Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 km relay

The Finnish 4 × 10 km team with coach Veli Saarinen on top

Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
10 km		women
18 km	men
50 km	men
4×10 km	men

The 4x10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was the third appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 23, 1952.

Fifty-two cross-country skiers from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finland (FIN) Heikki Hasu Urpo Korhonen Paavo Lonkila Tapio Mäkelä	Norway (NOR) Hallgeir Brenden Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken	Sweden (SWE) Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström Nils Täpp

Results

Rank	Team	Athletes	Times	Final
Gold	Finland (FIN)	Heikki Hasu	35:01	2'20:16
		Paavo Lonkila	35:22
		Urpo Korhonen	35:47
		Tapio Mäkelä	34:06
Silver	Norway (NOR)	Magnar Estenstad	36:52	2'23:13
		Mikal Kirkholt	36:07
		Martin Stokken	35:37
		Hallgeir Brenden	34:37
Bronze	Sweden (SWE)	Nils Täpp	36:19	2'24:13
		Sigurd Andersson	36:39
		Enar Josefsson	35:43
		Martin Lundström	35:32
4	France (FRA)	Gérard Perrier	38:53	2'31:11
		Benoît Carrara	37:35
		Jean Mermet	38:00
		René Mandrillon	36:43
5	Austria (AUT)	Hans Eder	38:41	2'34:36
		Friedrich Krischan	39:50
		Karl Rafreider	38:16
		Josef Schneeberger	37:49
6	Italy (ITA)	Arrigo Delladio	38:46	2'35:33
		Nino Anderlini	38:08
		Federico De Florian	40:51
		Vincenzo Perruchon	37:48
7	Germany (GER)	Hubert Egger	38:26	2'36:37
		Albert Mohr	39:56
		Heinz Hauser	39:23
		Rudi Kopp	38:52
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Vladimír Šimůnek	38:59	2'37:12
		Štefan Kovalčík	39:50
		Vlastimil Melich	40:24
		Jaroslav Cardal	37:59
9	Switzerland (SUI)	Fritz Kocher	40:55	2'38:00
		Walter Lötscher	39:21
		Alfred Kronig	39:44
		Alfons Supersaxo	38:00
10	Romania (ROU)	Moise Crăciun	40:07	2'38:23
		Manole Aldescu	39:58
		Dumitru Frăţilă	40:18
		Constantin Enache	38:00
11	Iceland (ISL)	Gunnar Pétursson	40:05	2'40:09
		Ebenezer Thorarinsson	40:30
		Jón Kristjánsson	39:39
		Ívar Stefánsson	39:55
12	United States (USA)	George Hovland	44:01	2'53:28
		John C. Burton	43:23
		Theodore A. Farwell	43:06
		Wendell Broomhall	42:58
-	Bulgaria (BUL)	Ivan Staykov	40:27	—
		Petar Kovachev	41:16
		Vasil Gruev	41:24
		Boris Stoev	DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report
• sports-reference
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2008.