The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics took place on 4 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about from Cortina. Fourteen teams and fifty-six skiers participated in the event. The Soviet team won the event. Finland came in second and Sweden took the bronze.Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614
Medalists Medal Team TimeGold (Fedor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolai Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin) 2:15.30Silver (August Kiuru, Jorma Kortelainen, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen) 2:16.31Bronze (Lennart Larsson, Gunnar Samuelsson, Per-Erik Larsson, Sixten Jernberg) 2:17.42 Source:Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (1956), p. 614–615
Results Rank Bib Country Time Deficit* 6 Fedor Terentyev Pavel KolchinNikolai AnikinVladimir Kuzin 2:15.3033:2533:0534:2334:37 +0.00 2 August Kiuru Jorma KortelainenArvo ViitanenVeikko Hakulinen 2:16.31 34:5634:2033:3433:41 +1:01 14 Lennart Larsson Gunnar SamuelssonPer-Erik LarssonSixten Jernberg 2:17.4235:4634:2233:5033:44 +2:12 4 Håkon Brusveen Per OlsenMartin StokkenHallgeir Brenden 2:21.1635:1336:4134:4734:35 +5:46 1 Pompeo Fattor Ottavio CompagnoniInnocenzo ChatrianFederico Deflorian 2:23.2835:4334:5535:5936:51 +7.58 9 Victor Arbez René MandrillonBenoit CarraraJean Mermet 2:24.0636:5136:1435:1835:43 +8.36 8 Werner Zwingli Victor KronigFritz KocherMarcel Huguenin 2:24.3036:2436:5035:1735:59 +9.00 3 Emil Okuliár Vlastimil MelichJosef ProkesIlja Matous 2:24.5437:0236:1136:1335:28 +9.24 12 Jozef Rubis Józef Gąsienica-SobczakTadeusz KwapienAndrzej Mateja 2:25.5537:0336:4035:4936:23 +10.25 10 11 Kuno Werner Siegried WeissRudi KroppHermann Mochel 2:26.3736:1937:2136:3536:22 +11.07 11 13 Sepp Schneeberger Oskar SchulzHermann MayerKarl Refreider 2:30.5035:2638:3739:0937:38 +15.20 12 10 Ted Farwell Mack MillerLawrence DamonMarvin Crawford 2:32.0437:4237:2237:2739:33 +16.34 13 5 Zravko Hlebanja Cveto PavcicMatevz KordezJanez Pavcic 2:33.4538:1039:0338:2738:05 +18.15 14 7 Andrew Morgan James SpencerAubrey FielderMaurice Gover 2:38.4438:4440:4039:2539:55 +23.14 * Deficit is minutes and seconds
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1956 Winter Olympics
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