Cross-country skiing at the Asian Winter Games

Cross-country skiing has been contested at the Asian Winter Games since the first Winter Games in 1986.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
I	1986	Sapporo, Japan	Japan
II	1990	Sapporo, Japan	Japan
III	1996	Harbin, China	Kazakhstan
IV	1999	Gangwon, South Korea	Kazakhstan
V	2003	Changchun, China	Kazakhstan
VI	2007	Aomori, Japan	Kazakhstan
VII	2011	Astana–Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
VIII	2017	Sapporo, Japan	Japan

Events

Event	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	Years
Men's sprint						X	X	X	3
Men's team sprint							X		1
Men's 10 km			X		X		X	X	4
Men's 15 km	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	7
Men's 30 km	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	7
Men's relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Women's sprint						X	X	X	3
Women's team sprint							X		1
Women's 5 km	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Women's 10 km	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	7
Women's 15 km		X					X	X	3
Women's relay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Total	6	6	6	6	7	6	12	10

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	27	24	14	65
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	26	22	14	62
3	China (CHN)	4	8	19	31
4	South Korea (KOR)	2	5	9	16
5	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	3	3
6	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		59	59	60	178

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing