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Sports > Olympics > Winter Olympics Through The Years > Event-by-Event > Cross Country Skiing

Men's Olympic Cross Country Skiing

Multiple gold medals (including relays): Bjorn Daehlie (8); Thomas Alsgaard, Sixten Jernberg, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg and Nikolai Zimyatov (4); Veikko Hakulinen, Eero Mäntyranta and Vegard Ulvang (3); Hallgeir Brenden, Harald Grönningen, Thorleif Haug, Johann Muehlegg, Jan Ottoson, Kristen Skjeldal, Päl Tyldum and Vyacheslav Vedenine (2).

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

1.5-kilometer Sprint

New event in 2002.

Year  Time
2002Tor Arne Hetland, NOR2:56.9
2006Bjoern Lind, SWE2:26.5

Team Sprint

Year  Time
2006Sweden17:02.9

10 kilometers

Held as a classical event.

Year  Time
1992 Vegard Ulvang, NOR 27:36.0
1994 Bjorn Daehlie, NOR 24:20.1
1998Bjorn Daehlie, NOR27:24.5
2002 Not held 

Combined Pursuit (10km)

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

Year  Time
1992 Bjorn Daehlie, NOR 1:05:37.9
1994 Bjorn Daehlie, NOR 1:00:08.8
1998Thomas Alsgaard, NOR1:07:01.7
2002Johann Muehlegg, SPA49:20.4

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 
2002Andrus Veerpalu, EST37:07.4
2006Eugeni Dementiev, RUS1:17:00.8

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, NOR2:05:08.2 
2002Mikhail Ivanov, RUS*2:06:20.8 
2006Giorgio di Centa, ITA2:06:11.8 
*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
1998Norway1:40:55.7
2002Norway1:32:45.5
2006Italy1:43:45.7

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