Cross Country Skiing — 30 kilometres, Men (discontinued)

Times held 13
Total participants 652
Total countries 55

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1956 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 54 18
1960 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 48 17
1964 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 69 23
1968 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 66 22
1972 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 59 18
1976 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 69 21
1980 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 57 20
1984 30 kilometres, Men Olympic 72 26
1988 30 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 90 32
1992 30 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 87 34
1994 30 kilometres (Freestyle), Men Olympic 74 28
1998 30 kilometres (Classical), Men Olympic 72 27
2002 30 kilometres (Mass Start, Freestyle), Men Olympic 78 32

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Veikko HakulinenFIN Sixten JernbergSWE Pavel KolchinURS
1960 Sixten JernbergSWE Rolf RämgårdSWE Nikolay AnikinURS
1964 Eero MäntyrantaFIN Harald GrønningenNOR Igor VoronchikhinURS
1968 Franco NonesITA Odd MartinsenNOR Eero MäntyrantaFIN
1972 Vyacheslav VedeninURS Pål TyldumNOR Johs HarvikenNOR
1976 Sergey SavelyevURS Bill KochUSA Ivan GaraninURS
1980 Nikolay ZimyatovURS Vasily RochevURS Ivan LebanovBUL
1984 Nikolay ZimyatovURS Aleksandr ZavyalovURS Gunde SvanSWE
1988 Aleksey ProkurorovURS Vladimir SmirnovURS Vegard UlvangNOR
1992 Vegard UlvangNOR Bjørn DæhlieNOR Terje LangliNOR
1994 Thomas AlsgaardNOR Bjørn DæhlieNOR Mika MyllyläFIN
1998 Mika MyllyläFIN Erling JevneNOR Silvio FaunerITA
2002 Christian HoffmannAUT Mikhail BotvinovAUT Kristen SkjeldalNOR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 5 3 4 12
Finland FIN 3 0 2 5
Norway NOR 2 6 4 12
Sweden SWE 1 2 1 4
Austria AUT 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
United States USA 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Nikolay Zimyatov RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Sixten Jernberg SWE 1 1 0 2
Mika Myllylä FIN 1 0 1 2
Eero Mäntyranta FIN 1 0 1 2
Vegard Ulvang NOR 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1960 Winter Olympics Francisco Jerman 44 See all
Armenia ARM 2002 Winter Olympics Aram Hadzhiyan 62 See all
Australia AUS 1988 Winter Olympics Chris Heberle 45 See all
Austria AUT 2002 Winter Olympics Christian Hoffmann 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2002 Winter Olympics Siarhei Dalidovich 14 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Winter Olympics Ivan Lebanov 3 Bronze See all
Canada CAN 1988 Winter Olympics Pierre Harvey 14 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Winter Olympics Arturo Kinch 87 See all
Croatia CRO 1994 Winter Olympics Siniša Vukonić 44 See all
Czechia CZE 2002 Winter Olympics Lukáš Bauer 6 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1972 Winter Olympics Stanislav Henych 9 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1964 Winter Olympics Yang Duk-Soon 63 See all
Denmark DEN 1994 Winter Olympics Michael Binzer 47 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Winter Olympics Gert-Dietmar Klause 6 See all
Estonia EST 1998 Winter Olympics Jaak Mae 11 See all
Finland FIN 1956 Winter Olympics Veikko Hakulinen 1 Gold See all
1964 Winter Olympics Eero Mäntyranta 1 Gold
1998 Winter Olympics Mika Myllylä 1 Gold
France FRA 2002 Winter Olympics Emmanuel Jonnier 10 See all
Germany GER 1994 Winter Olympics Johann Mühlegg 9 See all
Great Britain GBR 1960 Winter Olympics John Moore 38 See all
Greece GRE 1976 Winter Olympics Athanasios Koutsogiannis 67 See all
Guatemala GUA 1988 Winter Olympics Dag Burgos 80 See all
Hungary HUN 1968 Winter Olympics Tibor Holéczy 57 See all
Iceland ISL 1994 Winter Olympics Daníel Jakobsson 38 See all
Italy ITA 1968 Winter Olympics Franco Nones 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1994 Winter Olympics Mitsuo Horigome 19 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1994 Winter Olympics Vladimir Smirnov 10 See all
Latvia LAT 2002 Winter Olympics Juris Ģērmanis 58 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1998 Winter Olympics Stephan Kunz 14 See all
Lithuania LTU 1998 Winter Olympics Ričardas Panavas 30 See all
Mexico MEX 1992 Winter Olympics Roberto Álvarez 81 See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Winter Olympics Danzangiin Narantungalag 51 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2002 Winter Olympics Gjoko Dineski 68 See all
Norway NOR 1992 Winter Olympics Vegard Ulvang 1 Gold See all
1994 Winter Olympics Thomas Alsgaard 1 Gold
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Winter Olympics Song Shi 62 See all
Poland POL 1980 Winter Olympics Józef Łuszczek 5 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1960 Winter Olympics Kim Ha-Yun 45 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2002 Winter Olympics Ion Bucsa 67 See all
Romania ROU 2002 Winter Olympics Zsolt Antal 26 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1994 Winter Olympics Mikhail Botvinov 4 See all
San Marino SMR 1984 Winter Olympics Andrea Sammaritani 69 See all
Slovakia SVK 1998 Winter Olympics Ivan Bátory 26 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Winter Olympics Robert Kerštajn 50 See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Winter Olympics Vyacheslav Vedenin 1 Gold See all
1976 Winter Olympics Sergey Savelyev 1 Gold
1980 Winter Olympics Nikolay Zimyatov 1 Gold
1984 Winter Olympics Nikolay Zimyatov 1 Gold
1988 Winter Olympics Aleksey Prokurorov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2002 Winter Olympics Juan Jesús Gutiérrez 17 See all
Sweden SWE 1960 Winter Olympics Sixten Jernberg 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1972 Winter Olympics Alois Kälin 7 See all
1976 Winter Olympics Albert Giger 7
Thailand THA 2002 Winter Olympics Prawat Nagvajara DNF See all
Türkiye TUR 1976 Winter Olympics Bahri Yılmaz 62 See all
Ukraine UKR 1998 Winter Olympics Mykhailo Artiukhov 29 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Winter Olympics Vladimir Smirnov 9 See all
United States USA 1976 Winter Olympics Bill Koch 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Winter Olympics Walter Demel 5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1956 Winter Olympics Matevž Kordež 32 See all