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Nordic skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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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

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Men's events

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Cross-country skiing

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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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Normal hill
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Antti Hyvärinen[5]
 Finland
Aulis Kallakorpi
 Finland
Harry Glaß
 United Team of Germany

Nordic combined

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
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Sverre Stenersen[6]
 Norway
Bengt Eriksson
 Sweden
Franciszek Gąsienica Gron
 Poland

Women's events

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Cross-country skiing

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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

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  1. ^ "Hallgeir BRENDEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Veikko HAKULINEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Sixten JERNBERG". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Cross Country Skiing - Medalists". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Antti HYVÄRINEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Sverre STENERSEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Lyubov BARANOVA". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.