Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre

The men's 30 km cross country race at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 27 January. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cotrina. Fifty-one competitors from eighteen countries participated in the event. Finnish skier Veikko Hakulinen won the event by only 24 seconds over Swede Sixten Jernberg. Hakulinen and Jernberg would switch positions on the podium in the 50 km (31 mi) event. Russian skier Pavel Kolchin won the bronze in the 30 km (19 mi) event and also in the 15 km (9.3 mi) event.[1]

Medalists

GoldVeikko Hakulinen
 Finland
SilverSixten Jernberg
 Sweden
BronzePavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union

Source:[2]

Results

PlaceNo.CompetitorTimeDifference*
152 Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)1:44.06
248 Sixten Jernberg (SWE)1:44.30+0.24
318 Pavel Kolchin (URS)1:45.45+1.39
47 Anatoly Shelyukhin (URS)1:45.46+1.40
545 Vladimir Kuzin (URS)1:46.09+2.03
623 Fedor Terentjev (URS)1:46.43+2.37
726 Per-Erik Larsson (SWE)1:46.51+2.45
83 Lennart Larsson (SWE)1:46.56+2.50
931 Olavi Latsa (FIN)1:47.30+3.24
1025 Ilja Matous (TCH)1:48.12+4.06
1117 Gunnar Samuelsson (SWE)1:48.23+4.17
1243 Tadeusz Kwapien (POL)1:49.09+5.03
1333 Federico De Florian (ITA)1:49.16+5.10
1450 Hallgeir Brenden (NOR)1:49.29+5.23
1535 Martin Stokken (NOR)1:49.38+5.32
1619 Josef Prokes (TCH)1:50.49+6.43
175 Oddmund Jensen (NOR)1:51.04+6.58
1847 Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)1:51.05+6.59
1914 Per Olsen (NOR)1:51.15+7.09
206 Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN)1:51.38+7.32
2116 August Kiuru (FIN)1:51.56+7.50
2257 Rene Mandrillon (FRA)1:52.18+8.12
2337 Jozef Rubis (POL)1:53.57+9.51
242 Arrigo Delladio (ITA)1:54.27+10.21
2538 Marcel Huguenin (SUI)1:54.36+10.30
2612 Camillo Zanolli (ITA)1:54.42+10.36
2742 Fritz Kocher (SUI)1:55.18+11.12
2846 Tatsuo Miyao (JPN)1:55.40+11.34
2920 Stanislaw Bukowski (POL)1:56.26+12.20
3054 Hermann Möchel (EUA)1:56.34+12.28
3140 Manole Aldescu (ROM)1:57.42+13.36
329 Mateus Kordez (YUG)1:57.48+13.42
3339 Erich Lindenlaub (EUA)1:58.30+14.24
3410 André Huguenin (SUI)1:58.40+14.34
3522 Paul Romand (FRA)1:59.02+14.56
3632 Constantin Enache (ROM)1:59.52+15.46
3758 Clarence Servold (CAN)2:00.01+15.55
3856 Mack Miller (USA)2:00.38+16.32
3955 John Kirstjansson (ISL)2:00.52+16.46
4011 Werner Moring (EUA)2:00.55+16.49
418 Armand Genoud (SUI)2:01.05+16.59
4227 Zravko Hlebanja (YUG)2:01.47+17.41
4341 Christo Petkov Dontchev (BUL)2:02.10+18.04
4436 Zaharin Mihailov Grivev (BUL)2:03.21+19.15
4515 Štefan Robač (YUG)2:03.55+19.49
4528 Andrew Morgan (GBR)2:03.55+19.49
4721 John Moore (GBR)2:08.58+24.52
4834 Oddur Petursson (ISL)2:10.16+26.10
4951 James Spencer (GBR)2:10.32+26.26
5024 Lynn Levy (USA)2:10.56+26.50
514 Thomas Cairney (GBR)2:13.41+29.35
30 Charles Binaux (FRA)DSQ
44 Ottavio Compagnoni (ITA)DSQ
53 Janez Pavcic (YUG)DSQ

* - Difference is in minutes and seconds.

Source:[2]

See also

Notes

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 30 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 609611

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