Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Tuesday, 3 February 1948. Forty-four cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed.^[1]

Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the V Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Date	3 February
Competitors	44 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:32:08
Medalists
Nils Östensson Nils Täpp Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström  Sweden Lauri Silvennoinen Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky August Kiuru  Finland Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen  Norway
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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sweden (SWE) Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström Nils Östensson Nils Täpp	Finland (FIN) August Kiuru Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky Lauri Silvennoinen	Norway (NOR) Erling Evensen Olav Hagen Reidar Nyborg Olav Økern

Results

Place	Competitor	Time
1
	Sweden (SWE)	2'32:08
	Nils Östensson	36:16
	Nils Täpp	37:14
	Gunnar Eriksson	38:27
	Martin Lundström	40:11
2
	Finland (FIN)	2'41:06
	Lauri Silvennoinen	38:11
	Teuvo Laukkanen	38:16
	Sauli Rytky	40:30
	August Kiuru	44:09
3
	Norway (NOR)	2'44:33
	Erling Evensen	40:15
	Olav Økern	38:37
	Reidar Nyborg	41:39
	Olav Hagen	44:02
4
	Austria (AUT)	2'47:18
	Josl Gstrein	40:02
	Josef Deutschmann	40:46
	Engelbert Hundertpfund	42:09
	Karl Rafreider	44:21
5
	Switzerland (SUI)	2'48:07
	Niklaus Stump	41:08
	Robert Zurbriggen	40:22
	Max Müller	42:05
	Edi Schild	44:32
6
	Italy (ITA)	2'51:00
	Vincenzo Perruchon	41:50
	Silvio Confortola	41:18
	Rizzieri Rodeghiero	41:51
	Severino Compagnoni	46:01
7
	France (FRA)	2'51:53
	René Jeandel	42:54
	Gérard Perrier	42:28
	Marius Mora	42:43
	Benoît Carrara	43:48
8
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2'54:56
	Štefan Kovalčík	42:57
	František Balvín	43:12
	Jaroslav Zajíček	44:53
	Jaroslav Cardal	43:54
9
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	2'55:55
	Tone Razinger	41:16
	Tone Pogačnik	43:08
	Matevž Kordež	45:01
	Jože Knific	46:30
10
	Poland (POL)	2'59:19
	Józef Daniel Krzeptowski	43:03
	Stanisław Bukowski	44:22
	Tadeusz Kwapień	43:29
	Stefan Dziedzic	48:25
11
	Liechtenstein (LIE)	3'35:39
	Christof Frommelt	47:25
	Arthur Meier	52:51
	Xaver Frick	58:21
	Egon Matt	57:02

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 4 x 10 kilometres Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2008.