A nosleg collapse or hangup will undoubtedly have damaged the surface of the runway, never mind the aircraft
We had a CV880M land on RW 31 at Kai Tak in the sixties with the Chief Pilot in command after all efforts to extend the nose gear failed. There was no damage to the runway and minimal damage to the airframe. The aircraft was back on the line within two weeks. It all depends how you do it I guess.
Not so lucky with the Ansett 747-300 which landed with the nose gear retracted, unbeknown to the hapless crew, at YSSY. Although again the runway was unscathed, there was substantial expensive damage to the aircraft.