| Cross-country skiing at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Pragelato Plan |
| Dates | 11–26 February |
| No. of events | 12 |
| Competitors | 307 from 53 nations |
| Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Distance | ||
| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | women |
| 30 km | men | women |
| 50 km | men | |
| 4 × 5 km relay | women | |
| 4 × 10 km relay | men | |
| Sprint | ||
| Individual | men | women |
| Team | men | women |
The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events, from 11 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |  Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  Italy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 Norway | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km classical | Andrus Veerpalu  Estonia | Lukáš Bauer  Czech Republic | Tobias Angerer  Germany |
| 30 km pursuit | Yevgeny Dementyev  Russia | Frode Estil  Norway | Pietro Piller Cottrer  Italy |
| 50 km freestyle | Giorgio Di Centa Italy | Yevgeny Dementyev Russia | Mikhail Botvinov  Austria |
| 4 × 10 km relay | Italy Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi | Germany Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer | Sweden Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Mathias Fredriksson |
| Sprint | Björn Lind  Sweden | Roddy Darragon  France | Thobias Fredriksson Sweden |
| Team sprint | Sweden Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind | Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Tor Arne Hetland | Russia Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev |
Fifty-three nations contributed competitors to the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. [2]
Algeria (1)
Andorra (1)
Argentina (1)
Armenia (2)
Australia (3) Austria (7)
Belarus (7)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (1) Canada (12)
China (20)
Costa Rica (1)
Croatia (4) Czech Republic (11)
Spain (5) Estonia (12)
Ethiopia (1) Finland (13) France (11) Germany (11)
Greece (2)
Hungary (2)
India (1)
Iran (1)
Ireland (1) Italy (17)
Japan (9)
Kazakhstan (17)
Kenya (1)
South Korea (4)
Latvia (4)
Liechtenstein (1)
Lithuania (2)
Moldova (2)
Mongolia (2)
Macedonia (1)
Nepal (1) Norway (16) Poland (3)
Portugal (1)
Romania (3)
South Africa (1) Russia (18)
Serbia and Montenegro (2)
Slovenia (5)
Switzerland (9)
Slovakia (6) Sweden (15)
Thailand (1)
Turkey (3)
Ukraine (12)
United States (16)
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