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Cross-country skiing at the XII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Seefeld |
Dates | February 5–14 |
No. of events | 7 |
Competitors | 165 (114 men, 51 women) from 24 nations |
Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics | ||
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5 km | women | |
10 km | women | |
15 km | men | |
30 km | men | |
50 km | men | |
Relay | men | women |
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results. The women's 3 × 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 × 5 km relay at these games.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
2 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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15 km |
Nikolay Bazhukov Soviet Union |
43:58.47 | Yevgeny Belyayev Soviet Union |
44:01.10 | Arto Koivisto Finland |
44:19.25 |
30 km |
Sergey Savelyev Soviet Union |
1:30:29.38 | Bill Koch United States |
1:30:57.84 | Ivan Garanin Soviet Union |
1:31:09.29 |
50 km |
Ivar Formo Norway |
2:37:30.05 | Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany |
2:38:13.21 | Benny Södergren Sweden |
2:39:39.21 |
4 × 10 km relay |
Finland (FIN) Matti Pitkänen Juha Mieto Pertti Teurajärvi Arto Koivisto |
2:07:59.72 | Norway (NOR) Pål Tyldum Einar Sagstuen Ivar Formo Odd Martinsen |
2:09:58.36 | Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeny Belyayev Nikolay Bazhukov Sergey Savelyev Ivan Garanin |
2:10:51.46 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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5 km |
Helena Takalo Finland |
15:48.69 | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union |
15:49.73 | Nina Baldycheva Soviet Union |
16:12.82 |
10 km |
Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union |
30:13.41 | Helena Takalo Finland |
30:14.28 | Galina Kulakova Soviet Union |
30:38.61 |
4 × 5 km relay |
Soviet Union (URS) Nina Baldycheva Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova |
1:07:49.75 | Finland (FIN) Liisa Suikhonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo |
1:08:36.57 | East Germany (GDR) Monika Debertshäuser Sigrun Krause Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse |
1:09:57.95 |
Twenty four nations participated in Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished third in the women's 5 km event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine. She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4 × 5 km relay. This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics.