Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country Skiing, PyeongChang 2018.svg
Cross-country skiing pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Dates10–25 February
No. of events12 (6 men, 6 women)
Competitors313 from 65 nations
  2014
2022  

Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. [1] The twelve events took place between 10 and 25 February 2018.

Qualification

A maximum of 310 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 20 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 12 men or 12 women. There were two qualification standards for the games: an A standard and a B standard. [2]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all twelve events. [3]

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
10 February16:15 Women's skiathlon
11 February15:15 Men's skiathlon
13 February17:30 Men's & women's individual sprint qualification classical
13 February20:00 Men's & women's individual sprint finals classical
15 February15:30 Women's 10 km freestyle
16 February15:00 Men's 15 km freestyle
17 February18:30 Women's 4 × 5 km relay
18 February15:15 Men's 4 × 10 km relay
21 February17:00 Women's team sprint freestyle
21 February19:00 Men's team sprint freestyle
24 February14:00 Men's 50 km mass start classical
25 February15:15 Women's 30 km mass start classical

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 74314
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2316
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1124
4Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1001
6Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 0358
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
8Flag of France.svg  France 0022
Totals (8 entries)12121337

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
15 km freestyle [4]
details
Dario Cologna
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
33:43.9 Simen Hegstad Krüger
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
34:02.2 Denis Spitsov
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
34:06.9
30 km skiathlon [5]
details
Simen Hegstad Krüger
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:16:20.0 Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:16:28.0 Hans Christer Holund
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:16:29.9
50 km classical [6]
details
Iivo Niskanen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2:08:22.1 Alexander Bolshunov
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
2:08:40.8 Andrey Larkov
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
2:10:59.6
4 × 10 km relay [7]
details
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Didrik Tønseth
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Simen Hegstad Krüger
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
1:33:04.9Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Andrey Larkov
Alexander Bolshunov
Aleksey Chervotkin
Denis Spitsov
1:33:14.3Flag of France.svg  France
Jean-Marc Gaillard
Maurice Manificat
Clément Parisse
Adrien Backscheider
1:33:41.8
Sprint classical [8]
details
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
3:05.75 Federico Pellegrino
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3:07.09 Alexander Bolshunov
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
3:07.11
Team sprint freestyle [9]
details
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
15:56.26Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Denis Spitsov
Alexander Bolshunov
15:57.97Flag of France.svg  France
Maurice Manificat
Richard Jouve
15:58.28

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
10 km freestyle [10]
details
Ragnhild Haga
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
25:00.5 Charlotte Kalla
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
25:20.8 Marit Bjørgen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Krista Pärmäkoski
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
25:32.4
15 km skiathlon [11]
details
Charlotte Kalla
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
40:44.9 Marit Bjørgen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
40:52.7 Krista Pärmäkoski
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
40:55.0
30 km classical [12]
details
Marit Bjørgen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:22:17.6 Krista Pärmäkoski
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1:24:07.1 Stina Nilsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1:24:16.5
4 × 5 km relay [13]
details
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Ragnhild Haga
Marit Bjørgen
51:24.3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Anna Haag
Charlotte Kalla
Ebba Andersson
Stina Nilsson
51:26.3Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Natalia Nepryaeva
Yulia Belorukova
Anastasia Sedova
Anna Nechaevskaya
52:07.6
Sprint classical [14]
details
Stina Nilsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3:03.84 Maiken Caspersen Falla
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
3:06.87 Yulia Belorukova
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia
3:07.21
Team sprint freestyle [15]
details
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kikkan Randall
Jessie Diggins
15:56.47Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Charlotte Kalla
Stina Nilsson
15:56.66Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Marit Bjørgen
Maiken Caspersen Falla
15:59.44

Participating nations

A total of 313 athletes from 65 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate [16] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

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References

  1. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang" (PDF). International Ski Federation . Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. Men's 15 kilometre freestyle results
  5. Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon results
  6. Men's 50 kilometre classical results
  7. Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay results
  8. Men's sprint results
  9. Men's team sprint results
  10. Women's 10 kilometre freestyle results
  11. Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon results
  12. Women's 30 kilometre classical
  13. Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay results
  14. Women's sprint results
  15. Women's team sprint results
  16. Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com