The men's 50 kilometre classical competition in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at the Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal in Tesero. The Norwegians swept the podium. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the event, thereby becoming the first cross-country skier who won all six events at the same Olympics. It was his 11th Olympic gold medal and 13th overall. Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget won silver and Emil Iversen bronze. For Iversen, this was the first individual Olympic medal.
Background The 2022 champion, Alexander Bolshunov, and the silver medalist, Ivan Yakimushkin, were not allowed to participate because skiers from Russia could only participate as individual neutral athletes, and they did not obtain this status. The 2022 bronze medalist, Simen Hegstad Krüger, was not selected for the Olympics. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo was leading both overall and distance standings of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics. He was also the 2025 world champion in the 50 km freestyle. This was the last men's event in the cross-country skiing at the 2026 Olympics.
Klæbo won five previous events, which, with total 10 gold medals, made him the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time. He was on his quest to become the first person to win six gold medals at the same Winter Olympics.
Summary Until approximately 20 km the leading group consisted of Klæbo, Løwstrøm Nyenget, Iversen, Savelii Korostelev, and Victor Lovera. Then Lovera dropped off, and later Korostelev dropped off. For the second half of the distance, the three Norwegians were skiing together. A few kilometers before the finish, Iversen dropped off, getting the bronze, and a few hundred meters before the finish line Klæbo outskied Løwstrøm Nyenget for the gold.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 11:00.
Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:06:44.8 3 Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 2:06:53.7 4 Emil Iversen 2:07:15.5 4 23 Théo Schely 2:09:44.5 +2:59.7 5 12 Savelii Korostelev 2:10:23.1 +3:38.3 6 9 Andrew Musgrave 2:10:43.5 +3:58.7 7 14 Arsi Ruuskanen 2:10:51.0 +4:06.2 8 17 Victor Lovera 2:11:29.9 +4:45.1 9 13 Gustaf Berglund 2:11:58.5 +5:13.7 10 15 Florian Notz 2:13:14.0 +6:29.2 11 19 Antoine Cyr 2:13:37.8 +6:53.0 12 29 Dominik Bury 2:13:39.7 +6:54.9 13 5 Gus Schumacher 2:14:11.6 +7:26.8 14 26 Beda Klee 2:14:45.1 +8:00.3 15 22 Alvar Johannes Alev 2:14:47.3 +8:02.5 16 25 Joe Davies 2:14:52.7 +8:07.9 17 31 Thomas Stephen 2:15:07.9 +8:23.1 18 24 Simone Daprà 2:15:12.7 +8:27.9 19 36 Nicola Wigger 2:15:37.8 +8:53.0 20 16 Friedrich Moch 2:16:29.6 +9:44.8 21 34 Matyáš Bauer 2:17:23.6 +10:38.8 22 11 Elia Barp 2:18:22.9 +11:38.1 23 32 Thomas Maloney Westgård 2:18:56.5 +12:11.7 24 20 Calle Halfvarsson 2:19:24.3 +12:39.5 25 30Johan Häggström 2:19:55.5 +13:10.7 26 28 Naoto Baba 2:20:02.0 +13:17.2 27 37 Lauri Vuorinen 2:20:30.1 +13:45.3 28 42 Mike Ophoff 2:20:43.8 +13:59.0 29 33 Martin Himma 2:21:13.2 +14:28.4 30 41 Vili Črv 2:21:55.5 +15:10.7 31 43 Raimo Vīgants 2:22:20.2 +15:35.4 32 35 Ryo Hirose 2:22:41.2 +15:56.4 33 6 Mathis Desloges 2:22:53.6 +16:08.8 34 8 Hugo Lapalus 2:22:53.6 +16:08.8 35 39 Hunter Wonders 2:23:34.3 +16:49.5 36 38 Jakob Moch 2:23:44.8 +17:00.0 37 40 Miha Šimenc 2:24:25.3 +17:40.5 38 48 Peter Hinds 2:25:05.5 +18:20.7 39 47 Franco Dal Farra 2:25:30.2 +18:45.4 40 44 Oleksandr Lisohor 2:27:02.6 +20:17.8 41 49 Seve de Campo 2:29:22.8 +22:38.0 42 56 Daniel Peshkov 2:33:00.0 +26:15.2 43 54 Dmytro Drahun 2:33:29.1 +26:44.3 44 58 Ádám Kónya 45 53 Li Minglin 46 51 Amirgali Muratbekov 47 45 Paul Pepene 48 46 Dagur Benediktsson 49 52 Gabriel Cojocaru 50 63 Timo Juhani Grönlund 51 57 Niks Saulitis 52 59 Mark Chanloung 53 55 Fredrik Fodstad 54 65 Ádám Büki 55 60 Sebastián Endrestad 56 64 Marko Skender 57 61 Tautvydas Strolia 2 Harald Østberg Amundsen 7 Iivo Niskanen 18 Michal Novák 50 Nail Bashmakov 62 Stevenson Savart 10 Federico Pellegrino 21 Ristomatti Hakola 27Ben Ogden
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