Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

Men's 15kilometre
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Snow Stadium, Cortina
Date 30 January
Competitors 61
Winning time 49:39
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Hallgeir Brenden  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sixten Jernberg  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pavel Kolchin  Soviet Union

The men's 15 kilometre cross-country race at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 30 January. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cortina. Sixty-one competitors from twenty countries participated in the event. The Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden took first and second in the form of Hallgeir Brenden of Norway and Sixten Jernberg of Sweden. This was Jernberg's second silver medal of the Games. Soviet skier Pavel Kolchin won his second bronze of the Games.[1]

Medalists

GoldHallgeir Brenden
 Norway
SilverSixten Jernberg
 Sweden
BronzePavel Kolchin
 Soviet Union

Source:[2]

Results

PlaceNo.CompetitorTimeDifference*
136 Hallgeir Brenden (NOR)49:39
256 Sixten Jernberg (SWE)50:14+0.35
341 Pavel Kolchin (URS)50:17+0.38
448 Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)50:31+0.52
551 Håkon Brusveen (NOR)50:36+0.57
625 Martin Stokken (NOR)50:45+1.06
718 Nikolai Anikin (URS)50:58+1.19
824 Lennart Larsson (SWE)51:03+1.24
942 Arvo Viitanen (FIN)51:10+1.31
1049 Vladimir Kuzin (URS)51:36+1.57
1132 Ottavio Compagnoni (ITA)51:42+2.03
1235 Per-Erik Larsson (SWE)51:44+2.05
1359 Ilja Matous (TCH)52:04+2.25
1413 Veikko Rasanen (FIN)52:35+2.56
152 Gunnar Samuelsson (SWE)52:39+3.00
1655 Tadeusz Kwapien (POL)52:45+3.06
1753 Frederico De Florian (ITA)52:48+3.09
1810 Mikhail Galiev (URS)52:49+3.10
1954 Clarence Servold (CAN)53:34+3.55
2026 Jean Mermet (FRA)53:40+4.01
2045 Werner Zwingli (SUI)53:40+4.01
2263 Benoit Carrara (FRA)53:41+4.02
2334 Andrzej Mateja (POL)53:42+4.03
2416 Pompeo Fattor (ITA)53:45+4.06
251 Innocenzo Chatrian (ITA)53:46+4.07
265 Arto Tiainen (FIN)54:11+4.32
2750 Kuno Werner (EUA)54:18+4.39
2862 Sepp Schneeberger (AUT)54:21+4.42
2917 Siegfrid Weiss (EUA)54:29+4.50
3011 Magnar Ingebrigtsli (NOR)54:30+4.51
3138 Rudi Kopp (EUA)54:31+4.52
3244 Manole Aldescu (ROM)54:40+5.01
3333 Victor Kronig (SUI)54:43+5.04
3419 Josef Rubis (POL)54:47+5.08
357 Karl Refreider (AUT)54:51+5.12
3620 Josef Prokes (TCH)55:05+5.26
3621 Michel Rey (SUI)55:05+5.26
3812 Hari Erwin (SUI)55:06+5.27
3931 Mayr Hermann (AUT)55:51+6.12
4030 Enache Constantin (ROM)56:06+6.27
4158 Andrew Miller (USA)56:08+6.29
4240 Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)56:12+6.33
4315 Zravko Hlebanja (YUG)56:32+6.53
448 Jozef Sobczak-Gacienica (POL)56:39+7.00
4529 Janez Pavcic (YUG)56:41+7.02
463 Helmut Hagg (EUA)56:50+7.11
476 Cveto Pavcic (YUG)56:55+7.16
4847 Tatsuo Miyao (JPN)56:59+7.20
4960 Matevz Kordez (YUG)57:09+7.30
5022 Paul Romand (FRA)57:11+7.32
5143 Lawrence Damon (USA)57:18+7.39
524 Victor Arbez (BUL)57:38+7.59
5352 Dimitre Petrov (BUL)57:53+8.14
5437 Zaharin Griven (BUL)58:11+8.32
5561 Jon Kristjansson (ISL)58:23+8.44
5614 Maurice Gover (GBR)58:58+9.17
5728 Andrew Morgan (GBR)59:27+9.48
5857 John Moore (GBR)59:31+9.52
5923 Oskar Schulz (AUT)59:56+10.17
609 Aubrey Fielder (GBR)59:59+10.20
6139 Oddur Petursson (ISL)1:02.36+12.57

* - Difference is in minutes and seconds.

Source:[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606
  2. 1 2 Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606–607

References

  • Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
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