Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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The 1976 Winter Olympic Games Cross country skiing results
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[edit] Men's events
[edit] 15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Bazhukov (URS) | 43:58.47 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeny Belyaev (URS) | 44:01.10 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Arto Koivisto (FIN) | 44:19.25 |
[edit] 30 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Savelyev (URS) | 1:30:29.38 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of the United States.svg Bill Koch (USA) | 1:30:57.84 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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 | Image:Flag of Norway.svg Ivar Formo (NOR) | 2:37:30.05 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of East Germany.svg Gert-Dietmar Klause (GDR) | 2:38:13.21 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Benny Södergren (SWE) | 2:39:39.21 |
[edit] 4 x 10 km relay
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland (Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto) | 2:07:59.72 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (Pål Tyldum, Einar Sagstuen, Ivar Formo, Odd Martinsen) | 2:09:58.36 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Yevgeny Belyaev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Sergey Savelyev, Ivan Garanin) | 2:10:51.46 |
[edit] Women's events
[edit] 5 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Helena Takalo (FIN) | 15:48.69 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Raisa Smetanina (URS) | 15:49.73 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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.
[edit] 10 km
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Raisa Smetanina (URS) | 30:13.41 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Helena Takalo (FIN) | 30:14.28 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Kulakova (URS) | 30:38.61 |
[edit] 4 x 5 km relay
| Medal | Athlete | Time |
| Gold | Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova) | 1:07:49.75 |
| Silver | Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland (Liisa Suihkonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo) | 1:08:36.57 |
| Bronze | Image:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany (Monika Debertshäuser, Sigrun Krause, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Schmidt) | 1:09:57.95 |
| Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics |
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| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing |
| Events at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck) |
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| Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Figure skating • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Ski jumping • Speed skating |
