The 50 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 Wednesday, January 30, 1924.

Thirty-three cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed.

Medalists

Results

The competition began at 8:37 a.m.

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 with the first starter André Blusset. The last starter was Erkki Kämäräinen at 9:09 a.m.

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. The first finisher was Johan Grøttumsbråten

Johan Grøttumsbråten

Johan Grøttumsbråten was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early 1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics. Most notably, he won two gold medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and as one of the only two dual...

 at 12:27:46 p.m.

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 and the event ended with the last finisher Szczepan Witkowski

Szczepan Witkowski

Szczepan Viktor Witkowski was a Polish soldier and skier.Witkowski was born in Lemberg, Austria . He was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1924 which was one of two withdrawing to bad weather conditions. He died in Stryj, Poland .- External links :* at Sports Reference...

 who crossed the finish-line at 3:25:58 p.m.

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Place	Competitor	Time
1		3'44:32
2		3'46:23
3		3'47:46
4		3'49:48
5		4'05:59
6		4'06:31
7		4'06:50
8		4'07:44
9		4'10:50
10		4'27:48
11		4'31:34
12		4'44:58
13		4'45:29
14		4'45:48
15		4'58:27
16		5'04:16
17		5'05:06
18		5'10:44
19		5'18:14
20		6'16:32
21		6'25:58
–		DNF
		DNF
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		DNF