# Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer, Norway from 13 to 18 February.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Norway)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Norway* | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Events
#### Boys' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Boys' 10 kilometres free details | Kim Magnus South Korea | 23:04.8 | Vebjørn Hegdal Norway | 23:20.8 | Igor Fedotov Russia | 23:59.2 |
| Boys' sprint classic details | Thomas Helland Larsen Norway | 2:55.39 | Kim Magnus South Korea | 2:55.72 | Vebjørn Hegdal Norway | 2:56.49 |
| Boys' cross-country cross details | Kim Magnus South Korea | 2:59.56 | Thomas Helland Larsen Norway | 3:00.73 | Lauri Mannila Finland | 3:01.84 |

#### Girls' events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Girls' 5 kilometres free details | Maya Yakunina Russia | 12:58.8 | Chi Chunxue China | 13:29.9 | Rebecca Immonen Finland | 13:35.9 |
| Girls' sprint classic details | Johanna Hagström Sweden | 3:19.55 | Yuliya Petrova Russia | 3:21.95 | Martine Engebretsen Norway | 3:22.82 |
| Girls' cross-country cross details | Moa Lundgren Sweden | 3:26.35 | Johanna Hagström Sweden | 3:28.09 | Laura Chamiot Maitral France | 3:29.56 |

## Qualification system

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 7 teams of the Marc Hodler Trophy Cross-Country Skiing at the 2015 Junior Nordic World Ski Championships plus the hosts Norway were allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. Any remaining quota spots were distributed to nations not already qualified, with a maximum of one boy or girl from one nation. The quota limit was 90. The current allocation of quotas is listed below.

### Qualification summary

| NOC | Boys | Girls | Total |
| Andorra | | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 | | 1 |
| Armenia | 1 | | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denmark | 1 | | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Greece | 1 | | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 | | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 | | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 1 | | 1 |
| Macedonia | 1 | | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 | | 1 |
| Mongolia | 1 | | 1 |
| Norway | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Serbia | | 1 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total athletes | 50 | 40 | 90 |
| Total NOCs | 42 | 32 | 44 |