# Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 kilometre

The 18 kilometre Cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-c skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, 18 February 1952. Eighty cross-country skiers from 18 nations competed.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hallgeir Brenden Norway | Tapio Mäkelä Finland | Paavo Lonkila Finland |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Time |
| Rank | Athlete | At 7 km | Final |
| 1 | Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) | 27:00 | 1'01:34 |
| 2 | Tapio Mäkelä (FIN) | 26:50 | 1'02:09 |
| 3 | Paavo Lonkila (FIN) | 27:00 | 1'02:20 |
| 4 | Heikki Hasu (FIN) | 27:05 | 1'02:24 |
| 5 | Nils Karlsson (SWE) | 27:00 | 1'02:56 |
| 6 | Martin Stokken (NOR) | 27:05 | 1'03:00 |
| 7 | Nils Täpp (SWE) | 27:40 | 1'03:35 |
| 8 | Tauno Sipilä (FIN) | 27:30 | 1'03:40 |
| 9 | Gunnar Östberg (SWE) | 27:35 | 1'03:44 |
| 10 | Toivo Oikarinen (FIN) | 27:40 | 1'04:07 |
| 11 | Magnar Estenstad (NOR) | 28:00 | 1'04:26 |
| 12 | Mikal Kirkholt (NOR) | 27:50 | 1'04:53 |
| 13 | Enar Josefsson (SWE) | 28:15 | 1'05:10 |
| 14 | Paavo Korhonen (FIN) | 28:00 | 1'05:30 |
| 15 | Simon Slåttvik (NOR) | 28:15 | 1'05:40 |
| 16 | Aulis Sipponen (FIN) | 28:30 | 1'06:03 |
| 17 | Ottar Gjermundshaug (NOR) | 28:30 | 1'06:13 |
| 18 | René Mandrillon (FRA) | 29:00 | 1'06:48 |
| 19 | Federico Deflorian (ITA) | 28:50 | 1'06:54 |
| 20 | Per Gjelten (NOR) | 29:40 | 1'07:40 |
| 21 | Eeti Nieminen (FIN) | 29:30 | 1'08:24 |
| 22 | Kenichi Yamamoto (JPN) | 29:55 | 1'08:49 |
| 23 | Josef Schneeberger (AUT) | 29:50 | 1'09:12 |
| 24 | Arrigo Delladio (ITA) | 30:00 | 1'09:17 |
| 24 | Gérard Perrier (FRA) | 30:05 | 1'09:17 |
| 26 | Alfons Supersaxo (SUI) | 30:20 | 1'09:38 |
| 27 | Sverre Stenersen (NOR) | 29:50 | 1'09:44 |
| 28 | Matthias Noichl (AUT) | 30:00 | 1'09:48 |
| 29 | Vlastimil Melich (TCH) | 30:20 | 1'10:09 |
| 30 | Alfred Kronig (SUI) | 30:30 | 1'10:12 |
| 31 | Hans Eder (AUT) | 30:05 | 1'10:13 |
| 32 | Gunnar Pétursson (ISL) | 30:30 | 1'10:30 |
| 33 | Jacques Perrier (FRA) | 29:40 | 1'10:33 |
| 34 | Giacomo Mosele (ITA) | 30:30 | 1'10:36 |
| 35 | Walter Lötscher (SUI) | 30:20 | 1'10:45 |
| 36 | Ottavio Compagnoni (ITA) | 29:20 | 1'10:50 |
| 37 | Josef Schnyder (SUI) | 30:35 | 1'10:51 |
| 38 | Alfredo Prucker (ITA) | 30:50 | 1'10:56 |
| 39 | Constantin Enache (ROU) | 30:40 | 1'11:00 |
| 40 | Ebenezer Thorarinsson (ISL) | 30:30 | 1'11:10 |
| 41 | Tadeusz Kwapień (POL) | 30:40 | 1'11:40 |
| 42 | Boris Stoev (BUL) | 30:25 | 1'11:46 |
| 43 | Theodore A. Farwell (USA) | 30:55 | 1'11:54 |
| 43 | Friedrich Krischan (AUT) | 30:40 | 1'11:54 |
| 45 | Jón Kristjánsson (ISL) | 31:00 | 1'12:05 |
| 46 | Karl Briker (SUI) | 30:55 | 1'12:19 |
| 47 | Vladimír Šimůnek (TCH) | 31:10 | 1'12:34 |
| 48 | Oskar Schulz (AUT) | 30:40 | 1'12:37 |
| 49 | Vasil Gruev (BUL) | 32:00 | 1'12:43 |
| 50 | Ivan Staykov (BUL) | 31:10 | 1'12:47 |
| 51 | Leopold Kohl (AUT) | 31:50 | 1'13:10 |
| 52 | Claude Lavoie Richer (CAN) | 31:30 | 1'13:17 |
| 53 | Pál Sajgó (HUN) | 31:45 | 1'13:25 |
| 54 | Heinz Hauser (GER) | 32:30 | 1'13:30 |
| 55 | Oddur Pétursson (ISL) | 31:05 | 1'13:35 |
| 56 | Erik Elmsäter (SWE) | 31:40 | 1'13:46 |
| 57 | Wendell Broomhall (USA) | 31:20 | 1'14:06 |
| 58 | Lars-Erik Efverström (SWE) | 31:50 | 1'14:19 |
| 59 | Alois Harrer (GER) | 32:05 | 1'14:23 |
| 60 | Petar Kovachev (BUL) | 32:05 | 1'14:35 |
| 61 | Ryoichi Fujisawa (JPN) | 33:00 | 1'14:41 |
| 61 | Moise Crăciun (ROU) | 32:40 | 1'14:41 |
| 63 | Florea Lepădatu (ROU) | 32:30 | 1'15:42 |
| 64 | Rudi Kopp (GER) | 32:00 | 1'15:53 |
| 65 | Albert Mohr (GER) | 32:40 | 1'16:32 |
| 66 | Thomas M. Jacobs (USA) | 33:00 | 1'16:43 |
| 67 | John C. Burton (USA) | 33:00 | 1'16:47 |
| 68 | Niculae-Cornel Crăciun (ROU) | 34:00 | 1'17:11 |
| 69 | Sepp Schiffner (AUT) | 32:05 | 1'17:31 |
| 70 | Jacques Carbonneau (CAN) | 33:30 | 1'17:37 |
| 71 | George Hovland (USA) | 33:40 | 1'18:05 |
| 72 | Robert W. Pidacks (USA) | 34:10 | 1'18:25 |
| 73 | John H. Caldwell (USA) | 36:20 | 1'25:42 |
| 74 | Bruce Haslingden (AUS) | 38:10 | 1'29:58 |
| 75 | Cedric Sloane (AUS) | 40:20 | 1'32:39 |
| - | Štefan Kovalčík (TCH) | 30:35 | DNF |
| - | Benoît Carrara (FRA) | 29:00 | DNF |
| - | Helmut Böck (GER) | 32:20 | DNF |
| - | Hubert Egger (GER) | DNF | - |
| - | Peter Radacher (AUT) | DNF | - |