Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing; at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Lo Stadio della neve
Dates	27 January – 4 February
No. of events	6
Competitors	150 from 20 nations
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At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 × 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956.^[1]

VenueLo Stadio della neve

Dates27 January – 4 February

No. of events6

Competitors150 from 20 nations

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	3	7
2	Finland	2	2	0	4
3	Sweden	1	2	3	6
4	Norway	1	0	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		6	6	6	18

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
15 km details	Hallgeir Brenden Norway	Sixten Jernberg Sweden	Pavel Kolchin Soviet Union
30 km details	Veikko Hakulinen Finland	Sixten Jernberg Sweden	Pavel Kolchin Soviet Union
50 km details	Sixten Jernberg Sweden	Veikko Hakulinen Finland	Fyodor Terentyev Soviet Union
4 × 10 km relay details	Soviet Union Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin	Finland August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen	Sweden Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 km details	Lyubov Kozyreva Soviet Union	Radia Yeroshina Soviet Union	Sonja Edström Sweden
3 × 5 km relay details	Finland Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen	Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina	Sweden Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Edström

Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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Men's events

Women's events

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