1956 Nordic World Ski Championships

Host City Cortina d'Ampezzo
Country ITA
Held 27 January – 5 February 1956
Competitors 25
Countries 5

Olympic Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men 30 January 1956 Medal 3 3
30 km classical Men 27 January 1956 Medal 3 3
50 km classical Men 2 February 1956 Medal 3 3
4 x 10 km relay classical Men 4 February 1956 Medal 12 3
10 km classical Women 28 January 1956 Medal 3 2
3 x 5 km relay classical Women 1 February 1956 Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Large Hill Men 5 February 1956 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Finland FIN 3 3 0 6
2 Soviet Union URS 2 2 3 7
3 Sweden SWE 1 2 3 6
4 Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
5 Germany GER 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
15 km classical, Men Hallgeir Brenden NOR Sixten Jernberg SWE Pavel Kolchin URS
30 km classical, Men Veikko Hakulinen FIN Sixten Jernberg SWE Pavel Kolchin URS
50 km classical, Men Sixten Jernberg SWE Veikko Hakulinen FIN Fyodor Terentyev URS
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Soviet Union URS Finland FIN Sweden SWE
10 km classical, Women Lyubov Kozyreva URS Radya Yeroshina URS Sonja Edström SWE
3 x 5 km relay classical, Women Finland FIN Soviet Union URS Sweden SWE
Large Hill, Men Antti Hyvärinen FIN Aulis Kallakorpi FIN Harry Glaß GER