List of Olympic venues in cross-country skiing

For the Winter Olympics, there are 22 venues that have been or will be used for cross-country skiing. The first events took near the main stadium. In 1936, the first efforts to hold all of Nordic skiing (Nordic combined, ski jumping) in one location took place.^[1] This was repeated in 1952.^[2] For the 1956 games, the venue was among the first in the Winter Olympics to meet the television needs of RAI, Italy's national broadcaster.^[3] The 1956 venue was constructed in an oblong 250 by 44 m (820 by 144 ft) area in an east-west direction with the Grand Stands facing south.^[3] A temporary venue was created for the 1960 Games which also included biathlon for the first time.^[4] The first permanent Olympic venue in cross-country skiing took place in 1980.^[5] For all of Nordic skiing and biathlon, the first time they were in the same location was at the 2010 Games.^[6]

Games	Venue	Other sports hosted at venue for those games	Capacity	Ref.
1924 Chamonix	Stade Olympique de Chamonix	Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Military patrol, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating	45,000.	[7]
1928 St. Moritz	Around the hills of St. Moritz	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[8]
1932 Lake Placid	Lake Placid	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[9]
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze	Nordic combined, Ski jumping	40,000	[1]
1948 St. Moritz	Around the hills of St. Moritz	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[10]
1952 Oslo	Holmenkollen National Arena	Nordic combined, Ski jumping	150,000	[2]
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Lo Stadio della neve	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	9,650	[3]
1960 Squaw Valley	McKinney Creek Stadium	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	1,000	[4]
1964 Innsbruck	Seefeld	Biathlon, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)	Not listed.	[11]
1968 Grenoble	Autrans	Biathlon, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)	40,000 (ski jump)	[12]
1972 Sapporo	Makomanai Cross-country site	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[13]
1976 Innsbruck	Seefeld	Biathlon, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)	Not listed.	[14]
1980 Lake Placid	Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[5]
1984 Sarajevo	Igman, Veliko Polje	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[15]
1988 Calgary	Canmore Nordic Centre	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.	[16]
1992 Albertville	Les Saisies	Biathlon	12,500	[17]
1994 Lillehammer	Birkebeineren Skistadion	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	31,000 (cross-country skiing) 13,500 (biathlon)	[18]
1998 Nagano	Snow Harp	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	20,000	[19]
2002 Salt Lake City	Soldier Hollow	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	15,200	[20]
2006 Turin	Pragelato Plan	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	5,400	[21]
2010 Vancouver	Whistler Olympic Park	Biathlon, Nordic combined, ski jumping	6,000	[6]
2014 Sochi	Biathlon & Ski Complex	Biathlon, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	9,600 (biathlon) 9,600 (cross-country skiing)	[22]
2018 Pyeongchang	Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	7,500 (including 3,000 standing)	[23]
2022 Beijing	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Centre	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	Not listed.
2026 Milan-Cortina	Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal	Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)	50,000 (max capacity)