List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural games in 1924. ^[1]

Table of contents
Men	15 km • 50 km • Relay • Skiathlon • Sprint • Team sprint
Women	10 km • 30 km • Relay • Skiathlon • Sprint • Team sprint
Discontinued	Men's 10 km • Men's 30 km • Women's 5 km • Women's 15 km
Statistics	Cross-country skier medal leaders • Medals per year • Medal sweep events
See also        References        External links

Men

The numbers in brackets denotes cross-country skiers who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.

18 and 15 km

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
18 kilometres
1924 Chamonix details	Thorleif Haug   Norway	Johan Grøttumsbråten   Norway	Tapani Niku   Finland
1928 St. Moritz details	Johan Grøttumsbråten   Norway	Ole Hegge   Norway	Reidar Ødegaard   Norway
1932 Lake Placid details	Sven Utterström   Sweden	Axel Wikström   Sweden	Veli Saarinen   Finland
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen details	Erik Larsson   Sweden	Oddbjørn Hagen   Norway	Pekka Niemi   Finland
1948 St. Moritz details	Martin Lundström   Sweden	Nils Östensson   Sweden	Gunnar Eriksson   Sweden
1952 Oslo details	Hallgeir Brenden   Norway	Tapio Mäkelä   Finland	Paavo Lonkila   Finland
15 kilometres
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo details	Hallgeir Brenden   Norway	Sixten Jernberg   Sweden	Pavel Kolchin   Soviet Union
1960 Squaw Valley details	Håkon Brusveen   Norway	Sixten Jernberg   Sweden	Veikko Hakulinen   Finland
1964 Innsbruck details	Eero Mäntyranta   Finland	Harald Grønningen   Norway	Sixten Jernberg   Sweden
1968 Grenoble details	Harald Grønningen   Norway	Eero Mäntyranta   Finland	Gunnar Larsson   Sweden
1972 Sapporo details	Sven-Åke Lundbäck   Sweden	Fyodor Simashev   Soviet Union	Ivar Formo   Norway
1976 Innsbruck details	Nikolay Bazhukov   Soviet Union	Yevgeny Belyayev   Soviet Union	Arto Koivisto   Finland
1980 Lake Placid details	Thomas Wassberg   Sweden	Juha Mieto   Finland	Ove Aunli   Norway
1984 Sarajevo details	Gunde Svan   Sweden	Aki Karvonen   Finland	Harri Kirvesniemi   Finland
1988 Calgary details	Mikhail Devyatyarov   Soviet Union	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Norway	Vladimir Smirnov   Soviet Union
1992–1998	Not included in the Olympic program
2002 Salt Lake City details	Andrus Veerpalu   Estonia	Frode Estil   Norway	Jaak Mae   Estonia
2006 Turin details	Andrus Veerpalu   Estonia	Lukáš Bauer   Czech Republic	Tobias Angerer   Germany
2010 Vancouver details	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	Pietro Piller Cottrer   Italy	Lukáš Bauer   Czech Republic
2014 Sochi details	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	Johan Olsson   Sweden	Daniel Rickardsson   Sweden
2018 Pyeongchang details	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	Simen Hegstad Krüger   Norway	Denis Spitsov   Olympic Athletes from Russia
2022 Beijing details	Iivo Niskanen   Finland	Alexander Bolshunov   ROC	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Norway

Classic style: 1924–1936, 1948–1988, 2002–2006, 2014, 2022. Freestyle: 2010, 2018.

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway  (NOR)	6	7	4	17
2	Sweden  (SWE)	6	5	4	15
3	Switzerland  (SUI)	3	0	0	3
4	Finland  (FIN)	2	4	7	13
5	Soviet Union  (URS)	2	2	2	6
6	Estonia  (EST)	2	0	1	3
7	Czech Republic  (CZE)	0	1	1	2
8	Italy  (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	ROC	0	1	0	1
10	Germany  (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)	0	0	1	1
Total	11 nations	21	21	21	63

50 km

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924 Chamonix details	Thorleif Haug   Norway	Thoralf Strømstad   Norway	Johan Grøttumsbråten   Norway
1928 St. Moritz details	Per-Erik Hedlund   Sweden	Gustaf Jonsson   Sweden	Volger Andersson   Sweden
1932 Lake Placid details	Veli Saarinen   Finland	Väinö Liikkanen   Finland	Arne Rustadstuen   Norway
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen details	Elis Wiklund   Sweden	Axel Wikström   Sweden	Nils-Joel Englund   Sweden
1948 St. Moritz details	Nils Karlsson   Sweden	Harald Eriksson   Sweden	Benjamin Vanninen   Finland
1952 Oslo details	Veikko Hakulinen   Finland	Eero Kolehmainen   Finland	Magnar Estenstad   Norway
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo details	Sixten Jernberg   Sweden	Veikko Hakulinen   Finland	Fyodor Terentyev   Soviet Union
1960 Squaw Valley details	Kalevi Hämäläinen   Finland	Veikko Hakulinen   Finland	Rolf Rämgård   Sweden
1964 Innsbruck details	Sixten Jernberg (2)   Sweden	Assar Rönnlund   Sweden	Arto Tiainen   Finland
1968 Grenoble details	Ole Ellefsæter   Norway	Vyacheslav Vedenin   Soviet Union	Josef Haas   Switzerland
1972 Sapporo details	Pål Tyldum   Norway	Magne Myrmo   Norway	Vyacheslav Vedenin   Soviet Union
1976 Innsbruck details	Ivar Formo   Norway	Gert-Dietmar Klause   East Germany	Benny Södergren   Sweden
1980 Lake Placid details	Nikolay Zimyatov   Soviet Union	Juha Mieto   Finland	Alexander Zavyalov   Soviet Union
1984 Sarajevo details	Thomas Wassberg   Sweden	Gunde Svan   Sweden	Aki Karvonen   Finland
1988 Calgary details	Gunde Svan   Sweden	Maurilio De Zolt   Italy	Andi Grünenfelder   Switzerland
1992 Albertville details	Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway	Maurilio De Zolt   Italy	Giorgio Vanzetta   Italy
1994 Lillehammer details	Vladimir Smirnov   Kazakhstan	Mika Myllylä   Finland	Sture Sivertsen   Norway
1998 Nagano details	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)   Norway	Niklas Jonsson   Sweden	Christian Hoffmann   Austria
2002 Salt Lake City details	Mikhail Ivanov   Russia	Andrus Veerpalu   Estonia	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset   Norway
2006 Turin details	Giorgio Di Centa   Italy	Yevgeny Dementyev   Russia	Mikhail Botvinov   Austria
2010 Vancouver details	Petter Northug   Norway	Axel Teichmann   Germany	Johan Olsson   Sweden
2014 Sochi details	Alexander Legkov   Russia	Maxim Vylegzhanin   Russia	Ilia Chernousov   Russia
2018 Pyeongchang details	Iivo Niskanen   Finland	Alexander Bolshunov   Olympic Athletes from Russia	Andrey Larkov   Olympic Athletes from Russia
2022 Beijing details	Alexander Bolshunov   ROC	Ivan Yakimushkin   ROC	Simen Hegstad Krüger   Norway

Classic style: 1924–1936, 1948–1984, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 1988–1992, 1998, 2006, 2014. Mass start: 2006–2022.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	7	6	5	18
2	Norway	7	2	6	15
3	Finland	4	6	3	13
4	Russia	2	2	1	5
5	Italy	1	2	1	4
6	Soviet Union	1	1	3	5
7	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
8	ROC	1	1	0	2
9	Olympic Athletes from Russia	0	1	1	2
10	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
13	Austria	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
Total		24	24	24	72

4 × 10 km relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen details	Finland  (FIN) Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Matti Lähde Kalle Jalkanen	Norway  (NOR) Oddbjørn Hagen Olaf Hoffsbakken Sverre Brodahl Bjarne Iversen	Sweden  (SWE) John Berger Erik Larsson Arthur Häggblad Martin Matsbo
1948 St. Moritz details	Sweden  (SWE) Nils Östensson Nils Täpp Gunnar Eriksson Martin Lundström	Finland  (FIN) Lauri Silvennoinen Teuvo Laukkanen Sauli Rytky August Kiuru	Norway  (NOR) Erling Evensen Olav Økern Reidar Nyborg Olav Hagen
1952 Oslo details	Finland  (FIN) Heikki Hasu Paavo Lonkila Urpo Korhonen Tapio Mäkelä	Norway  (NOR) Magnar Estenstad Mikal Kirkholt Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	Sweden  (SWE) Nils Täpp Sigurd Andersson Enar Josefsson Martin Lundström
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo details	Soviet Union  (URS) Fyodor Terentyev Pavel Kolchin Nikolay Anikin Vladimir Kuzin	Finland  (FIN) August Kiuru Jorma Kortelainen Arvo Viitanen Veikko Hakulinen	Sweden  (SWE) Lennart Larsson Gunnar Samuelsson Per-Erik Larsson Sixten Jernberg
1960 Squaw Valley details	Finland  (FIN) Toimi Alatalo Eero Mäntyranta Väinö Huhtala Veikko Hakulinen	Norway  (NOR) Harald Grønningen Hallgeir Brenden Einar Østby Håkon Brusveen	Soviet Union  (URS) Anatoly Shelyukhin Gennady Vaganov Alexey Kuznetsov Nikolay Anikin
1964 Innsbruck details	Sweden  (SWE) Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund	Finland  (FIN) Väinö Huhtala Arto Tiainen Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta	Soviet Union  (URS) Ivan Utrobin Gennady Vaganov Igor Voronchikhin Pavel Kolchin
1968 Grenoble details	Norway  (NOR) Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter	Sweden  (SWE) Jan Halvarsson Bjarne Andersson Gunnar Larsson Assar Rönnlund	Finland  (FIN) Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta
1972 Sapporo details	Soviet Union  (URS) Vladimir Voronkov Yuri Skobov Fyodor Simashev Vyacheslav Vedenin	Norway  (NOR) Oddvar Brå Pål Tyldum Ivar Formo Johs Harviken	Switzerland  (SUI) Alfred Kälin Albert Giger Alois Kälin Eduard Hauser
1976 Innsbruck details	Finland  (FIN) Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto	Norway  (NOR) Pål Tyldum Einar Sagstuen Ivar Formo Odd Martinsen	Soviet Union  (URS) Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Bazhukov Sergey Savelyev Ivan Garanin
1980 Lake Placid details	Soviet Union  (URS) Vasily Rochev Nikolay Bazhukov Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Zimyatov	Norway  (NOR) Lars Erik Eriksen Per Knut Aaland Ove Aunli Oddvar Brå	Finland  (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Pertti Teurajärvi Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto
1984 Sarajevo details	Sweden  (SWE) Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan	Soviet Union  (URS) Alexander Batyuk Alexander Zavyalov Vladimir Nikitin Nikolay Zimyatov	Finland  (FIN) Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen
1988 Calgary details	Sweden  (SWE) Jan Ottosson (2) Thomas Wassberg (2) Gunde Svan (2) Torgny Mogren	Soviet Union  (URS) Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sakhnov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexey Prokurorov	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda
1992 Albertville details	Norway  (NOR) Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Italy  (ITA) Giuseppe Puliè Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner	Finland  (FIN) Mika Kuusisto Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä
1994 Lillehammer details	Italy  (ITA) Maurilio De Zolt Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Silvio Fauner	Norway  (NOR) Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland  (FIN) Mika Myllylä Harri Kirvesniemi Jari Räsänen Jari Isometsä
1998 Nagano details	Norway  (NOR) Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie (2) Thomas Alsgaard	Italy  (ITA) Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	Finland  (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä
2002 Salt Lake City details	Norway  (NOR) Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal (2) Thomas Alsgaard (2)	Italy  (ITA) Fabio Maj Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Germany  (GER) Jens Filbrich Andreas Schlütter Tobias Angerer René Sommerfeldt
2006 Turin details	Italy  (ITA) Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Germany  (GER) Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	Sweden  (SWE) Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Mathias Fredriksson
2010 Vancouver details	Sweden  (SWE) Daniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner	Norway  (NOR) Martin Johnsrud Sundby Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug	Czech Republic  (CZE) Martin Jakš Lukáš Bauer Jiří Magál Martin Koukal
2014 Sochi details	Sweden  (SWE) Lars Nelson Daniel Rickardsson (2) Johan Olsson (2) Marcus Hellner (2)	Russia  (RUS) Dmitry Yaparov Alexander Bessmertnykh Alexander Legkov Maxim Vylegzhanin	France  (FRA) Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Robin Duvillard Ivan Perrillat Boiteux
2018 Pyeongchang details	Norway  (NOR) Didrik Tønseth Martin Johnsrud Sundby Simen Hegstad Krüger Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR) Andrey Larkov Alexander Bolshunov Alexey Chervotkin Denis Spitsov	France  (FRA) Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Clément Parisse Adrien Backscheider
2022 Beijing details	ROC Aleksey Chervotkin Alexander Bolshunov Denis Spitsov Sergey Ustiugov	Norway  (NOR) Emil Iversen Pål Golberg Hans Christer Holund Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	France  (FRA) Richard Jouve Hugo Lapalus Clément Parisse Maurice Manificat

4x10 km classic style: 1936, 1948–1984. 4x10 km freestyle: 1988. 2x10 km classic style + 2x10 km freestyle: 1992–2018.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	6	1	4	11
2	Norway	5	8	1	14
3	Finland	4	3	6	13
4	Soviet Union	3	2	3	8
5	Italy	2	3	0	5
6	Germany	0	1	1	2
7	Olympic Athletes from Russia	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
9	France	0	0	2	2
10	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 km classical; then 15 km freestyle
1992 Albertville details	Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway	Vegard Ulvang   Norway	Giorgio Vanzetta   Italy
1994 Lillehammer details	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)   Norway	Vladimir Smirnov   Kazakhstan	Silvio Fauner   Italy
1998 Nagano details	Thomas Alsgaard   Norway	Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway	Vladimir Smirnov   Kazakhstan
10 km classical; then 10 km freestyle
2002 Salt Lake City details	Thomas Alsgaard (2)   Norway Frode Estil   Norway	none awarded	Per Elofsson   Sweden
15 km classical; then 15 km freestyle
2006 Turin details	Yevgeny Dementyev   Russia	Frode Estil   Norway	Pietro Piller Cottrer   Italy
2010 Vancouver details	Marcus Hellner   Sweden	Tobias Angerer   Germany	Johan Olsson   Sweden
2014 Sochi details	Dario Cologna   Switzerland	Marcus Hellner   Sweden	Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Norway
2018 Pyeongchang details	Simen Hegstad Krüger   Norway	Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Norway	Hans Christer Holund   Norway
2022 Beijing details	Alexander Bolshunov   ROC	Denis Spitsov   ROC	Iivo Niskanen   Finland

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	6	4	2	12
2	Sweden	1	1	2	4
3	ROC	1	1	0	2
4	Russia	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
6	Germany	0	1	0	1
7	Italy	0	0	3	3
8	Finland	0	0	1	1
Total		10	8	9	27

Individual sprint

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 Salt Lake City details	Tor Arne Hetland   Norway	Peter Schlickenrieder   Germany	Cristian Zorzi   Italy
2006 Turin details	Björn Lind   Sweden	Roddy Darragon   France	Thobias Fredriksson   Sweden
2010 Vancouver details	Nikita Kryukov   Russia	Alexander Panzhinskiy   Russia	Petter Northug   Norway
2014 Sochi details	Ola Vigen Hattestad   Norway	Teodor Peterson   Sweden	Emil Jönsson   Sweden
2018 Pyeongchang details	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Norway	Federico Pellegrino   Italy	Alexander Bolshunov   Olympic Athletes from Russia
2022 Beijing details	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Norway	Federico Pellegrino   Italy	Alexander Terentyev   ROC

Classic style: 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 2002–2006, 2014.

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway  (NOR)	4	0	1	5
2	Sweden  (SWE)	1	1	2	4
3	Russia  (RUS)	1	1	0	2
4	Italy  (ITA)	0	2	1	3
5	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Germany  (GER)	0	1	0	1
7	Olympic Athletes from Russia	0	0	1	1
	ROC	0	0	1	1
Total	8 nations	6	6	6	18

Team sprint

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006 Turin details	Sweden  (SWE) Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind	Norway  (NOR) Jens Arne Svartedal Tor Arne Hetland	Russia  (RUS) Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev
2010 Vancouver details	Norway  (NOR) Øystein Pettersen Petter Northug	Germany  (GER) Tim Tscharnke Axel Teichmann	Russia  (RUS) Nikolay Morilov Alexey Petukhov
2014 Sochi details	Finland  (FIN) Iivo Niskanen Sami Jauhojärvi	Russia  (RUS) Maxim Vylegzhanin Nikita Kryukov	Sweden  (SWE) Emil Jönsson Teodor Peterson
2018 Pyeongchang details	Norway  (NOR) Martin Johnsrud Sundby Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR) Denis Spitsov Alexander Bolshunov	France  (FRA) Maurice Manificat Richard Jouve
2022 Beijing details	Norway  (NOR) Erik Valnes Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Finland  (FIN) Iivo Niskanen Joni Mäki	ROC Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Terentyev

Classic style: 2006, 2014, 2022. Free style: 2010, 2018.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	3	1	0	4
2	Finland	1	1	0	2
3	Sweden	1	0	1	2
4	Russia	0	1	2	3
5	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Olympic Athletes from Russia	0	1	0	1
7	France	0	0	1	1
	ROC	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	5	15

Women

10 km

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Oslo details	Lydia Wideman   Finland	Mirja Hietamies   Finland	Siiri Rantanen   Finland
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo details	Lyubov Kozyreva   Soviet Union	Radya Yeroshina   Soviet Union	Sonja Edström   Sweden
1960 Squaw Valley details	Maria Gusakova   Soviet Union	Lyubov Baranova   Soviet Union	Radya Yeroshina   Soviet Union
1964 Innsbruck details	Klavdiya Boyarskikh   Soviet Union	Yevdokiya Mekshilo   Soviet Union	Maria Gusakova   Soviet Union
1968 Grenoble details	Toini Gustafsson   Sweden	Berit Mørdre   Norway	Inger Aufles   Norway
1972 Sapporo details	Galina Kulakova   Soviet Union	Alevtina Olyunina   Soviet Union	Marjatta Kajosmaa   Finland
1976 Innsbruck details	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	Helena Takalo   Finland	Galina Kulakova   Soviet Union
1980 Lake Placid details	Barbara Petzold   East Germany	Hilkka Riihivuori   Finland	Helena Takalo   Finland
1984 Sarajevo details	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen   Finland	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	Brit Pettersen   Norway
1988 Calgary details	Vida Vencienė   Soviet Union	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	Marjo Matikainen   Finland
1992–1998	Not included in the Olympic program
2002 Salt Lake City details	Bente Skari   Norway	Yuliya Chepalova   Russia	Stefania Belmondo   Italy
2006 Turin details	Kristina Šmigun   Estonia	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen   Norway
2010 Vancouver details	Charlotte Kalla   Sweden	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi   Estonia	Marit Bjørgen   Norway
2014 Sochi details	Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland	Charlotte Kalla   Sweden	Therese Johaug   Norway
2018 Pyeongchang details	Ragnhild Haga   Norway	Charlotte Kalla   Sweden	Marit Bjørgen   Norway Krista Pärmäkoski   Finland
2022 Beijing details	Therese Johaug   Norway	Kerttu Niskanen   Finland	Krista Pärmäkoski   Finland

Classic style: 1952–1988, 2002–2006, 2014, 2022. Freestyle: 2010, 2018.

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union  (URS)	6	6	3	15
2	Norway  (NOR)	3	2	6	11
3	Finland  (FIN)	2	4	6	12
4	Sweden  (SWE)	2	2	1	5
5	Estonia  (EST)	1	1	0	2
6	East Germany  (GDR)	1	0	0	1
	Poland  (POL)	1	0	0	1
8	Russia  (RUS)	0	1	0	1
9	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Total	9 nations	15	15	16	46

20 and 30 km

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
20 km
1984 Sarajevo details	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen   Finland	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	Anne Jahren   Norway
1988 Calgary details	Tamara Tikhonova   Soviet Union	Anfisa Reztsova   Soviet Union	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union
30 km
1992 Albertville details	Stefania Belmondo   Italy	Lyubov Yegorova   Unified Team	Yelena Välbe   Unified Team
1994 Lillehammer details	Manuela Di Centa   Italy	Marit Wold   Norway	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi   Finland
1998 Nagano details	Yuliya Chepalova   Russia	Stefania Belmondo   Italy	Larisa Lazutina   Russia
2002 Salt Lake City details	Gabriella Paruzzi   Italy	Stefania Belmondo   Italy	Bente Skari   Norway
2006 Turin details	Kateřina Neumannová   Czech Republic	Yuliya Chepalova   Russia	Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland
2010 Vancouver details	Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Finland
2014 Sochi details	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	Therese Johaug   Norway	Kristin Størmer Steira   Norway
2018 Pyeongchang details	Marit Bjørgen (2)   Norway	Krista Pärmäkoski   Finland	Stina Nilsson   Sweden
2022 Beijing details	Therese Johaug   Norway	Jessie Diggins   United States	Kerttu Niskanen   Finland

Classic style: 1984, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 1988–1992, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022. Mass start: 2006–2022.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	3	2	3	8
2	Italy	3	2	0	5
3	Soviet Union	1	3	1	5
4	Finland	1	1	3	5
5	Russia	1	1	1	3
6	Poland	1	0	1	2
7	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
8	Unified Team	0	1	1	2
9	United States	0	1	0	1
10	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

3 × 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 × 5 km relay
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo details	Finland  (FIN) Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen	Soviet Union  (URS) Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radya Yeroshina	Sweden  (SWE) Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Edström
1960 Squaw Valley details	Sweden  (SWE) Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Edström	Soviet Union  (URS) Radya Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Baranova	Finland  (FIN) Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti
1964 Innsbruck details	Soviet Union  (URS) Alevtina Kolchina Yevdokiya Mekshilo Klavdiya Boyarskikh	Sweden  (SWE) Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson	Finland  (FIN) Senja Pusula Toini Pöysti Mirja Lehtonen
1968 Grenoble details	Norway  (NOR) Inger Aufles Babben Enger Damon Berit Mørdre	Sweden  (SWE) Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson Barbro Martinsson	Soviet Union  (URS) Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova
1972 Sapporo details	Soviet Union  (URS) Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova	Finland  (FIN) Helena Takalo Hilkka Riihivuori Marjatta Kajosmaa	Norway  (NOR) Inger Aufles Aslaug Dahl Berit Mørdre
4 × 5 km relay
1976 Innsbruck details	Soviet Union  (URS) Nina Baldycheva Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova	Finland  (FIN) Liisa Suihkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo	East Germany  (GDR) Monika Debertshäuser Sigrun Krause Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse
1980 Lake Placid details	East Germany  (GDR) Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Hesse Barbara Petzold	Soviet Union  (URS) Nina Baldycheva Nina Rocheva Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina	Norway  (NOR) Brit Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli
1984 Sarajevo details	Norway  (NOR) Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Brit Pettersen Berit Aunli	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Dagmar Švubová Blanka Paulů Gabriela Svobodová Květa Jeriová	Finland  (FIN) Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
1988 Calgary details	Soviet Union  (URS) Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova	Norway  (NOR) Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	Finland  (FIN) Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen
1992 Albertville details	Unified Team  (EUN) Yelena Välbe Raisa Smetanina Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova	Norway  (NOR) Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen	Italy  (ITA) Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo
1994 Lillehammer details	Russia  (RUS) Yelena Välbe (2) Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrylyuk Lyubov Yegorova	Norway  (NOR) Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Anita Moen	Italy  (ITA) Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo
1998 Nagano details	Russia  (RUS) Nina Gavrylyuk Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina	Norway  (NOR) Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon	Italy  (ITA) Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo
2002 Salt Lake City details	Germany  (GER) Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher	Norway  (NOR) Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Anita Moen	Switzerland  (SUI) Andrea Huber Laurence Rochat Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
2006 Turin details	Russia  (RUS) Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Larisa Kurkina Yuliya Chepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova	Germany  (GER) Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel	Italy  (ITA) Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa
2010 Vancouver details	Norway  (NOR) Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Germany  (GER) Katrin Zeller Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Miriam Gössner Claudia Nystad	Finland  (FIN) Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2014 Sochi details	Sweden  (SWE) Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	Finland  (FIN) Anne Kyllönen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen Krista Lähteenmäki	Germany  (GER) Nicole Fessel Stefanie Böhler Claudia Nystad Denise Herrmann
2018 Pyeongchang details	Norway  (NOR) Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Ragnhild Haga Marit Bjørgen	Sweden  (SWE) Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla Ebba Andersson Stina Nilsson	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR) Natalya Nepryayeva Yuliya Belorukova Anastasia Sedova Anna Nechaevskaya
2022 Beijing details	ROC Yuliya Stupak Natalya Nepryayeva Tatiana Sorina Veronika Stepanova	Germany  (GER) Katherine Sauerbrey Katharina Hennig Victoria Carl Sofie Krehl	Sweden  (SWE) Maja Dahlqvist Ebba Andersson Frida Karlsson Jonna Sundling

3 × 5 km classic style: 1956–1972. 4 x 5 km classic style: 1976–1984. 4 × 5 km freestyle: 1988. 2 × 5 km classic style + 2 × 5 km freestyle: 1992–2022.

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway  (NOR)	4	5	2	11
2	Soviet Union  (URS)	4	3	1	8
3	Russia  (RUS)	3	0	0	3
4	Sweden  (SWE)	2	3	2	7
5	Finland  (FIN)	1	3	5	9
6	Germany  (GER)	1	3	1	5
7	East Germany  (GDR)	1	0	1	2
8	Unified Team  (EUN)	1	0	0	1
	ROC	1	0	0	1
10	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	1	0	1
11	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	4	4
12	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Total	13 nations	18	18	18	56

Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km classical; then 10 km freestyle
1992 Albertville details	Lyubov Yegorova   Unified Team	Stefania Belmondo   Italy	Yelena Välbe   Unified Team
1994 Lillehammer details	Lyubov Yegorova (2)   Russia	Manuela Di Centa   Italy	Stefania Belmondo   Italy
1998 Nagano details	Larisa Lazutina   Russia	Olga Danilova   Russia	Kateřina Neumannová   Czech Republic
5 km classical; then 5 km freestyle
2002 Salt Lake City details	Beckie Scott   Canada	Kateřina Neumannová   Czech Republic	Viola Bauer   Germany
7.5 km classical; then 7.5 km freestyle
2006 Turin details	Kristina Šmigun   Estonia	Kateřina Neumannová   Czech Republic	Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova   Russia
2010 Vancouver details	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	Anna Haag   Sweden	Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland
2014 Sochi details	Marit Bjørgen (2)   Norway	Charlotte Kalla   Sweden	Heidi Weng   Norway
2018 Pyeongchang details	Charlotte Kalla   Sweden	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	Krista Pärmäkoski   Finland
2022 Beijing details	Therese Johaug   Norway	Natalya Nepryayeva   ROC	Teresa Stadlober   Austria

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	1	1	4
	Russia	2	1	1	4
3	Sweden	1	2	0	3
4	Unified Team	1	0	1	2
5	Canada	1	0	0	1
	Estonia	1	0	0	1
7	Czech Republic	0	2	1	3
	Italy	0	2	1	3
9	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

Individual sprint

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 Salt Lake City details	Yuliya Chepalova   Russia	Evi Sachenbacher   Germany	Anita Moen   Norway
2006 Turin details	Chandra Crawford   Canada	Claudia Künzel   Germany	Alyona Sidko   Russia
2010 Vancouver details	Marit Bjørgen   Norway	Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland	Petra Majdič   Slovenia
2014 Sochi details	Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Norway	Vesna Fabjan   Slovenia
2018 Pyeongchang details	Stina Nilsson   Sweden	Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway	Yuliya Belorukova   Olympic Athletes from Russia
2022 Beijing details	Jonna Sundling   Sweden	Maja Dahlqvist   Sweden	Jessie Diggins   United States

Classic style: 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 2002–2006, 2014.

Medals
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway  (NOR)	2	2	1	5
2	Sweden  (SWE)	2	1	0	3
3	Russia  (RUS)	1	0	1	2
4	Canada  (CAN)	1	0	0	1
5	Germany  (GER)	0	2	0	2
6	Poland  (POL)	0	1	0	1
7	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	0	2	2
8	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)	0	0	1	1
	United States  (USA)	0	0	1	1
Total	9 nations	6	6	6	18

Team sprint

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006 Turin details	Sweden  (SWE) Anna Dahlberg Lina Andersson	Canada  (CAN) Sara Renner Beckie Scott	Finland  (FIN) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen
2010 Vancouver details	Germany  (GER) Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Nystad	Sweden  (SWE) Charlotte Kalla Anna Haag	Russia  (RUS) Irina Khazova Natalya Korostelyova
2014 Sochi details	Norway  (NOR) Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Marit Bjørgen	Finland  (FIN) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen	Sweden  (SWE) Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson
2018 Pyeongchang details	United States  (USA) Kikkan Randall Jessie Diggins	Sweden  (SWE) Charlotte Kalla Stina Nilsson	Norway  (NOR) Marit Bjørgen Maiken Caspersen Falla
2022 Beijing details	Germany  (GER) Katharina Hennig Victoria Carl	Sweden  (SWE) Maja Dahlqvist Jonna Sundling	ROC Yuliya Stupak Natalya Nepryayeva

Classic style: 2006, 2014, 2022. Freestyle: 2010, 2018.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	0	0	2
2	Sweden	1	3	1	5
3	Norway	1	0	1	2
4	United States	1	0	0	1
5	Finland	0	1	1	2
6	Canada	0	1	0	1
7	Russia	0	0	1	1
7	ROC	0	0	1	1
Total	8 Nations	5	5	5	15

Discontinued

Men's 10 km

This event ran from 1992 to 1998 to replace the 15 km event before it was replaced again by the 15 km event for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Albertville details	Vegard Ulvang   Norway	Marco Albarello   Italy	Christer Majbäck   Sweden
1994 Lillehammer details	Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway	Vladimir Smirnov   Kazakhstan	Marco Albarello   Italy
1998 Nagano details	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)   Norway	Markus Gandler   Austria	Mika Myllylä   Finland

Classic style: 1992–1998.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	3	0	0	3
2	Italy	0	1	1	2
3	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
5	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		3	3	3	9

Men's 30 km

This event ran from 1956 to 2002 and was replaced by a 30 km skiathlon (15 km classical + 15 km freestyle) for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo details	Veikko Hakulinen   Finland	Sixten Jernberg   Sweden	Pavel Kolchin   Soviet Union
1960 Squaw Valley details	Sixten Jernberg   Sweden	Rolf Rämgård   Sweden	Nikolay Anikin   Soviet Union
1964 Innsbruck details	Eero Mäntyranta   Finland	Harald Grønningen   Norway	Igor Voronchikhin   Soviet Union
1968 Grenoble details	Franco Nones   Italy	Odd Martinsen   Norway	Eero Mäntyranta   Finland
1972 Sapporo details	Vyacheslav Vedenin   Soviet Union	Pål Tyldum   Norway	Johs Harviken   Norway
1976 Innsbruck details	Sergey Savelyev   Soviet Union	Bill Koch   United States	Ivan Garanin   Soviet Union
1980 Lake Placid details	Nikolay Zimyatov   Soviet Union	Vasily Rochev   Soviet Union	Ivan Lebanov   Bulgaria
1984 Sarajevo details	Nikolay Zimyatov (2)   Soviet Union	Alexander Zavyalov   Soviet Union	Gunde Svan   Sweden
1988 Calgary details	Alexey Prokurorov   Soviet Union	Vladimir Smirnov   Soviet Union	Vegard Ulvang   Norway
1992 Albertville details	Vegard Ulvang   Norway	Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway	Terje Langli   Norway
1994 Lillehammer details	Thomas Alsgaard   Norway	Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway	Mika Myllylä   Finland
1998 Nagano details	Mika Myllylä   Finland	Erling Jevne   Norway	Silvio Fauner   Italy
2002 Salt Lake City details	Christian Hoffmann   Austria	Mikhail Botvinov   Austria	Kristen Skjeldal   Norway

Classic style: 1956–1992, 1998. Freestyle: 1994, 2002. Mass start: 2002.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	3	4	12
2	Finland	3	0	2	5
3	Norway	2	6	4	12
4	Sweden	1	2	1	4
5	Austria	1	1	0	2
6	Italy	1	0	1	2
7	United States	0	1	0	1
8	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

Women's 5 km

The 5 km event ran from 1964 to 1998 before being replaced by the 10 km event, which was being reintroduced after the 10 km had been discontinued following the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck details	Klavdiya Boyarskikh   Soviet Union	Mirja Lehtonen   Finland	Alevtina Kolchina   Soviet Union
1968 Grenoble details	Toini Gustafsson   Sweden	Galina Kulakova   Soviet Union	Alevtina Kolchina   Soviet Union
1972 Sapporo details	Galina Kulakova   Soviet Union	Marjatta Kajosmaa   Finland	Helena Šikolová   Czechoslovakia
1976 Innsbruck details	Helena Takalo   Finland	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	Nina Baldycheva   Soviet Union
1980 Lake Placid details	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	Hilkka Riihivuori   Finland	Květa Jeriová   Czechoslovakia
1984 Sarajevo details	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen   Finland	Berit Aunli   Norway	Květa Jeriová   Czechoslovakia
1988 Calgary details	Marjo Matikainen   Finland	Tamara Tikhonova   Soviet Union	Vida Vencienė   Soviet Union
1992 Albertville details	Marjut Lukkarinen   Finland	Lyubov Yegorova   Unified Team	Yelena Välbe   Unified Team
1994 Lillehammer details	Lyubov Yegorova   Russia	Manuela Di Centa   Italy	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi   Finland
1998 Nagano details	Larisa Lazutina   Russia	Kateřina Neumannová   Czech Republic	Bente Martinsen   Norway

Classic style: 1964–1998.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	4	3	1	8
2	Soviet Union	3	3	4	10
3	Russia	2	0	0	2
4	Sweden	1	0	0	1
5	Norway	0	1	1	2
	Unified Team	0	1	1	2
7	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
9	Czechoslovakia	0	0	3	3
Total		10	10	10	30

Women's 15 km

This event ran from 1992 to 2002 and was replaced by a 15 km skiathlon (7.5 km classical + 7.5 km freestyle) for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Albertville details	Lyubov Yegorova   Unified Team	Marjut Lukkarinen   Finland	Yelena Välbe   Unified Team
1994 Lillehammer details	Manuela Di Centa   Italy	Lyubov Yegorova   Russia	Nina Gavrylyuk   Russia
1998 Nagano details	Olga Danilova   Russia	Larisa Lazutina   Russia	Anita Moen-Guidon   Norway
2002 Salt Lake City details	Stefania Belmondo   Italy	Kateřina Neumannová   Czech Republic	Yuliya Chepalova   Russia

Classic style: 1992, 1998. Freestyle: 1994, 2002. Mass start: 2002.

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	2	0	0	2
2	Russia	1	2	2	5
3	Unified Team	1	0	1	2
4	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
6	Norway	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

Statistics

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	52	43	34	129
2	Sweden	32	27	25	84
3	Soviet Union	25	22	21	68
4	Finland	22	27	37	86
5	Russia	14	10	9	33
6	Italy	9	14	13	36
7	ROC	4	4	3	11
8	Estonia	4	2	1	7
9	Switzerland	4	0	4	8
10	Germany	3	10	4	17
11	Unified Team	3	2	4	9
12	Poland	2	1	2	5
13	East Germany	2	1	1	4
14	Canada	2	1	0	3
15	Czech Republic	1	5	3	9
16	Austria	1	2	3	6
17	Kazakhstan	1	2	1	4
	United States	1	2	1	4
19	Olympic Athletes from Russia	0	3	5	8
20	Czechoslovakia	0	1	4	5
	France	0	1	4	5
22	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
23	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		182	180	182	544

Cross-country skier medal leaders

Bjørn Dæhlie is the most successful male cross-country skier at Winter Olympics. He is one of three Winter Olympians (and one of two male Olympians) to win eight gold medals.

Men

Cross-country skier	Nation	Olympics *	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway  (NOR)	1992–1998	8	4	0	12
Sixten Jernberg	Sweden  (SWE)	1956–1964	4	3	2	9
Alexander Bolshunov	Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)   ROC	2018–2022	3	4	2	9
Veikko Hakulinen	Finland  (FIN)	1952–1960	3	3	1	7
Eero Mäntyranta	Finland  (FIN)	1960–1972	3	2	2	7
Vladimir Smirnov	Soviet Union  (URS)   Unified Team  (EUN)   Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	1988–1998	1	4	2	7
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway  (NOR)	2018–2022	5	1	1	7
Thomas Alsgaard	Norway  (NOR)	1994–2002	5	1	0	6
Gunde Svan	Sweden  (SWE)	1984–1988	4	1	1	6
Vegard Ulvang	Norway  (NOR)	1988–1994	3	2	1	6
Johan Olsson	Sweden  (SWE)	2006–2014	2	1	3	6
Mika Myllylä	Finland  (FIN)	1992–1998	1	1	4	6
Harri Kirvesniemi	Finland  (FIN)	1980–1998	0	0	6	6

Marit Bjørgen is the most successful Winter Olympian of all time. She is one of three Winter Olympians (and only woman) to win eight gold medals. In total, she won 15 Olympic medals – more than any athlete (male or female) in the history of Winter Olympics.

Women

Cross-country skier	Nation	Olympics *	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Marit Bjørgen	Norway  (NOR)	2002–2018	8	4	3	15
Raisa Smetanina	Soviet Union  (URS)   Unified Team  (EUN)	1976–1992	4	5	1	10
Stefania Belmondo	Italy  (ITA)	1988–2002	2	3	5	10
Lyubov Yegorova	Unified Team  (EUN)   Russia  (RUS)	1992–1994, 2002	6	3	0	9
Charlotte Kalla	Sweden  (SWE)	2010–2022	3	6	0	9
Galina Kulakova	Soviet Union  (URS)	1968–1980	4	2	2	8
Larisa Lazutina	Unified Team  (EUN)   Russia  (RUS)	1992–2002	5	1	1	7
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (Hämäläinen)	Finland  (FIN)	1976–1994	3	0	4	7
Yelena Välbe	Unified Team  (EUN)   Russia  (RUS)	1992–1998	3	0	4	7
Manuela Di Centa	Italy  (ITA)	1984–1998	2	2	3	7

* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned cross-country skiers took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.

Cross-country skiers with most victories

Top 10 cross-country skiers who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active cross-country skiers and highest medal count among all cross-country skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

Rank	Cross-country skier	Country	From *	To *	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway	1992	1998	8	4	-	12
2	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	2018	2022	5	1	1	7
3	Thomas Alsgaard	Norway	1994	2002	5	1	-	6
4	Sixten Jernberg	Sweden	1956	1964	4	3	2	9
5	Gunde Svan	Sweden	1984	1988	4	1	1	6
6	Nikolay Zimyatov	Soviet Union	1980	1984	4	1	-	5
7	Dario Cologna	Switzerland	2010	2018	4	-	-	4
	Thomas Wassberg	Sweden	1980	1988	4	-	-	4
9	Alexander Bolshunov	Olympic Athletes from Russia   ROC	2018	2022	3	4	2	9
10	Veikko Hakulinen	Finland	1952	1960	3	3	1	7

Women

Rank	Cross-country skier	Country	From *	To *	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Marit Bjørgen	Norway	2002	2018	8	4	3	15
2	Lyubov Yegorova	Unified Team   Russia	1992	1994	6	3	-	9
3	Larisa Lazutina	Unified Team   Russia	1992	1998	5	1	1	7
4	Raisa Smetanina	Soviet Union   Unified Team	1976	1992	4	5	1	10
5	Galina Kulakova	Soviet Union	1968	1980	4	2	2	8
6	Therese Johaug	Norway	2010	2022	4	1	1	6
7	Charlotte Kalla	Sweden	2010	2018	3	6	-	9
8	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	1998	2006	3	2	1	6
9	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (Hämäläinen)	Finland	1984	1994	3	-	4	7
	Yelena Välbe	Unified Team   Russia	1992	1998	3	-	4	7

* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned skiers won at least one medal

Medals per year

NOC did not exist or did not participate in cross-country skiing events

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Number of medals won by the NOC

–

NOC did not win any medals

• bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.

Country	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	Total
Austria  (AUT)		–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	2	2	1	–	–	–	1	6
Bulgaria  (BUL)				–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Canada  (CAN)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	–	3
Czech Republic  (CZE)																	–	2	2	3	2	–	–	–	9
Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1	–									5
East Germany  (GDR)										–	–	2	2	–	–										4
Estonia  (EST)				–												–	–	–	3	3	1	–	–	–	7
Finland  (FIN)	1	–	3	2	2	8	4	5	6	3	3	5	6	8	3	3	5	3	–	1	2	3	4	6	86
France  (FRA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1	5
Germany  (GER)		–		–		–										–	–	–	5	4	5	1	–	2	17
Italy  (ITA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	8	9	4	6	4	1	–	1	1	36
Kazakhstan  (KAZ)																	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Norway  (NOR)	5	3	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	7	7	2	3	4	3	9	8	9	11	4	9	11	14	8	129
Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)																							8		8
Poland  (POL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	1	3	1	–	–	5
Russia  (RUS)																	5	8	4	7	4	5			33
ROC																								11	11
Slovenia  (SLO)																–		–	–	–	1	1	–	–	2
Soviet Union  (URS)							7	6	8	4	8	10	7	5	13										68
Sweden  (SWE)	–	3	2	5	6	1	6	5	5	5	1	1	1	5	2	1	–	1	1	5	7	11	6	4	84
Switzerland  (SUI)	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1	–	8
Unified Team  (EUN)																9									9
United States  (USA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	4
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	–

Medal sweep events

These are the podium sweeps; events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.

Games	Event	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924 Chamonix	Men's 50 Kilometers *	Norway  (NOR)	Thorleif Haug	Thoralf Strømstad	Johan Grøttumsbråten
1928 St. Moritz	Men's 50 Kilometers	Sweden  (SWE)	Per-Erik Hedlund	Gustaf Jonsson	Volger Andersson
	Men's 18 Kilometers	Norway  (NOR)	Johan Grøttumsbråten	Ole Hegge	Reidar Ødegaard
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Men's 50 Kilometers *	Sweden  (SWE)	Elis Wiklund	Axel Wikström	Nils-Joel Englund
1948 St. Moritz	Men's 18 Kilometers		Martin Lundström	Nils Östensson	Gunnar Eriksson
1952 Oslo	Women's 10 Kilometers	Finland  (FIN)	Lydia Wideman	Mirja Hietamies	Siiri Rantanen
1960 Squaw Valley	Women's 10 Kilometers *	Soviet Union  (URS)	Maria Gusakova	Lyubov Baranova	Radya Yeroshina
1964 Innsbruck	Women's 10 Kilometers		Klavdiya Boyarskikh	Yevdokiya Mekshilo	Maria Gusakova
1988 Calgary	Women's 20 Kilometers		Tamara Tikhonova	Anfisa Reztsova	Raisa Smetanina
1992 Albertville	Men's 30 Kilometers	Norway  (NOR)	Vegard Ulvang	Bjørn Dæhlie	Terje Langli
2014 Sochi	Women's 30 Kilometers		Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Kristin Størmer Steira
	Men's 50 Kilometers	Russia  (RUS)	Alexander Legkov	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Ilia Chernousov
2018 Pyeongchang	Men's 30 Kilometers skiathlon	Norway  (NOR)	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Hans Christer Holund

• ^* In addition to sweeping the podium, the country also had the fourth-place finisher.

Multiple medals at one Olympic Games – men

• 5 medals:
  • out of 6 possible:
    • 2022 Alexander Bolshunov
• 4 medals:
  • out of 4 possible:
    • 1984 Gunde Svan
    • 1956 Sixten Jernberg
  • out of 5 possible:
    • 1992 Vegard Ulvang
    • 1992 Bjørn Dæhlie
    • 1998 Bjørn Dæhlie
    • 1994 Bjørn Dæhlie
  • out of 6 possible:
    • 2010 Petter Northug
    • 2022 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
    • 2018 Alexander Bolshunov
• 3 medals:
  • out of 3 possible: none
  • out of 4 possible:
    • 1980 Nikolay Zimyatov
    • 1964 Eero Mäntyranta
    • 1964 Sixten Jernberg
    • 1972 Vyacheslav Vedenin
    • 1956 Veikko Hakulinen
    • 1972 Pål Tyldum
    • 1960 Veikko Hakulinen
    • 1956 Pavel Kolchin
    • 1980 Juha Mieto
    • 1988 Vladimir Smirnov
    • 1968 Eero Mäntyranta
    • 1984 Aki Karvonen

• 2 medals out of 2 possible:
  • 1924 Thorleif Haug (+ in Nordic Combined)
  • 1928 Johan Grøttumsbråten (one Gold in Cross Country + one in Nordic Combined)
  • 1932 Veli Saarinen
  • 1924 Johan Grøttumsbråten (+ in Nordic Combined)

Multiple medals at one Olympic Games – women

• 5 medals:
  • out of 5 possible:
    • 1992 Lyubov Yegorova
    • 1988 Larisa Lazutina
    • 1994 Manuela Di Centa
    • 1992 Yelena Välbe
  • out of 6 possible:
    • 2010 Marit Bjørgen
    • 2018 Marit Bjørgen (one shared)

• 4 medals:
  • out of 4 possible:
    • 1984 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
  • out of 5 possible:
    • 1994 Lyubov Yegorova
  • out of 6 possible:
    • 2018 Charlotte Kalla
    • 2018 Stina Nilsson

• 3 medals:
  • out of 3 possible:
    • 1964 Klavdiya Boyarskikh
    • 1972 Galina Kulakova
    • 1968 Toini Gustafsson
    • 1976 Raisa Smetanina
    • 1976 Helena Takalo
    • 1972 Marjatta Kajosmaa
  • out of 4 possible:
    • 1988 Tamara Tikhonova
    • 1988 Marjo Matikainen

• 2 medals out of 2 possible:
  • 1956 Lyubov Kozyreva
  • 1960 Maria Gusakova
  • 1956 Radya Yeroshina
  • 1960 Lyubov Baranova
  • 1960 Radya Yeroshina
  • 1956 Sonja Edström

See also

• List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing
• List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in women's cross-country skiing

References

General

• "Olympic medals". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  • 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006
• "Nordic Skiing: 4x10km Cross-country Relay Men". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2009-03-29.
• "Nordic Skiing: 4x5km Cross-country Relay Women". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
• "Results database". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2009-03-29.

Specific

1. "Cross Country Skiing". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

External links

• Cross Country Skiing – Olympics at Sports-reference.com
• Olympic Review and Revue Olympique. LA84 Foundation