Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing
at the VI Olympic Winter Games
VenueHolmenkollen
Dates18–23 February
No. of events4
Competitors138 from 19 nations
at the
1952 Winter Olympics
10 kmwomen
18 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymen

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)3328
2 Norway (NOR)1113
3 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 km
 Hallgeir Brenden
 Norway 		Tapio Mäkelä
 Finland 		Paavo Lonkila
 Finland
50 km
 Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland 		Eero Kolehmainen
 Finland 		Magnar Estenstad
 Norway
4 × 10 km relay
  Finland (FIN)
Heikki Hasu
Paavo Lonkila
Urpo Korhonen
Tapio Mäkelä 		 Norway (NOR)
Magnar Estenstad
Mikal Kirkholt
Martin Stokken
Hallgeir Brenden 		 Sweden (SWE)
Nils Täpp
Sigurd Andersson
Enar Josefsson
Martin Lundström

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km
 Lydia Wideman
 Finland 		Mirja Hietamies
 Finland 		Siiri Rantanen
 Finland

Participating nations

A total of 138 cross-country skiers from 19 nations competed at the Oslo Games:[1]

References

  1. ^ 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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