Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Tuesday, 3 February 1948. Forty-four cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed.[1]

Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Date3 February
Competitors44 from 11 nations
Winning time2:32:08
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lauri Silvennoinen
Teuvo Laukkanen
Sauli Rytky
August Kiuru
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erling Evensen
Olav Økern
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Hagen
 Norway
← 1936
1952 →

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Sweden (SWE)
Gunnar Eriksson
Martin Lundström
Nils Östensson
Nils Täpp
  Finland (FIN)
August Kiuru
Teuvo Laukkanen
Sauli Rytky
Lauri Silvennoinen
  Norway (NOR)
Erling Evensen
Olav Hagen
Reidar Nyborg
Olav Økern

Results

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Place Competitor Time
1
  Sweden (SWE) 2'32:08
Nils Östensson 36:16
Nils Täpp 37:14
Gunnar Eriksson 38:27
Martin Lundström 40:11
2
  Finland (FIN) 2'41:06
Lauri Silvennoinen 38:11
Teuvo Laukkanen 38:16
Sauli Rytky 40:30
August Kiuru 44:09
3
  Norway (NOR) 2'44:33
Erling Evensen 40:15
Olav Økern 38:37
Reidar Nyborg 41:39
Olav Hagen 44:02
4
  Austria (AUT) 2'47:18
Josl Gstrein 40:02
Josef Deutschmann 40:46
Engelbert Hundertpfund 42:09
Karl Rafreider 44:21
5
  Switzerland (SUI) 2'48:07
Niklaus Stump 41:08
Robert Zurbriggen 40:22
Max Müller 42:05
Edi Schild 44:32
6
  Italy (ITA) 2'51:00
Vincenzo Perruchon 41:50
Silvio Confortola 41:18
Rizzieri Rodeghiero 41:51
Severino Compagnoni 46:01
7
  France (FRA) 2'51:53
René Jeandel 42:54
Gérard Perrier 42:28
Marius Mora 42:43
Benoît Carrara 43:48
8
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 2'54:56
Štefan Kovalčík 42:57
František Balvín 43:12
Jaroslav Zajíček 44:53
Jaroslav Cardal 43:54
9
  Yugoslavia (YUG) 2'55:55
Tone Razinger 41:16
Tone Pogačnik 43:08
Matevž Kordež 45:01
Jože Knific 46:30
10
  Poland (POL) 2'59:19
Józef Daniel Krzeptowski 43:03
Stanisław Bukowski 44:22
Tadeusz Kwapień 43:29
Stefan Dziedzic 48:25
11
  Liechtenstein (LIE) 3'35:39
Christof Frommelt 47:25
Arthur Meier 52:51
Xaver Frick 58:21
Egon Matt 57:02

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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