The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics

At the 1924 Winter Olympics, two cross-country skiing events were held. The 50 km competition was held on Wednesday, January 30, 1924 and the 18 km competition was held on Saturday, February 2, 1924...

 programme. The competition was held on Saturday, February 2, 1924.

Forty-one cross-country skiers from twelve nations competed.

Medalists

Results

The competition began at 9:30 a.m.

12-hour clock

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 with the first starter Antonín Gottstein. The last starter was Sigurd Overbye at 9:55:30 a.m.

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. The first finisher was Tapani Niku

Tapani Niku

Tapani Niku was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1920s.He was born in Haapavesi and died in Lahti....

 at 10:51:56 a.m.

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 and the event ended with the last finisher, who was again Sigurd Overbye at 12:00:33 p.m.

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so=Starting order, the second competitor started one minute after the first, then all others starter within 30 seconds.

Place	so	Competitor	Time
1	34		1'14:31.4
2	27		1'15:51.0
3	9		1'16:26.0
4	35		1'16:56.8
5	10		1'17:27.4
6	12		1'17:49.4
7	38		1'19:10.4
8	8		1'19:24.0
9	20		1'19:29.8
10	33		1'20:29.4
11	22		1'25:13.0
12	40		1'26:32.4
13	7		1'33:06.4
14	21		1'33:34.8
15	24		1'33:45.2
16	30		1'33:54.6
17	14		1'34:43.4
18	1		1'34:54.0
19	6		1'34:56.0
20	5		1'35:33.4
21	29		1'36:03.8
22	39		1'36:36.2
23	17		1'37:20.8
24	16		1'39:41.6
25	19		1'39:51.8
26	31		1'41:43.4
27	15		1'42:13.0
28	3		1'43:02.8
29	11		1'43:58.0
30	13		1'45:49.8
31	25		1'50:20.8
32	37		1'50:27.6
33	2		1'55:04.2
34	26		2'00:43.0
35	41		2'05:03.0
36	4		2'12:19.4
–	23		DNF
	32		DNF
	28		DNF
	36		DNF
	18		DNF