Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
Governing body	FIS
Events	12 (men: 6; women: 6)
Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014
Medalists (men • women)

Cross-country skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Games in 1924. The women's events were first contested at the 1952 Winter Olympics.

Events

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	Years
18 km/15 km men	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				•	•	•	18
50 km men	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	21
4 x 10 km men				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	18
30 km men							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			13
10 km men																•	•	•				3
Combined/Double pursuit men																•	•	•	•	•	•	6
Individual sprint men																			•	•	•	3
Team sprint men																				•	•	2
10 km women						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				•	•	•	13
3/4 x 5 km women							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
5 km women									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				10
20 km/30 km women														•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
15 km women																•	•	•	•			4
Combined/Double pursuit women																•	•	•	•	•	•	6
Individual sprint women																			•	•	•	3
Team sprint women																				•	•	2
Total Events	2	2	2	3	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	31	34	25	90
2	Sweden	26	15	18	59
3	Soviet Union	25	22	21	68
4	Finland	19	22	30	71
5	Russia	13	7	6	26
6	Italy	9	12	13	34
7	Estonia	4	2	1	7
8	Unified Team	3	2	4	9
9	East Germany	2	1	1	4
10	Canada	2	1	0	3
11	Germany	1	6	3	10
12	Czech Republic	1	5	2	8
13	Poland	1	2	2	5
13	Austria	1	2	2	5
15	Kazakhstan	1	2	1	4
16	Switzerland	1	0	4	5
17	Czechoslovakia	0	1	4	5
18	France	0	1	0	1
18	United States	0	1	0	1
20	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
20	Slovenia	0	0	1	1

Number of cross-country skiers by nation

Nation	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	Years
Argentina (ARG)								1
Australia (AUS)						2		1
Austria (AUT)		1	3	5	8	10	4		9
Bulgaria (BUL)				4	2	6	4	4	6
Canada (CAN)		2	7	4	2	2	1	2	4
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6	6	4	6	9	5	9	1	5
Denmark (DEN)									1
Estonia (EST)				1												6	10	10	9	12	14	7
Finland (FIN)	5	7	5	7	13	17	15	12	11
France (FRA)	6	8	5	4	7	8	6	4	5
Germany (GER)		5		10		9	11	14	13
Great Britain (GBR)				1			8	3	6
Greece (GRE)				1
Hungary (HUN)	7	1			2	2		2	3
Iceland (ISL)						6	2		2
Italy (ITA)		4	6	7	9	11	14	9	9
Japan (JPN)		5	6	5		2	1	4	4
Latvia (LAT)	1			5												1	2	5	1	4	2	8
Lebanon (LIB)							1
Liechtenstein (LIE)					5
Lithuania (LTU)																3	3	3	4	2	4	6
Mongolia (MGL)									8	2	2		1	4	3	2		1	2	2	2	11
North Korea (PRK)									4
Norway (NOR)	5	7	6	7	12	15	12	7	8
Poland (POL)	3	4	4	4	5	1	9	9	9
Romania (ROU)				4		9	6		1
South Korea (KOR)								1	1
Soviet Union (URS)							11	11	13
Spain (ESP)				4
Sweden (SWE)	6	6	6	9	11	15	11	12	11
Switzerland (SUI)	7	6		4	10	9	11	5	7
Turkey (TUR)				4
United States (USA)	4	3	7	6	5	7	5	10	7
Yugoslavia (YUG)	4	6		6	6	2	9		4
Nations	11	15	11	22	15	19	20	19	24
Cross-country skiers	59	71	58	108	106	138	150	112	151
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	20

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the Winter Paralympics
• List of Olympic venues in cross-country skiing