Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

The men's 15 kilometre cross-country race at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 30 January. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2 km (1.2 mi) from Cortina. Sixty-one competitors from twenty countries participated in the event. The Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden took first and second in the form of Hallgeir Brenden of Norway and Sixten Jernberg of Sweden. This was Jernberg's second silver medal of the Games. Soviet skier Pavel Kolchin won his second bronze of the Games.[1][2]

Men's 15kilometre at the VII Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Venue	Lo Stadio della neve, Cortina
Date	30 January
Competitors	62
Winning time	49:39
Medalists
Hallgeir Brenden  Norway Sixten Jernberg  Sweden Pavel Kolchin  Soviet Union

Medalists

Gold	Hallgeir Brenden  Norway
Silver	Sixten Jernberg  Sweden
Bronze	Pavel Kolchin  Soviet Union

Source:[3]

Results

Place	No.	Competitor	Time	Difference*
1	36	Hallgeir Brenden (NOR)	49:39
2	56	Sixten Jernberg (SWE)	50:14	+0.35
3	41	Pavel Kolchin (URS)	50:17	+0.38
4	48	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	50:31	+0.52
5	51	Håkon Brusveen (NOR)	50:36	+0.57
6	25	Martin Stokken (NOR)	50:45	+1.06
7	18	Nikolai Anikin (URS)	50:58	+1.19
8	24	Lennart Larsson (SWE)	51:03	+1.24
9	42	Arvo Viitanen (FIN)	51:10	+1.31
10	49	Vladimir Kuzin (URS)	51:36	+1.57
11	32	Ottavio Compagnoni (ITA)	51:42	+2.03
12	35	Per-Erik Larsson (SWE)	51:44	+2.05
13	59	Ilja Matouš (TCH)	52:04	+2.25
14	13	Veikko Räsänen (FIN)	52:35	+2.56
15	2	Gunnar Samuelsson (SWE)	52:39	+3.00
16	55	Tadeusz Kwapien (POL)	52:45	+3.06
17	53	Frederico De Florian (ITA)	52:48	+3.09
18	10	Minnevali Galiyev (URS)	52:49	+3.10
19	54	Clarence Servold (CAN)	53:34	+3.55
20	26	Jean Mermet (FRA)	53:40	+4.01
20	45	Werner Zwingli (SUI)	53:40	+4.01
22	63	Benoit Carrara (FRA)	53:41	+4.02
23	34	Andrzej Mateja (POL)	53:42	+4.03
24	16	Pompeo Fattor (ITA)	53:45	+4.06
25	1	Innocenzo Chatrian (ITA)	53:46	+4.07
26	5	Arto Tiainen (FIN)	54:11	+4.32
27	50	Kuno Werner (EUA)	54:18	+4.39
28	62	Sepp Schneeberger (AUT)	54:21	+4.42
29	17	Siegfried Weiß (EUA)	54:29	+4.50
30	11	Magnar Ingebrigtsli (NOR)	54:30	+4.51
31	38	Rudi Kopp (EUA)	54:31	+4.52
32	44	Manole Aldescu (ROM)	54:40	+5.01
33	33	Victor Kronig (SUI)	54:43	+5.04
34	19	Josef Rubis (POL)	54:47	+5.08
35	7	Karl Refreider (AUT)	54:51	+5.12
36	20	Josef Prokeš (TCH)	55:05	+5.26
36	21	Michel Rey (SUI)	55:05	+5.26
38	12	Erwin Hari (SUI)	55:06	+5.27
39	31	Hermann Mayr (AUT)	55:51	+6.12
40	30	Enache Constantin (ROM)	56:06	+6.27
41	58	Mack Miller (USA)	56:08	+6.29
42	40	Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)	56:12	+6.33
43	15	Zdravko Hlebanja (YUG)	56:32	+6.53
44	8	Jozef Sobczak-Gacienica (POL)	56:39	+7.00
45	29	Janez Pavčič (YUG)	56:41	+7.02
46	3	Helmut Hagg (EUA)	56:50	+7.11
47	6	Cveto Pavčič (YUG)	56:55	+7.16
48	47	Tatsuo Miyao (JPN)	56:59	+7.20
49	60	Matevz Kordez (YUG)	57:09	+7.30
50	22	Paul Romand (FRA)	57:11	+7.32
51	43	Lawrence Damon (USA)	57:18	+7.39
52	4	Victor Arbez (FRA)	57:38	+7.59
53	52	Dimitri Petrov (BUL)	57:53	+8.14
54	37	Zakharin Grivev (BUL)	58:11	+8.32
55	61	Jon Kristjansson (ISL)	58:23	+8.44
56	14	Maurice Gover (GBR)	58:58	+9.17
57	28	Andrew Morgan (GBR)	59:27	+9.48
58	57	John Moore (GBR)	59:31	+9.52
59	23	Oskar Schulz (AUT)	59:56	+10.17
60	9	Aubrey Fielder (GBR)	59:59	+10.20
61	39	Oddur Petursson (ISL)	1:02.36	+12.57
AC		Georges Gereidi (LIB)		DQ

* - Difference is in minutes and seconds.

Source:[3]

See also

• Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• List of IOC country codes
• 1956 Winter Olympics

Notes

1. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606
2. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 606–607

References

• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.