The men's sprint freestyle at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held on January 30, 2007 at Beida Lake Skiing Resort, China.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 15 km

The men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 19 February at Pragelato. A World Cup event in the relay was held at Beitostølen, Norway, on 20 November 2005, and Germany's team of Andreas Schlütter, Axel Teichmann, Jens Filbrich and Tobias Angerer won the competition. The defending World Champions were Norway, with a team of Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger and Tore Ruud Hofstad. The Norwegians were also the defending Olympic champion, with Anders Aukland, Estil, Kristen Skjeldal and Thomas Alsgaard winning gold in Salt Lake. At Nagano in 1998, the Norwegians beat the Italians by less than one tenth of a second, and in 1994 at Lillehammer the Italians beat the Norwegians by less than one tenth of a sec

The 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 24 February at Soldier Hollow. This competition consisted of two races. The first race was a 5 kilometre classical race and the second was a 5 km freestyle pursuit where the competitors started based on their times from the classical race. The winner was the first competitor to cross the finish line in the second race.

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

The men's 10 kilometre classical at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 2, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 20 cross-country skiing events were contested at Pragelato.

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games – Men's 10 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Winter Universiade includes ten cross-country skiing events.
Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Winter Universiade

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's 15 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit

The women's 5 kilometre classical at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 2, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

The Women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 14 February, at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics. Each race featured teams of two, with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1145 metre course. This event had been held once previously at the World Championships, but then as a free technique event, which Hilde G. Pedersen and Marit Bjørgen won for Norway. The last classical style team sprint in the World Cup was held in Canmore on 18 December 2005 and won by Germany, with Manuela Henkel and Viola Bauer.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 kilometre classical

The men's 10 kilometre classical at the 2011 Asian Winter Games was held on February 3, 2011 at Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski Complex, Almaty.

The Men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 14 February, at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics. Each race featured teams of two, with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1325-metre course. Norway, with Tore Ruud Hofstad and Tor Arne Hetland, had won the competition at the 2005 Nordic skiing World Championship, the only time it had been skied in the World Championship prior to the Turin games, but that was in free technique. The most recent team sprint event in classic technique had been in Canmore, Canada, on 18 December 2004. Jens Arne Svartedal and Eldar Rønning won that race for Norway's first team. However, despite this good Norwegian record, it was the Sweden's Thobias Fredriksson and Björn Lind who pipped Norway to the title.

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games - Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The Women's 1 km Sprint Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Thursday, March 21.

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games took place in the Provincial nordic venue, around the resort town of Yongpyong, Kangwon, South Korea, with six events contested — three each for men and women.

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Women's 5 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on February 15 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 10:00 PST. Šmigun-Vähi won silver in this event, Saarinen would finish 15th, and Kalla would win gold. Kalla is the Sweden's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson's 5 km win at Grenoble in 1968.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's sprint visually impaired

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 22 February, at Pragelato. Emilie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion, but she won in the classical style, and the last free style sprint in the World Championships (in 2003) was won by Marit Bjørgen. Yuliya Chepalova is defending Olympic champion. The most recent freestyle sprint event in the World Cup, however, was won by the Russian Alyona Sidko at 30 December 2005.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's 3 × 2.5 km Relay

The Women's 5 km Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition is scheduled for Thursday, March 18.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 1km sprint - Sitting

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Men's 30 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 15 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato. Vasily Rochev was the defending world champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by Thobias Fredriksson in 2003, while Tor Arne Hetland was defending Olympic champion. Swede Björn Lind won the two most recent World Cup events, and also won the Olympic race, beating Frenchman Roddy Darragon to the line. Darragon won France's first cross-country skiing medal in the history of the Olympics, while Sweden took the bronze through Thobias Fredriksson.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Canada Games

The Men's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. Lind was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Jönsson was eliminated in the semifinals, and Hattestad finished fourth. It is the first Olympic medals for all three finishers. The event ended in a photofinish between Russians Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy with Kriukov edging out Panzhinsky who had led most of the race.

The Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 February, at Pragelato. Marit Bjørgen was the defending World Champion, while the last 30 kilometre free style (with individual start) in the World Cup was won by Yuliya Chepalova on 28 February 2004. The event had never been held as a mass start at the Olympics, but the last 30 km (a classical individual start event) was won by Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy. Veteran Kateřina Neumannová won her second medal at the Torino Olympics. Her daughter, Luci, greeted the exhausted Neumannová after she won. Newcomer Justyna Kowalczyk won the first ever Olympic medal in cross-country skiing for Poland, for either men or women.

The Women's 15 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 12 February, at Pragelato. Julija Tchepalova was the reigning World Champion in the event, while Canadian Beckie Scott won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics. However, neither were in the medals here; Kristina Šmigun and Kateřina Neumannová were neck-and-neck coming into the stadium, but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds. Russia's Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova took bronze.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 × 3.75 km + 2 × 5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games - Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 km Sprint Classic

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. Canada's Chandra Crawford was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though that event was in the freestyle technique. Italy's Arianna Follis was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique. Alena Procházková of Slovakia won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in Canmore, Alberta and was won by Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk. Follis did not qualify for the event at the Winter Olympics. Crawford and Procházková were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Kowalczyk won silver. It was Bjørgen's second medal at these Olympics and first gold for her. Majdič won her first Olympic medal and the first for Slovenia in cross-country skiing. During the warm-up she crashed down a bank, into an unprotected 3 m (9.8 ft) deep gorge and landed on ice and rocks, sustaining five broken ribs and a pneumothorax. In spite of agonizing pain, she finished third in the sprint a few hours later, winning the first individual Winter Olympic medal for Slovenia in 16 years and its first ever in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics. She earned the highest praise from other skiers, staff and the media for her amazing bravery as she attended the medal giving ceremony with a tube in her chest to relieve pneumothorax.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games - Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's long distance

The women's 7.5 kilometre + 7.5 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 19 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 13:00 PST. The 15 km double pursuit format has been competed at the world championship level since 2005 and at the Winter Olympic level since 2006. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion. Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk was the defending world champion. Kowalczyk also won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 23 January 2010 in Rybinsk, Russia and was won by Kowalczyk. The pursuit consisted of a 7.5 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 7.5 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between the sections, each skier takes time (approximately 30 seconds) to change skis and poles in a pit stop.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 3 × 2.5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 x 3.75 km + 2 x 5 km Relay

The Men's 10 km Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Thursday, March 18.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 32 events, 20 for men and 12 for women.

Women's middle distance cross-country classic skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 15 March. There were 3 events, of 10 km or 5 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km Free

Women's short distance cross-country free skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 12 March. There were 3 events, of 5 km or 2.5 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 15 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's short distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

The men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 24 February at Whistler Olympic Park at 11:15 PST. Italy was the defending Olympic champion with the team of Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Cristian Zorzi. Valbusa retired following the 2006 Winter Olympics. The defending world champions were the Norwegian team of Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Tore Ruud Hofstad and Petter Northug. The last World Cup competition for this event prior to the 2010 Games took place 22 November 2009 in Beitostoelen, Norway, and was won by the Norwegian team of Rønning, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Ronny Hafsås and Northug.

The women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 25 February at Whistler Olympic Park at 11:15 PST. Russia was the defending Olympic champion with the team of Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, and Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova. Baranova-Masolikina retired following the 2006 Winter Olympics while Chepalova retired in August 2009 after testing positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) doping (She would be banned from the International Ski Federation (FIS) for two years in a decision rendered on 23 December 2009 that would run until 20 August 2011.). The defending world champions were the Finnish team of Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (The same foursome also won the event at the 2007 championships.) The last World Cup competition for this event prior to the 2010 Games took place 22 November 2009 in Beitostoelen, Norway and was won by the Swedish team of Anna Olsson, Sara Lindborg, Anna Haag, and Charlotte Kalla. Each team used four skiers who each compete over two separate 2.5 km circuits with classical using the red circuit while freestyle using the blue circuit. The first two raced in the classical technique, and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle technique.

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 1999 Asian Winter Games was held on February 2, 1999 at Yongpyong Cross Country Venue, South Korea.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 10 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 20 km Free

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's 30 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games - Women's 5 kilometre classical

Men's long distance cross-country classic skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 18–19 March. There were 3 events, of 20 km or 15 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's team sprint

The men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 24 February at Whistler Olympic Park at 11:15 PST. Italy was the defending Olympic champion with the team of Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Cristian Zorzi. Valbusa retired following the 2006 Winter Olympics. The defending world champions were the Norwegian team of Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Tore Ruud Hofstad and Petter Northug. The last World Cup competition for this event prior to the 2010 Games took place 22 November 2009 in Beitostoelen, Norway, and was won by the Norwegian team of Rønning, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Ronny Hafsås and Northug. Each team used four skiers, who competed over one 3.3 km circuit in classical and a second 3.3 km circuit in freestyle. The first two raced in the classical technique, and the final pair of skiers raced freestyle technique.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 km Sprint Classic

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held on February 3, 2007 at Beida Lake Skiing Resort, China.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1x4/2x5 km relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held at the Beida Lake Skiing Resort in Changchun, China from 30 January to 3 February 2007.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's short distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's sprint

The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events, from 11 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin.

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games - Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games – Women's sprint freestyle

The women's 30 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 27 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 11:45 PST.

Men's short distance cross-country free skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 12 March. There were 3 events, all of 5 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Men's middle distance cross-country classic skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 15 March. There were 3 events, all of 10 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's 10 km

The Men's 1 km Sprint Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was held on Sunday, March 21.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held at the Ajara Athletic Park in Ōwani, Japan from 2 February to 7 February 2003.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 30 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 km

The Women's 15 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15.

The Men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 23 February at Soldier Hollow. All skiers started at 30 second intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie, who won in Nagano, but he retired after accident 2 years before the Olympics.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 3 x 2.5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's 3 x 2.5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games - Men's 30 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The men's 30 kilometre freestyle at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held on January 31, 2007 at Beida Lake Skiing Resort, China.

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games - Women's 5 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's middle distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 and 21 March 2010.

The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow. At Nagano in 1998, the Russians won over the Norwegians, but were forced to scratch due to positive drug tests from Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova.

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 17 February at Soldier Hollow. At Nagano in 1998, the Norwegians beat the Italians by less than one tenth of a second, and in 1994 at Lillehammer the Italians beat the Norwegians by less than one tenth of a second. In the previous three Olympics, the winning team beat the silver medalists by a cumulative time of just under one tenth of a second.

The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held on February 3, 2007 at Beida Lake Skiing Resort, China.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 × 3.75 km + 2 × 5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games – Men's sprint freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 3 x 2.5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 15 km Free

The men's 15 kilometre + 15 kilometre double Pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 20 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 13:30 PST.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Women's long distance cross-country classic skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 18–19 March. There were 3 events, of 15 km or 10 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

The Men's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February at Pragelato.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's short distance

The Men's 20 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14, and Monday, March 15.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's 20 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre classical

The men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 28 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 09:30 PST. on the final day of the Games. The 50 kilometre has been skated as a mass start event at the World Championships since 2005 and since the 2006 Winter Olympics. Italy's Giorgio Di Centa was the defending Olympic champion though that event was held in the freestyle technique. Norway's Petter Northug was the reigning world champion though that was also in the freestyle technique. The last World Cup event in the 50 km classical took place in Trondheim, Norway on 14 March 2009 and was won by Sami Jauhojärvi of Finland. All three medalists of the shorter 30 kilometre event were scheduled to participate in the 50 km race; in that race, Marcus Hellner of Sweden came first, Petter Northug was 11th, Giorgio Di Centa was 12th, and Sami Jauhojärvi failed to finish.

The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay at the 1999 Asian Winter Games was held on February 3, 1999 at Yongpyong Cross Country Venue, South Korea.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 20 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 2 x 5 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games – Women's 5 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 10 kilometre classical

The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Pietro Piller Cottrer was the 2005 World champion, though he did it in freestyle. The defending Olympic champion was the Estonian Andrus Veerpalu, who won in Salt Lake. There had been three World Cup events in this competition: German Tobias Angerer won the first in November, Vasily Rochev of Russia won in Estonia in January, and Jens Arne Svartedal won in Davos a week and a half before the games. However, neither of the World Cup winners took the gold in Turin, as defending champion Veerpalu peaked at the right time to win by 14 seconds.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 15 kilometre mass start

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 1 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 3 x 2.5 km Relay

The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's 30 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Men's 10 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 12 February at Soldier Hollow. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Pietro Piller Cottrer was the 2005 World champion, though he did it in freestyle. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Thomas Alsgaard, who won in Nagano, but the 15 kilometre event was held as a pursuit.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 15 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 30 kilometre classical

The men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 19 February at Pragelato. A World Cup event in the relay was held at Beitostølen, Norway, on 20 November 2005, and Germany's team of Andreas Schlütter, Axel Teichmann, Jens Filbrich and Tobias Angerer won the competition. The defending World Champions were Norway, with a team of Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger and Tore Ruud Hofstad. The Norwegians were also the defending Olympic champion, with Anders Aukland, Estil, Kristen Skjeldal and Thomas Alsgaard winning gold in Salt Lake. At Nagano in 1998, the Norwegians beat the Italians by less than one tenth of a second, and in 1994 at Lillehammer the Italians beat the Norwegians by less than one tenth of a second. In the previous three Olympics, the winning team beat the silver medalists by a cumulative time of just under one tenth of a second. One further relay event was held before the Olympics, at Val di Fiemme on 15 January 2006, which was won by an Italian team consisting of Giorgio Di Centa, Valerio Checchi, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Cristian Zorzi. Four teams finished within 2.6 seconds of the Italian winners. Hosts Italy won this relay, their fifth straight medal in relays in the Winter Olympics. They were over 15 seconds ahead of any competitors. Sweden took bronze, their first medal since 1988, and Norway failed to win a medal for the first time since 1988.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's long distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's 10 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start

The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia. At the time, the drug was not specifically listed in the IOC's list of banned substances, but the Olympic rules generally prohibit doping of any kind, in accordance with its charter. After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts, the skiers in question (Johann Mühlegg of Spain, and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia) were stripped of all their medals from the 2002 Games.

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games – Women's 5 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Women's 5 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 15 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre mass start

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

The Women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Pragelato. The world champion at the 10 kilometre event was Kateřina Neumannová – however, that was in the freestyle event, and a classical-style 10 kilometre in the World Championship had not been held since 1989. In the World Cup, however, there had been two events leading up to the Olympics, both won by Norwegians: Marit Bjørgen won at Kuusamo, Finland in November, and Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen at Otepää, Estonia in January. Bente Skari won the Olympic gold in 2002, but did not defend her status, having retired after the 2003 World Championship. Šmigun won her second gold of the Olympics, winning 21 seconds ahead of Marit Bjørgen, with two other Norwegians following. In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that one of Šmigun's samples from the 2006 Turin Games had been retested with a positive result. On 24 October 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that Šmigun's case will be heard in the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the end of the month. Marit Bjørgen of Norway, winner of the silver medal, would receive the gold medal if Šmigun is stripped of the gold.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 1 km Sprint Classic

The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The Swedish team of Björn Lind and Thobias Fredriksson were the defending Olympic champions when the technique was classical. The defending world champions were the Norwegian duo of Ola Vigen Hattestad and Johan Kjølstad when the technique was also classical. Sweden's team of Emil Jönsson and Robin Bryntesson won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 18 January 2009. The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place in Rybinsk, Russia on 24 January 2010 and was won by the Russian duo of Nikolay Morilov and Alexey Petukhov.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1x4/2x5 km relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 km Sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 x 5 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's middle distance

The Men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 26 February, at Pragelato. This was the final day of the Games, and the top three finishers were presented their medals as part of the Closing Ceremony. This is the first time in Olympic history that the 50 kilometre race is run as a mass start, where all skiers start at the same time, and the winner of the race is the first to cross the finish line. This is unlike the individual start, where skiers start one by one at 30-second intervals, and the winner is the skier whoever runs the distance the fastest. The 50 kilometre had previously been skied only once as a mass start event at the World Championships, in 2005, with Frode Estil of Norway winning. However, that was in the classical style. The last 50 kilometre freestyle race at a World Championship was in 2003, and Martin Koukal of the Czech Republic won that event. Mikhail Ivanov of Russia was defending Olympic champion on 50 kilometre, but that event was held in classical technique with individual start. The last Olympic mass start race in 2002, won by Christian Hoffmann of Austria, was a shorter 30 kilometre event. With a pack of 10–15 skiers coming together towards the finish, Giorgio Di Centa won Italy's second gold medal in cross-country skiing. This was the closest Olympic 50 km ever (0.8 seconds), eclipsing the 4.9 seconds that separated Thomas Wassberg from Gunde Svan (both from Sweden) at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. A photograph of Di Centa in action during this event would be used as the pictogram for the cross-country skiing events at the following Olympics.

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Men's 10 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 km Free

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST. Veerpalu did not participate to the event being in freestyle while Berger did not participate to the fact that the biathlon men's 12.5 km pursuit would take place the next day. Di Centa finished tenth in the event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.

The Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Pragelato. Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira and Marit Bjørgen of Norway were the defending World Champions, but finished third at a pre-Olympic World Cup event in Val di Fiemme, where a team representing Finland won. Germany were defending Olympic champions, with Claudia Künzel, Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer and Evi Sachenbacher.

The men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 9 February at Soldier Hollow. All skier started at once, making it the first mass start in cross-country skiing in Olympic history. The defending Olympic champion was the Finnish Mika Myllylä, who won in Nagano, but the 30 kilometre event was held in an interval start.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's 10 km

The men's 30 kilometre freestyle at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 5, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's middle distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The women's 5 kilometre classical at the 1999 Asian Winter Games was held on February 1, 1999 at Yongpyong Cross Country Venue, South Korea.

The men's 1x3.75/2x5 km relay open cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was held on 17 March at Pragelato. The event was won by the team representing Norway.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 10 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km Relay

The women's sprint freestyle at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held on January 30, 2007 at Beida Lake Skiing Resort, China.

The Women's 3 × 2.5 km Relay competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was held Thursday, March 18. Each team used three skiers with a disability. The relay was an open class event, open for standing, visually impaired and sitting classifications. An athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide (class B1, B2, optional for B3). Guides are an integral part of cross-country skiing for athletes with a visual impairment, and are medal contenders.

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's relay

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre freestyle mass start

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 3 × 2.5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 10 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 10 km

The Men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 14 February, at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics. Each race featured teams of two, with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1325-metre course.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's 15 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 5 km standing

The Women's 30 kilometre classical mass start cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 24 February at Soldier Hollow. This was the final women's event of the 2002 Olympics cross-country program. All skiers started at 30 second intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 1 km Sprint Classic

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 15 kilometre classical

The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.

The Women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Pragelato. The world champion at the 10 kilometre event was Kateřina Neumannová – however, that was in the freestyle event, and a classical-style 10 kilometre in the World Championship had not been held since 1989. In the World Cup, however, there had been two events leading up to the Olympics, both won by Norwegians: Marit Bjørgen won at Kuusamo, Finland in November, and Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen at Otepää, Estonia in January. Bente Skari won the Olympic gold in 2002, but did not defend her status, having retired after the 2003 World Championship.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 10 km - sitting

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 kilometre classical

The Men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 26 February, at Pragelato. This was the final day of the Games, and the top three finishers were presented their medals as part of the Closing Ceremony. With a pack of 10–15 skiers coming together towards the finish, Giorgio Di Centa won Italy's second gold medal in cross-country skiing. This was the closest Olympic 50 km ever (0.8 seconds), eclipsing the 4.9 seconds that separated Thomas Wassberg from Gunde Svan (both from Sweden) at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

The men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 28 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 09:30 PST. on the final day of the Games.

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 4, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow. Seventy-two skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitors advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skier each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 3x2.5 km relay - open

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's 15 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 12 February, at Pragelato. Julija Tchepalova was the reigning World Champion in the event, while Canadian Beckie Scott won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics. However, neither were in the medals here; Kristina Šmigun and Kateřina Neumannová were neck-and-neck coming into the stadium, but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds. Russia's Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova took bronze. In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that one of Šmigun's samples from the 2006 Turin Games had been retested with a positive result. On 24 October 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that Šmigun faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before the end of October. If Šmigun were to be stripped of her gold, Kateřina Neumannová of Czech Republic could be elevated to gold in the 15 km pursuit event.

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's sprint classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's 2.5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games - Men's 15 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's 30 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 10 km

The women's 3x2.5 km relay open cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was held on 17 March at Pragelato. The event was won by the team representing Russia.

The cross-country skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were held at Whistler Olympic Park. The events were held between 15 and 28 February 2010.

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST. Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu is both the two-time defending Olympic and World champion in this event, though all three were held in the classical event. Norway's Lars Berger won the 2007 world championships when it was in freestyle. The final World Cup event in men's 15 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on 5 February at Canmore, Alberta, and was won by Italy's Giorgio Di Centa. Veerpalu did not participate to the event being in freestyle while Berger did not participate to the fact that the biathlon men's 12.5 km pursuit would take place the next day. Di Centa finished tenth in the event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 km Sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 10 km Classic

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's short distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 3 x 2.5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 5 km Classic

The men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 7, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 3, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games was held at the Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski Complex in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The twelve events were scheduled for January 31 – February 6, 2011.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre classical

The women's 5 kilometre classical at the 2007 Asian Winter Games was held on January 31, 2007 at Beida Lake Skiing Resort, China.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 3 × 2.5 km Relay

The Women's 15 kilometre freestyle mass start cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 9 February at Soldier Hollow. All 59 skiers began at once in a mass start. 2002 was the first time that a mass start was held in the Olympics.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 3x2.5 km relay - open

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The women's 7.5 kilometre + 7.5 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 19 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 13:00 PST. The pursuit consisted of a 7.5 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 7.5 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between the sections, each skier takes time (approximately 30 seconds) to change skis and poles in a pit stop.

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games - Men's 30 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 10 km visually impaired

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 2 x 10 kilometre pursuit

The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on February 6, 2003 at Ajara Athletic Park, Japan.

The men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 14 February at Soldier Hollow. The competition consisted of two races. The first was a 10 kilometre classical race. Then, there was a 10 km freestyle pursuit where the competitors started based on the times from the classical event. The winner of the race was the first competitor(s) to finish the second race.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 10 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 20 km visually impaired

Cross-country skiing at the 1999 Asian Winter Games – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's 4 x 10 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games - Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 15 kilometre freestyle mass start

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 1 km standing

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 10 km Classic

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow. Fifty-eight skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitors advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skiers each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's middle distance

The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The Swedish team of Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg (Olsson since 2008) were the defending Olympic champions when the technique was classical. The defending world champions were the Finnish duo of Virpi Kuitunen and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, the defending Olympic bronze medalists, when the technique was also classical. Italy's team of Magda Genuin and Arianna Follis won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 18 January 2009. The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place in Rybinsk, Russia on 24 January 2010 and was won by the German team of Stefanie Böhler and Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle.

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle at the 1999 Asian Winter Games was held on February 5, 1999 at Yongpyong Cross Country Venue, South Korea.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Women's 5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The Men's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. Sweden's Björn Lind was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though the event was in the freestyle technique. Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique. Emil Jönsson of Sweden won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in Canmore, Alberta and was won by Jönsson. Lind was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Jönsson was eliminated in the semifinals, and Hattestad finished fourth. It is the first Olympic medals for all three finishers. The event ended in a photofinish between Russians Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy with Kriukov edging out Panzhinsky who had led most of the race.

The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia. At the time, the drug was not specifically listed in the IOC's list of banned substances, but the Olympic rules generally prohibit doping of any kind, in accordance with its charter. After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts, the skiers in question (Johann Mühlegg of Spain, and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia) were stripped of all their medals from the 2002 Games. See the external links below for the official IOC press releases containing detailed information of the doping cases and their resolution, including initial, intermediate, and final amended results. This article gives the final medalists as decided on by the IOC in early 2004.

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 2.5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games - Men's sprint freestyle

The Women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 14 February, at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics. Each race featured teams of two, with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1145 metre course.

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 30 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 10 km Classic visually impaired

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's long distance

The women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 25 February at Whistler Olympic Park at 11:15 PST. Russia was the defending Olympic champion with the team of Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, and Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova. Baranova-Masolikina retired following the 2006 Winter Olympics while Chepalova retired in August 2009 after testing positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) doping (She would be banned from the International Ski Federation (FIS) for two years in a decision rendered on 23 December 2009 that would run until 20 August 2011.). The defending world champions were the Finnish team of Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (The

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 5 km

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on February 15 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 10:00 PST. Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion in this event though it was held in the classical style. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen on Finland was the defending world champion though that event was also held in the classical style. The final World Cup event in women's 10 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on February 5 at Canmore, Alberta and was won by Sweden's Charlotte Kalla. Šmigun-Vähi won silver in this event, Saarinen would finish 15th, and Kalla would win gold. Kalla is the Sweden's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson's 5 km win at Grenoble in 1968.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 10 km Classic visually impaired

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Men's 2 x 10 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's long distance

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 x 3.75 km + 2 x 5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 15 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Women's 10 km - sitting

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre classical

The Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 February, at Pragelato. Marit Bjørgen was the defending World Champion, while the last 30 kilometre free style (with individual start) in the World Cup was won by Yuliya Chepalova on 28 February 2004. The event had never been held as a mass start at the Olympics, but the last 30 km (a classical individual start event) was won by Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy.

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 1km sprint - Sitting

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 5 km Classic

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

Cross-country skiing at the 2007 Asian Winter Games - Women's sprint freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics - Men's 5 km

Cross-country skiing at the 2011 Asian Winter Games - Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics - Men's 1 × 4 km + 2 × 5 km Relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Women's 4 x 5 kilometre relay

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 30 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2003 Asian Winter Games – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle