Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay explained

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2km (01miles) from Cotrina. Fourteen teams and fifty-six skiers participated in the event. The Soviet team won the event. Finland came in second and Sweden took the bronze.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	(Fedor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin)	2:15.30
Silver	(August Kiuru, Jorma Kortelainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen)	2:16.31
Bronze	(Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg)	2:17.42

Source:^[3]

Results

Rank	Bib	Country	Time	Deficit*
	6	Fedor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolai Anikin Vladimir Kuzin	2:15.30 33:25 33:05 34:23 34:37	+0.00
	2	August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen	2:16.31 34:56 34:20 33:34 33:41	+1:01
	14	Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg	2:17.42 35:46 34:22 33:50 33:44	+2:12
	4	Håkon Brusveen Per Olsen Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	2:21.16 35:13 36:41 34:47 34:35	+5:46
	1	Pompeo Fattor Ottavio Compagnoni Innocenzo Chatrian Federico Deflorian	2:23.28 35:43 34:55 35:59 36:51	+7.58
	9	Victor Arbez René Mandrillon Benoit Carrara Jean Mermet	2:24.06 36:51 36:14 35:18 35:43	+8.36
	8	Werner Zwingli Victor Kronig Fritz Kocher Marcel Huguenin	2:24.30 36:24 36:50 35:17 35:59	+9.00
	3	Emil Okuliár Vlastimil Melich Josef Prokes Ilja Matous	2:24.54 37:02 36:11 36:13 35:28	+9.24
	12	Jozef Rubis Josef Sobczak-Gasienica Tadeusz Kwapien Andrzej Mateja	2:25.55 37:03 36:40 35:49 36:23	+10.25
10	11	Kuno Werner Siegried Weiss Rudi Kropp Hermann Mochel	2:26.37 36:19 37:21 36:35 36:22	+11.07
11	13	Sepp Schneeberger Oskar Schulz Hermann Mayer Karl Refreider	2:30.50 35:26 38:37 39:09 37:38	+15.20
12	10	Ted Farwell Mack Miller Lawrence Damon Marvin Crawford	2:32.04 37:42 37:22 37:27 39:33	+16.34
13	5	Zravko Hlebanja Cveto Pavcic Matevz Kordez Janez Pavcic	2:33.45 38:10 39:03 38:27 38:05	+18.15
14	7	Andrew Morgan James Spencer Aubrey Fielder Maurice Gover	2:38.44 38:44 40:40 39:25 39:55	+23.14

• Deficit is minutes and seconds

Source:^[3]

See also

• 1956 Winter Olympics

References

• Book: Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano . Italian National Olympic Committee . VII Olympic Winter Games: Official Report . 1956 . Cortina d'Ampezzo . PDF . 2 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102143039/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/orw1956.pdf . 2 November 2010 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614
2. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182333/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1956/CCS/mens-4-x-10-kilometres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 16 June 2019.
3. Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614 - 615