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 kilometre at the VI Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Venue	Holmenkollen
Date	20 February 1952
Competitors	36 from 13 nations
Winning time	3:33:33
Medalists
Veikko Hakulinen  Finland Eero Kolehmainen  Finland Magnar Estenstad  Norway
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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	-