Olympic Winter Games 1928 / cross-country skiing - 50 kilometers (men)

sport	Cross-country skiing
discipline	50 kilometers
gender	Men
Attendees	41 from 11 countries
Competition location	Ski stadium
Competition phase	February 14, 1928
Medalist Per-Erik Hedlund ( SWE ) Gustaf Jonsson ( SWE ) Volger Andersson ( SWE )

Cross-country skiing competitions at the 1928 Olympic Winter Games
18 km	Men
50 km	Men

The 50-kilometer men's cross-country skiing race at the 1928 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, 1928. The gold medal went to Per-Erik Hedlund from Sweden with a lead of over 13 minutes over his compatriot Gustaf Jonsson . The bronze medal also went to a Swede, Volger Andersson .

Results

rank	country	athlete	time
1	Sweden	Per-Erik Hedlund	4:52:03 h
2	Sweden	Gustaf Jonsson	5:05:30 h
3	Sweden	Volger Andersson	5:05:46 h
4th	Norway	Olav Kjelbotn	5:14:22 h
5	Norway	Ole Hegge	5:17:58 h
6th	Finland	Tauno Lappalainen	5:18:33 h
7th	Sweden	Strom is different	5:21:54 h
8th	Norway	Johan Støa	5:25:30 h
9	Finland	Martti Lappalainen	5:30:09 h
10	Germany	Otto choice	5:34:02 h
11	Czechoslovakia	Josef Německý	5:35:46 h
12	Germany	Hans Bauer	5:36:21 h
13	Poland	Andrzej Krzeptowski	5:36:55 h
14th	Czechoslovakia	Franz Donth	5:37:36 h
15th	Switzerland	Walter Bussmann	5:38:49 h
16	Germany	Fritz Pellkofer	5:41:00 h
17th	Switzerland	Robert Wampfler	5:42:40 h
18th	Czechoslovakia	Václav Fišera	5:42:55 h
19th	Poland	Józef Bujak	5:44:19 h
20th	Italy	Matteo Demetz	5:47:47 h
21st	Italy	Ferdinand luck	5:49:52 h
22nd	Switzerland	Carlo Gouralouen	5:55:09 h
23	Yugoslavia	Joško Janša	5:58:09 h
24	Japan	Minoru Nagata	6:02:24 h
25th	Japan	Akira Takahashi	6:05:25 h
26th	Japan	Sakuta Takebushi	6:05:50 h
27	Poland	Franciszek Kawa	6:11:08 h
28	Yugoslavia	Stane Kmet	6:32:07 h
29	Yugoslavia	Janko Janša	6:34:59 h
30th	Yugoslavia	Stane Bervar	6:46:48 h
-	Finland	Adiel Paananen	DNF
	Finland	Matti Raivio	DNF
	France	André Médy	DNF
	France	Henri Milan	DNF
	France	Evariste Prat	DNF
	France	Jean Tournier	DNF
	Japan	Takeharu Asō	DNF
	Norway	John Røen	DNF
	Poland	Stanisław Wilczyński	DNF
	Switzerland	Hans Zeier	DNF
	Czechoslovakia	Josef Feistauer	DNF

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