Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1924_Winter_Olympics Knowpia

Cross-country skiing
at the I Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing; at the I Olympic Winter Games
Dates	30 January – 2 February
No. of events	2
Competitors	59 from 12 nations
	1928 →

At the 1924 Winter Olympics, two cross-country skiing events were held. The 50 km competition was held on Wednesday, 30 January 1924 and the 18 km competition was held on Saturday, 2 February 1924.^[1] The events were also part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships as well, which would be combined until the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	2	1	5
2	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
18 km details	Thorleif Haug Norway	1:14:31.4	Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway	1:15:51.0	Tapani Niku Finland	1:16:26.0
50 km details	Thorleif Haug Norway	3:44:32	Thoralf Strømstad Norway	3:46:23	Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway	3:47:46

The results of Haug and Grøttumsbråten in the 18 km event should have been disqualified: as entrants of the Nordic combined event, they hadn't entered their names in this event. Tapani Niku wasn't however willing to be awarded the gold medal, though he later received a gold medal from the French Alp Club.^{[citation needed]}

All three medalists in the 50 km also finished in their same positions in the nordic combined event.