The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1976 Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 7 February 1976, at the Cross Country Skiing Stadium.
Results Rank Name Country Time 1 Helena Takalo 15:48.69 2 Raisa Smetanina 15:49.73 3 Nina Baldycheva 16:12.82 4 Hilkka Kuntola 16:17.74 5 Eva Olsson 16:27.15 6 Zinaida Amosova 16:33.78 7 Monika Debertshäuser 16:34.94 8 Grete Kummen 16:35.43 9 Marjatta Kajosmaa 16:36.25 10 Blanka Paulů 16:41.65 11 Barbara Petzold 16:42.44 12 Veronika Hesse-Schmidt 16:42.86 13 Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová 16:53.22 14 Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck 16:54.59 15 Anna Pasiarová 16:54.98 16 Sigrun Krause 16:55.54 17 Berit Kvello 16:57.12 18 Marit Myrmæl 17:02.21 19 Taina Impiö 17:03.30 20 Berit Johannessen 17:04.25 21 Michaela Endler 17:08.68 22 Görel Partapuoli 17:20.34 23 Miroslava Jaškovská 17:26.48 24 Władysława Majerczyk 17:29.01 25 Anna Pawlusiak 17:29.61 26 Mikiko Terui 17:29.65 27 Shirley Firth 17:31.36 28 Martha Rockwell 17:33.07 29 Sharon Firth 17:35.06 30 Joan Groothuysen 17:51.08 31 Anna Gębala-Duraj 17:58.91 32 Maria Rautio 17:59.25 33 Iris Schulze 18:04.81 34 Esther Miller 18:05.05 35 Jana Hlavaty 18:21.21 36 Maria Trebunia 18:21.64 37 Milena Kordež 18:36.23 38 Barbara Stöckl 18:49.16 39 Terry Porter 19:36.93 40 Claudia Sprenger 19:51.66 41 Gertrud Gasteiger 20:14.94 42 Sylvia Schweiger 20:17.43 Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes DNF Galina Kulakova (16:07.36) DQ (Doping)
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