Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games Cross country skiing results
Men's events
15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Nikolay Bazhukov (URS)
|
43:58.47 |
| Silver | Yevgeniy Belyayev (URS)
|
44:01.10 |
| Bronze |  Arto Koivisto (FIN)
|
44:19.25 |
30 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Sergey Savelyev (URS)
|
1:30:29.38 |
| Silver |  Bill Koch (USA)
|
1:30:57.84 |
| Bronze | Ivan Garanin (URS)
|
1:31:09.29 |
Koch is the only American, the first North American (Chandra Crawford, Sara Renner, and Beckie Scott, all from Canada are the others.), and the only North American Male to win a cross country Olympic medal.
50 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Ivar Formo (NOR)
|
2:37:30.05 |
| Silver |  Gert-Dietmar Klause (GDR)
|
2:38:13.21 |
| Bronze |  Benny Södergren (SWE)
|
2:39:39.21 |
4 x 10 km relay
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Finland (Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto)
|
2:07:59.72 |
| Silver | Norway (Pål Tyldum, Einar Sagstuen, Ivar Formo, Odd Martinsen)
|
2:09:58.36 |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (Yevgeniy Belyayev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Sergey Savelyev, Ivan Garanin)
|
2:10:51.46 |
Women's events
5 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Helena Takalo (FIN)
|
15:48.69 |
| Silver | Raisa Smetanina (URS)
|
15:49.73 |
| Bronze | Nina Baldycheva (URS)
|
16:12.82 |
Galina Kulakova finished third, but was disqualified for using a nasal spray containing the banned drug ephedrine. Despite this, she was allowed to compete in the 10km and 4 x 5km relay events.
10 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Raisa Smetanina (URS)
|
30:13.41 |
| Silver | Helena Takalo (FIN)
|
30:14.28 |
| Bronze | Galina Kulakova (URS)
|
30:38.61 |
4 x 5 km relay
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Soviet Union (Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova)
|
1:07:49.75 |
| Silver | Finland (Liisa Suikhonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Hilkka Kuntola, Helena Takalo)
|
1:08:36.57 |
| Bronze | East Germany (Monika Debertshäuser, Sigrun Krause, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Hesse)
|
1:09:57.95 |
