| Times held | 10 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 341 |
| Total countries | 42 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 32 | 11 |
| 1968 | 5 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 34 | 11 |
| 1972 | 5 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 43 | 12 |
| 1976 | 5 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 44 | 14 |
| 1980 | 5 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 38 | 12 |
| 1984 | 5 kilometres, Women | Olympic | 52 | 14 |
| 1988 | 5 kilometres (Classical), Women | Olympic | 55 | 17 |
| 1992 | 5 kilometres (Classical), Women | Olympic | 62 | 21 |
| 1994 | 5 kilometres (Classical), Women | Olympic | 62 | 19 |
| 1998 | 5 kilometres (Classical), Women | Olympic | 79 | 26 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland |  FIN |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Soviet Union |  URS |
3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Russian Federation |  RUS |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sweden |  SWE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway |  NOR |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Unified Team |  EUN |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Czechia |  CZE |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy |  ITA |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia |  TCH |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galina Kulakova | RUS URS |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Raisa Smetanina | RUS URS EUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lyubov Yegorova | RUS EUN |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen-Kirvesniemi | FIN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Klavdiya Boyarskikh | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toini Gustafsson | SWE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Helena Kivioja-Takalo | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Larisa Lazutina | RUS EUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marjo Matikainen | FIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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