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
VenueKuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center
Dates5–20 February
No. of events12 (6 men, 6 women)
Competitors296 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

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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

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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

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway5128
2  ROC44311
3  Finland1236
4  Sweden1214
5  Germany1102
6  United States0112
7  Italy0101
8  Austria0011
  France0011
Totals (9 entries)12121236

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 kilometre classical
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Iivo Niskanen
  Finland
37:54.8 Alexander Bolshunov
  ROC
38:18.0 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Norway
38:32.3
30 kilometre skiathlon
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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]
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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
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  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
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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Norway
2:58.06 Federico Pellegrino
  Italy
2:58.32 Alexander Terentyev
  ROC
2:59.37
Team sprint classical
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  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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometre classical
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Therese Johaug
  Norway
28:06.3 Kerttu Niskanen
  Finland
28:06.7 Krista Pärmäkoski
  Finland
28:37.8
15 kilometre skiathlon
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Therese Johaug
  Norway
44:13.7 Natalya Nepryayeva
  ROC
44:43.9 Teresa Stadlober
  Austria
44:44.2
30 kilometre freestyle
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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
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  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
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Jonna Sundling
  Sweden
3:09.68 Maja Dahlqvist
  Sweden
3:12.56 Jessie Diggins
  United States
3:12.84
Team sprint classical
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  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

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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.

References

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  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. ^ "Olympic Athletes | Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 (Feb 4-20)". Results.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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