National Winning Streaks
The Norwegian men are currently on a 17 race winning streak in distance races which frankly doesn’t seem likely to end anytime soon.
In that light, I thought I’d catalogue the longest such streaks I can find. This first table lists the largest distance winning streaks. As you can see, the Norwegian men are on the cusp of besting the Norwegian women’s streak of 17 spanning 2014 & 2015.
| National Winning Streaks: Distance | |||||
| Includes World Cup, OWG, WSC & TdS events from 1991 | |||||
| Nation | Start | End | # Races | Athletes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | NOR | 2023-01-07 | ? | 17 | Klaebo (6) |
| NOR | 1991-12-081 | 1992-02-29 | 10 | Daehlie (6) | |
| NOR | 2022-03-06 | 2023-01-03 | 10 | Golberg (2) | |
| NOR | 2015-03-14 | 2016-01-03 | 8 | Sundby (5) | |
| RUS | 2020-12-13 | 2021-01-10 | 7 | Bolshunov (5) | |
| Women | NOR | 2014-02-22 | 2015-01-23 | 17 | Bjoergen (8) |
| NOR | 2019-03-24 | 2020-02-15 | 15 | Johaug (13) | |
| NOR | 2015-02-28 | 2016-01-06 | 11 | Johaug (8) | |
| NOR | 2016-01-09 | 2016-03-11 | 11 | Johaug (8) | |
| RUS | 1995-02-04 | 1995-11-25 | 9 | Lazutina (4) | |
| NOR | 2017-02-19 | 2017-11-26 | 9 | Bjoergen (8) | |
| 1 This streak may have extended earlier but my data is incomplete pre-1991. | |||||
Sprinting winning streaks by a nation haven’t been as long, topping out at 9.
| National Winning Streaks: Sprint | |||||
| Includes World Cup, OWG, WSC & TdS events from 2006 | |||||
| Nation | Start | End | # Races | Athletes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | NOR | 2008-02-10 | 2009-01-01 | 9 | Hattestad (4) |
| NOR | 2023-02-03 | 2023-12-15 | 9 | Klaebo (8) | |
| NOR | 2021-12-03 | 2022-02-26 | 7 | Klaebo (6) | |
| NOR | 2009-02-13 | 2009-11-28 | 6 | Hattestad (4) | |
| NOR | 2018-12-15 | 2019-02-09 | 6 | Klaebo (5) | |
| NOR | 2019-02-21 | 2019-12-14 | 6 | Klaebo (6) | |
| NOR | 2020-01-26 | 2020-11-27 | 6 | Klaebo (4) | |
| Women | SWE | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-18 | 9 | Dahlqvist (5) |
| NOR | 2014-03-05 | 2015-01-17 | 8 | Bjoergen (5) | |
| NOR | 2015-02-14 | 2015-11-27 | 5 | Bjoergen (3) | |
| SWE | 2018-11-30 | 2019-01-12 | 5 | Nilsson (4) | |
| NOR | 2012-03-04 | 2012-11-30 | 4 | Bjoergen (4) | |
| NOR | 2016-02-03 | 2016-03-01 | 4 | Falla (4) | |
| NOR | 2023-03-14 | 2023-03-25 | 4 | Skistad (4) | |