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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 |
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