List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural games in 1924.

Men
The numbers in brackets denotes cross-country skiers who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.

18 and 15 km
Classic style: 1924–1936, 1948–1988, 2002–2006, 2014, 2022. Freestyle: 2010, 2018.

50 km
Classic style: 1924–1936, 1948–1984, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 1988–1992, 1998, 2006, 2014. Mass start: 2006–2022.


 * Medals:

4 × 10 km relay
4x10 km classic style: 1936, 1948–1984. 4x10 km freestyle: 1988. 2x10 km classic style + 2x10 km freestyle: 1992–2018.


 * Medals:

Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon

 * Medals:

Individual sprint
Classic style: 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 2002–2006, 2014.

Team sprint
Classic style: 2006, 2014, 2022. Free style: 2010, 2018.


 * Medals:

10 km
Classic style: 1952–1988, 2002–2006, 2014, 2022. Freestyle: 2010, 2018.

20 and 30 km
Classic style: 1984, 1994, 2002, 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 1988–1992, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022. Mass start: 2006–2022.


 * Medals:

3 × 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay
3 × 5 km classic style: 1956–1972. 4 x 5 km classic style: 1976–1984. 4 × 5 km freestyle: 1988. 2 × 5 km classic style + 2 × 5 km freestyle: 1992–2022.

Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon

 * Medals:

Individual sprint
Classic style: 2010, 2018. Freestyle: 2002–2006, 2014.

Team sprint
Classic style: 2006, 2014, 2022. Freestyle: 2010, 2018.


 * Medals:

Men's 10 km
This event ran from 1992 to 1998 to replace the 15 km event before it was replaced again by the 15 km event for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Classic style: 1992–1998.


 * Medals:

Men's 30 km
This event ran from 1956 to 2002 and was replaced by a 30 km skiathlon (15 km classical + 15 km freestyle) for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Classic style: 1956–1992, 1998. Freestyle: 1994, 2002. Mass start: 2002.


 * Medals:

Women's 5 km
The 5 km event ran from 1964 to 1998 before being replaced by the 10 km event, which was being reintroduced after the 10 km had been discontinued following the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Classic style: 1964–1998.


 * Medals:

Women's 15 km
This event ran from 1992 to 2002 and was replaced by a 15 km skiathlon (7.5 km classical + 7.5 km freestyle) for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Classic style: 1992, 1998. Freestyle: 1994, 2002. Mass start: 2002.


 * Medals:

Cross-country skier medal leaders

 * Men


 * Women

* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned cross-country skiers took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.

Cross-country skiers with most victories
Top 10 cross-country skiers who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active cross-country skiers and highest medal count among all cross-country skiers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Women
* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned skiers won at least one medal

Medals per year

 * bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.

Medal sweep events
These are the podium sweeps; events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.


 * $$ In addition to sweeping the podium, the country also had the fourth-place finisher.

Multiple medals at one Olympic Games – men

 * 5 medals:
 * out of 6 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2022 Alexander Bolshunov 🇷🇺
 * 4 medals:
 * out of 4 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1984 Gunde Svan 🇸🇪
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1956 Sixten Jernberg 🇸🇪
 * out of 5 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1992 Vegard Ulvang 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1992 Bjørn Dæhlie 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1998 Bjørn Dæhlie 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1994 Bjørn Dæhlie 🇳🇴
 * out of 6 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2010 Petter Northug 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2022 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2018 Alexander Bolshunov
 * 3 medals:
 * out of 3 possible: none
 * out of 4 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1980 Nikolay Zimyatov
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1964 Eero Mäntyranta 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1964 Sixten Jernberg 🇸🇪
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1972 Vyacheslav Vedenin
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1956 Veikko Hakulinen 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1972 Pål Tyldum 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1960 Veikko Hakulinen 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1956 Pavel Kolchin
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1980 Juha Mieto 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1988 Vladimir Smirnov
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1968 Eero Mäntyranta 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1984 Aki Karvonen 🇫🇮


 * 2 medals out of 2 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1924 Thorleif Haug 🇳🇴 (+ [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] in Nordic Combined)
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1928 Johan Grøttumsbråten 🇳🇴 (one Gold in Cross Country + one in Nordic Combined)
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1932 Veli Saarinen 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1924 Johan Grøttumsbråten 🇳🇴 (+ [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] in Nordic Combined)

Multiple medals at one Olympic Games – women

 * 5 medals:
 * out of 5 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1992 Lyubov Yegorova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1988 Larisa Lazutina 🇷🇺
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1994 Manuela Di Centa 🇮🇹
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1992 Yelena Välbe
 * out of 6 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2010 Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2018 Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴 (one [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] shared)


 * 4 medals:
 * out of 4 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1984 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 🇫🇮
 * out of 5 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1994 Lyubov Yegorova 🇷🇺
 * out of 6 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 2018 Charlotte Kalla 🇸🇪
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 2018 Stina Nilsson 🇸🇪


 * 3 medals:
 * out of 3 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1964 Klavdiya Boyarskikh
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] 1972 Galina Kulakova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1968 Toini Gustafsson 🇸🇪
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1976 Raisa Smetanina
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1976 Helena Takalo 🇫🇮
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1972 Marjatta Kajosmaa 🇫🇮
 * out of 4 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1988 Tamara Tikhonova
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1988 Marjo Matikainen 🇫🇮


 * 2 medals out of 2 possible:
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1956 Lyubov Kozyreva
 * [[File:Gold medal icon (G initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1960 Maria Gusakova
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1956 Radya Yeroshina
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] 1960 Lyubov Baranova
 * [[File:Silver medal icon (S initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1960 Radya Yeroshina
 * [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] [[File:Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg]] 1956 Sonja Edström 🇸🇪