Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
Men’s Events
18 km/15 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 kilometres | |||
| 1924 Chamonix | Thorleif Haug | Johan Grøttumsbråten | Tapani Niku |
| Norway | Norway | Finland | |
| 1928 St. Moritz | Johan Grøttumsbråten | Ole Hegge | Reidar Ødegaard |
| Norway | Norway | Norway | |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Sven Utterström | Axel Wikström | Veli Saarinen |
| Sweden | Sweden | Finland | |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Erik Larsson | Oddbjørn Hagen | Pekka Niemi |
| Sweden | Norway | Finland | |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Martin Lundström | Nils Östensson | Gunnar Eriksson |
| Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | |
| 1952 Oslo | Hallgeir Brenden | Tapio Mäkelä | Paavo Lonkila |
| Norway | Finland | Finland | |
| 15 kilometres | |||
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Hallgeir Brenden (2) | Sixten Jernberg | Pavel Kolchin |
| Norway | Sweden | Soviet Union | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Håkon Brusveen | Sixten Jernberg | Veikko Hakulinen |
| Norway | Sweden | Finland | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Eero Mäntyranta | Harald Grønningen | Sixten Jernberg |
| Finland | Norway | Sweden | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Harald Grønningen | Eero Mäntyranta | Gunnar Larsson |
| Norway | Finland | Sweden | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Sven-Åke Lundbäck | Fyodor Simashev | Ivar Formo |
| Sweden | Soviet Union | Norway | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Nikolay Bazhukov | Yevgeny Belyayev | Arto Koivisto |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Finland | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Thomas Wassberg | Juha Mieto | Ove Aunli |
| Sweden | Finland | Norway | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Gunde Svan | Aki Karvonen | Harri Kirvesniemi |
| Sweden | Finland | Finland | |
| 1988 Calgary | Mikhail Devyatyarov | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | Vladimir Smirnov |
| Soviet Union | Norway | Soviet Union | |
| 1992–1998 | Not included in the Olympic program | ||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Andrus Veerpalu | Frode Estil | Jaak Mae |
| Estonia | Norway | Estonia | |
| 2006 Turin | Andrus Veerpalu (2) | Lukáš Bauer | Tobias Angerer |
| Estonia | Czech Republic | Germany | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Dario Cologna | Pietro Piller Cottrer | Lukáš Bauer |
| Switzerland | Italy | Czech Republic | |
| 2014 Sochi | Dario Cologna (2) | Johan Olsson | Daniel Rickardsson |
| Switzerland | Sweden | Sweden | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Dario Cologna (3) | Simen Hegstad Krüger | Denis Spitsov |
| Switzerland | Norway | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
50 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 Chamonix | Thorleif Haug | Thoralf Strømstad | Johan Grøttumsbråten |
| Norway | Norway | Norway | |
| 1928 St. Moritz | Per-Erik Hedlund | Gustaf Jonsson | Volger Andersson |
| Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Veli Saarinen | Väinö Liikkanen | Arne Rustadstuen |
| Finland | Finland | Norway | |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Elis Wiklund | Axel Wikström | Nils-Joel Englund |
| Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Nils Karlsson | Harald Eriksson | Benjamin Vanninen |
| Sweden | Sweden | Finland | |
| 1952 Oslo | Veikko Hakulinen | Eero Kolehmainen | Magnar Estenstad |
| Finland | Finland | Norway | |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Sixten Jernberg | Veikko Hakulinen | Fyodor Terentyev |
| Sweden | Finland | Soviet Union | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Kalevi Hämäläinen | Veikko Hakulinen | Rolf Rämgård |
| Finland | Finland | Sweden | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Sixten Jernberg (2) | Assar Rönnlund | Arto Tiainen |
| Sweden | Sweden | Finland | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Ole Ellefsæter | Vyacheslav Vedenin | Josef Haas |
| Norway | Soviet Union | Switzerland | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Pål Tyldum | Magne Myrmo | Vyacheslav Vedenin |
| Norway | Norway | Soviet Union | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Ivar Formo | Gert-Dietmar Klause | Benny Södergren |
| Norway | East Germany | Sweden | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Nikolay Zimyatov | Juha Mieto | Alexander Zavyalov |
| Soviet Union | Finland | Soviet Union | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Thomas Wassberg | Gunde Svan | Aki Karvonen |
| Sweden | Sweden | Finland | |
| 1988 Calgary | Gunde Svan | Maurilio De Zolt | Andi Grünenfelder |
| Sweden | Italy | Switzerland | |
| 1992 Albertville | Bjørn Dæhlie | Maurilio De Zolt | Giorgio Vanzetta |
| Norway | Italy | Italy | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Vladimir Smirnov | Mika Myllylä | Sture Sivertsen |
| Kazakhstan | Finland | Norway | |
| 1998 Nagano | Bjørn Dæhlie (2) | Niklas Jonsson | Christian Hoffmann |
| Norway | Sweden | Austria | |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Mikhail Ivanov | Andrus Veerpalu | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset |
| Russia | Estonia | Norway | |
| 2006 Turin | Giorgio Di Centa | Yevgeny Dementyev | Mikhail Botvinov |
| Italy | Russia | Austria | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Petter Northug | Axel Teichmann | Johan Olsson |
| Norway | Germany | Sweden | |
| 2014 Sochi | Alexander Legkov | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Ilia Chernousov |
| Russia | Russia | Russia | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Iivo Niskanen | Alexander Bolshunov | Andrey Larkov |
| Finland | Olympic Athletes from Russia | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
4 x 10 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Finland (FIN) | Norway (NOR) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Sulo Nurmela | Oddbjørn Hagen | John Berger | |
| Klaes Karppinen | Olaf Hoffsbakken | Erik Larsson | |
| Matti Lähde | Sverre Brodahl | Arthur Häggblad | |
| Kalle Jalkanen | Bjarne Iversen | Martin Matsbo | |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Sweden (SWE) | Finland (FIN) | Norway (NOR) |
| Nils Östensson | Lauri Silvennoinen | Erling Evensen | |
| Nils Täpp | Teuvo Laukkanen | Olav Økern | |
| Gunnar Eriksson | Sauli Rytky | Reidar Nyborg | |
| Martin Lundström | August Kiuru | Olav Hagen | |
| 1952 Oslo | Finland (FIN) | Norway (NOR) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Heikki Hasu | Magnar Estenstad | Nils Täpp | |
| Paavo Lonkila | Mikal Kirkholt | Sigurd Andersson | |
| Urpo Korhonen | Martin Stokken | Enar Josefsson | |
| Tapio Mäkelä | Hallgeir Brenden | Martin Lundström | |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Soviet Union (URS) | Finland (FIN) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Fyodor Terentyev | August Kiuru | Lennart Larsson | |
| Pavel Kolchin | Jorma Kortelainen | Gunnar Samuelsson | |
| Nikolay Anikin | Arvo Viitanen | Per-Erik Larsson | |
| Vladimir Kuzin | Veikko Hakulinen | Sixten Jernberg | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Finland (FIN) | Norway (NOR) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Toimi Alatalo | Harald Grønningen | Anatoly Shelyukhin | |
| Eero Mäntyranta | Hallgeir Brenden | Gennady Vaganov | |
| Väinö Huhtala | Einar Østby | Alexey Kuznetsov | |
| Veikko Hakulinen | Håkon Brusveen | Nikolay Anikin | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Sweden (SWE) | Finland (FIN) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Karl-Åke Asph | Väinö Huhtala | Ivan Utrobin | |
| Sixten Jernberg | Arto Tiainen | Gennady Vaganov | |
| Janne Stefansson | Kalevi Laurila | Igor Voronchikhin | |
| Assar Rönnlund | Eero Mäntyranta | Pavel Kolchin | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Norway (NOR) | Sweden (SWE) | Finland (FIN) |
| Odd Martinsen | Jan Halvarsson | Kalevi Oikarainen | |
| Pål Tyldum | Bjarne Andersson | Hannu Taipale | |
| Harald Grønningen | Gunnar Larsson | Kalevi Laurila | |
| Ole Ellefsæter | Assar Rönnlund | Eero Mäntyranta | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Soviet Union (URS) | Norway (NOR) | Switzerland (SUI) |
| Vladimir Voronkov | Oddvar Brå | Alfred Kälin | |
| Yuri Skobov | Pål Tyldum | Albert Giger | |
| Fyodor Simashev | Ivar Formo | Alois Kälin | |
| Vyacheslav Vedenin | Johs Harviken | Eduard Hauser | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Finland (FIN) | Norway (NOR) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Matti Pitkänen | Pål Tyldum | Yevgeny Belyayev | |
| Juha Mieto | Einar Sagstuen | Nikolay Bazhukov | |
| Pertti Teurajärvi | Ivar Formo | Sergey Savelyev | |
| Arto Koivisto | Odd Martinsen | Ivan Garanin | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Soviet Union (URS) | Norway (NOR) | Finland (FIN) |
| Vasily Rochev | Lars Erik Eriksen | Harri Kirvesniemi | |
| Nikolay Bazhukov | Per Knut Aaland | Pertti Teurajärvi | |
| Yevgeny Belyayev | Ove Aunli | Matti Pitkänen | |
| Nikolay Zimyatov | Oddvar Brå | Juha Mieto | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Sweden (SWE) | Soviet Union (URS) | Finland (FIN) |
| Thomas Wassberg | Alexander Batyuk | Kari Ristanen | |
| Benny Kohlberg | Alexander Zavyalov | Juha Mieto | |
| Jan Ottosson | Vladimir Nikitin | Harri Kirvesniemi | |
| Gunde Svan | Nikolay Zimyatov | Aki Karvonen | |
| 1988 Calgary | Sweden (SWE) | Soviet Union (URS) | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| Jan Ottosson (2) | Vladimir Smirnov | Radim Nyč | |
| Thomas Wassberg (2) | Vladimir Sakhnov | Václav Korunka | |
| Gunde Svan (2) | Mikhail Devyatyarov | Pavel Benc | |
| Torgny Mogren | Alexey Prokurorov | Ladislav Švanda | |
| 1992 Albertville | Norway (NOR) | Italy (ITA) | Finland (FIN) |
| Terje Langli | Giuseppe Puliè | Mika Kuusisto | |
| Vegard Ulvang | Marco Albarello | Harri Kirvesniemi | |
| Kristen Skjeldal | Giorgio Vanzetta | Jari Räsänen | |
| Bjørn Dæhlie | Silvio Fauner | Jari Isometsä | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Italy (ITA) | Norway (NOR) | Finland (FIN) |
| Maurilio De Zolt | Sture Sivertsen | Mika Myllylä | |
| Marco Albarello | Vegard Ulvang | Harri Kirvesniemi | |
| Giorgio Vanzetta | Thomas Alsgaard | Jari Räsänen | |
| Silvio Fauner | Bjørn Dæhlie | Jari Isometsä | |
| 1998 Nagano | Norway (NOR) | Italy (ITA) | Finland (FIN) |
| Sture Sivertsen | Marco Albarello | Harri Kirvesniemi | |
| Erling Jevne | Fulvio Valbusa | Mika Myllylä | |
| Bjørn Dæhlie (2) | Fabio Maj | Sami Repo | |
| Thomas Alsgaard | Silvio Fauner | Jari Isometsä | |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Norway (NOR) | Italy (ITA) | Germany (GER) |
| Anders Aukland | Fabio Maj | Jens Filbrich | |
| Frode Estil | Giorgio Di Centa | Andreas Schlütter | |
| Kristen Skjeldal (2) | Pietro Piller Cottrer | Tobias Angerer | |
| Thomas Alsgaard (2) | Cristian Zorzi | René Sommerfeldt | |
| 2006 Turin | Italy (ITA) | Germany (GER) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Fulvio Valbusa | Andreas Schlütter | Mats Larsson | |
| Giorgio Di Centa | Jens Filbrich | Johan Olsson | |
| Pietro Piller Cottrer | René Sommerfeldt | Anders Södergren | |
| Cristian Zorzi | Tobias Angerer | Mathias Fredriksson | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Sweden (SWE) | Norway (NOR) | Czech Republic (CZE) |
| Daniel Rickardsson | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Martin Jakš | |
| Johan Olsson | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Lukáš Bauer | |
| Anders Södergren | Lars Berger | Jiří Magál | |
| Marcus Hellner | Petter Northug | Martin Koukal | |
| 2014 Sochi | Sweden (SWE) | Russia (RUS) | France (FRA) |
| Lars Nelson | Dmitry Yaparov | Jean-Marc Gaillard | |
| Daniel Rickardsson (2) | Alexander Bessmertnykh | Maurice Manificat | |
| Johan Olsson (2) | Alexander Legkov | Robin Duvillard | |
| Marcus Hellner (2) | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Ivan Perrillat Boiteux | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Norway (NOR) | Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) | France (FRA) |
| Didrik Tønseth | Andrey Larkov | Jean-Marc Gaillard | |
| Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Alexander Bolshunov | Maurice Manificat | |
| Simen Hegstad Krüger | Alexey Chervotkin | Clément Parisse | |
| Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Denis Spitsov | Adrien Backscheider |
Combined/Double pursuit/Skiathlon
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km classical; then 15 km freestyle | |||
| 1992 Albertville | Bjørn Dæhlie | Vegard Ulvang | Giorgio Vanzetta |
| Norway | Norway | Italy | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Bjørn Dæhlie (2) | Vladimir Smirnov | Silvio Fauner |
| Norway | Kazakhstan | Italy | |
| 1998 Nagano | Thomas Alsgaard | Bjørn Dæhlie | Vladimir Smirnov |
| Norway | Norway | Kazakhstan | |
| 10 km classical; then 10 km freestyle | |||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Thomas Alsgaard | none awarded | Per Elofsson |
| Norway | Sweden | ||
| Frode Estil | |||
| Norway | |||
| 15 km classical; then 15 km freestyle | |||
| 2006 Turin | Yevgeny Dementyev | Frode Estil | Pietro Piller Cottrer |
| Russia | Norway | Italy | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Marcus Hellner | Tobias Angerer | Johan Olsson |
| Sweden | Germany | Sweden | |
| 2014 Sochi | Dario Cologna | Marcus Hellner | Martin Johnsrud Sundby |
| Switzerland | Sweden | Norway | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Simen Hegstad Krüger | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Hans Christer Holund |
| Norway | Norway | Norway |
Individual sprint
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Tor Arne Hetland | Peter Schlickenrieder | Cristian Zorzi |
| Norway | Germany | Italy | |
| 2006 Turin | Björn Lind | Roddy Darragon | Thobias Fredriksson |
| Sweden | France | Sweden | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Nikita Kryukov | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Petter Northug |
| Russia | Russia | Norway | |
| 2014 Sochi | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Teodor Peterson | Emil Jönsson |
| Norway | Sweden | Sweden | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Federico Pellegrino | Alexander Bolshunov |
| Norway | Italy | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
Team sprint
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Turin | Sweden | Norway | Russia |
| Thobias Fredriksson | Jens Arne Svartedal | Ivan Alypov | |
| Björn Lind | Tor Arne Hetland | Vasily Rochev | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Norway | Germany | Russia |
| Øystein Pettersen | Tim Tscharnke | Nikolay Morilov | |
| Petter Northug | Axel Teichmann | Alexey Petukhov | |
| 2014 Sochi | Finland | Russia | Sweden |
| Iivo Niskanen | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Emil Jönsson | |
| Sami Jauhojärvi | Nikita Kryukov | Teodor Peterson | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Norway | Olympic Athletes from Russia | France |
| Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Denis Spitsov | Maurice Manificat | |
| Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Alexander Bolshunov | Richard Jouve |
Women’s Events
10 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Oslo | Lydia Wideman | Mirja Hietamies | Siiri Rantanen |
| Finland | Finland | Finland | |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Lyubov Kozyreva | Radya Yeroshina | Sonja Edström |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Sweden | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Maria Gusakova | Lyubov Kozyreva | Radya Yeroshina |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Klavdiya Boyarskikh | Yevdokiya Mekshilo | Maria Gusakova |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Toini Gustafsson | Berit Mørdre | Inger Aufles |
| Sweden | Norway | Norway | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Galina Kulakova | Alevtina Olyunina | Marjatta Kajosmaa |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Finland | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Raisa Smetanina | Helena Takalo | Galina Kulakova |
| Soviet Union | Finland | Soviet Union | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Barbara Petzold | Hilkka Riihivuori | Helena Takalo |
| East Germany | Finland | Finland | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Raisa Smetanina | Brit Pettersen |
| Finland | Soviet Union | Norway | |
| 1988 Calgary | Vida Vencienė | Raisa Smetanina | Marjo Matikainen |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Finland | |
| 1992–1998 | Not included in the Olympic program | ||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Bente Skari | Yuliya Chepalova | Stefania Belmondo |
| Norway | Russia | Italy | |
| 2006 Turin | Kristina Šmigun | Marit Bjørgen | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen |
| Estonia | Norway | Norway | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Charlotte Kalla | Kristina Šmigun-Vähi | Marit Bjørgen |
| Sweden | Estonia | Norway | |
| 2014 Sochi | Justyna Kowalczyk | Charlotte Kalla | Therese Johaug |
| Poland | Sweden | Norway | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Ragnhild Haga | Charlotte Kalla | Marit Bjørgen |
| Norway | Sweden | Norway | |
| Krista Pärmäkoski | |||
| Finland |
20 and 30 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | |||
| 1984 Sarajevo | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Raisa Smetanina | Anne Jahren |
| Finland | Soviet Union | Norway | |
| 1988 Calgary | Tamara Tikhonova | Anfisa Reztsova | Raisa Smetanina |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | |
| 30 km | |||
| 1992 Albertville | Stefania Belmondo | Lyubov Yegorova | Yelena Välbe |
| Italy | Unified Team | Unified Team | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Manuela Di Centa | Marit Wold | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi |
| Italy | Norway | Finland | |
| 1998 Nagano | Yuliya Chepalova | Stefania Belmondo | Larisa Lazutina |
| Russia | Italy | Russia | |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Gabriella Paruzzi | Stefania Belmondo | Bente Skari |
| Italy | Italy | Norway | |
| 2006 Turin | Kateřina Neumannová | Yuliya Chepalova | Justyna Kowalczyk |
| Czech Republic | Russia | Poland | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Justyna Kowalczyk | Marit Bjørgen | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen |
| Poland | Norway | Finland | |
| 2014 Sochi | Marit Bjørgen | Therese Johaug | Kristin Størmer Steira |
| Norway | Norway | Norway | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Marit Bjørgen (2) | Krista Pärmäkoski | Stina Nilsson |
| Norway | Finland | Sweden |
3 × 5 km and 4 × 5 km relay
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 × 5 km relay | |||
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Finland (FIN) | Soviet Union (URS) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Sirkka Polkunen | Lyubov Kozyreva | Irma Johansson | |
| Mirja Hietamies | Alevtina Kolchina | Anna-Lisa Eriksson | |
| Siiri Rantanen | Radya Yeroshina | Sonja Edström | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Sweden (SWE) | Soviet Union (URS) | Finland (FIN) |
| Irma Johansson | Radya Yeroshina | Siiri Rantanen | |
| Britt Strandberg | Maria Gusakova | Eeva Ruoppa | |
| Sonja Edström | Lyubov Kozyreva | Toini Pöysti | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Soviet Union (URS) | Sweden (SWE) | Finland (FIN) |
| Alevtina Kolchina | Barbro Martinsson | Senja Pusula | |
| Yevdokiya Mekshilo | Britt Strandberg | Toini Pöysti | |
| Klavdiya Boyarskikh | Toini Gustafsson | Mirja Lehtonen | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Norway (NOR) | Sweden (SWE) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Inger Aufles | Britt Strandberg | Alevtina Kolchina | |
| Babben Enger Damon | Toini Gustafsson | Rita Achkina | |
| Berit Mørdre | Barbro Martinsson | Galina Kulakova | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Soviet Union (URS) | Finland (FIN) | Norway (NOR) |
| Lyubov Mukhachyova | Helena Takalo | Inger Aufles | |
| Alevtina Olyunina | Hilkka Riihivuori | Aslaug Dahl | |
| Galina Kulakova | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Berit Mørdre | |
| 4 × 5 km relay | |||
| 1976 Innsbruck | Soviet Union (URS) | Finland (FIN) | East Germany (GDR) |
| Nina Fyodorova | Liisa Suihkonen | Monika Debertshäuser | |
| Zinaida Amosova | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Sigrun Krause | |
| Raisa Smetanina | Hilkka Riihivuori | Barbara Petzold | |
| Galina Kulakova (2) | Helena Takalo | Veronika Hesse | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | East Germany (GDR) | Soviet Union (URS) | Norway (NOR) |
| Marlies Rostock | Nina Fyodorova | Brit Pettersen | |
| Carola Anding | Nina Rocheva | Anette Bøe | |
| Veronika Hesse | Galina Kulakova | Marit Myrmæl | |
| Barbara Petzold | Raisa Smetanina | Berit Aunli | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Norway (NOR) | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | Finland (FIN) |
| Inger Helene Nybråten | Dagmar Švubová | Pirkko Määttä | |
| Anne Jahren | Blanka Paulů | Eija Hyytiäinen | |
| Brit Pettersen | Gabriela Svobodová | Marjo Matikainen | |
| Berit Aunli | Květa Jeriová | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | |
| 1988 Calgary | Soviet Union (URS) | Norway (NOR) | Finland (FIN) |
| Svetlana Nageykina | Trude Dybendahl | Pirkko Määttä | |
| Nina Gavrylyuk | Marit Wold | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | |
| Tamara Tikhonova | Anne Jahren | Marjo Matikainen | |
| Anfisa Reztsova | Marianne Dahlmo | Jaana Savolainen | |
| 1992 Albertville | Unified Team (EUN) | Norway (NOR) | Italy (ITA) |
| Yelena Välbe | Solveig Pedersen | Bice Vanzetta | |
| Raisa Smetanina (2) | Inger Helene Nybråten | Manuela Di Centa | |
| Larisa Lazutina | Trude Dybendahl | Gabriella Paruzzi | |
| Lyubov Yegorova | Elin Nilsen | Stefania Belmondo | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Russia (RUS) | Norway (NOR) | Italy (ITA) |
| Yelena Välbe (2) | Trude Dybendahl | Bice Vanzetta | |
| Larisa Lazutina (2) | Inger Helene Nybråten | Manuela Di Centa | |
| Nina Gavrylyuk (2) | Elin Nilsen | Gabriella Paruzzi | |
| Lyubov Yegorova (2) | Anita Moen | Stefania Belmondo | |
| 1998 Nagano | Russia (RUS) | Norway (NOR) | Italy (ITA) |
| Nina Gavrylyuk (3) | Bente Martinsen | Karin Moroder | |
| Olga Danilova | Marit Mikkelsplass | Gabriella Paruzzi | |
| Yelena Välbe (3) | Elin Nilsen | Manuela Di Centa | |
| Larisa Lazutina (3) | Anita Moen-Guidon | Stefania Belmondo | |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Germany (GER) | Norway (NOR) | Switzerland (SUI) |
| Manuela Henkel | Marit Bjørgen | Andrea Huber | |
| Viola Bauer | Bente Skari | Laurence Rochat | |
| Claudia Künzel | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | |
| Evi Sachenbacher | Anita Moen | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | |
| 2006 Turin | Russia (RUS) | Germany (GER) | Italy (ITA) |
| Natalya Baranova-Masalkina | Stefanie Böhler | Arianna Follis | |
| Larisa Kurkina | Viola Bauer | Gabriella Paruzzi | |
| Yuliya Chepalova | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Antonella Confortola | |
| Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova | Claudia Künzel | Sabina Valbusa | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Norway (NOR) | Germany (GER) | Finland (FIN) |
| Vibeke Skofterud | Katrin Zeller | Pirjo Muranen | |
| Therese Johaug | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Virpi Kuitunen | |
| Kristin Størmer Steira | Miriam Gössner | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | |
| Marit Bjørgen | Claudia Nystad | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | |
| 2014 Sochi | Sweden (SWE) | Finland (FIN) | Germany (GER) |
| Ida Ingemarsdotter | Anne Kyllönen | Nicole Fessel | |
| Emma Wikén | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Stefanie Böhler | |
| Anna Haag | Kerttu Niskanen | Claudia Nystad | |
| Charlotte Kalla | Krista Lähteenmäki | Denise Herrmann | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Norway (NOR) | Sweden (SWE) | Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) |
| Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Anna Haag | Natalya Nepryayeva | |
| Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Charlotte Kalla | Yuliya Belorukova | |
| Ragnhild Haga | Ebba Andersson | Anastasia Sedova | |
| Marit Bjørgen (2) | Stina Nilsson | Anna Nechaevskaya |
Combined/double pursuit/Skiathlon
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km classical; then 10 km freestyle | |||
| 1992 Albertville | Lyubov Yegorova | Stefania Belmondo | Yelena Välbe |
| Unified Team | Italy | Unified Team | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Lyubov Yegorova (2) | Manuela Di Centa | Stefania Belmondo |
| Russia | Italy | Italy | |
| 1998 Nagano | Larisa Lazutina | Olga Danilova | Kateřina Neumannová |
| Russia | Russia | Czech Republic | |
| 5 km classical; then 5 km freestyle | |||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Beckie Scott | Kateřina Neumannová | Viola Bauer |
| Canada | Czech Republic | Germany | |
| 7.5 km classical; then 7.5 km freestyle | |||
| 2006 Turin | Kristina Šmigun | Kateřina Neumannová | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova |
| Estonia | Czech Republic | Russia | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Marit Bjørgen | Anna Haag | Justyna Kowalczyk |
| Norway | Sweden | Poland | |
| 2014 Sochi | Marit Bjørgen (2) | Charlotte Kalla | Heidi Weng |
| Norway | Sweden | Norway | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Charlotte Kalla | Marit Bjørgen | Krista Pärmäkoski |
| Sweden | Norway | Finland |
Individual sprint
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Yuliya Chepalova | Evi Sachenbacher | Anita Moen |
| Russia | Germany | Norway | |
| 2006 Turin | Chandra Crawford | Claudia Künzel | Alyona Sidko |
| Canada | Germany | Russia | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Marit Bjørgen | Justyna Kowalczyk | Petra Majdič |
| Norway | Poland | Slovenia | |
| 2014 Sochi | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Vesna Fabjan |
| Norway | Norway | Slovenia | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Stina Nilsson | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Yuliya Belorukova |
| Sweden | Norway | Olympic Athletes from Russia |
Team sprint
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Turin | Sweden | Canada | Finland |
| Anna Dahlberg | Sara Renner | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | |
| Lina Andersson | Beckie Scott | Virpi Kuitunen | |
| 2010 Vancouver | Germany | Sweden | Russia |
| Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Charlotte Kalla | Irina Khazova | |
| Claudia Nystad | Anna Haag | Natalya Korostelyova | |
| 2014 Sochi | Norway | Finland | Sweden |
| Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Ida Ingemarsdotter | |
| Marit Bjørgen | Kerttu Niskanen | Stina Nilsson | |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | United States | Sweden | Norway |
| Kikkan Randall | Charlotte Kalla | Marit Bjørgen | |
| Jessica Diggins | Stina Nilsson | Maiken Caspersen Falla |
Discontinued
Men’s 10 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Albertville | Vegard Ulvang (Norway) | Marco Albarello (Italy) | Christer Majbäck (Sweden) |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Bjørn Dæhlie (Norway) | Vladimir Smirnov (Kazakhstan) | Marco Albarello (Italy) |
| 1998 Nagano | Bjørn Dæhlie (Norway) | Markus Gandler (Austria) | Mika Myllylä (Finland) |
Men’s 30 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Veikko Hakulinen | Sixten Jernberg | Pavel Kolchin |
| Finland | Sweden | Soviet Union | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Sixten Jernberg | Rolf Rämgård | Nikolay Anikin |
| Sweden | Sweden | Soviet Union | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Eero Mäntyranta | Harald Grønningen | Igor Voronchikhin |
| Finland | Norway | Soviet Union | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Franco Nones | Odd Martinsen | Eero Mäntyranta |
| Italy | Norway | Finland | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Vyacheslav Vedenin | Pål Tyldum | Johs Harviken |
| Soviet Union | Norway | Norway | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Sergey Savelyev | Bill Koch | Ivan Garanin |
| Soviet Union | United States | Soviet Union | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Nikolay Zimyatov | Vasily Rochev | Ivan Lebanov |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Bulgaria | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Nikolay Zimyatov (2) | Alexander Zavyalov | Gunde Svan |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Sweden | |
| 1988 Calgary | Alexey Prokurorov | Vladimir Smirnov | Vegard Ulvang |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Norway | |
| 1992 Albertville | Vegard Ulvang | Bjørn Dæhlie | Terje Langli |
| Norway | Norway | Norway | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Thomas Alsgaard | Bjørn Dæhlie | Mika Myllylä |
| Norway | Norway | Finland | |
| 1998 Nagano | Mika Myllylä | Erling Jevne | Silvio Fauner |
| Finland | Norway | Italy | |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Christian Hoffmann | Mikhail Botvinov | Kristen Skjeldal |
| Austria | Austria | Norway |
Women’s 5 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Innsbruck | Klavdiya Boyarskikh | Mirja Lehtonen | Alevtina Kolchina |
| Soviet Union | Finland | Soviet Union | |
| 1968 Grenoble | Toini Gustafsson | Galina Kulakova | Alevtina Kolchina |
| Sweden | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | |
| 1972 Sapporo | Galina Kulakova | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Helena Šikolová |
| Soviet Union | Finland | Czechoslovakia | |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Helena Takalo | Raisa Smetanina | Nina Fyodorova |
| Finland | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Raisa Smetanina | Hilkka Riihivuori | Květa Jeriová |
| Soviet Union | Finland | Czechoslovakia | |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Berit Aunli | Květa Jeriová |
| Finland | Norway | Czechoslovakia | |
| 1988 Calgary | Marjo Matikainen | Tamara Tikhonova | Vida Vencienė |
| Finland | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | |
| 1992 Albertville | Marjut Lukkarinen | Lyubov Yegorova | Yelena Välbe |
| Finland | Unified Team | Unified Team | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Lyubov Yegorova | Manuela Di Centa | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi |
| Russia | Italy | Finland | |
| 1998 Nagano | Larisa Lazutina | Kateřina Neumannová | Bente Martinsen |
| Russia | Czech Republic | Norway |
Women’s 15 km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Albertville | Lyubov Yegorova | Marjut Lukkarinen | Yelena Välbe |
| Unified Team | Finland | Unified Team | |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Manuela Di Centa | Lyubov Yegorova | Nina Gavrylyuk |
| Italy | Russia | Russia | |
| 1998 Nagano | Olga Danilova | Larisa Lazutina | Anita Moen-Guidon |
| Russia | Russia | Norway | |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Stefania Belmondo | Kateřina Neumannová | Yuliya Chepalova |
| Italy | Czech Republic | Russia |