Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, three cross-country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Saturday, 31 January 1948, the relay event was held on Tuesday, 3 February 1948, and the 50 km event was held on Friday, 6 February 1948.^[1]

Cross-country skiing at the V Olympic Winter Games
Dates	3–6 February
No. of events	3
Competitors	106 from 15 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	3	2	1	6
2	Finland	0	1	1	2
3	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
18 km details	Martin Lundström  Sweden	1:13:50	Nils Östensson  Sweden	1:14:22	Gunnar Eriksson  Sweden	1:16:06
50 km details	Nils Karlsson  Sweden	3:47:48	Harald Eriksson  Sweden	3:52:20	Benjamin Vanninen  Finland	3:57:28
4 × 10 km relay details	Sweden (SWE) Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström Nils Östensson Nils Täpp	2:32:08	Finland (FIN) August Kiuru Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky Lauri Silvennoinen	2:41:06	Norway (NOR) Erling Evensen Olav Hagen Reidar Nyborg Olav Økern	2:44:33

Participating nations

Seven cross-country skiers competed in all three events.

A total of 106 cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:

•  Austria (8)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Canada (2)
•  Czechoslovakia (9)
•  Finland (13)
•  France (7)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (9)
•  Liechtenstein (5)
•  Norway (12)
•  Poland (5)
•  Sweden (11)
•  Switzerland (10)
•  United States (5)
•  Yugoslavia (6)