Cross Country Skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Dates 10 – 15 February 1936
Medal Events 3
Venues Olympia-Skistadion, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

The programme was enlarged slightly, adding a 4 x 10 km relay to the men’s 18 and 50 km events. The relay had been a part of the World Championships since 1933. There were 109 competitors representing 22 nations in the events. Six nations competed in cross-country skiing for the first time at the Winter Olympics – Bulgaria, Estonia, Great Britain, Greece, Romania, and Spain.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
18 kilometres, Men Olympic 12 February 1936 75 22
50 kilometres, Men Olympic 15 February 1936 36 11
Relay (4 × 10 kilometres), Men Olympic 10 February 1936 64 16
109 (109/0) 22 (22/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
18 kilometres, Men Erik LarssonSWE Oddbjørn HagenNOR Pekka NiemiFIN
50 kilometres, Men Elis WiklundSWE Axel WikströmSWE Nils EnglundSWE
Relay, Men FinlandFIN NorwayNOR SwedenSWE

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sweden SWE 2 1 2 5
Finland FIN 1 0 1 2
Norway NOR 0 2 0 2