Winter Sports - Cross Country Skiing History

 

History - World Cup Winners

 

Cross-country skiing , it is also known as XC skiing, is a winter sport very popular in most countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada and has been lately growing in the United States.

Cross-country skiing has always been part of the Olympic program. The number of events has steadily grown over the years, being 12 in 2006: sprint, team sprint, pursuit (30km for men, 15km for women), 10km (women), 15km (men), 30km (women), 50km (men), relay (4 x 10km (men), 4 x 5km (women)).

Important Facts

• Cross-country skiing is part of the Nordic skiing sport family, which includes ski jumping, and a combination sport of cross-country skiing and ski jumping called Nordic combined.
• Since 1924 cross-country skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic
• There are numerous competitive events in Cross-country Skiing but the general Disciplines include: Mass Start, Interval Start, Relay, Sprint Event and Sprint Event for Teams, and Pursuit Event.

 

Cross Country Medal Record Table at the Winter Olympics

 

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