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Men's 50 km
Held at 16 Games, 1924–2010. Most golds: Sweden (6). Most medals: Sixten Jernberg (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
Open the latest podium in the atlas →Games161924–2010
Medals48
Delegations10on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Vancouver | Petter Northug Norway | Axel Teichmann Germany | Johan Olsson Sweden |
| 2006 Turin | Giorgio Di Centa Italy | Yevgeny Dementyev Russia | Mikhail Botvinov Austria |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Thomas Wassberg Sweden | Gunde Svan Sweden | Aki Karvonen Finland |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union | Juha Mieto Finland | Aleksandr Zavyalov Soviet Union |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Ivar Formo Norway | Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany | Benny Södergren Sweden |
| 1972 Sapporo | Pål Tyldum Norway | Magne Myrmo Norway | Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union |
| 1968 Grenoble | Ole Ellefsæter Norway | Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union | Josef Haas Switzerland |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | Assar Rönnlund Sweden | Arto Tiainen Finland |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Kalevi Hämäläinen Finland | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | Rolf Rämgård Sweden |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Sixten Jernberg Sweden | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | Fyodor Terentyev Soviet Union |
| 1952 Oslo | Veikko Hakulinen Finland | Eero Kolehmainen Finland | Magnar Estenstad Norway |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Nils Karlsson Sweden | Harald Eriksson Sweden | Benjamin Vanninen Finland |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Elis Wiklund Sweden | Axel Wikström Sweden | Nils-Joel Englund Sweden |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Veli Saarinen Finland | Väinö Liikkanen Finland | Arne Rustadstuen Norway |
| 1928 St. Moritz | Per-Erik Hedlund Sweden | Gustaf Jonsson Sweden | Volger Andersson Sweden |
| 1924 Chamonix | Thorleif Haug Norway | Thoralf Strømstad Norway | Johan Grøttumsbråten Norway |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |