# Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events, from 11 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Norway | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 15 km classical details | Andrus Veerpalu Estonia | Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic | Tobias Angerer Germany |
| 30 km pursuit details | Yevgeny Dementyev Russia | Frode Estil Norway | Pietro Piller Cottrer Italy |
| 50 km freestyle details | Giorgio Di Centa Italy | Yevgeny Dementyev Russia | Mikhail Botvinov Austria |
| 4 × 10 km relay details | Italy Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi | Germany Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer | Sweden Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Mathias Fredriksson |
| Sprint details | Björn Lind Sweden | Roddy Darragon France | Thobias Fredriksson Sweden |
| Team sprint details | Sweden Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind | Norway Jens Arne Svartedal Tor Arne Hetland | Russia Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 10 km classical details | Kristina Šmigun Estonia | Marit Bjørgen Norway | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Norway |
| 15 km pursuit details | Kristina Šmigun Estonia | Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Russia |
| 30 km freestyle details | Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic | Yuliya Chepalova Russia | Justyna Kowalczyk Poland |
| 4 × 5 km relay details | Russia Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Larisa Kurkina Yuliya Chepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova | Germany Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel | Italy Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa |
| Sprint details | Chandra Crawford Canada | Claudia Künzel Germany | Alyona Sidko Russia |
| Team sprint details | Sweden Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg | Canada Sara Renner Beckie Scott | Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen |

## Participating nations

Fifty-three nations contributed competitors to the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.
* Algeria (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (7)
* Belarus (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (12)
* China (20)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (4)
* Czech Republic (11)
* Spain (5)
* Estonia (12)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Finland (13)
* France (11)
* Germany (11)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* India (1)
* Iran (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (17)
* Japan (9)
* Kazakhstan (17)
* Kenya (1)
* South Korea (4)
* Latvia (4)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (2)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (2)
* Macedonia (1)
* Nepal (1)
* Norway (16)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (3)
* South Africa (1)
* Russia (18)
* Serbia and Montenegro (2)
* Slovenia (5)
* Switzerland (9)
* Slovakia (6)
* Sweden (15)
* Thailand (1)
* Turkey (3)
* Ukraine (12)
* United States (16)