Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Event:Cross-country skiing
Games:1992 Winter
Venue:Les Saisies
Date:9–22 February
Num Events:10
Competitors:223 (139 men, 84 women)
Nations:40
Prev:Calgary 1988
Next:Lillehammer 1994

The 1992 Winter Olympic games cross-country skiing results. The cross-country skiing competitions were held at Les Saisies, about 40 km from the host city Albertville.[1]

Evolution of the Olympic program

The combined pursuit (first classical, then freestyle, medals were both awarded from the classical part and the overall pursuit) was added in substitute of the men's 15 km and women's 10 km. Women's 30 km replaced the 20 km event. Also, women's 15 km was held for the first time.

Medal summary

Participant NOCs

Forty nations sent ski runners to compete in the events.

Men's events

10 km classical
27:36.027:55.227:56.4
15 km freestyle pursuit
1:05:37.91:06:31.31:06:32.3
30 km classical
1:22:27.81:23:14.01:23:42.5
50 km freestyle
2:03:41.52:04:39.12:06:42.1
4 × 10 km relay

Terje Langli
Vegard Ulvang
Kristen Skjeldal
Bjørn Dæhlie
1:39:26.0
Giuseppe Pulie
Marco Albarello
Giorgio Vanzetta
Silvio Fauner
1:40:52.7
Mika Kuusisto
Harri Kirvesniemi
Jari Räsänen
Jari Isometsä
1:41:22.9

Women's events

5 km classical
14:13.814:14.714:22.7
10 km freestyle pursuit
40:08.440:44.040:52.7
15 km classical
42:20.843:29.943:42.3
30 km freestyle
1:22:30.11:22:52.01:24:13.9
4 × 5 km relay

Yelena Välbe
Raisa Smetanina
Larisa Lazutina
Lyubov Yegorova
59:34.8
Solveig Pedersen
Inger Helene Nybråten
Trude Dybendahl
Elin Nilsen
59:56.4
Bice Vanzetta
Manuela Di Centa
Gabriella Paruzzi
Stefania Belmondo
1:00:25.9

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/CCS/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 July 2019.