Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.
The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15, 1936.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 18 km |
 Erik August LarssonSweden (SWE) |
 Oddbjørn HagenNorway (NOR) |
 Pekka NiemiFinland (FIN) |
| 50 km |
Elis Wiklund Sweden (SWE) |
Axel Wikström Sweden (SWE) |
Nils-Joel Englund Sweden (SWE) |
| 4x10 km relay |
Finland (FIN) Kalle Jalkanen Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Sulo Nurmela |
Norway (NOR) Sverre Brodahl Oddbjørn Hagen Olaf Hoffsbakken Bjarne Iversen |
Sweden (SWE) John Berger Arthur Häggblad Erik August Larsson Martin Matsbo |
[edit] Participating nations
Ten cross-country skiers competed in all three events.
A total of 108 cross-country skiers from 22 nations competed at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games:
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[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Sweden |
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Finland |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Norway |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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