Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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.

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

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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

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

All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Event
10 February 16:15 Women's skiathlon
11 February 15:15 Men's skiathlon
13 February 17:30 Men's & women's individual sprint qualification classical
13 February 20:00 Men's & women's individual sprint finals classical
15 February 15:30 Women's 10 km freestyle
16 February 15:00 Men's 15 km freestyle
17 February 18:30 Women's 4 × 5 km relay
18 February 15:15 Men's 4 × 10 km relay
21 February 17:00 Women's team sprint freestyle
21 February 19:00 Men's team sprint freestyle
24 February 14:00 Men's 50 km mass start classical
25 February 15:15 Women's 30 km mass start classical

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway74314
2  Sweden2316
3  Finland1124
4  Switzerland1001
  United States1001
6  Olympic Athletes from Russia0358
7  Italy0101
8  France0022
Totals (8 entries)12121337

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Participating nations

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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).

References

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  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
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