Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross-country skiing
Venue	Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates	14–27 February
No. of events	8
Competitors	197 (120 men, 77 women) from 35 nations
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1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	5	3	13
2	Sweden	2	0	0	2
3	Finland	1	0	2	3
4	Norway	0	2	1	3
5	Italy	0	1	0	1
6	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Participating NOCs

Thirty-four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events in Calgary.

•   Argentina
•   Australia
•   Austria
•   Bulgaria
•   Canada
•   China
•   Costa Rica
•   Czechoslovakia
•   East Germany
•   Fiji
•   Finland
•   France
•   Great Britain
•   Greece
•   Guatemala
•   Hungary
•   Iceland
•   Italy
•   Japan
•   Liechtenstein
•   Mexico
•   Mongolia
•   Norway
•   Romania
•   San Marino
•   South Korea
•   Soviet Union
•   Spain
•   Sweden
•   Switzerland
•   Turkey
•   United States
•   West Germany
•   Yugoslavia

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 kilometre classical details	Mikhail Devyatyarov   Soviet Union	41:18.9	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Norway	41:33.4	Vladimir Smirnov   Soviet Union	41:48.5
30 kilometre classical details	Alexey Prokurorov   Soviet Union	1:24:26.3	Vladimir Smirnov   Soviet Union	1:24:35.1	Vegard Ulvang   Norway	1:25:11.6
50 kilometre freestyle details	Gunde Svan   Sweden	2:04:30.9	Maurilio De Zolt   Italy	2:05:36.4	Andi Grünenfelder   Switzerland	2:06:01.9
4 × 10 km relay details	Sweden Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	1:43:58.6	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sakhnov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexey Prokurorov	1:44:11.3	Czechoslovakia Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda	1:45:22.7

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 kilometre classical details	Marjo Matikainen   Finland	15:04.0	Tamara Tikhonova   Soviet Union	15:05.3	Vida Vencienė   Soviet Union	15:11.1
10 kilometre classical details	Vida Vencienė   Soviet Union	30:08.3	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	30:17.0	Marjo Matikainen   Finland	30:20.5
20 kilometre freestyle details	Tamara Tikhonova   Soviet Union	55:53.6	Anfisa Reztsova   Soviet Union	56:12.8	Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union	57:22.1
4 × 5 km relay details	Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova	59:51.1	Norway Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	1:01:33.0	Finland Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen	1:01:53.8

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report