Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

Men's 50 kilometre at the V Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Dates	6 February 1948
Competitors	28 from 9 nations
Winning time	3:47:48
Medalists
Nils Karlsson  Sweden Harald Eriksson  Sweden Benjamin Vanninen  Finland

Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
18 km	men
50 km
Relay	men

The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Friday, 6 February 1948. Twenty-eight cross-country skiers from nine nations competed.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nils Karlsson  Sweden	Harald Eriksson  Sweden	Benjamin Vanninen  Finland

Place	Competitor	Time
1	Nils Karlsson (SWE)	3'47:48
2	Harald Eriksson (SWE)	3'52:20
3	Benjamin Vanninen (FIN)	3'57:28
4	Pekka Vanninen (FIN)	3'57:58
5	Anders Törnkvist (SWE)	3'58:20
6	Edi Schild (SUI)	4'05:37
7	Pekka Kuvaja (FIN)	4'10:02
8	Jaroslav Cardal (TCH)	4'14:34
9	Kristian Bjørn (NOR)	4'15:21
10	Martin Jære (NOR)	4'17:11
11	František Balvín (TCH)	4'17:51
12	Josl Gstrein (AUT)	4'21:13
13	Cristiano Rodeghiero (ITA)	4'24:12
14	Jože Knific (YUG)	4'26:00
15	Franc Smolej (YUG)	4'26:12
16	Matevž Kordež (YUG)	4'27:25
17	Max Müller (SUI)	4'30:51
18	Silvio Confortola (ITA)	4'31:36
19	Louis Bourban (SUI)	4'33:50
20	Jaroslav Zajíček (TCH)	4'44:35
–	Vít Fousek Sr. (TCH)	DNF
	Victor Borghi (ITA)	DNF
	Thorleif Vangen (NOR)	DNF
	Stefano Sommariva (ITA)	DNF
	Arthur Herrdin (SWE)	DNF
	Leif Haugen (NOR)	DNF
	Tom Dennie (CAN)	DNF
	Martti Sipilä (FIN)	DNF

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2008.