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 2018
Medalists men women

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

Events

Men's

Women's

Medal table

Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	47	42	32	121
2	Sweden (SWE)	31	25	24	80
3	Soviet Union (URS)	25	22	21	68
4	Finland (FIN)	21	25	34	80
5	Russia (RUS)	14	10	9	33
6	Italy (ITA)	9	13	13	35
7	Estonia (EST)	4	2	1	7
8	Switzerland (SUI)	4	0	4	8
9	Unified Team (EUN)	3	2	4	9
10	Germany (GER)	2	9	4	15
11	Poland (POL)	2	1	2	5
12	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	1	4
13	Canada (CAN)	2	1	0	3
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	5	3	9
15	Austria (AUT)	1	2	2	5
16	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	2	1	4
17	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
18	Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)	0	3	5	8
19	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	4	5
20	France (FRA)	0	1	3	4
21	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	2	2
22	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		170	168	170	508

Notes

• 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2002 men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit.
• 2 bronze medals were awarded at 2018 women's 10 kilometre freestyle.

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	14	18	Years
Algeria (ALG)																				1	1			2
Andorra (AND)																				1	1		1	3
Argentina (ARG)								1				3	3	5	1	5				1	1	1	2	10
Armenia (ARM)																		1	2	2	2	3	3	6
Australia (AUS)						2		1		1			1	2	2	2	2	2		3	3	4	6	13
Austria (AUT)		1	3	5	8	10	4		9	5	4	7		4	8	6	1	7	7	7	1	8	7	20
Belarus (BLR)																	9	10	14	7	7	6	9	7
Bermuda (BER)																					1	1	1	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																	1			2	2	2	2	5
Brazil (BRA)																			2	2	2	2	2	5
Bulgaria (BUL)				4	2	6	4	4	6	5	2	4	2	4	5	6	4	2	3	1	3	4	3	20
Canada (CAN)		2	7	4	2	2	1	2	4	4	8	10	5	4	11	11	1	10	6	12	13	13	11	22
Chile (CHI)																						1	2	2
China (CHN)													2	8	3	3		4	3	20	5	4	4	10
Costa Rica (CRC)														1	1				1	1				4
Croatia (CRO)																1	2	1	3	4	2	2	4	8
Czechoslovakia (TCH)	6	6	4	6	9	5	9	1	5	4	8	11	8	7	10	12								16
Czech Republic (CZE)																	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	7
Denmark (DEN)									1	3						2	2	1			1	1	1	8
Dominica (DMA)																						2		1
East Germany (GDR)										9	9	10	6	8	7									6
Ecuador (ECU)																							1	1
Estonia (EST)				1												6	10	10	9	12	14	7	7	9
Ethiopia (ETH)																				1	1			2
Finland (FIN)	5	7	5	7	13	17	15	12	11	11	14	12	12	10	13	14	13	11	14	13	17	15	15	23
France (FRA)	6	8	5	4	7	8	6	4	5	8	6	8	6	2	5	11	10	8	7	11	13	14	12	23
Germany (GER)		5		10		9										10	5	10	11	11	14	17	12	11
Great Britain (GBR)				1			8	3	6	2	5	3	3	11	8	4	1				3	4	4	15
Greece (GRE)				1						1		2		2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	13
Hungary (HUN)	7	1			2	2		2	3	3					1	2		1	4	2	2	2	3	15
Iceland (ISL)						6	2		2			2	3	2	1	2	2					1	3	11
India (IND)																				1	1	1	1	4
Iran (IRI)																			1	1	1	2	1	5
Ireland (IRL)																			1	1	1	1	1	5
Italy (ITA)	7	4	6	7	9	11	14	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	14	13	11	13	17	17	18	16	15	23
Japan (JPN)		5	6	5		2	1	4	4	6	11	3	1	4	4	6	7	11	12	9	6	6	2	21
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																	10	10	15	17	11	11	7	7
Kenya (KEN)																		1	1	1				3
Latvia (LAT)	1			5												1	2	5	1	4	2	3	3	10
Lebanon (LIB)							1																1	2
Liechtenstein (LIE)					5							1		1	3	1	2	2	2	1		1	1	11
Lithuania (LTU)																2	2	3	4	2	4	2	3	8
Macedonia (MKD)																		1	1	1	2	2	2	6
Mexico (MEX)															1	1							1	3
Moldova (MDA)																			2	2	2	2	1	5
Mongolia (MGL)									8	2	2		1	4	3	2		1	2	2	2	2	2	13
Nepal (NEP)																			1	1	1	1		4
North Korea (PRK)									4							4							3	3
Norway (NOR)	5	7	6	7	12	15	12	7	8											16
Poland (POL)	3	4	4	4	5	1	9	9	9											3
Portugal (POR)																				1	1
Romania (ROU)				4		9	6		1											3
South Africa (RSA)																				1	1
South Korea (KOR)								1	1											4
Soviet Union (URS)							11	11	13
Spain (ESP)				4																5
Sweden (SWE)	6	6	6	9	11	15	11	12	11
Switzerland (SUI)	7	6		4	10	9	11	5	7
Tonga (TGA)																							1	1
Turkey (TUR)				4
United States (USA)	4	3	7	6	5	7	5	10	7
United Team of Germany (EUA)							11	14	13															3
West Germany (FRG)										10	9	7	8	6	9									6
Yugoslavia (YUG)	4	6		6	6	2	9		4
Nations	11	15	11	22	15	19	20	19	24	25	19	24	24	32	35	40	35	37	44	53	55	54	65
Cross-country skiers	59	71	58	108	106	138	150	112	151	147	152	165	131	179	197	223	197	228	260	307	292	310	313
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	18

See also

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

References

External links

Media related to Cross-country skiing at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons