Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint
Cross-country skiing men's team sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held in Tesero
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The men's team sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February, over a 1.585-kilometre (0.985 mi) course[1] at the Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal, in Tesero.[2] Einar Hedegart and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway won the event, which made Klæbo a 10-time Olympic champion, extending his record for the most gold medals at the Winter Games. He won gold in all six of his events at the 2026 Olympics. Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher of the United States won silver, the first medal for the country in the event, and Elia Barp and Federico Pellegrino of Italy won bronze.[3][4] This was Schumacher's first Olympic medal.
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| Venue | Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal, Tesero | ||||||||||||
| Date | 18 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 27 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 18:28.98 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champions, Erik Valnes and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, qualified for the Olympics, as did the silver medalists Iivo Niskanen and Joni Mäki. Valnes and Niskanen did not participate in the event, as both Klæbo and Mäki competed with different partners. The bronze medalists, Alexander Bolshunov and Alexander Terentyev, were barred from participation in all international team events after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. There were only two team sprint events in the 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics. Valnes and Klæbo won one, and Harald Østberg Amundsen and Einar Hedegart another one. Valnes and Klæbo were also the 2025 world champions in team sprint.
Qualification
Results
Qualification
| Rank | Bib | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  United StatesBen Ogden Gus Schumacher | 5:45.72 2:52.91 2:52.81 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 |  NorwayEinar Hedegart Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 5:48.39 2:59.27 2:49.12 | +2.67 | Q |
| 3 | 3 |  ItalyElia Barp Federico Pellegrino | 5:49.10 2:55.60 2:53.50 | +3.38 | Q |
| 4 | 8 |  SwitzerlandJanik Riebli Valerio Grond | 5:50.34 2:56.58 2:53.76 | +4.62 | Q |
| 5 | 14 |  SpainJaume Pueyo Marc Colell | 5:52.21 2:51.75 3:00.46 | +6.49 | Q |
| 6 | 4 |  FranceMathis Desloges Jules Chappaz | 5:52.67 2:58.87 2:53.80 | +6.95 | Q |
| 7 | 11 |  AustriaMichael Föttinger Benjamin Moser | 5:53.19 2:56.96 2:56.23 | +7.47 | Q |
| 8 | 7 |  FinlandLauri Vuorinen Joni Mäki | 5:53.62 2:58.35 2:55.27 | +7.90 | Q |
| 9 | 17 |  AustraliaLars Young Vik Hugo Hinckfuss | 5:53.68 2:55.64 2:58.04 | +7.96 | Q |
| 10 | 12 |  GermanyJakob Moch Jan Stölben | 5:54.42 3:01.05 2:53.37 | +8.70 | Q |
| 11 | 6 |  Czech RepublicJiří Tuž Michal Novák | 5:54.97 2:58.58 2:56.39 | +9.25 | Q |
| 12 | 5 |  SwedenJohan Häggström Edvin Anger | 5:55.20 2:59.39 2:55.81 | +9.48 | Q |
| 13 | 9 |  Great BritainAndrew Musgrave James Clugnet | 5:55.49 2:59.99 2:55.50 | +9.77 | Q |
| 14 | 10 |  CanadaAntoine Cyr Xavier McKeever | 5:56.69 2:58.32 2:58.37 | +10.97 | Q |
| 15 | 13 |  PolandMaciej Staręga Dominik Bury | 5:57.70 2:57.68 3:00.02 | +11.98 | Q |
| 16 | 15 |  SloveniaMiha Šimenc Nejc Štern | 6:01.37 3:00.47 3:00.90 | +15.65 | |
| 17 | 18 |  LatviaLauris Kaparkalējs Raimo Vīgants | 6:05.25 3:02.30 3:02.95 | +19.53 | |
| 18 | 16 |  EstoniaKarl Sebastian Dremljuga Martin Himma | 6:05.36 3:04.07 3:01.29 | +19.64 | |
| 19 | 19 |  ChinaWang Qiang Li Minglin | 6:12.91 3:02.80 3:10.11 | +27.19 | |
| 20 | 24 |  SlovakiaTomáš Cenek Peter Hinds | 6:15.18 3:10.96 3:04.22 | +29.46 | |
| 21 | 27 |  LithuaniaModestas Vaičiulis Tautvydas Strolia | 6:17.24 3:04.27 3:12.97 | +31.52 | |
| 22 | 23 |  BulgariaMario Matikanov Daniel Peshkov | 6:18.21 3:05.46 3:12.75 | +32.49 | |
| 23 | 21 |  UkraineDmytro Drahun Oleksandr Lisohor | 6:20.13 3:07.53 3:12.60 | +34.41 | |
| 24 | 20 |  RomaniaPaul Constantin Pepene Gabriel Cojocaru | 6:20.24 3:13.32 3:06.92 | +34.52 | |
| 25 | 25 |  ArgentinaFranco Dal Farra Mateo Sauma | 6:23.54 3:06.69 3:16.85 | +37.82 | |
| 26 | 26 |  HungaryÁdám Kónya Ádám Büki | 6:34.91 3:10.63 3:24.28 | +49.19 | |
| 27 | 22 |  KazakhstanNail Bashmakov Amirgali Muratbekov | 6:35.34 3:18.49 3:16.85 | +49.62 |
Final
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Norway | Einar Hedegart Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | 18:28.98 | — |
 | 2 | United States | Ben Ogden Gus Schumacher | 18:30.35 | +1.37 |
 | 3 | Italy | Elia Barp Federico Pellegrino | 18:32.29 | +3.31 |
| 4 | 8 | Switzerland | Janik Riebli Valerio Grond | 18:33.20 | +4.22 |
| 5 | 9 | Great Britain | Andrew Musgrave James Clugnet | 18:36.59 | +7.61 |
| 6 | 10 | Canada | Antoine Cyr Xavier McKeever | 18:38.69 | +9.71 |
| 7 | 11 | Austria | Michael Föttinger Benjamin Moser | 18:39.37 | +10.39 |
| 8 | 6 | Czech Republic | Jiří Tuž Michal Novák | 18:42.61 | +13.63 |
| 9 | 12 | Germany | Jakob Moch Jan Stölben | 18:43.14 | +14.16 |
| 10 | 5 | Sweden | Johan Häggström Edvin Anger | 18:46.67 PF | +17.69 |
| 11 | 7 | Finland | Lauri Vuorinen Joni Mäki | 18:46.67 PF | +17.69 |
| 12 | 4 | France | Mathis Desloges Jules Chappaz | 18:47.87 | +18.89 |
| 13 | 13 | Poland | Maciej Staręga Dominik Bury | 18:49.03 | +20.05 |
| 14 | 17 | Australia | Lars Young Vik Hugo Hinckfuss | 18:54.65 | +25.67 |
| 15 | 14 | Spain | Jaume Pueyo Marc Colell Pantebre | 19:06.33 | +37.35 |