Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, China.^[1]

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
← 2018 2026 →

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]

Qualification

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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]

Competition schedule

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

All times are (UTC+8).

Date	Time	Event
5 February	15:45	Women's skiathlon
6 February	15:00	Men's skiathlon
8 February	16:00	Men's & women's individual sprint freestyle
10 February	15:00	Women's 10 km classical
11 February	15:00	Men's 15 km classical
12 February	15:30	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
13 February	15:00	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
16 February	17:00	Women's and men's team sprint classical
19 February	15:00	Men's 50 km mass start freestyle
20 February	11:00	Women's 30 km mass start freestyle

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Men's events

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.

Women's events

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

Participating nations

A total of 296 athletes from 52 nations (including the ROC) were scheduled to participate,^[6] with the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses.

•   Andorra (2)
•   Argentina (2)
•   Armenia (3)
•   Australia (6)
•   Austria (5)
•   Belarus (4)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
•   Brazil (3)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Canada (9)
•   Chile (1)
•   China (11)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Croatia (3)
•   Czech Republic (11)
•   Estonia (9)
•   Finland (13)
•   France (13)
•   Germany (14)
•   Great Britain (3)
•   Greece (3)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Iceland (3)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (12)
•   Japan (9)
•   Kazakhstan (7)
•   Latvia (7)
•   Lebanon (1)
•   Liechtenstein (1)
•   Lithuania (4)
•   Mexico (1)
•   Mongolia (2)
•   Montenegro (1)
•   Nigeria (1)
•   North Macedonia (2)
•   Norway (16)
•   Poland (9)
•   Portugal (1)
•   ROC (16)
•   Romania (3)
•   Slovakia (5)
•   Slovenia (10)
•   South Korea (5)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (16)
•   Switzerland (14)
•   Thailand (2)
•   Turkey (3)
•   Ukraine (7)
•   United States (14)

References

1. "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
3. "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
4. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM FOR XXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, BEIJING 2022" (PDF). Assets.fis-ski.com/. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. Minji Seo (16 June 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). New.inews.gtimg.com. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
6. . Results.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

External links

• Official Results Book – Cross-country Skiing