| Men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 1996 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Yabuli Ski Resort | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 February 1996 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 6 nations | |||||||||
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| Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| 5 km | women | |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 15 km | men | |
| Relay | men | women |
The men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the 1996 Asian Winter Games was held on 6 February 1996 at Yabuli Ski Resort, China. [1]
| Rank | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
 |  Pavel Ryabinin (KAZ) | 40:19.1 |
 |  Qu Donghai (CHN) | 40:41.7 |
 | Vladimir Bortsov (KAZ) | 41:04.2 |
| 4 | Xu Zhongcheng (CHN) | 41:22.5 |
| 5 | Andrey Nevzorov (KAZ) | 41:40.7 |
| 6 |  Yoshikazu Takeda (JPN) | 41:40.8 |
| 7 | Nikolay Ivanov (KAZ) | 41:51.2 |
| 8 | Daichi Azegami (JPN) | 42:09.3 |
| 9 |  Park Byung-chul (KOR) | 42:17.5 |
| 10 | Jiang Tao (CHN) | 42:17.7 |
| 11 | Ahn Jin-soo (KOR) | 42:23.6 |
| 12 | Chen Guoguang (CHN) | 42:55.8 |
| 13 | Hideo Okamoto (JPN) | 43:57.6 |
| 14 | Shin Doo-sun (KOR) | 46:03.9 |
| 15 | Kim Nam-woon (KOR) | 47:14.7 |
| 16 |  Gantömöriin Choijants (MGL) | 51:00.4 |
| 17 | Dagvadorjiin Ochirsükh (MGL) | 51:37.2 |
| 18 | Gelagbalgany Ganbaatar (MGL) | 52:14.9 |
| 19 | Ganbaataryn Lkhagvadorj (MGL) | 52:32.9 |
| 20 |  Vijendra Singh (IND) | 56:56.5 |
| 21 | Dole Ram Thakur (IND) | 1:04:03.3 |
| 22 | Madho Singh (IND) | 1:08:29.7 |
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