Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics cross-country skiing competition consisted of three events for men (18 km, 50 km and 4x10 km relay) and the first women's cross-country competition at an Olympic Games, of 10 km. The competitions were held from Monday, February 18 to Saturday, February 23, 1952.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
18 km details	Hallgeir Brenden Norway (NOR)	Tapio Mäkelä Finland (FIN)	Paavo Lonkila Finland (FIN)
50 km details	Veikko Hakulinen Finland (FIN)	Eero Kolehmainen Finland (FIN)	Magnar Estenstad Norway (NOR)
4×10 km details	Finland (FIN) Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä	Norway (NOR) Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	Sweden (SWE) Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 km details	Lydia Wideman Finland (FIN)	Mirja Hietamies Finland (FIN)	Siiri Rantanen Finland (FIN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	3	2	8
2	Norway (NOR)	1	1	1	3
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

References

• International Olympic Committee results database