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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
2002	Tor Arne Hetland, NOR	2:56.9
2006	Bjoern Lind, SWE	2:26.5

Team Sprint

Year		Time
2006	Sweden	17:02.9

10 kilometers

Held as a classical event.

Year		Time
1992	Vegard Ulvang, NOR	27:36.0
1994	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	24:20.1
1998	Bjorn Daehlie, NOR	27:24.5
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
1998	Thomas Alsgaard, NOR	1:07:01.7
2002	Johann Muehlegg, SPA	49:20.4

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
2002	Andrus Veerpalu, EST	37:07.4
2006	Eugeni Dementiev, RUS	1:17:00.8

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, NOR	2:05:08.2
2002	Mikhail Ivanov, RUS*	2:06:20.8
2006	Giorgio di Centa, ITA	2:06:11.8

*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
1998	Norway	1:40:55.7
2002	Norway	1:32:45.5
2006	Italy	1:43:45.7