Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

At the 1984 Winter Olympics eight cross-country skiing events – four each for men and women – were contested. The competitions were held from Thursday, 9 February, to Sunday, 19 February 1984. The women's 20 km debuted at these games.

Cross-country skiing at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross country skiing
Venue	Igman
Dates	February 9—19
No. of events	8
Competitors	179 (114 men, 65 women) from 32 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	1	4	8
2	Sweden (SWE)	3	1	1	5
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	4	0	5
4	Norway (NOR)	1	1	2	4
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	8	24

Participating NOCs

Thirty two nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events in Sarajevo.

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Austria
•  Bulgaria
•  Canada
•  China
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Costa Rica
•  Czechoslovakia
•  East Germany
•  Finland
•  France
•  Great Britain
•  Greece
•  Iceland
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Liechtenstein
•  Mongolia
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  San Marino
•  South Korea
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  Turkey
•  United States
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km	Gunde Svan  Sweden	41:25.6	Aki Karvonen  Finland	41:34.9	Harri Kirvesniemi  Finland	41:45.6
30 km	Nikolay Zimyatov  Soviet Union	1:28:56.3	Aleksandr Zavyalov  Soviet Union	1:29:23.3	Gunde Svan  Sweden	1:29:35.7
50 km	Thomas Wassberg  Sweden	2:15:55.8	Gunde Svan  Sweden	2:16:00.7	Aki Karvonen  Finland	2:17:04.7
4 × 10 km relay	Sweden (SWE) Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan	1:55:06.3	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Batyuk Aleksandr Zavyalov Vladimir Nikitin Nikolay Zimyatov	1:55:16.5	Finland (FIN) Kari Ristanen Juha Mieto Harri Kirvesniemi Aki Karvonen	1:56:31.4

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen  Finland	17:04.0	Berit Aunli  Norway	17:14.1	Květa Jeriová  Czechoslovakia	17:18.3
10 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen  Finland	31:44.2	Raisa Smetanina  Soviet Union	32:02.9	Brit Pettersen  Norway	32:12.7
20 km	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen  Finland	1:01:45.0	Raisa Smetanina  Soviet Union	1:02:26.7	Anne Jahren  Norway	1:03:13.6
4 × 5 km relay	Norway (NOR) Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Brit Pettersen Berit Aunli	1:06:49.7	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Dagmar Švubová Blanka Paulů Gabriela Svobodová Květa Jeriová	1:07:34.7	Finland (FIN) Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen	1:07:36.7

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics

External links

• Official Olympic Report