Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, 6 February 1948. Twenty-eight cross-country skiers from nine nations competed.[1]

Cross-country skiing at the
1948 Winter Olympics
18 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Nils Karlsson
 Sweden		 Harald Eriksson
 Sweden		 Benjamin Vanninen
 Finland

Results
PlaceCompetitorTime
1 Nils Karlsson (SWE)3'47:48
2 Harald Eriksson (SWE)3'52:20
3 Benjamin Vanninen (FIN)3'57:28
4 Pekka Vanninen (FIN)3'57:58
5 Anders Törnkvist (SWE)3'58:20
6 Edi Schild (SUI)4'05:37
7 Pekka Kuvaja (FIN)4'10:02
8 Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)4'14:34
9 Kristian Bjørn (NOR)4'15:21
10 Martin Jære (NOR)4'17:11
11 František Balvín (TCH)4'17:51
12 Josl Gstrein (AUT)4'21:13
13 Christiano Rodeghiero (ITA)4'24:12
14 Jože Knific (YUG)4'26:00
15 Franc Smolej (YUG)4'26:12
16 Matevž Kordež (YUG)4'27:25
17 Max Müller (SUI)4'30:51
18 Silvio Confortola (ITA)4'31:36
19 Louis Bourban (SUI)4'33:50
20 Jaroslav Zajíček (TCH)4'44:35
– Vít Fousek Sr. (TCH)DNF
 Victor Borghi (ITA)DNF
 Thorleif Vangen (NOR)DNF
 Stefano Sommariva (ITA)DNF
 Arthur Herrdin (SWE)DNF
 Leif Haugen (NOR)DNF
 Tom Dennie (CAN)DNF
 Martti Sipilä (FIN)DNF
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References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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