Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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The 1956 Winter Olympics cross country skiing results. Men's 30 km and women's 3 x 5 km relay was added.
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[edit] Men's events
[edit] 15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) |
49:39 |
| Silver |  Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
50:14 |
| Bronze |  Pavel Kolchin (URS) |
50:17 |
This was the first race run at 15 km after being held at 18 km from 1924 to 1952 (19.7 km in 1928). Kolchin was the first non-Scandinavian to earn an Olympic medal.
[edit] 30 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) |
1:44:06 |
| Silver | Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
1:44:30 |
| Bronze | Pavel Kolchin (URS) |
1:45:45 |
[edit] 50 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sixten Jernberg (SWE) |
2:50:27 |
| Silver | Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) |
2:51:45 |
| Bronze | Fyodor Terentyev (URS) |
2:53:32 |
[edit] 4 x 10 km
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Soviet Union (URS) (Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin) |
2:15:30 |
| Silver | Finland (FIN) (August Kiuru, Jorma Kortelainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) |
2:16:31 |
| Bronze | Sweden (SWE) (Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg) |
2:17:42 |
[edit] Women's events
[edit] 10 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Lyubov Kozyreva (URS) |
38:11 |
| Silver | Radia Yeroshina (URS) |
38:16 |
| Bronze | Sonja Edström (SWE) |
38:23 |
[edit] 3 x 5 km
| Medal | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Finland (FIN) (Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen) |
1:09:01 |
| Silver | Soviet Union (URS) (Lyubov Kozyreva, Alevtina Kolchina, Radia Yeroshina) |
1:09:28 |
| Bronze | Sweden (SWE) (Irma Johansson, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Sonja Edström) |
1:09:48 |
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