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Cross Country Skiing

Games: 20 games in 10 countries
Events: 23

Sports:

Participants: 2,097 (1,508 men and 589 women) from 73 countries
Youngest Participant: FIN Sanna Kiero (15 years, 137 days), 1956 Winter Games
Oldest Participant: CRC Arturo Kinch (49 years, 308 days), 2006 Winter Games
Top Athlete Medalist(s): NOR Bjørn Dæhlie (12 medals)
Top Country Medalist(s): NOR Norway (87 medals)

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Country Medal Leaders

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Rk Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 30 34 23 87
2 Finland 19 22 30 71
3 Soviet Union 25 22 21 68
4 Sweden 24 15 17 56
5 Italy 9 11 13 33
6 Russia 12 6 6 24
7 Unified Team 3 2 4 9
8 Germany 1 5 3 9
9 Czech Republic 1 5 1 7
10 Estonia 4 1 1 6
11 Austria 1 2 2 5
12 Czechoslovakia 0 1 4 5
13 East Germany 2 1 1 4
14 Kazakhstan 1 2 1 4
15 Switzerland 0 0 4 4
16 Canada 2 1 0 3
17 France 0 1 0 1
18 United States 0 1 0 1
19 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
20 Poland 0 0 1 1

Athlete Medal Leaders

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

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