| Year |
Event |
Status |
Participants |
NOCs |
| 1924 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
33 |
11 |
| 1928 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
41 |
11 |
| 1932 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
32 |
9 |
| 1936 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
36 |
11 |
| 1948 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
28 |
9 |
| 1952 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
36 |
13 |
| 1956 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
33 |
13 |
| 1960 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
31 |
10 |
| 1964 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
41 |
14 |
| 1968 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
51 |
18 |
| 1972 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
40 |
13 |
| 1976 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
59 |
17 |
| 1980 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
43 |
14 |
| 1984 |
50 kilometres, Men |
Olympic |
54 |
21 |
| 1988 |
50 kilometres (Freestyle), Men |
Olympic |
70 |
23 |
| 1992 |
50 kilometres (Freestyle), Men |
Olympic |
73 |
29 |
| 1994 |
50 kilometres (Classical), Men |
Olympic |
66 |
25 |
| 1998 |
50 kilometres (Freestyle), Men |
Olympic |
75 |
28 |
| 2002 |
50 kilometres (Classical), Men |
Olympic |
61 |
24 |
| 2006 |
50 kilometres (Mass Start, Freestyle), Men |
Olympic |
79 |
31 |
| 2010 |
50 kilometres (Mass Start, Classical), Men |
Olympic |
53 |
21 |
| 2014 |
50 kilometres (Mass Start, Freestyle), Men |
Olympic |
64 |
26 |
| 2018 |
50 kilometres (Mass Start, Classical), Men |
Olympic |
69 |
31 |
| 2022 |
50 kilometres (Mass Start, Freestyle), Men |
Olympic |
60 |
32 |