Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay

The ladies' 3 × 5 kilometre cross-country relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 1 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about from Cortina. Ten teams and thirty skiers participated in the event. Finland won the event. The Soviet team placed second and Sweden took the bronze.Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 604

Medalists Medal Team TimeGold (Siiri Rantanen, Mirja Hietamies, Sirkka Polkunen) 1:04:21.4Silver (Radia Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva) 1:05:02.6Bronze (Sonja Ruthström-Edström, Irma Johansson, Anna-Lisa Eriksson) 1:06:27.5 Source:Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 604–605

Results

Rank Bib Country Time Deficit* 3 Siiri Rantanen Mirja HietamiesSirkka Polkunen 1:09.0123:2222:2023:19 0.0 5 Radia Yeroshina Alevtina KolchinaLyubov Kozyreva 1:09.2822:5822:3823:52 +27.0 8 Sonja Ruthström-Edström Irma JohanssonAnna-Lisa Eriksson 1:09.4824:1023:3622:02 +47.0 7 Kjelfrid Brusveen Gina ReglandRakel Wahl 1:10.5023:4224:0323:05 +1:49 9 Maria Bukova-Gasienica Josefa PeksaZofia Krzeptowska 1:13.2024:3024:1024:40 +4.19 1 Eva Benesova Libuse PatockovaEva Lauermannova 1:14.19 26:2324:0523:51 +5.18 10 Elfriede Uhlig Else AmmannSonnhilde Hausschild 1:15.3325:1125:1125:11 +6.32 2 Fides Romanin Rita BotteroIldegarda Taffra 1:16.1125:4425:2325:04 +7.10 4 Amalija Belaj Blazenka VodenlicNada Kustec 1:18.5426:3826:3925:37 +9.53 6 Iuliana Simon Ștefania BotcariuElena Zangor DQ * Difference is in minutes and seconds.

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Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's 3 × 5 kilometre relay

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