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. 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.

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.

All times are local (UTC+9). Date Time Event 11 March 10:00 Men's 15 km sitting 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 11:00 4x2.5 km Open Relay

Medal summary

Medal table

Women's events

SprintVisuallyimpaired 4:29.9 4:44.0 4:45.6Sitting 4:06.7 4:08.8 4:10.4Standing 5:11.1 5:14.2 5:14.35 kilometresSitting 16:42.0 16:53.5 17:25.4 7.5 kilometresVisuallyimpaired 22:19.3 22:55.6 23:22.9Standing 22:12.2 22:13.8 22:13.9 12 kilometresSitting 38:15.9 38:48.3 39:04.9 15 kilometres freestyleVisuallyimpaired 49:11.7 49:19.5 52:29.2Standing 49:37.6 50:55.6 51:06.6

Men's events

SprintVisuallyimpaired 4:03.2 4:05.7 4:32.7Sitting 3:31.4 3:31.4 3:31.8Standing 4:19.7 4:20.5 4:21.7 7.5 kilometresSitting 22:28.4 22:33.7 22:39.9 10 kilometresVisuallyimpaired 23:17.8 24:31.3 24:37.1Standing 24:06.8 24:15.5 24:27.115 kilometresSitting 41:37.0 42:20.7 42:28.9 20 kilometres freestyleVisuallyimpaired 46:02.4 47:07.5 47:24.4Standing 44:52.4 46:48.9 47:10.6

Relay events 4 x 2.5 kmMixed Relay Iurii UtkinGuide: Ruslan PerekhodaLiudmyla LiashenkoIuliia Batenkova-BaumanOksana ShyshkovaGuide: Vitaliy Kazakov 24:31.9 Natalie WilkieEmily YoungChris KleblMark Arendz 25:21.9 Andrea EskauSteffen LehmkerAlexander Ehler 25:25.3 4 x 2.5 kmOpen Relay Benjamin DavietAnthony ChalenconGuide: Simon ValverdeThomas ClarionGuide: Antoine Bollet 22:46.6 Nils-Erik UlsetHåkon OlsrudEirik ByeGuide: Arvid Nelson 23:09.1 Collin CameronBrian McKeeverGuide: Graham Nishikawa 23:52.4

See also Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics Multi-Medallists - cross-country IPC – Official website

References

External links Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing