Cross Country Skiing — 10 kilometres, Women

Times held	16
Total participants	590
Total countries	59

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1952	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	20	8
1956	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	40	11
1960	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	24	7
1964	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	35	12
1968	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	34	11
1972	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	42	12
1976	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	44	14
1980	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	38	12
1984	10 kilometres, Women	Olympic	52	15
1988	10 kilometres (Classical), Women	Olympic	52	17
2002	10 kilometres (Classical), Women	Olympic	61	23
2006	10 kilometres (Classical), Women	Olympic	72	29
2010	10 kilometres (Freestyle), Women	Olympic	78	36
2014	10 kilometres (Classical), Women	Olympic	75	38
2018	10 kilometres (Freestyle), Women	Olympic	90	44
2022	10 kilometres (Classical), Women	Olympic	98	37

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1952	Lydia Wideman	FIN	Mirja Hietamies	FIN	Siiri Rantanen	FIN
1956	Lyubov Kozyreva	URS	Radya Yeroshina	URS	Sonja Edström	SWE
1960	Mariya Gusakova	URS	Lyubov Baranova	URS	Radya Yeroshina	URS
1964	Klavdiya Boyarskikh	URS	Yevdokiya Mekshilo	URS	Mariya Gusakova	URS
1968	Toini Gustafsson	SWE	Berit Mørdre	NOR	Inger Aufles	NOR
1972	Galina Kulakova	URS	Alevtina Olyunina	URS	Marjatta Kajosmaa	FIN
1976	Raisa Smetanina	URS	Helena Takalo	FIN	Galina Kulakova	URS
1980	Barbara Petzold	GDR	Hilkka Riihivuori	FIN	Helena Takalo	FIN
1984	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	FIN	Raisa Smetanina	URS	Brit Pettersen	NOR
1988	Vida Vencienė	URS	Raisa Smetanina	URS	Marjo Matikainen	FIN
2002	Bente Skari	NOR	Yuliya Chepalova	RUS	Stefania Belmondo	ITA
2006	Kristina Šmigun	EST	Marit Bjørgen	NOR	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	NOR
2010	Charlotte Kalla	SWE	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	EST	Marit Bjørgen	NOR
2014	Justyna Kowalczyk	POL	Charlotte Kalla	SWE	Therese Johaug	NOR
2018	Ragnhild Haga	NOR	Charlotte Kalla	SWE	Krista Pärmäkoski Marit Bjørgen	FIN NOR
2022	Therese Johaug	NOR	Kerttu Niskanen	FIN	Krista Pärmäkoski	FIN

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Soviet Union	URS	6	6	3	15
Norway	NOR	3	2	6	11
Finland	FIN	2	4	6	12
Sweden	SWE	2	2	1	5
Estonia	EST	1	1	0	2
East Germany	GDR	1	0	0	1
Poland	POL	1	0	0	1
Russian Federation	RUS	0	1	0	1
Italy	ITA	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Raisa Smetanina	RUS URS EUN	1	2	0	3
Charlotte Kalla	SWE	1	2	0	3
Lyubov Kozyreva-Baranova	RUS URS	1	1	0	2
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	EST	1	1	0	2
Mariya Gusakova	RUS URS	1	0	1	2
Galina Kulakova	RUS URS	1	0	1	2
Therese Johaug	NOR	1	0	1	2