Cross-country skiing at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Lo Stadio della neve |
Dates | 27 January – 4 February |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 150 from 20 nations |
Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics | ||
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10 km | women | |
15 km | men | |
30 km | men | |
50 km | men | |
Relay | men | women |
At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 × 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956.[1]
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Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Men's events
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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10 km |
Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union |
Radia Yeroshina Soviet Union |
Sonja Edström Sweden |
3 × 5 km relay |
Finland (FIN) Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen |
Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina |
Sweden (SWE) Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Edström |
Participating nations
References
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
External links
This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 14:03