Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 x 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956.

Medal summary
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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15 km |
![]() Norway (NOR) |
![]() Sweden (SWE) |
![]() Soviet Union (URS) |
30 km |
![]() Finland (FIN) |
![]() Sweden (SWE) |
![]() Soviet Union (URS) |
50 km |
![]() Sweden (SWE) |
![]() Finland (FIN) |
![]() Soviet Union (URS) |
4×10 km |
![]() Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin |
![]() August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen |
![]() Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
10 km |
![]() Soviet Union (URS) |
![]() Soviet Union (URS) |
![]() Sweden (SWE) |
3×5 km |
![]() Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen |
![]() Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina |
![]() Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Edström |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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