Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics
# 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. 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.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all twelve events.

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

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 km freestyle details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 details | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km freestyle details | Ragnhild Haga Norway | 25:00.5 | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 25:20.8 | Marit Bjørgen NorwayKrista Pärmäkoski Finland | 25:32.4 |
| 15 km skiathlon details | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 40:44.9 | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 40:52.7 | Krista Pärmäkoski Finland | 40:55.0 |
| 30 km classical details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 details | 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

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

* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (6)
* Austria (7)
* Belarus (9)
* Belgium (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (11)
* Chile (2)
* China (4)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (4)
* Czech Republic (10)
* Denmark (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Estonia (7)
* Finland (19)
* France (13)
* Germany (16)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Iceland (3)
* India (1)
* Iran (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (15)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (7)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia (3)
* Lebanon (1)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (3)
* Macedonia (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Mongolia (2)
* Montenegro (1)
* Morocco (1)
* North Korea (3)
* Norway (20)
* Olympic Athletes from Russia (12)
* Pakistan (1)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (3)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (5)
* Slovenia (8)
* South Korea (4)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (20)
* Switzerland (13)
* Thailand (2)
* Togo (1)
* Tonga (1)
* Turkey (3)
* Ukraine (4)
* United States (20)
