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Men's 50 kilometres at the II Olympic Winter Games
Date	14 February
Competitors	41 from 11 nations
Winning time	4:52:03
Medalists
Per-Erik Hedlund  Sweden Gustaf Jonsson  Sweden Volger Andersson  Sweden
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The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1928 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Tuesday, 14 February 1928. Forty-one cross-country skiers from eleven nations competed.^[1]

Hedlund's margin of victory is the largest in Olympic history (13 minutes, 27 seconds).

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Place	Competitor	Time
1	Per-Erik Hedlund (SWE)	4'52:03
2	Gustaf Jonsson (SWE)	5'05:30
3	Volger Andersson (SWE)	5'05:46
4	Olav Kjelbotn (NOR)	5'14:22
5	Ole Hegge (NOR)	5'17:58
6	Tauno Lappalainen (FIN)	5'18:33
7	Anders Ström (SWE)	5'21:54
8	Johan Støa (NOR)	5'25:30
9	Martti Lappalainen (FIN)	5'30:09
10	Otto Wahl (GER)	5'34:02
11	Josef Německý (TCH)	5'35:46
12	Hans Bauer (GER)	5'36:21
13	Andrzej Krzeptowski (POL)	5'36:55
14	Franz Donth (TCH)	5'37:36
15	Walter Bussmann (SUI)	5'38:49
16	Fritz Pellkofer (GER)	5'41:00
17	Robert Wampfler (SUI)	5'42:40
18	Václav Fišera (TCH)	5'42:55
19	Józef Bujak (POL)	5'44:19
20	Matteo Demetz (ITA)	5'47:47
21	Ferdinando Glück (ITA)	5'49:52
22	Carlo Gourlaouen (SUI)	5'55:09
23	Joško Janša (YUG)	5'58:09
24	Minoru Nagata (JPN)	6'02:24
25	Akira Takahashi (JPN)	6'05:25
26	Sakuta Takebushi (JPN)	6'05:50
27	Franciszek Kawa (POL)	6'11:08
28	Stane Kmet (YUG)	6'32:07
29	Janko Janša (YUG)	6'34:59
30	Stane Bervar (YUG)	6'46:48
–	Adiel Paananen (FIN)	DNF
	Matti Raivio (FIN)	DNF
	André Médy (FRA)	DNF
	Henri Millan (FRA)	DNF
	Évariste Prat (FRA)	DNF
	Camille Tournier (FRA)	DNF
	Takeharu Aso (JPN)	DNF
	John Røen (NOR)	DNF
	Stanisław Wilczyński (POL)	DNF
	Hans Zeier (SUI)	DNF
	Josef Feistauer (TCH)	DNF

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