold, silver and bronze. Hakulinen would win a silver in the relay event giving him a gold and two silver medals for the Olympics.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden
Silver Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland
Bronze
Fedor Terentyev
 Soviet Union

Source:[3]

Results

Place No. Competitor Time Difference*
1 38  Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 2:50.27
2 33  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 2:51.45 +1.18
3 2  
Fedor Terentyev (URS
)
2:53.32 +3.05
4 23  Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 2:56.17 +5.50
5 20  Anatoly Shelyukhin (URS) 2:56.40 +6.13
6 8  Pavel Kolchin (URS) 2:58.00 +8.33
7 30  Viktor Baranov (URS) 3:03.55 +13.28
8 4  Antti Sivonen (FIN) 3:04.16 +13.49
9 12  Veini Kontinen (FIN) 3:06.15 +15.48
10 5  Sture Grahn (SWE) 3:06.32 +16.05
11 7  
Arthur Ohlsson (SWE
)
3:10.03 +19.36
12 18  Inge Limberg (SWE) 3:10.19 +19.52
13 25  
Stanislav Bukowski (POL
)
3:10.49 +20.22
14 9  Oddmund Jensen (NOR) 3:11.14 +20.47
15 21  Edvin Landsem (NOR) 3:11.43 +21.16
16 14  Vigilio Mich (ITA) 3:11.59 +21.32
17 36  Gianni Carrara (ITA) 3:14.39 +24.12
18 29  Christian Wenger (SUI) 3:17.49 +27.22
19 11  Fritz Zurbuchen (SUI) 3:19.42 +29.15
20 15  Werner Moring (EUA) 3:20.32 +30.05
21 10  Gioacchino Busin (ITA) 3:21.05 +30.38
22 31  Clarence Servold (CAN) 3:21.50 +31.23
23 1  Battista Mismetti (ITA) 3:23.15 +32.48
24 17  Alfred Kronig (SUI) 3:23.21 +32.54
25 28  Tatsuo Miyao (JPN) 3:25.47 +35.20
26 32  
Christo Dontchev (BUL
)
3:26.06 +35.39
27 3  
Andre Huguenin (SUI
)
3:31.04 +40.37
28 39  Thomas Cairney (GBR) 3:44.54 +54.17
29 24  Toby Graham (GBR) 3:48.17 +57.50
30 13  Richard Aylmer (GBR) 4:11.40 +1:21.13
AC  Birger Vestermo (NOR) DQ
AC  Štefan Robač (YUG) DQ
AC  Martin Stokken (NOR) DQ

* - Difference is in hours:minutes.seconds.

Source:[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 612
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 612–613

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