Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics

At the 1932 Winter Olympics, two cross-country skiing events were contested. The 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, 10 February 1932, while the 50 km event was held on Saturday, 13 February 1932.

Cross-country skiing at the III Olympic Winter Games
Dates	10–13 February 1932
No. of events	2
Competitors	58 from 11 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	1	1	1	3
2	Sweden	1	1	0	2
3	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
18 km details	Sven Utterström  Sweden	1:23:07	Axel Wikström  Sweden	1:25:07	Veli Saarinen  Finland	1:25:24
50 km details	Veli Saarinen  Finland	4:28:00	Väinö Liikkanen  Finland	4:28:20	Arne Rustadstuen  Norway	4:31:53

Participating nations

Cross-country skiers from Austria and France only competed in the 18 km event. Sixteen cross-country skiers competed in both events.

A total of 58 cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed at the Lake Placid Games:

•  Austria (3)
•  Canada (7)
•  Czechoslovakia (4)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (5)
•  Italy (6)
•  Japan (6)
•  Norway (6)
•  Poland (4)
•  Sweden (6)
•  United States (7)