The men's 15 kilometre cross-country race at the
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...
was held on 30 January. It was held at the Snow Stadium (''
Lo Stadio della neve
Stadio della neve was a temporary stadium located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Located in the Campo di Sotto area, the venue hosted the cross-country skiing and the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined events for the 1956 Winter Olympic ...
''), which was about from Cortina. Sixty-one competitors from twenty countries participated in the event. The Nordic countries of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
and
Sweden
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took first and second in the form of
Hallgeir Brenden
Hallgeir Brenden (10 February 1929 – 21 September 2007) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and steeplechase runner. He competed in various skiing events at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics and won two individual gold medals in 1952 and ...
of Norway and
Sixten Jernberg
Edy Sixten Jernberg, known as "Sixten", (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time. Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing within ...
of Sweden. This was Jernberg's second silver medal of the Games.
Soviet
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skier
Pavel Kolchin won his second bronze of the Games.
[Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606]
Medalists
Source:
[Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606–607]
Results
* - Difference is in minutes and seconds.
Source:
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See also
* 1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...
Notes
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Men's 15 kilometres
Men's cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics