Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results. The women's 3 x 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 x 5 km relay at these games.
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[edit] Men's events
[edit] 15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold |  Nikolay Bazhukov (URS) |
43:58.47 |
| Silver | Yevgeny Belyayev (URS) |
44:01.10 |
| Bronze |  Arto Koivisto (FIN) |
44:19.25 |
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 4 x 10 km relay
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Finland (FIN) (Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto) |
2:07:59.72 |
| Silver | Norway (NOR) (Pål Tyldum, Einar Sagstuen, Ivar Formo, Odd Martinsen) |
2:09:58.36 |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (URS) (Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Sergey Savelyev, Ivan Garanin) |
2:10:51.46 |
[edit] Women's events
[edit] 5 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Helena Takalo (FIN) |
15:48.69 |
| Silver | Raisa Smetanina (URS) |
15:49.73 |
| Bronze | Nina Fyodorova (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 10 km and 4 x 5 km events.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 4 x 5 km relay
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Soviet Union (URS) (Nina Fyodorova, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova) |
1:07:49.75 |
| Silver | Finland (FIN) (Liisa Suihkonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo) |
1:08:36.57 |
| Bronze | East Germany (GDR) (Monika Debertshäuser, Sigrun Krause, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Schmidt) |
1:09:57.95 |
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