Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing pictogram
Venue	Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center
Dates	5–20 February
No. of events	12 (6 men, 6 women)
Competitors	296 from 52 nations
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Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Distance
Classical	men	women
Skiathlon	men	women
Freestyle	men	women
Relay	men	women
Sprint
Individual	men	women
Team	men	women
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Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, China.^[1]

A total of 296 quota spots (148 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 14 from the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[2] A total of 12 events were contested, six each for men and women.^[3]

A maximum of 296 quota spots will be available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 16 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 8 men or 8 women. Nations that have an athlete achieve less than 300 FIS points in the 2021 World Championships, or the under 23 World Championships, gain entry for at least one competitor, of that gender, into the 2022 games.^[4]

The following was the competition schedule for all twelve events.^[5]

All times are (UTC+8).

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	5	1	2	8
2	ROC	4	4	3	11
3	Finland	1	2	3	6
4	Sweden	1	2	1	4
5	Germany	1	1	0	2
6	United States	0	1	1	2
7	Italy	0	1	0	1
8	Austria	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	12	36

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 kilometre classical details	Iivo Niskanen  Finland	37:54.8	Alexander Bolshunov  ROC	38:18.0	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo  Norway	38:32.3
30 kilometre skiathlon details	Alexander Bolshunov  ROC	1:16:09.8	Denis Spitsov  ROC	1:17:20.8	Iivo Niskanen  Finland	1:18:10.0
50 kilometre freestyle[a] details	Alexander Bolshunov  ROC	1:11:32.7	Ivan Yakimushkin  ROC	1:11:38.2	Simen Hegstad Krüger  Norway	1:11:39.7
4 × 10 kilometre relay details	ROC Aleksey Chervotkin Alexander Bolshunov Denis Spitsov Sergey Ustiugov	1:54:50.7	Norway Emil Iversen Pål Golberg Hans Christer Holund Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	1:55:57.9	France Richard Jouve Hugo Lapalus Clément Parisse Maurice Manificat	1:56:07.1
Sprint freestyle details	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo  Norway	2:58.06	Federico Pellegrino  Italy	2:58.32	Alexander Terentyev  ROC	2:59.37
Team sprint classical details	Norway Erik Valnes Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	19:22.99	Finland Iivo Niskanen Joni Mäki	19:25.45	ROC Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Terentyev	19:27.28

^a This event was shortened to 28.4 km due to high winds and freezing temperatures.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 kilometre classical details	Therese Johaug  Norway	28:06.3	Kerttu Niskanen  Finland	28:06.7	Krista Pärmäkoski  Finland	28:37.8
15 kilometre skiathlon details	Therese Johaug  Norway	44:13.7	Natalya Nepryayeva  ROC	44:43.9	Teresa Stadlober  Austria	44:44.2
30 kilometre freestyle details	Therese Johaug  Norway	1:24:54.0	Jessie Diggins  United States	1:26:37.3	Kerttu Niskanen  Finland	1:27:27.3
4 × 5 kilometre relay details	ROC Yuliya Stupak Natalya Nepryayeva Tatiana Sorina Veronika Stepanova	53:41.0	Germany Katherine Sauerbrey Katharina Hennig Victoria Carl Sofie Krehl	53:59.2	Sweden Maja Dahlqvist Ebba Andersson Frida Karlsson Jonna Sundling	54:01.7
Sprint freestyle details	Jonna Sundling  Sweden	3:09.68	Maja Dahlqvist  Sweden	3:12.56	Jessie Diggins  United States	3:12.84
Team sprint classical details	Germany Katharina Hennig Victoria Carl	22:09.85	Sweden Maja Dahlqvist Jonna Sundling	22:10.02	ROC Yuliya Stupak Natalya Nepryayeva	22:10.56

A total of 296 athletes from 53 nations (including the ROC) were scheduled to participate,^[6] with the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses.

• Official Results Book – Cross-country Skiing