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

The men's 4 × 10 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][2]

Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
at the VII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLo Stadio della neve
Date4 February
Competitors56 from 14 nations
Winning time2:15:30
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fedor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolai Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg
 Sweden
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Medalists

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Medal Team Time
Gold   Soviet Union (URS) (Fedor Terentyev, 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

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Results

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Rank Bib Country Time Deficit*
1 6   Soviet Union
Fedor Terentyev
Pavel Kolchin
Nikolai Anikin
Vladimir Kuzin
2:15.30
33:25
33:05
34:23
34:37
+0.00
2 2   Finland
August Kiuru
Jorma Kortelainen
Arvo Viitanen
Veikko Hakulinen
2:16.31
34:56
34:20
33:34
33:41
+1:01
3 14   Sweden
Lennart Larsson
Gunnar Samuelsson
Per-Erik Larsson
Sixten Jernberg
2:17.42
35:46
34:22
33:50
33:44
+2:12
4 4   Norway
Håkon Brusveen
Per Olsen
Martin Stokken
Hallgeir Brenden
2:21.16
35:13
36:41
34:47
34:35
+5:46
5 1   Italy
Pompeo Fattor
Ottavio Compagnoni
Innocenzo Chatrian
Federico Deflorian
2:23.28
35:43
34:55
35:59
36:51
+7.58
6 9   France
Victor Arbez
René Mandrillon
Benoit Carrara
Jean Mermet
2:24.06
36:51
36:14
35:18
35:43
+8.36
7 8   Switzerland
Werner Zwingli
Victor Kronig
Fritz Kocher
Marcel Huguenin
2:24.30
36:24
36:50
35:17
35:59
+9.00
8 3   Czechoslovakia
Emil Okuliár
Vlastimil Melich
Josef Prokes
Ilja Matous
2:24.54
37:02
36:11
36:13
35:28
+9.24
9 12   Poland
Jozef Rubis
Josef Sobczak-Gasienica
Tadeusz Kwapien
Andrzej Mateja
2:25.55
37:03
36:40
35:49
36:23
+10.25
10 11   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
11 13   Austria
Sepp Schneeberger
Oskar Schulz
Hermann Mayer
Karl Refreider
2:30.50
35:26
38:37
39:09
37:38
+15.20
12 10   United States
Ted Farwell
Mack Miller
Lawrence Damon
Marvin Crawford
2:32.04
37:42
37:22
37:27
39:33
+16.34
13 5   Yugoslavia
Zravko Hlebanja
Cveto Pavcic
Matevz Kordez
Janez Pavcic
2:33.45
38:10
39:03
38:27
38:05
+18.15
14 7   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:[3]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614–615

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