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

## 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.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all twelve events.
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 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 53 nations (including the ROC) were scheduled to participate, 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)