Cross Country Skiing — 15 kilometres, Men

Times held 15
Total participants 888
Total countries 84

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1956 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 62 20
1960 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 54 19
1964 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 71 21
1968 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 75 25
1972 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 62 19
1976 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 80 23
1980 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 63 22
1984 15 kilometres, Men Olympic 91 31
1988 15 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 90 32
2002 15 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 67 26
2006 15 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 99 46
2010 15 kilometres (Freestyle), Men Olympic 95 49
2014 15 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 91 45
2018 15 kilometres (Freestyle), Men Olympic 119 62
2022 15 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 97 50

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Hallgeir BrendenNOR Sixten JernbergSWE Pavel KolchinURS
1960 Håkon BrusveenNOR Sixten JernbergSWE Veikko HakulinenFIN
1964 Eero MäntyrantaFIN Harald GrønningenNOR Sixten JernbergSWE
1968 Harald GrønningenNOR Eero MäntyrantaFIN Gunnar LarssonSWE
1972 Sven-Åke LundbäckSWE Fyodor SimashovURS Ivar FormoNOR
1976 Nikolay BazhukovURS Yevgeny BelyayevURS Arto KoivistoFIN
1980 Thomas WassbergSWE Juha MietoFIN Ove AunliNOR
1984 Gunde SvanSWE Aki KarvonenFIN Harri KirvesniemiFIN
1988 Mikhail DevyatyarovURS Pål Gunnar MikkelsplassNOR Vladimir SmirnovURS
2002 Andrus VeerpaluEST Frode EstilNOR Jaak MaeEST
2006 Andrus VeerpaluEST Lukáš BauerCZE Tobias AngererGER
2010 Dario ColognaSUI Pietro Piller CottrerITA Lukáš BauerCZE
2014 Dario ColognaSUI Johan OlssonSWE Daniel RickardssonSWE
2018 Dario ColognaSUI Simen Hegstad KrügerNOR Denis SpitsovROC
2022 Iivo NiskanenFIN Aleksandr BolshunovROC Johannes Høsflot KlæboNOR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway NOR 3 4 3 10
Sweden SWE 3 3 3 9
Switzerland SUI 3 0 0 3
Finland FIN 2 3 3 8
Soviet Union URS 2 2 2 6
Estonia EST 2 0 1 3
Czechia CZE 0 1 1 2
ROC ROC 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Dario Cologna SUI 3 0 0 3
Andrus Veerpalu EST 2 0 0 2
Harald Grønningen NOR 1 1 0 2
Eero Mäntyranta FIN 1 1 0 2
Nikolay Bazhukov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Hallgeir Brenden NOR 1 0 0 1
Håkon Brusveen NOR 1 0 0 1
Mikhail Devyatyarov RUS
URS
1 0 0 1
Sven-Åke Lundbäck SWE 1 0 0 1
Gunde Svan SWE 1 0 0 1
Thomas Wassberg SWE 1 0 0 1
Iivo Niskanen FIN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2010 Winter Olympics Mehdi-Selim Khelifi 84 See all
Andorra AND 2022 Winter Olympics Irineu Esteve Altimiras 24 See all
Argentina ARG 1960 Winter Olympics Francisco Jerman 53 See all
Armenia ARM 2014 Winter Olympics Sergey Mikayelyan 46 See all
Australia AUS 1988 Winter Olympics Chris Heberle 33 See all
Austria AUT 1976 Winter Olympics Herbert Wachter 19 See all
Belarus BLR 2002 Winter Olympics Raman Viralaynen 13 See all
Belgium BEL 2022 Winter Olympics Thibaut De Marre 59 See all
Bermuda BER 2014 Winter Olympics Tucker Murphy 84 See all
Bolivia BOL 2022 Winter Olympics Timo Grönlund 89 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2018 Winter Olympics Mladen Plakalović 72 See all
Brazil BRA 2010 Winter Olympics Leandro Ribela 90 See all
2022 Winter Olympics Manex Silva 90
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Winter Olympics Ivan Lebanov 15 See all
Canada CAN 2018 Winter Olympics Alex Harvey 7 See all
Chile CHI 2022 Winter Olympics Yonathan Fernández 91 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Winter Olympics Liang Reng-Guey 62 See all
Colombia COL 2022 Winter Olympics Carlos Quintana 95 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1984 Winter Olympics Arturo Kinch 79 See all
Croatia CRO 2018 Winter Olympics Krešimir Crnković 44 See all
Czechia CZE 2006 Winter Olympics Lukáš Bauer 2 Silver See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1956 Winter Olympics Ilja Matouš 13 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 2018 Winter Olympics Han Chun-Gyong 97 See all
Denmark DEN 1964 Winter Olympics Svend Carlsen 57 See all
1968 Winter Olympics Svend Carlsen 57
Dominica DMA 2014 Winter Olympics Gary di Silvestri DNF See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Winter Olympics Uwe Bellmann 5 See all
Ecuador ECU 2018 Winter Olympics Klaus Jungbluth 108 See all
Estonia EST 2002 Winter Olympics Andrus Veerpalu 1 Gold See all
2006 Winter Olympics Andrus Veerpalu 1 Gold
Ethiopia ETH 2006 Winter Olympics Robel Teklemariam 83 See all
Fiji FIJ 1988 Winter Olympics Rusiate Rogoyawa 83 See all
Finland FIN 1964 Winter Olympics Eero Mäntyranta 1 Gold See all
2022 Winter Olympics Iivo Niskanen 1 Gold
France FRA 2010 Winter Olympics Vincent Vittoz 5 See all
2018 Winter Olympics Maurice Manificat 5
Germany GER 2006 Winter Olympics Tobias Angerer 3 Bronze See all
Great Britain GBR 2018 Winter Olympics Andrew Musgrave 27 See all
Greece GRE 2002 Winter Olympics Lefteris Fafalis 65 See all
Guatemala GUA 1988 Winter Olympics Dag Burgos 80 See all
Hungary HUN 1960 Winter Olympics Pál Sajgó 34 See all
Iceland ISL 2022 Winter Olympics Snorri Einarsson 36 See all
India IND 2010 Winter Olympics Tashi Lundup 83 See all
Ireland IRL 2022 Winter Olympics Thomas Maloney Westgård 14 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2014 Winter Olympics Seyed Sattar Seyd 79 See all
Italy ITA 2010 Winter Olympics Pietro Piller Cottrer 2 Silver See all
Japan JPN 2018 Winter Olympics Keishin Yoshida 13 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2014 Winter Olympics Aleksey Poltoranin 9 See all
Kenya KEN 2006 Winter Olympics Philip Boit 91 See all
Latvia LAT 2002 Winter Olympics Juris Ģērmanis 49 See all
Lebanon LBN 2022 Winter Olympics Elie Tawk 92 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 2014 Winter Olympics Philipp Hälg 27 See all
Lithuania LTU 2002 Winter Olympics Ričardas Panavas 39 See all
Mexico MEX 1988 Winter Olympics Roberto Álvarez 84 See all
Mongolia MGL 1980 Winter Olympics Luvsandashiin Dorj 48 See all
Montenegro MNE 2022 Winter Olympics Aleksandar Grbović 93 See all
Morocco MAR 2018 Winter Olympics Samir Azzimani 107 See all
Nepal NEP 2014 Winter Olympics Dachhiri Sherpa 86 See all
New Zealand NZL 2010 Winter Olympics Ben Koons DNS See all
Nigeria NGR 2022 Winter Olympics Samuel Ikpefan DNF See all
North Macedonia MKD 2014 Winter Olympics Darko Damjanovski 81 See all
Norway NOR 1956 Winter Olympics Hallgeir Brenden 1 Gold See all
1960 Winter Olympics Håkon Brusveen 1 Gold
1968 Winter Olympics Harald Grønningen 1 Gold
Pakistan PAK 2018 Winter Olympics Syed Human 104 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2022 Winter Olympics Shang Jincai 41 See all
Peru PER 2014 Winter Olympics Roberto Carcelén 87 See all
Poland POL 1980 Winter Olympics Józef Łuszczek 6 See all
Portugal POR 2022 Winter Olympics José Manuel Cabeça 88 See all
ROC ROC 2022 Winter Olympics Aleksandr Bolshunov 2 Silver See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2018 Winter Olympics Kim Magnus 42 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2010 Winter Olympics Sergiu Balan 86 See all
Romania ROU 2022 Winter Olympics Paul Pepene 30 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2006 Winter Olympics Vasily Rochev 4 See all
San Marino SMR 1984 Winter Olympics Andrea Sammaritani 82 See all
Serbia SRB 2018 Winter Olympics Damir Rastić 64 See all
Slovakia SVK 2002 Winter Olympics Ivan Bátory 21 See all
Slovenia SLO 2022 Winter Olympics Miha Licef 55 See all
South Africa RSA 2006 Winter Olympics Oliver Kraas DNF See all
Soviet Union URS 1976 Winter Olympics Nikolay Bazhukov 1 Gold See all
1988 Winter Olympics Mikhail Devyatyarov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2022 Winter Olympics Imanol Rojo 39 See all
Sweden SWE 1972 Winter Olympics Sven-Åke Lundbäck 1 Gold See all
1980 Winter Olympics Thomas Wassberg 1 Gold
1984 Winter Olympics Gunde Svan 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 2010 Winter Olympics Dario Cologna 1 Gold See all
2014 Winter Olympics Dario Cologna 1 Gold
2018 Winter Olympics Dario Cologna 1 Gold
Thailand THA 2022 Winter Olympics Mark Chanloung 73 See all
Tonga TGA 2018 Winter Olympics Pita Taufatofua 110 See all
Türkiye TUR 2006 Winter Olympics Sabahattin Oğlago 55 See all
Ukraine UKR 2006 Winter Olympics Roman Leibiuk 17 See all
United States USA 1976 Winter Olympics Bill Koch 6 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Winter Olympics Walter Demel 7 See all
1976 Winter Olympics Georg Zipfel 7
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Winter Olympics Ivo Čarman 35 See all