Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 7 teams of the Marc Hodler Trophy Cross-Country Skiing at the 2015 Junior Nordic World Ski Championships plus the hosts Norway were allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. Any remaining quota spots were distributed to nations not already qualified, with a maximum of one boy or girl from one nation. The quota limit was 90.^[2] The current allocation of quotas is listed below.^[3]

NOC	Boys	Girls	Total
Andorra		1	1
Argentina	1		1
Armenia	1		1
Australia	1	1	2
Austria	1	1	2
Belarus	1	1	2
Belgium	1		1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	2
Brazil	1		1
Bulgaria	1	1	2
Canada	1	1	2
China	1	1	2
Croatia	1	1	2
Czech Republic	1	1	2
Denmark	1		1
Estonia	1	1	2
Finland	2	2	4
France	2	2	4
Germany	2	2	4
Greece	1		1
Hungary	1		1
Iceland	1		1
Italy	1	1	2
Japan	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	1	1	2
Latvia	1	1	2
Lithuania	1		1
Macedonia	1		1
Moldova	1		1
Mongolia	1		1
Norway	2	2	4
Poland	1	1	2
Romania	1	1	2
Russia	2	2	4
Serbia		1	2
Slovakia	1	1	2
Slovenia	2	2	4
South Korea	1	1	2
Spain	1	1	2
Sweden	2	2	4
Switzerland	2	2	4
Turkey	1	1	2
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States	1	1	2
Total athletes	50	40	90
Total NOCs	42	32	44

• Results Book – Cross-country skiing