Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The men's 4x10 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]

Medalists

Medal Team Time
Gold  Soviet Union (URS) (Fedor Terentjev, 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:[2]

Results

RankBibCountryTimeDeficit*
16 Soviet Union
Fedor Terentjev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolai Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin		2:15.30
33:25
33:05
34:23
34:37		+0.00
22 Finland
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen		2:16.31
34:56
34:20
33:34
33:41		+1:01
314 Sweden
Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg		2:17.42
35:46
34:22
33:50
33:44		+2:12
44 Norway
Håkon Brusveen
Per Olsen
Martin Stokken
Hallgeir Brenden		2:21.16
35:13
36:41
34:47
34:35		+5:46
51 Italy
Pompeo Fattor
Ottavio Compagnoni
Innocenzo Chatrian
Frederico De Florian		2:23.28
35:43
34:55
35:59
36:51		+7.58
69 France
Victor Arbez
René Mandrillon
Benoit Carrara
Jean Mermet		2:24.06
36:51
36:14
35:18
35:43		+8.36
78 Switzerland
Werner Zwingli
Victor Kronig
Fritz Kocher
Marcel Huguenin		2:24.30
36:24
36:50
35:17
35:59		+9.00
83 Czechoslovakia
Emil Okuliar
Vlastimil Melich
Josef Prokes
Ilja Matous		2:24.54
37:02
36:11
36:13
35:28		+9.24
912 Poland
Jozef Rubis
Josef Sobczak-Gasienica
Tadeusz Kwapien
Andrzej Mateja		2:25.55
37:03
36:40
35:49
36:23		+10.25
1011 United Team of Germany
Kuno Werner
Siegried Weiss
Rudi Kropp
Hermann Mochel		2:26.37
36:19
37:21
36:35
36:22		+11.07
1113 Austria
Sepp Schneeberger
Oskar Schulz
Hermann Mayer
Karl Refreider		2:30.50
35:26
38:37
39:09
37:38		+15.20
1210 United States
Ted Farwell
Mack Miller
Lawrence Damon
Marvin Crawford		2:32.04
37:42
37:22
37:27
39:33		+16.34
135 Yugoslavia
Zravko Hlebanja
Cveto Pavcic
Matevz Kordez
Janez Pavcic		2:33.45
38:10
39:03
38:27
38:05		+18.15
147 Great Britain
Andrew Morgan
James Spencer
Aubrey Fielder
Maurice Gover		2:38.44
38:44
40:40
39:25
39:55		+23.14

* Deficit is minutes and seconds

Source:[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614
  2. 1 2 Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614–615

References

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