The ladies' 3 × 5 kilometre cross-country relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 1 February. It was held at the Snow Stadium (Lo Stadio della neve), which was about 2km (01miles) from Cortina. Ten teams and thirty skiers participated in the event. Finland won the event. The Soviet team placed second and Sweden took the bronze.[1]
| Medal | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | (Siiri Rantanen, Mirja Hietamies, Sirkka Polkunen) | 1:04:21.4 | |
| Silver | (Radia Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva) | 1:05:02.6 | |
| Bronze | (Sonja Ruthström-Edström, Irma Johansson, Anna-Lisa Eriksson) | 1:06:27.5 |
| Rank | Bib | Country | Time | Deficit* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Siiri Rantanen Mirja Hietamies Sirkka Polkunen | 1:09.01 23:22 22:20 23:19 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Radia Yeroshina Alevtina Kolchina Lyubov Kozyreva | 1:09.28 22:58 22:38 23:52 | +27.0 | ||
| 8 | Sonja Ruthström-Edström Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson | 1:09.48 24:10 23:36 22:02 | +47.0 | ||
| 7 | Kjelfrid Brusveen Gina Regland Rakel Wahl | 1:10.50 23:42 24:03 23:05 | +1:49 | ||
| 9 | Maria Bukova-Gasienica Josefa Peksa Zofia Krzeptowska | 1:13.20 24:30 24:10 24:40 | +4.19 | ||
| 1 | Eva Benesova Libuse Patockova Eva Lauermannova | 1:14.19 26:23 24:05 23:51 | +5.18 | ||
| 10 | Elfriede Uhlig Else Ammann Sonnhilde Hausschild | 1:15.33 25:11 25:11 25:11 | +6.32 | ||
| 2 | Fides Romanin Rita Bottero Ildegarda Taffra | 1:16.11 25:44 25:23 25:04 | +7.10 | ||
| 4 | Amalija Belaj Blazenka Vodenlic Nada Kustec | 1:18.54 26:38 26:39 25:37 | +9.53 | ||
| 6 | Iuliana Simon Ștefania Botcariu Elena Zangor | DQ |
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