Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing

at the VI Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Holmenkollen
Dates| 18–23 February
No. of events| 4
Competitors| 138 from 19 nations

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Cross-country skiing at the
1952 Winter Olympics

10 km| | women
18 km| men|
50 km| men|
Relay| men|

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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

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Finland (FIN)| 3| 3| 2| 8
2|  Norway (NOR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
3|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 4| 4| 4| 12

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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18 km
details | Hallgeir Brenden
Norway | Tapio Mäkelä
Finland | Paavo Lonkila
Finland
50 km
details | Veikko Hakulinen
Finland | Eero Kolehmainen
Finland | Magnar Estenstad
Norway
4 × 10 km relay
details |  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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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10 km
details | Lydia Wideman
Finland | Mirja Hietamies
Finland | Siiri Rantanen
Finland

## Participating nations

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

* Australia (2)
* Austria (10)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Canada (2)
* Czechoslovakia (5)
* Finland (17)
* France (8)
* Germany (9)
* Hungary (2)
* Iceland (6)
* Italy (11)
* Japan (2)
* Norway (15)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (9)
* Sweden (15)
* Switzerland (9)
* United States (7)
* Yugoslavia (2)

## References

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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.

## External links

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* International Olympic Committee results database

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Events at the 1952 Winter Olympics (Oslo)

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy (demonstration)
* Bobsleigh
* Cross‑country skiing
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
* Speed skating

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Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

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