Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiing at the VI Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Holmenkollen |
Dates | 18–23 February |
No. of events | 4 |
Competitors | 138 from 19 nations |
Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics | ||
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10 km | women | |
18 km | men | |
50 km | men | |
Relay | men | |
The 1952 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing competition consisted of three events for men (18 km, 50 km and 4 × 10 km relay) and the first women's cross-country competition at an Olympic Games, of 10 km. The competitions were held from Monday, 18 February to Saturday, 23 February 1952.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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18 km |
Hallgeir Brenden![]() |
Tapio Mäkelä![]() |
Paavo Lonkila![]() |
50 km |
Veikko Hakulinen![]() |
Eero Kolehmainen![]() |
Magnar Estenstad![]() |
4 × 10 km relay |
![]() Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä |
![]() Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden |
![]() Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström |
Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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10 km |
Lydia Wideman![]() |
Mirja Hietamies![]() |
Siiri Rantanen![]() |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 138 cross-country skiers from 19 nations competed at the Oslo Games:[1]
Australia (2)
Austria (10)
Bulgaria (6)
Canada (2)
Czechoslovakia (5)
Finland (17)
France (8)
Germany (9)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (6)
Italy (11)
Japan (2)
Norway (15)
Poland (1)
Romania (9)
Sweden (15)
Switzerland (9)
United States (7)
Yugoslavia (2)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cross Country Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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