Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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Dates10–25 February 2018
No. of events12 (6 men, 6 women)
Competitors313 from 65 nations
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 Cross-country skiing pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
| Venue | Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre |
| Dates | 10–25 February 2018 |
| No. of events | 12 (6 men, 6 women) |
| Competitors | 313 from 65 nations |
| Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Distance | ||
| Freestyle interval start | men | women |
| Skiathlon | men | women |
| Classical mass start | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
| Sprint | ||
| Individual (classical) | men | women |
| Team (freestyle) | men | women |
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.
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
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
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 |
 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) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 | |
Men's events
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km freestyle[10] |
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] |
Charlotte Kalla Sweden | 40:44.9 | Marit Bjørgen Norway | 40:52.7 | Krista Pärmäkoski Finland | 40:55.0 |
| 30 km classical[12] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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 |
