title: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  
  The 1998 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing competition results were as follows.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
  | 2 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
  | 3 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
  
  ## Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km classical details | Bjørn Dæhlie Norway | 27:24.5 | Markus Gandler Austria | 27:32.5 | Mika Myllylä Finland | 27:40.1 |
  | 15 km freestyle pursuit details | Thomas Alsgaard Norway | 1:07:01.7 | Bjørn Dæhlie Norway | 1:07:02.8 | Vladimir Smirnov Kazakhstan | 1:07:31.5 |
  | 30 km classical details | Mika Myllylä Finland | 1:33:55.8 | Erling Jevne Norway | 1:35:27.1 | Silvio Fauner Italy | 1:36:08.5 |
  | 50 km freestyle details | Bjørn Dæhlie Norway | 2:05:08.2 | Niklas Jonsson Sweden | 2:05:16.3 | Christian Hoffmann Austria | 2:06:01.8 |
  | 4 × 10 km relay details | Norway (NOR) Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard | 1:40:55.7 | Italy (ITA) Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner | 1:40:55.9 | Finland (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä | 1:42:15.5 |
  
  ## Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 km classical details | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) | 17:37.9 | Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) | 17:42.7 | Bente Martinsen (NOR) | 17:49.4 |
  | 10 km freestyle pursuit details | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) | 28:29.9 | Olga Danilova (RUS) | 28:36.7 | Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) | 28:37.2 |
  | 15 km classical details | Olga Danilova (RUS) | 46:55.4 | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) | 47:01.0 | Anita Moen-Guidon (NOR) | 47:52.6 |
  | 30 km freestyle details | Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) | 1:22:01.5 | Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | 1:22:11.7 | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) | 1:23:15.7 |
  | 4 × 5 km relay details | Russia (RUS) Nina Gavrylyuk Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina | 55:13.5 | Norway (NOR) Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon | 55:38.0 | Italy (ITA) Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo | 56:53.3 |
  
  ## Participating NOCs
  
  Thirty-six nations competed in the cross-country skiing events at Nagano.
  
  * Australia
  * Austria
  * Belarus
  * Bulgaria
  * Canada
  * China
  * Croatia
  * Czech Republic
  * Denmark
  * Estonia
  * Finland
  * France
  * Germany
  * Greece
  * Hungary
  * Italy
  * Japan
  * Kazakhstan
  * Kenya
  * Latvia
  * Liechtenstein
  * Lithuania
  * Macedonia
  * Mongolia
  * Norway
  * Poland
  * Romania
  * Russia
  * Slovakia
  * Slovenia
  * South Korea
  * Spain
  * Sweden
  * Switzerland
  * Ukraine
  * United States
  