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Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Dates3–6 February
No. of events3
Competitors106 from 15 nations
← 19361952 →
Cross-country skiing at the
1948 Winter Olympics
18 kmmen
50 kmmen
Relaymen

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross-country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, 31 January 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, 3 February 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, 6 February 1948.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden3216
2 Finland0112
3 Norway0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 km
details 		Martin Lundström
 Sweden		 1:13:50 Nils Östensson
 Sweden		 1:14:22 Gunnar Eriksson
 Sweden		 1:16:06
50 km
details 		Nils Karlsson
 Sweden		 3:47:48 Harald Eriksson
 Sweden		 3:52:20 Benjamin Vanninen
 Finland		 3:57:28
4 × 10 km relay
details 		 Sweden (SWE)
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström
Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp		 2:32:08  Finland (FIN)
August Kiuru
Teuvo Laukkanen
Sauli Rytky
Lauri Silvennoinen		 2:41:06  Norway (NOR)
Erling Evensen
Olav Hagen
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Økern		 2:44:33

Participating nations

Seven cross-country skiers competed in all three events.

A total of 106 cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

Events at the 1948 Winter Olympics (St. Moritz)
Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
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