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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February 8, 1976
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Gold | Nikolay Bazhukov Soviet Union (URS) |
43:58.47 |
Silver | Yevgeny Belyayev Soviet Union (URS) |
44:01.10 |
Bronze | Arto Koivisto Finland (FIN) |
44:19.25 |
4 | Ivan Garanin (URS) | 44:41.98 |
5 | Ivar Formo (NOR) | 45:29.11 |
6 | Bill Koch (USA) | 45:32.22 |
7 | Georg Zipfel (FRG) | 45:38.10 |
8 | Odd Martinsen (NOR) | 45:41.33 |
February 5, 1976
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Gold | Sergey Savelyev Soviet Union (URS) |
1:30:29.38 |
Silver | Bill Koch United States (USA) |
1:30:57.84 |
Bronze | Ivan Garanin Soviet Union (URS) |
1:31:09.29 |
4 | Juha Mieto (FIN) | 1:31:20.39 |
5 | Nikolay Bazhukov (URS) | 1:31:33.14 |
6 | Gert-Dietmar Klause (GDR) | 1:32:00.91 |
7 | Albert Giger (SUI) | 1:32:17.71 |
8 | Arto Koivisto (FIN) | 1:32:23.11 |
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.
February 14, 1976
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Gold | Ivar Formo Norway (NOR) |
2:37:30.05 |
Silver | Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany (GDR) |
2:38:13.21 |
Bronze | Benny Södergren Sweden (SWE) |
2:39:39.21 |
4 | Ivan Garanin (URS) | 2:40:38.94 |
5 | Gerhard Grimmer (GDR) | 2:41:15.46 |
6 | Per Knut Aaland (NOR) | 2:41:18.06 |
7 | Pål Tyldum (NOR) | 2:42:21.86 |
8 | Tommy Limby (SWE) | 2:42:43.58 |
February 12, 1976
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 (Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Sergey Savelyev, Ivan Garanin) | 2:10:51.46 |
4 | Sweden (Benny Södergren, Christer Johansson, Thomas Wassberg, Sven-Åke Lundbäck) | 2:11:16.88 |
5 | Switzerland (Franz Renggli, Edi Hauser, Heinz Gähler, Alfred Kälin) | 2:11:28.53 |
6 | United States (Doug Peterson, Tim Caldwell, Bill Koch, Ronny Yeager) | 2:11:41.35 |
7 | Italy (Renzo Chiochetti, Tonio Biondini, Ulrico Kostner, Giulio Capitanio) | 2:12:07.12 |
8 | Austria (Rudolf Horn, Reinhold Feichter, Werner Vogel, Herbert Wachter) | 2:12:22.80 |
February 9, 1976
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Gold | Helena Takalo Finland (FIN) |
15:48.69 |
Silver | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union (URS) |
15:49.73 |
Bronze | Nina Fyodorova (URS) | 16:12.82 |
4 | Hilkka Kuntola (FIN) | 16:17.74 |
5 | Eva Olsson (SWE) | 16:27.15 |
6 | Zinaida Amosova (URS) | 16:33.78 |
7 | Monika Debertshäuser (GDR) | 16:34.94 |
8 | Grete Kummen (NOR) | 16:35.43 |
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.
February 10, 1976
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Gold | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union (URS) |
30:13.41 |
Silver | Helena Takalo Finland (FIN) |
30:14.28 |
Bronze | Galina Kulakova Soviet Union (URS) |
30:38.61 |
4 | Nina Fyodorova (URS) | 30:52.58 |
5 | Eva Olsson (SWE) | 31:08.72 |
6 | Zinaida Amosova (URS) | 31:11.23 |
7 | Barbara Petzold (GDR) | 31:12.20 |
8 | Veronika Hesse (GDR) | 31:12.33 |
February 12, 1976
Medal | Athlete | Time |
Gold | Soviet Union (Nina Fyodorova, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova) | 1:07:49.75 |
Silver | Finland (Liisa Suihkonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa, Hilkka Riihivuori, Helena Takalo) | 1:08:36.57 |
Bronze | East Germany (Monika Debertshäuser, Sigrun Krause, Barbara Petzold, Veronika Schmidt) | 1:09:57.95 |
4 | Sweden (Lena Carlzon, Görel Partapuoli, Marie Johansson, Eva Olsson) | 1:10:14.68 |
5 | Norway (Berit Kvello, Marit Myrmæl, Berit Johannessen, Grete Kummen) | 1:11:09.08 |
6 | Czechoslovakia (Anna Pasiárová, Gabriela Sekajová, Alena Bartošová, Blanka Paulů) | 1:11:27.83 |
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