Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the VII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||
Venue | Lo Stadio della neve | ||||||||||||
Date | 4 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 56 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:15:30 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cotrina. Fourteen teams and fifty-six skiers participated in the event. The Soviet team won the event. Finland came in second and Sweden took the bronze.[1][2]
Medalists
Medal | Team | Time |
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Gold | Soviet Union (URS) (Fedor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin) | 2:15.30 |
Silver | Finland (FIN) (August Kiuru, Jorma Kortelainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) | 2:16.31 |
Bronze | Sweden (SWE) (Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg) | 2:17.42 |
Source:[3]
Results
* Deficit is minutes and seconds
Source:[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614–615
References
- Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
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