Cross-country skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games

Cross-country skiing at the 2023 Winter World University Games was held at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center from 15 to 22 January 2023.^[1]

Cross-country skiing at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games
Venue	Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center
Dates	15–22 January 2023
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Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 kilometre classical[2] details	Ryo Hirose  Japan	24:37.0	Magnus Bøe  Norway	24:52.8	Andreas Kirkeng  Norway	24:54.6
10 kilometre freestyle pursuit[3] details	Ryo Hirose  Japan	22:44.9 47:21.9	Andreas Kirkeng  Norway	22:36.9 47:30.9	John Hagenbuch  United States	22:21.2 47:35.2
30 kilometre freestyle[4] details	John Hagenbuch  United States	1:12:48.8	Magnus Bøe  Norway	1:12:51.3	Luca Compagnoni  Italy	1:12:52.9
4 × 7.5 kilometre relay[5] details	France Gianni Giachino Mattéo Correia Simon Chappaz Tom Mancini	1:17:01.5	Norway Fredrik Lütcherath Nilsen Magnus Bøe Øyvind Haugan Andreas Kirkeng	1:17:29.8	Japan Shota Moriguchi Yoshiki Hoshino Yuito Habuki Ryo Hirose	1:17:56.7
Sprint freestyle[6] details	Verneri Poikonen  Finland	2:34.74	Jaume Pueyo  Spain	2:35.27	Tom Mancini  France	2:35.93

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 kilometre classical[7] details	Hilla Niemelä  Finland	13:20.8	Mariel Merlii Pulles  Estonia	13:38.2	Maria Eugenia Boccardi  Italy	13:43.0
5 kilometre freestyle pursuit[8] details	Hilla Niemelä  Finland	12:27.8 25:47.8	Mariel Merlii Pulles  Estonia	12:17.6 25:55.6	Maria Eugenia Boccardi  Italy	12:18.6 26:01.6
15 kilometre freestyle[9] details	Mariel Merlii Pulles  Estonia	39:38.4	Kendall Kramer  United States	39:38.8	Xeniya Shalygina  Kazakhstan	39:50.1
3 × 5 kilometre relay[10] details	Finland Tiia Olkkonen Vilja Kauranen Hilla Niemelä	43:49.6	Norway Astrid Stav Selma Andersen Karianne Olsvik Dengerud	43:50.3	Kazakhstan Aisha Rakisheva Nadezhda Stepashkina Xeniya Shalygina	44:02.0
Sprint freestyle[11] details	Mariel Merlii Pulles  Estonia	2:54.57	Tiia Olkkonen  Finland	2:55.20	Anna-Maria Dietze  Germany	2:55.50

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed team sprint classical details	Japan Ryo Hirose Rin Sobue	20:42.85	United States Finn Sweet Renae Anderson	20:51.87	Norway Andreas Kirkeng Karianne Olsvik Dengerud	20:55.61

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	4	1	0	5
2	Japan	3	0	1	4
3	Estonia	2	2	0	4
4	United States*	1	2	1	4
5	France	1	0	1	2
6	Norway	0	5	2	7
7	Spain	0	1	0	1
8	Italy	0	0	3	3
9	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
10	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	11	11	33

Participating nations

A total of 172 athletes (91 men and 81 women) competed from 28 countries.^[12]

•  Argentina (1)
•  Armenia (1)
•  Australia (9)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (12)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (7)
•  Estonia (3)
•  Finland (11)
•  France (8)
•  Germany (11)
•  Haiti (1)
•  Iceland (2)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (8)
•  Kazakhstan (14)
•  Mongolia (3)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (11)
•  Poland (7)
•  Slovakia (6)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Korea (6)
•  Spain (2)
•  Switzerland (10)
•  Thailand (2)
•  Ukraine (9)
•  United States (16)