Cross-country skiing at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Cross-country skiing
at the II Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueBirkebeineren Ski Stadium
Hafjell, Norway
DatesFebruary 13 – 18
Competitors90 Quota limit

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

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea (KOR) 2 1 0 3
1  Sweden (SWE) 2 1 0 3
3  Norway (NOR) 1 2 2 5
4  Russia (RUS) 1 1 1 3
5  China (CHN) 0 1 0 1
6  Finland (FIN) 0 0 2 2
7  France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
Total 6 6 6 18

Events

Boys' events

Cross country sprint classic men final
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' 10 kilometres free
 Kim Magnus
South Korea (KOR)
23:04.8  Vebjørn Hegdal
Norway (NOR)
23:20.8  Igor Fedotov
Russia (RUS)
23:59.2
Boys' sprint classic
 Thomas Helland Larsen
Norway (NOR)
2:55.39  Kim Magnus
South Korea (KOR)
2:55.72  Vebjørn Hegdal
Norway (NOR)
2:56.49
Boys' cross-country cross
 Kim Magnus
South Korea (KOR)
2:59.56  Thomas Helland Larsen
Norway (NOR)
3:00.73  Lauri Mannila
Finland (FIN)
3:01.84

Girls' events

Cross country sprint classic women medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Girls' 5 kilometres free
 Maya Yakunina
Russia (RUS)
12:58.8  Chi Chunxue
China (CHN)
13:29.9  Rebecca Immonen
Finland (FIN)
13:35.9
Girls' sprint classic
 Johanna Hagström
Sweden (SWE)
3:19.55  Yuliya Petrova
Russia (RUS)
3:21.95  Martine Engebretsen
Norway (NOR)
3:22.82
Girls' cross-country cross
 Moa Lundgren
Sweden (SWE)
3:26.35  Johanna Hagström
Sweden (SWE)
3:28.09  Laura Chamiot Maitral
France (FRA)
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 Boys Girls Total
Andorra 1 1
Argentina 1 1
Armenia 1 1
Australia 1 1 2
Austria 1 1 2
Belarus 1 1 2
Belgium 1 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 2
Brazil 1 1
Bulgaria 1 1 2
Canada 1 1 2
China 1 1 2
Croatia1 1 2
Czech Republic 1 1 2
Denmark 1 1
Estonia 1 1 2
Finland 2 2 4
France 2 2 4
Germany 2 2 4
Greece 1 1
Hungary 1 1
Iceland 1 1
Italy 1 1 2
Japan 1 1 2
Kazakhstan 1 1 2
Latvia 1 1 2
Lithuania 1 1
Macedonia 1 1
Moldova 1 1
Mongolia 1 1
Norway 2 2 4
Poland 1 1 2
Romania 1 1 2
Russia 2 2 4
Serbia 1 2
Slovakia 1 1 2
Slovenia 2 2 4
South Korea 1 1 2
Spain 1 1 2
Sweden 2 2 4
Switzerland 2 2 4
Turkey 1 1 2
Ukraine 1 1 2
United States 1 1 2
Total athletes 50 40 90
Total NOCs 42 32 44

References

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