Men's Olympic Cross Country Skiing

Updated September 27, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

Multiple gold medals (including relays): Bjorn Daehlie (8); Thomas Alsgaard (5), Sixten Jernberg, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg and Nikolai Zimyatov (4); Veikko Hakulinen, Eero Mäntyranta, Marcus Hellner, and Vegard Ulvang (3); Hallgeir Brenden, Harald Grönningen, Jan Ottosson, Thorleif Haug, Kristen Skjeldal, Päl Tyldum, Vyacheslav Vedenine, Giorgio Di Centa, Frode Estil, Bjorn Lind, Peter Northug, Andrus Veerpalu, Dario Cologna, Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson (2).

Multiple gold medals (including Nordic Combined): Johan Gröttumsbråten and Thorleif Haug (3).

1.5-kilometer Sprint

New event in 2002.

Year		Time
2002	Tor Arne Hetland, NOR	2:56.9
2006	Bjoern Lind, SWE	2:26.5
2010	Nikita Kriukov, RUS	Final
2014	Ola Vigen Hattestad	3:28.35

Team Sprint

Year		Time
2006	Sweden	17:02.9
2010	Norway	Final
2014	Finland	23:14.89

10 kilometers

Held as a classical event.

Year		Time
1992	Vegard Ulvang, NOR	27:36.0
1994	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	24:20.1
1998	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	27:24.5
2002 Not held

Combined Pursuit

From 1992-98 the pursuit included a 10-km classical race and a 15-km freestyle race contested on separate days. In 2002, the pursuit was shortened to two 5-kilometer races held on the same day. Starting in 2006, the pursuit included a 15-km classical race plus a 15-km mass start.

Year		Time
1992	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	1:05:37.9
1994	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	1:00:08.8
1998	Thomas Alsgaard, NOR	1:07:01.7
2002	Johann Muehlegg, SPA	49:20.4
2006	Eugeni Dementiev, RUS	1:17:01.4
2010	Marcus Hellner, SWE	1:15:11.4
2014	Dario Cologna, SUI	1:08:15.4

15 kilometers

Held over 18 kilometers from 1924-52. Held as a classical event from 1956-88, and since 2002. Replaced by the 15-km combined pursuit (1992-98).

Year		Time
1924	Thorleif Haug, NOR	1:14:31.0
1928	Johan Gröttumsbråten, NOR	1:37:01.0
1932	Sven Utterström, SWE	1:23:07.0
1936	Erik-August Larsson, SWE	1:14:38.0
1948	Martin Lundström, SWE	1:13:50.0
1952	Hallgeir Brenden, NOR	1:01:34.0
1956	Hallgeir Brenden, NOR	49:39.0
1960	Hakon Brusveen, NOR	51:55.5
1964	Eero Mäntyranta, FIN	50:54.1
1968	Harald Grönningen, NOR	47:54.2
1972	Sven-Ake Lundback, SWE	45:28.24
1976	Nikolai Bazhukov, USSR	43:58.47
1980	Thomas Wassberg, SWE	41:57.63
1984	Gunde Svan, SWE	41:25.6
1988	Mikhail Devyatyarov, USSR	41:18.9
1992-98 Not held
2002	Andrus Veerpalu, EST	37:07.4
2006	Andrus Veerpalu, EST	38:01.3
2010	Dario Cologna, SUI	33:36.3
2014	Dario Cologna, SUI	38:29.7

50 kilometers

Held as a classical event from 1924-94, and since 2002. Held as a freestyle event in 1998.

Year		Time
1924	Thorleif Haug, NOR	3:44:32.0
1928	Per Erik Hedlund, SWE	4:52:03.0
1932	Veli Saarinen, FIN	4:28:00.0
1936	Elis Wiklund, SWE	3:30:11.0
1948	Nils Karlsson, SWE	3:47:48.0
1952	Veikko Hakulinen, FIN	3:33:33.0
1956	Sixten Jernberg, SWE	2:50:27.0
1960	Kalevi Hämäläinen, FIN	2:59:06.3
1964	Sixten Jernberg, SWE	2:43:52.6
1968	Ole Ellefsaeter, NOR	2:28:45.8
1972	Päl Tyldum, NOR	2:43:14.75
1976	Ivar Formo, NOR	2:37:30.05
1980	Nikolai Zimyatov, USSR	2:27:24.60
1984	Thomas Wassberg, SWE	2:15:55.8
1988	Gunde Svan, SWE	2:04:30.9
1992	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	2:03:41.5
1994	Vladimir Smirnov, KAZ	2:07:20.3
1998	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	2:05:08.2
2002	Mikhail Ivanov, RUS*	2:06:20.8
2006	Giorgio di Centa, ITA	2:06:11.8
2010	Peter Northug, NOR	2:05:35.5
2014	Alexander Legkov, RUS	1:46:55.2

*Ivanov finished second to Johann Muehlegg of Spain, who was disqualified for failing a drug test.

4x10-kilometer Mixed Relay

Two classical and two freestyle legs.

Year		Time
1936	Finland	2:41:33.0
1948	Sweden	2:32:08.0
1952	Finland	2:20:16.0
1956	Soviet Union	2:15:30.0
1960	Finland	2:18:45.6
1964	Sweden	2:18:34.6
1968	Norway	2:08:33.5
1972	Soviet Union	2:04:47.94
1976	Finland	2:07:59.72
1980	Soviet Union	1:57:03.46
1984	Sweden	1:55:06.3
1988	Sweden	1:43:58.6
1992	Norway	1:39:26.0
1994	Italy	1:41:15.0
1998	Norway	1:40:55.7
2002	Norway	1:32:45.5
2006	Italy	1:43:45.7
2010	Sweden	1:45:05.4
2014	Sweden	1:28:42.0