Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 kilometre

Men's 18 kilometre
at the V Olympic Winter Games
Men's 18 kilometre; at the V Olympic Winter Games
	Cross-country skiing
Dates	31 January 1948
Competitors	84 from 15 nations
Winning time	1:13:50
Medalists
	← 1936 1952 →

The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, 31 January 1948. Eighty-four cross-country skiers from 15 nations competed.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Martin Lundström Sweden	Nils Östensson Sweden	Gunnar Eriksson Sweden

Results

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Martin Lundström (SWE)	1'13:50
2	Nils Östensson (SWE)	1'14:22
3	Gunnar Eriksson (SWE)	1'16:06
4	Heikki Hasu (FIN)	1'16:43
5	Nils Karlsson (SWE)	1'16:54
6	Sauli Rytky (FIN)	1'18:10
7	August Kiuru (FIN)	1'18:25
8	Teuvo Laukkanen (FIN)	1'18:51
9	Olav Hagen (NOR)	1'19:05
10	Martti Huhtala (FIN)	1'19:28
11	Benoît Carrara (FRA)	1'20:03
12	Eero Rautiola (FIN)	1'20:18
13	Olav Økern (NOR)	1'20:37
14	Olav Odden (NOR)	1'21:35
15	Erling Evensen (NOR)	1'21:40
16	Sven Israelsson (SWE)	1'21:44
17	Reidar Nyborg (NOR)	1'21:47
18	Olaf Dufseth (NOR)	1'21:50
19	Erik Elmsäter (SWE)	1'22:12
20	Edi Schild (SUI)	1'22:15
20	Niklaus Stump (SUI)	1'22:15
22	Severino Compagnoni (ITA)	1'22:21
23	Olavi Sihvonen (FIN)	1'22:26
24	Pauli Salonen (FIN)	1'22:28
25	Max Müller (SUI)	1'22:40
26	Robert Zurbriggen (SUI)	1'22:51
27	Eilert Dahl (NOR)	1'22:52
28	Karl Rafreider (AUT)	1'23:19
29	Alfredo Prucker (ITA)	1'23:26
30	Theo Allenbach (SUI)	1'24:12
30	Rizzieri Rodeghiero (ITA)	1'24:12
32	Kaare Østerdahl (NOR)	1'24:20
33	Clas Haraldsson (SWE)	1'24:21
34	Alfons Supersaxo (SUI)	1'24:29
35	Cristiano Rodeghiero (ITA)	1'24:34
36	Josl Gstrein (AUT)	1'25:04
37	Marius Mora (FRA)	1'25:06
38	Stefan Dziedzic (POL)	1'25:33
39	Engelbert Hundertpfund (AUT)	1'25:41
40	Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)	1'25:44
41	Karl Bricker (SUI)	1'25:47
42	René Jeandel (FRA)	1'25:57
43	Gottlieb Perren (SUI)	1'26:27
44	André Buffard (FRA)	1'27:18
45	Matthias Noichl (AUT)	1'27:34
46	Josef Deutschmann (AUT)	1'27:43
47	Tadeusz Kwapień (POL)	1'27:55
48	Paul Bouveret (FRA)	1'28:07
49	András Harangvölgyi (HUN)	1'28:10
50	Alberto Tassotti (ITA)	1'28:16
51	Tone Razinger (YUG)	1'28:24
52	Arcangelo Chiocchetti (ITA)	1'28:36
53	Matevž Kordež (YUG)	1'28:37
54	Vincenzo Perruchon (ITA)	1'28:50
55	Jože Knific (YUG)	1'29:01
56	Tone Pogačnik (YUG)	1'29:08
57	Imre Beták (HUN)	1'29:24
58	Vít Fousek Sr. (TCH)	1'29:37
59	Bohumil Kosour (TCH)	1'29:37
60	Jaroslav Zajíček (TCH)	1'29:44
61	Paul Haslwanter (AUT)	1'31:00
62	Józef Daniel Krzeptowski (POL)	1'31:05
63	Štefan Kovalčík (TCH)	1'31:06
64	Karl Martitsch (AUT)	1'31:19
65	Chummy Broomhall (USA)	1'31:40
66	Don Johnson (USA)	1'32:03
67	Jaroslav Kadavý (TCH)	1'32:47
68	Hubert Hammerschmied (AUT)	1'32:47
69	Alojz Klančnik (YUG)	1'33:02
70	Stanisław Bukowski (POL)	1'34:17
71	Walter Jeandel (FRA)	1'34:19
72	František Šimůnek (TCH)	1'35:21
73	Tom Dennie (CAN)	1'35:41
74	Ralph Townsend (USA)	1'37:12
75	Corey Engen (USA)	1'37:24
76	Leopold Tajner (POL)	1'38:45
77	Gordon Wren (USA)	1'40:12
78	Jaroslav Lukeš (TCH)	1'41:00
79	Christof Frommelt (LIE)	1'42:35
80	Nikola Delev (BUL)	1'43:29
81	Wilbur Irwin (CAN)	1'44:43
82	Egon Matt (LIE)	1'48:41
83	Erwin Jehle (LIE)	1'49:26
–	Georgi Doykov (BUL)	DNF

References

^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 18 kilometres". 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 25 May 2008.

[SR-1] "Cross Country Skiing at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games: Men's 18 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

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