Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Wednesday, 20 February 1952. Thirty-six cross-country skiers from 13 nations competed.[1]

Men's 50 km at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Venue	Holmenkollen
Date	20 February
Competitors	36 from 13 nations
Winning time	3:33:33
Medalists
Veikko Hakulinen  Finland Eero Kolehmainen  Finland Magnar Estenstad  Norway

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Veikko Hakulinen  Finland	Eero Kolehmainen  Finland	Magnar Estenstad  Norway

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time
		At 13 km	At 32.5 km	At 42 km	Final
1	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)	50:50	2'03:20	2'59:50	3'33:33
2	Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)	51:30	2'05:40	3'02:50	3'38:11
3	Magnar Estenstad (NOR)	50:30	2'03:40	3'02:00	3'38:28
4	Olav Økern (NOR)	50:00	2'07:30	3'04:20	3'38:45
5	Kalevi Mononen (FIN)	50:20	2'04:40	3'04:00	3'39:21
6	Nils Karlsson (SWE)	51:40	2'07:30	3'04:40	3'39:30
7	Edvin Landsem (NOR)	50:30	2'09:30	3'06:10	3'40:43
8	Harald Maartmann (NOR)	49:50	2'06:30	3'05:00	3'43:43
9	Pekka Kuvaja (FIN)	53:00	2'10:50	3'09:00	3'46:31
10	Anders Törnkvist (SWE)	51:20	2'09:30	3'11:15	3'49:22
11	Benoît Carrara (FRA)	53:10	2'12:10	3'15:40	3'55:16
12	Gunnar Eriksson (SWE)	49:10	2'11:30	3'16:10	3'55:45
13	Arthur Herrdin (SWE)	50:30	2'13:30	3'18:10	3'57:46
14	Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)	54:00	2'18:30	3'22:10	4'01:49
15	Otto Beyeler (SUI)	56:40	2'20:20	3'25:50	4'06:15
16	Alfred Roch (SUI)	56:30	2'23:20	3'27:20	4'09:39
17	Karl Hischier (SUI)	57:10	2'22:30	3'31:10	4'13:46
18	Severino Compagnoni (ITA)	57:10	2'25:40	3'35:25	4'16:13
19	Antenore Cuel (ITA)	58:40	2'28:40	3'35:40	4'16:26
20	Josef Schnyder (SUI)	56:50	2'21:00	3'23:00	4'18:45
21	František Balvín (TCH)	57:30	2'29:50	3'39:15	4'21:19
22	Gheorghe Olteanu (ROU)	1:00:20	2'28:50	3'40:10	4'23:08
23	Ion Sumedrea (ROU)	1:01:00	2'30:40	3'41:10	4'24:45
24	Dumitru Frăţilă (ROU)	59:00	2'27:10	3'43:05	4'30:13
25	Hristo Donchev (BUL)	1'00:00	2'27:00	3'43:50	4'30:35
26	Juku Pent (GER)	56:50	2'29:30	3'45:45	4'30:56
27	Pál Sajgó (HUN)	1'01:10	2'32:00	3'47:05	4'38:34
28	Gervais Gindre (FRA)	59:00	2'30:20	3'48:00	4'39:31
29	Ívar Stefánsson (ISL)	58:10	2'30:00	3'48:30	4'39:50
30	Jón Kristjánsson (ISL)	57:30	2'30:00	3'47:30	4'41:32
31	Ignácz Berecz (HUN)	1'02:10	2'39:10	3'58:35	4'46:23
32	Ion Hebedeanu (ROU)	1'02:30	2'37:30	4'00:30	4'47:58
33	Matthias Kristjánsson (ISL)	59:50	2'35:40	3'55:50	4'48:47
-	Cedric Sloane (AUS)	1'07:50	2'58:40	DNF	-
-	Karl Schüssler (GER)	59:20	2'35:30	DNF	-
-	Bruce Haslingden (AUS)	1'06:10	2'54:00	DNF	-

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.