Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing; at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea
Dates	11–18 March
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Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea. The twenty events were held from 11 to 18 March 2018.^[1] Canadian Brian McKeever won three individual gold and a team relay bronze, his third triple gold medal performance, for a career total of 13 gold medals and 17 medals in all, making him the most decorated Paralympic cross-country skier ever.^[2]

Events

The program includes 20 events. The events are mostly divided into three classifications (sitting, standing and visually impaired). For each of these classifications, there are three men's events and three women's events. There are also two relay events which combine classifications. Standing skiers are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, whereas sitting competitors use a sitski. Skiers with a visual impairment compete with the help of a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Men's events

1.1 km / 1.5 km sprint (all three classifications)
7.5 km (sitting) / 10 km (standing and visually impaired)
15 km (sitting) / 20 km (standing and visually impaired)

Women's events

1.1 km / 1.5 km sprint (all three classifications)
5 km (sitting) / 7.5 km (standing and visually impaired)
12 km (sitting) / 15 km (standing and visually impaired)

Relay events

4 x 2.5 km mixed relay (combined)
4 x 2.5 km open relay (combined)

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all twenty events.^[1]

All times are local (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Event
11 March	10:00	Men's 15 km sitting
11 March	11:15	Women's 12 km sitting
12 March	10:00	Men's 20 km freestyle standing
	10:25	Men's 20 km freestyle visually impaired
	12:00	Women's 15 km freestyle visually impaired
	12:15	Women's 15 km freestyle standing
14 March	10:00	Men's 1.1 km sprint, sitting qualification
	10:17	Women's 1.1 km sprint, sitting qualification
	10:35	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing qualification
	10:50	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing qualification
	11:10	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, visually impaired qualification
	11:25	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, visually impaired qualification
	12:00	Men's 1.1 km sprint, sitting semifinals
	12:10	Women's 1.1 km sprint, sitting semifinals
	12:21	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing semifinals
	12:31	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing semifinals
	12:42	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, visually impaired semifinals
	12:52	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, visually impaired semifinals
	13:06	Men's 1.1 km sprint, sitting final
	13:20	Women's 1.1 km sprint, sitting final
	13:34	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing final
	13:48	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, standing final
	14:02	Men's 1.5 km sprint classical, visually impaired final
	14:16	Women's 1.5 km sprint classical, visually impaired final
17 March	10:00	Men's 10 km classical visually impaired
	10:15	Men's 10 km classical standing
	11:45	Women's 7.5 km classical standing
	11:55	Women's 7.5 km classical visually impaired
	12:40	Men's 7.5 km sitting
	12:55	Women's 5 km sitting
18 March	10:00	4x2.5 km Mixed Relay
18 March	11:00	4x2.5 km Open Relay

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	3	2	9
2	Canada (CAN)	4	1	5	10
3	Ukraine (UKR)	3	2	3	8
4	Belarus (BLR)	3	2	1	6
5	Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)	2	4	3	9
6	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
7	Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
8	South Korea (KOR)*	1	0	1	2
9	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	3	1	4
11	Norway (NOR)	0	2	2	4
12	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
13	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
13	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		20	20	21	61

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint details	Visually impaired	Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide: Raman Yashchanka Belarus	4:29.9	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Neutral Paralympic Athletes	4:44.0	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov Ukraine	4:45.6
	Sitting	Oksana Masters United States	4:06.7	Andrea Eskau Germany	4:08.8	Marta Zaynullina Neutral Paralympic Athletes	4:10.4
	Standing	Anna Milenina Neutral Paralympic Athletes	5:11.1	Vilde Nilsen Norway	5:14.2	Natalie Wilkie Canada	5:14.3
5 kilometres details	Sitting	Oksana Masters United States	16:42.0	Andrea Eskau Germany	16:53.5	Marta Zaynullina Neutral Paralympic Athletes	17:25.4
7.5 kilometres details	Visually impaired	Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide: Raman Yashchanka Belarus	22:19.3	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Neutral Paralympic Athletes	22:55.6	Carina Edlinger Guide: Julian Edlinger Austria	23:22.9
7.5 kilometres details	Standing	Natalie Wilkie Canada	22:12.2	Ekaterina Rumyantseva Neutral Paralympic Athletes	22:13.8	Emily Young Canada	22:13.9
12 kilometres details	Sitting	Kendall Gretsch United States	38:15.9	Andrea Eskau Germany	38:48.3	Oksana Masters United States	39:04.9
15 kilometres freestyle details	Visually impaired	Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide: Raman Yashchanka Belarus	49:11.7	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov Ukraine	49:19.5	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Neutral Paralympic Athletes	52:29.2
15 kilometres freestyle details	Standing	Ekaterina Rumyantseva Neutral Paralympic Athletes	49:37.6	Anna Milenina Neutral Paralympic Athletes	50:55.6	Liudmyla Liashenko Ukraine	51:06.6

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint details	Visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy Canada	4:03.2	Zebastian Modin Guide: Robin Bryntesson Sweden	4:05.7	Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson Norway	4:32.7
	Sitting	Andrew Soule United States	3:31.4	Dzmitry Loban Belarus	3:31.4	Daniel Cnossen United States	3:31.8
	Standing	Alexandr Kolyadin Kazakhstan	4:19.7	Yoshihiro Nitta Japan	4:20.5	Mark Arendz Canada	4:21.7
	Standing	Alexandr Kolyadin Kazakhstan	4:19.7	Yoshihiro Nitta Japan	4:20.5	Ilkka Tuomisto Finland	4:21.7
7.5 kilometres details	Sitting	Sin Eui-hyun South Korea	22:28.4	Daniel Cnossen United States	22:33.7	Maksym Yarovyi Ukraine	22:39.9
10 kilometres details	Visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Graham Nishikawa Canada	23:17.8	Jake Adicoff Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim United States	24:31.3	Yury Holub Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich Belarus	24:37.1
10 kilometres details	Standing	Yoshihiro Nitta Japan	24:06.8	Grygorii Vovchynskyi Ukraine	24:15.5	Mark Arendz Canada	24:27.1
15 kilometres details	Sitting	Maksym Yarovyi Ukraine	41:37.0	Daniel Cnossen United States	42:20.7	Sin Eui-hyun South Korea	42:28.9
20 kilometres freestyle details	Visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Graham Nishikawa Canada	46:02.4	Yury Holub Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich Belarus	47:07.5	Thomas Clarion Guide: Antoine Bollet France	47:24.4
20 kilometres freestyle details	Standing	Ihor Reptyukh Ukraine	44:52.4	Benjamin Daviet France	46:48.9	Håkon Olsrud Norway	47:10.6

Relay events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 x 2.5 km Mixed Relay details	Ukraine (UKR) Iurii Utkin Guide: Ruslan Perekhoda Liudmyla Liashenko Iuliia Batenkova-Bauman Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov	24:31.9	Canada (CAN) Natalie Wilkie Emily Young Chris Klebl Mark Arendz	25:21.9	Germany (GER) Andrea Eskau Steffen Lehmker Alexander Ehler	25:25.3
4 x 2.5 km Open Relay details	France (FRA) Benjamin Daviet Anthony Chalencon Guide: Simon Valverde Thomas Clarion Guide: Antoine Bollet	22:46.6	Norway (NOR) Nils-Erik Ulset Håkon Olsrud Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson	23:09.1	Canada (CAN) Collin Cameron Brian McKeever Guide: Graham Nishikawa	23:52.4

References

^ ^a ^b "Cross-Country Skiing − Competition Schedule" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ Heroux, Devin (18 March 2018). "Greatness abounds as Canadians smash country's Paralympic medal record". CBC Sports. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

External links

Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing

[Schedule-1] "Cross-Country Skiing − Competition Schedule" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[CBCrecord-2] Heroux, Devin (18 March 2018). "Greatness abounds as Canadians smash country's Paralympic medal record". CBC Sports. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Sprint
1.1 / 1.5 km	men¹	women¹
Distance
5 / 7.5 km		women¹
7.5 / 10 km	men¹
12 / 15 km		women²
15 / 20 km	men²
Relay
4 × 2.5 km	mixed	open
¹ classical style; ² free style
v t e

v t e Events at the 2018 Winter Paralympics (Pyeongchang)
Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Para ice hockey Snowboarding Wheelchair curling
Chronological summary Medal table List of medalists