Cross-country skiing first appeared at the 1924 Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix . Women's competitions were introduced at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo .
Competition
| Disciplines | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | ten | 14 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km men | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 km / 15 km men | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20 | |||
| 30 km men | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | ||||||||||
| 50 km men | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23 |
| 4 x 10 km men | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20 | |||
| Combined / Pursuit / Skiathlon men | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | eight | |||||||||||||||
| Individual Sprint Men | • | • | • | • | • | five | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Sprint Men | • | • | • | • | four | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 km women | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ten | |||||||||||||
| 10 km women | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15 | ||||||||
| 15 km women | • | • | • | • | four | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 km / 30 km women | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ten | |||||||||||||
| 3/4 x 5 km women | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 | ||||||
| Combined / Pursuit / Women Skiathlon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | eight | |||||||||||||||
| Women's individual sprint | • | • | • | • | • | five | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Sprint Women | • | • | • | • | four | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | four | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | eight | eight | ten | ten | ten | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Overall medal standings
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Norway | 47 | 42 | 32 | 121 |
| 2 | Sweden | 31 | 25 | 24 | 80 |
| 3 | the USSR | 25 | 22 | 21 | 68 |
| four | Finland | 21 | 25 | 34 | 80 |
| five | Russia | 14 | ten | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Italy | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 7 | Estonia | four | 2 | one | 7 |
| eight | Switzerland | four | 0 | four | eight |
| 9 | United team | 3 | 2 | four | 9 |
| ten | Germany | 2 | 9 | four | 15 |
| eleven | Poland | 2 | one | 2 | five |
| 12 | GDR | 2 | one | one | four |
| 13 | Canada | 2 | one | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Czech | one | five | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Austria | one | 2 | 2 | five |
| sixteen | Kazakhstan | one | 2 | one | four |
| 17 | USA | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | OCP | 0 | 3 | five | eight |
| nineteen | Czechoslovakia | 0 | one | four | five |
| 20 | France | 0 | one | 3 | four |
| 21 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Total | 170 | 168 | 170 | 508 | |