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Cross Country Skiing

Games: 21 games in 10 countries
Events: 23

Sports:

Participants: 2,250 (1,594 men and 656 women) from 77 countries
Youngest Participant: PRK Li Gyong-Ae (15 years, 172 days), 1992 Winter Games
Oldest Participant: CRC Arturo Kinch (49 years, 309 days), 2006 Winter Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): NOR Bjørn Dæhlie (12 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): NOR Norway (96 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 35 36 25 96
2 Finland 19 22 32 73
3 Soviet Union 25 22 21 68
4 Sweden 27 17 19 63
5 Italy 9 12 13 34
6 Russia 13 7 8 28
7 Germany 2 9 3 14
8 Unified Team 3 2 4 9
9 Czech Republic 1 5 3 9
10 Estonia 4 2 1 7
11 Austria 1 2 2 5
12 Switzerland 1 0 4 5
13 Czechoslovakia 0 1 4 5
14 East Germany 2 1 1 4
15 Kazakhstan 1 2 1 4
16 Poland 1 1 2 4
17 Canada 2 1 0 3
18 United States 0 1 0 1
19 France 0 1 0 1
20 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
21 Slovenia 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

Rk Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 8 4 0 12
2 Raisa Smetanina (URS, EUN) 4 5 1 10
3 Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 2 3 5 10
4 Lyubov Yegorova (RUS, EUN) 6 3 0 9
5 Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 4 3 2 9
6 Galina Kulakova (URS) 4 2 2 8
7 Larisa Lazutina (RUS, EUN) 5 1 1 7
8 Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 3 3 1 7
9 Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 3 3 1 7
10 Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 3 2 2 7
11 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen (FIN) 3 0 4 7
12 Yelena Välbe (EUN, RUS) 3 0 4 7
13 Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 2 2 3 7
14 Vladimir Smirnov (URS, KAZ) 1 4 2 7
15 Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 5 1 0 6
16 Gunde Svan (SWE) 4 1 1 6
17 Vegard Ulvang (NOR) 3 2 1 6
18 Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 3 2 1 6
19 Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 1 4 1 6
20 Mika Myllylä (FIN) 1 1 4 6
21 Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 0 0 6 6

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