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Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Dates36 February
No. of events3
Competitors106 from 15 nations
← 1936
1952 →

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross-country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, 31 January 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, 3 February 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, 6 February 1948.[1]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden3216
2 Finland0112
3 Norway0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 km
details
Martin Lundström
 Sweden
1:13:50 Nils Östensson
 Sweden
1:14:22 Gunnar Eriksson
 Sweden
1:16:06
50 km
details
Nils Karlsson
 Sweden
3:47:48 Harald Eriksson
 Sweden
3:52:20 Benjamin Vanninen
 Finland
3:57:28
4 × 10 km relay
details
 Sweden (SWE)
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström
Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp
2:32:08  Finland (FIN)
August Kiuru
Teuvo Laukkanen
Sauli Rytky
Lauri Silvennoinen
2:41:06  Norway (NOR)
Erling Evensen
Olav Hagen
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Økern
2:44:33

Participating nations

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Seven cross-country skiers competed in all three events.

A total of 106 cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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