# Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 32 events, 20 for men and 12 for women.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |

## Medal summary

The competition events were:
* 2.5 km: - women
* 5 km: men - women
* 10 km: men - women
* 15 km: men - women
* 20 km: men
* 1x2.5/2x5 km relay: men - women
* 3x2.5 km relay: - women
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
* LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
* LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
* LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
* LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
* LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
* LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
* LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
* LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
* LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
* B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
* B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
* B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

### Men's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km classical technique | B1 details | Helge Flo guide: Paal Sneve Norway | Oleh Munts guide: Volodymyr Storozhok Ukraine | Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Russia |
| 5 km classical technique | B2 details | Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany | Nikolai Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladshev Russia | Emil Östberg guide: Peter Rune Sweden |
| 5 km classical technique | B3 details | Brian McKeever guide: Robin McKeever Canada | Irek Mannanov guide: Salavat Gumerov Russia | Vitaliy Lukyanenko guide: Volodymyr Ivanov Ukraine |
| 5 km classical technique | LW2-4 details | Kjartan Haugen Norway | Steven Cook United States | Roland Gaess Germany |
| 5 km classical technique | LW5-9 details | Andreas Hustveit Norway | Axel Hecker Germany | Yoshihiro Nitta Japan |
| 5 km sitski | LW10 details | Sergej Shilov Russia | Mikhail Terentiev Russia | Klaus Kleiser Germany |
| 5 km sitski | LW11 details | Roland Ruepp Italy | Oliver Anthofer Austria | Alain Marguerettaz France |
| 5 km sitski | LW12 details | Taras Kryjanovski Russia | Vladimir Gajdiciar Slovakia | Wieslaw Fiedor Poland |
| 10 km free technique | B1 details | Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Viatcheslav Doubov Russia | Oleh Munts guide: Volodymyr Storozhok Ukraine | Wilhelm Brem guide: Olaf Gruhn Germany |
| 10 km free technique | B2 details | Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany | Emil Östberg guide: Peter Rune Sweden | Nikolai Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladyshev Russia |
| 10 km free technique | B3 details | Brian McKeever guide: Robin McKeever Canada | Irek Mannanov guide: Salavat Gumerov Russia | Alexander Schwarz guide: Ralf Rombach Germany |
| 10 km free technique | LW2-4 details | Nils Erik Ulset Norway | Steven Cook United States | Harald Thauer Germany |
| 10 km free technique | LW5-9 details | Axel Hecker Germany | Andreas Hustveit Norway | Josef Giesen Germany |
| 10 km sitski | LW10 details | Mikhail Terentiev Russia | Sergej Shilov Russia | Hanspeter Weber Switzerland |
| 10 km sitski | LW11 details | Roland Ruepp Italy | Alain Marguerettaz France | Ruedi Weber Switzerland |
| 10 km sitski | LW12 details | Wieslaw Fiedor Poland | Robert Balk United States | Mykola Ovcharenko Ukraine |
| 15 km sitski | LW10-12 details | Sergej Shilov Russia | Mikhail Terentiev Russia | Oliver Anthofer Austria |
| 20 km free technique | standing details | Nils Erik Ulset Norway | Steven Cook United States | Josef Giesen Germany |
| 20 km free technique | visually impaired details | Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Viatcheslav Doubov Russia | Brian McKeever guide: Robin McKeever Canada | Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany |
| 1x2.5/2x5 km relay | open details | Russia (RUS) Irek Mannanov guide: Roman Ivanov Nikolai Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladysev Sergej Shilov | United States (USA) Robert Balk Steven Cook William Stewart | Norway (NOR) Kjartan Haugen Karl Einar Henriksen Andreas Hustveit |

### Women's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2.5 km sitski | details | Ragnhild Myklebust Norway | Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine | Olena Iurkovska Ukraine |
| 5 km classical technique | B1 details | Verena Bentele guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany | Fabienne Kaci guide: Gerard Blanc France | Merja Hannele Hanski guide: Kirsi Vaisanen Finland |
| 5 km classical technique | B2-3 details | Yadviha Skorabahataya guide: Vasili Haurukovich Belarus | Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Finland | Tone Gravvold guide: Kristian Soerensen Norway |
| 5 km classical technique | standing details | Tanja Kari Finland | Marjorie van de Bunt Netherlands | Siw Vestengen Norway |
| 5 km sitski | details | Ragnhild Myklebust Norway | Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine | Olena Iurkovska Ukraine |
| 10 km free technique | B1-2 details | Verena Bentele guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany | Emilie Tabouret guide: Lionel Bayon France | Fabienne Kaci guide: Gerard Blanc France |
| 10 km free technique | B3 details | Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Finland | Yadviha Skarabahataya guide: Vasili Haurukovich Belarus | Tatiana Ilioutchenko guide: Roman Ivanov Russia |
| 10 km free technique | standing details | Tanja Kari Finland | Marjorie van de Bunt Netherlands | Siw Vestengen Norway |
| 10 km sitski | details | Ragnhild Myklebust Norway | Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine | Olena Iurkovska Ukraine |
| 15 km free technique | standing details | Tanja Kari Finland | Marjorie van de Bunt Netherlands | Siw Vestengen Norway |
| 15 km free technique | visually impaired details | Verena Bentele guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany | Tatiana Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladyshev Russia | Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Finland |
| 3x2.5 km relay | open details | Norway (NOR) Tone Gravvold guide: Kristian Soersensen Ragnhild Myklebust Siw Vestengen | Russia (RUS) Elvira Ibraginova guide: Salavat Gumerov Tatiana Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladyshev Irina Polyakova | Finland (FIN) Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Merja Hannele Hanski guide: Kirsi Vaisanen Tanja Kari |