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 Cotrina. 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.

Medalists

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

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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 Matous (TCH)	52:04	+2.25
14	13	Veikko Rasanen (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	Mikhail Galiev (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 (GER)	54:18	+4.39
28	62	Sepp Schneeberger (AUT)	54:21	+4.42
29	17	Siegfrid Weiss (GER)	54:29	+4.50
30	11	Magnar Ingebrigtsli (NOR)	54:30	+4.51
31	38	Rudi Kopp (GER)	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 Prokes (TCH)	55:05	+5.26
36	21	Michel Rey (SUI)	55:05	+5.26
38	12	Hari Erwin (SUI)	55:06	+5.27
39	31	Mayr Hermann (AUT)	55:51	+6.12
40	30	Enache Constantin (ROM)	56:06	+6.27
41	58	Andrew Miller (USA)	56:08	+6.29
42	40	Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)	56:12	+6.33
43	15	Zravko Hlebanja (YUG)	56:32	+6.53
44	8	Jozef Sobczak-Gacienica (POL)	56:39	+7.00
45	29	Janez Pavcic (YUG)	56:41	+7.02
46	3	Helmut Hagg (GER)	56:50	+7.11
47	6	Cveto Pavcic (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 (BUL)	57:38	+7.59
53	52	Dimitre Petrov (BUL)	57:53	+8.14
54	37	Zaharin Griven (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

* - Difference is in minutes and seconds.

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See also

• List of IOC country codes
• 1956 Winter Olympics

References

• Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956). VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report (PDF). Cortina d'Ampezzo. Retrieved 2010-03-02.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)