| Event: | Men's 50 kilometre |
| Games: | 1952 Winter |
| Venue: | Holmenkollen |
| Date: | 20 February 1952 |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 13 |
| Win Value: | 3:33:33 |
| Gold: | Veikko Hakulinen |
| Goldnoc: | FIN |
| Silver: | Eero Kolehmainen |
| Silvernoc: | FIN |
| Bronze: | Magnar Estenstad |
| Bronzenoc: | NOR |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
The 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Wednesday, 20 February 1952. Thirty-six cross-country skiers from 13 nations competed.[1]
| Rank | Athlete | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | At 13 km | width=80 | At 32.5 km | width=80 | At 42 km | width=80 | Final |
| 1 | 50:50 | 2'03:20 | 2'59:50 | 3'33:33 | |||
| 2 | 51:30 | 2'05:40 | 3'02:50 | 3'38:11 | |||
| 3 | 50:30 | 2'03:40 | 3'02:00 | 3'38:28 | |||
| 4 | 50:00 | 2'07:30 | 3'04:20 | 3'38:45 | |||
| 5 | 50:20 | 2'04:40 | 3'04:00 | 3'39:21 | |||
| 6 | 51:40 | 2'07:30 | 3'04:40 | 3'39:30 | |||
| 7 | 50:30 | 2'09:30 | 3'06:10 | 3'40:43 | |||
| 8 | 49:50 | 2'06:30 | 3'05:00 | 3'43:43 | |||
| 9 | 53:00 | 2'10:50 | 3'09:00 | 3'46:31 | |||
| 10 | 51:20 | 2'09:30 | 3'11:15 | 3'49:22 | |||
| 11 | 53:10 | 2'12:10 | 3'15:40 | 3'55:16 | |||
| 12 | 49:10 | 2'11:30 | 3'16:10 | 3'55:45 | |||
| 13 | 50:30 | 2'13:30 | 3'18:10 | 3'57:46 | |||
| 14 | 54:00 | 2'18:30 | 3'22:10 | 4'01:49 | |||
| 15 | 56:40 | 2'20:20 | 3'25:50 | 4'06:15 | |||
| 16 | 56:30 | 2'23:20 | 3'27:20 | 4'09:39 | |||
| 17 | 57:10 | 2'22:30 | 3'31:10 | 4'13:46 | |||
| 18 | 57:10 | 2'25:40 | 3'35:25 | 4'16:13 | |||
| 19 | 58:40 | 2'28:40 | 3'35:40 | 4'16:26 | |||
| 20 | 56:50 | 2'21:00 | 3'23:00 | 4'18:45 | |||
| 21 | 57:30 | 2'29:50 | 3'39:15 | 4'21:19 | |||
| 22 | 1:00:20 | 2'28:50 | 3'40:10 | 4'23:08 | |||
| 23 | 1:01:00 | 2'30:40 | 3'41:10 | 4'24:45 | |||
| 24 | 59:00 | 2'27:10 | 3'43:05 | 4'30:13 | |||
| 25 | 1'00:00 | 2'27:00 | 3'43:50 | 4'30:35 | |||
| 26 | 56:50 | 2'29:30 | 3'45:45 | 4'30:56 | |||
| 27 | 1'01:10 | 2'32:00 | 3'47:05 | 4'38:34 | |||
| 28 | 59:00 | 2'30:20 | 3'48:00 | 4'39:31 | |||
| 29 | 58:10 | 2'30:00 | 3'48:30 | 4'39:50 | |||
| 30 | 57:30 | 2'30:00 | 3'47:30 | 4'41:32 | |||
| 31 | 1'02:10 | 2'39:10 | 3'58:35 | 4'46:23 | |||
| 32 | 1'02:30 | 2'37:30 | 4'00:30 | 4'47:58 | |||
| 33 | 59:50 | 2'35:40 | 3'55:50 | 4'48:47 | |||
| - | 1'07:50 | 2'58:40 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 59:20 | 2'35:30 | DNF | - | |||
| - | 1'06:10 | 2'54:00 | DNF | - | |||