Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Event:	Cross-country skiing
Games:	2016 Winter Youth
Venue:	Birkebeineren Ski Stadium Hafjell, Norway
Dates:	13–18 February
Competitors:	90 Quota limit
Prev:	2012
Next:	2020

Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer, Norway from 13 to 18 February.^[1]

Medal summary

Events

Boys' events

Boys' 10 kilometres free		23:04.8		23:20.8		23:59.2
Boys' sprint classic		2:55.39		2:55.72		2:56.49
Boys' cross-country cross		2:59.56		3:00.73		3:01.84

Girls' events

Girls' 5 kilometres free		12:58.8		13:29.9		13:35.9
Girls' sprint classic		3:19.55		3:21.95		3:22.82
Girls' cross-country cross		3:26.35		3:28.09		3:29.56

Qualification system

Each nation could send a maximum of 4 athletes (2 boys and 2 girls). The top 7 teams of the Marc Hodler Trophy Cross-Country Skiing at the 2015 Junior Nordic World Ski Championships plus the hosts Norway were allowed to send the maximum of 4 athletes. Any remaining quota spots were distributed to nations not already qualified, with a maximum of one boy or girl from one nation. The quota limit was 90.^[2] The current allocation of quotas is listed below.^[3]

Qualification summary

NOC	width=80	Boys !	width=80	Girls !	width=100	Total
		1	1
	1		1
	1		1
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1		1
	1	1	2
	1		1
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1		1
	1	1	2
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1		1
	1		1
	1		1
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1		1
	1		1
	1		1
	1		1
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	2	2	4
		1	2
	1	1	2
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
Total athletes	50	40	90
Total NOCs	42	32	44

External links

• Results Book – Cross-country skiing

Notes and References

1. http://www.lillehammer2016.com/Venues Lillehammer 2016 venues
2. http://data.fis-ski.com/media/olympic-games/wyog-2016-qs-fis-en.pdf QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - 2nd WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2016
3. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/winter-youth-olympic-games-quotas-simulation.html?sectorcode=cc&seasoncode=2016 CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTA LIST SIMULATION FOR YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES 2016