Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Cross-country skiing pictogram
Venue Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center
Dates5–20 February
No. of events12 (6 men, 6 women)
Competitors296 from 52 nations
  2018
2026 

Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, China. [1]

A total of 296 quota spots (148 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 14 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2] A total of 12 events were contested, six each for men and women. [3]

Qualification

A maximum of 296 quota spots will be available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 16 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 8 men or 8 women. Nations that have an athlete achieve less than 300 FIS points in the 2021 World Championships, or the under 23 World Championships, gain entry for at least one competitor, of that gender, into the 2022 games. [4]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all twelve events. [5]

All times are (UTC+8).

DateTimeEvent
5 February15:45 Women's skiathlon
6 February15:00 Men's skiathlon
8 February16:00 Men's & women's individual sprint freestyle
10 February15:00 Women's 10 km classical
11 February15:00 Men's 15 km classical
12 February15:30 Women's 4 × 5 km relay
13 February15:00 Men's 4 × 10 km relay
16 February17:00 Women's and men's team sprint classical
19 February15:00 Men's 50 km mass start freestyle
20 February11:00 Women's 30 km mass start freestyle

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5128
2Olympic flag.svg  ROC 44311
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1236
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1214
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1102
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0112
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of France.svg  France 0011
Totals (9 entries)12121236

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
15 kilometre classical
details
Iivo Niskanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
37:54.8 Alexander Bolshunov
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
38:18.0 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
38:32.3
30 kilometre skiathlon
details
Alexander Bolshunov
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
1:16:09.8 Denis Spitsov
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
1:17:20.8 Iivo Niskanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1:18:10.0
50 kilometre freestyle [a]
details
Alexander Bolshunov
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
1:11:32.7 Ivan Yakimushkin
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
1:11:38.2 Simen Hegstad Krüger
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:11:39.7
4 × 10 kilometre relay
details
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Aleksey Chervotkin
Alexander Bolshunov
Denis Spitsov
Sergey Ustiugov
1:54:50.7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Emil Iversen
Pål Golberg
Hans Christer Holund
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
1:55:57.9Flag of France.svg  France
Richard Jouve
Hugo Lapalus
Clément Parisse
Maurice Manificat
1:56:07.1
Sprint freestyle
details
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2:58.06 Federico Pellegrino
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2:58.32 Alexander Terentyev
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
2:59.37
Team sprint classical
details
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Erik Valnes
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
19:22.99Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Iivo Niskanen
Joni Mäki
19:25.45Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Alexander Bolshunov
Alexander Terentyev
19:27.28

aThis event was shortened to 28.4 km due to high winds and freezing temperatures.

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 kilometre classical
details
Therese Johaug
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
28:06.3 Kerttu Niskanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
28:06.7 Krista Pärmäkoski
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
28:37.8
15 kilometre skiathlon
details
Therese Johaug
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
44:13.7 Natalya Nepryayeva
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
44:43.9 Teresa Stadlober
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
44:44.2
30 kilometre freestyle
details
Therese Johaug
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:24:54.0 Jessie Diggins
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:26:37.3 Kerttu Niskanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1:27:27.3
4 × 5 kilometre relay
details
Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Yuliya Stupak
Natalya Nepryayeva
Tatiana Sorina
Veronika Stepanova
53:41.0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Katherine Sauerbrey
Katharina Hennig
Victoria Carl
Sofie Krehl
53:59.2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Maja Dahlqvist
Ebba Andersson
Frida Karlsson
Jonna Sundling
54:01.7
Sprint freestyle
details
Jonna Sundling
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3:09.68 Maja Dahlqvist
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3:12.56 Jessie Diggins
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3:12.84
Team sprint classical
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Katharina Hennig
Victoria Carl
22:09.85Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Maja Dahlqvist
Jonna Sundling
22:10.02Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Yuliya Stupak
Natalya Nepryayeva
22:10.56

Participating nations

A total of 296 athletes from 52 nations (including the ROC) were scheduled to participate, [6] with the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses.

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