| Cross-country skiing at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Cross-country skiing pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
| Venue | Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre |
| Dates | 10–25 February |
| 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 | men | women |
| Skiathlon | men | women |
| Classical | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
| Sprint | ||
| Individual | men | women |
| Team | 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.
Qualification
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| 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
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Women's events
[edit]| 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 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 313 athletes from 65 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate[16] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).
Andorra (1)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (2)
Australia (6)
Austria (7)
Belarus (9)
Belgium (1)
Bermuda (1)
Bolivia (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Brazil (2)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (11)
Chile (2)
China (4)
Colombia (1)
Croatia (4)
Czech Republic (10)
Denmark (1)
Ecuador (1)
Estonia (7)
Finland (19)
France (13)
Germany (16)
Great Britain (4)
Greece (2)
Hungary (2)
Iceland (3)
India (1)
Iran (2)
Ireland (1)
Italy (15)
Japan (2)
Kazakhstan (7)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Latvia (3)
Lebanon (1)
Liechtenstein (1)
Lithuania (3)
Macedonia (2)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (1)
Mongolia (2)
Montenegro (1)
Morocco (1)
North Korea (3)
Norway (20)
Olympic Athletes from Russia (12)
Pakistan (1)
Poland (7)
Portugal (1)
Romania (3)
Serbia (1)
Slovakia (5)
Slovenia (8)
South Korea (4)
Spain (2)
Sweden (20)
Switzerland (13)
Thailand (2)
Togo (1)
Tonga (1)
Turkey (3)
Ukraine (4)
United States (20)
References
[edit]- ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Men's 15 kilometre freestyle results
- ^ Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon results
- ^ Men's 50 kilometre classical results
- ^ Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay results
- ^ Men's sprint results
- ^ Men's team sprint results
- ^ Women's 10 kilometre freestyle results
- ^ Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon results
- ^ Women's 30 kilometre classical
- ^ Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay results
- ^ Women's sprint results
- ^ Women's team sprint results
- ^ Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com
