Norway's Johannes Klaebo won the men's 10km freestyle cross-country ski race to earn his eighth Olympic title and equal the record for the most gold medals at the Winter Games.
Mathis Desloges of France won silver, his second of this Olympics, while Norway's Einar Hedegart won the bronze.
The victory, in a time of 20 minutes 36.2 seconds, was the 29-year-old's third of this Olympics and tied the Norwegian skier with three of his compatriots - fellow cross-country skiers Marit Bjoergen and Bjorn Daehlie and biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen - on eight gold medals.
Hedegart, a biathlete who shifted his focus to cross-country skiing and was considered one of Klaebo's biggest challengers, came close to taking victory, but lost steam on a climb in the final kilometre of the race.
He ended up in third, 14 seconds behind the winner, with Desloges 4.9 seconds adrift in the interval-style race.
Ireland's Thomas Maloney Westgaard finished 54th in a time of 23:08.00.
Speaking afterwards, he said it was "a tough race".
But overall, the 30-year-old could not hide his disappointment, when saying: "I felt I was opening controlled, where I had to be, but when the easy terrain came, where I should push more, I felt like the gear was not there. So, it was kind of the same pace all the way, which is a bit disappointing. I was hoping for a lot of gear today, and was pushing hard, but there was only one speed, unfortunately.
"I felt straight away that I didn't have that last gear, the last push, and when the US guy passed me, I knew he was going to have a good race, and I was hoping to get his back, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the day to follow him either. And then I knew that my dream was not going to come through today, for sure."
Skiers faced another day of warm weather, with temperatures hitting over 6 degrees Celsius (42.8 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting some to forgo their tops and only wear a race bib. Course officials decided against salting the track to make the snow more compact.
