Nordic skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, eight Nordic skiing events were contested – six cross-country skiing events, one ski jumping event, and one Nordic combined event.
Nordic skiing discipline | Men's events | Women's events |
---|---|---|
Cross-country skiing | • 15 km | • 10 km |
• 30 km | ||
• 50 km | ||
• 4 × 10 km relay | • 3 × 5 km relay | |
Ski jumping | • Large hill (70m) | none |
Nordic combined | • Individual | none |
Medal summary
Men's events
Cross-country skiing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
15 km details | Hallgeir Brenden[1] Norway | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | Pavel Kolchin Soviet Union |
30 km details | Veikko Hakulinen[2] Finland | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | Pavel Kolchin Soviet Union |
50 km details | Sixten Jernberg[3] Sweden | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | Fyodor Terentyev Soviet Union |
4 × 10 km relay details | Soviet Union (URS)[4] Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin | Finland (FIN) August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen | Sweden (SWE) Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg |
Ski jumping
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Normal hill details | Antti Hyvärinen[5] Finland | Aulis Kallakorpi Finland | Harry Glaß United Team of Germany |
Nordic combined
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Individual details | Sverre Stenersen[6] Norway | Bengt Eriksson Sweden | Franciszek Gąsienica Gron Poland |
Women's events
Cross-country skiing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
10 km details | Lyubov Kozyreva[7] Soviet Union | Radia Yeroshina Soviet Union | Sonja Edström Sweden |
3 × 5 km relay details | Finland (FIN)[4] Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen | Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina | Sweden (SWE) Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Edström |
References
- ^ "Hallgeir BRENDEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Veikko HAKULINEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Sixten JERNBERG". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Cross Country Skiing - Medalists". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Antti HYVÄRINEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Sverre STENERSEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Lyubov BARANOVA". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.