The Women's 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 14 February 1988, at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

Results Rank Name Country Time 1 Vida Vencienė 30:08.3 2 Raisa Smetanina 30:17.0 3 Marjo Matikainen 30:20.5 4 Svetlana Nageykina 30:26.5 5 Tamara Tikhonova 30:38.9 6 Inger Helene Nybråten 30:51.7 7 Pirkko Määttä 30:52.4 8 Marie-Helene Westin 30:53.5 9 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 30:57.0 10 Simone Opitz 31:14.3 11 Evi Kratzer 31:16.7 12 Guidina Dal Sasso 31:16.7 13 Anna-Lena Fritzon 31:19.3 14 Brit Pettersen 31:20.5 15 Marit Wold 31:31.6 16 Anne Jahren 31:34.1 17 Bice Vanzetta 31:34.5 18 Christina Gilli-Brügger 31:37.4 19 Stefania Belmondo 31:47.2 20 Manuela Di Centa 31:50.2 21 Simone Greiner-Petter 31:53.0 22 Karin Svingstedt 31:57.0 23 Susann Kuhfittig 32:01.5 24 Karin Jäger 32:09.5 25 Kerstin Moring 32:12.8 26 Cornelia Sulzer 32:17.1 27 Ľubomíra Balážová 32:30.3 28 Annika Dahlman 32:31.4 29 Tuulikki Pyykkönen 32:37.7 30 Lorna Sasseville 32:49.7 31 Alžbeta Havrančíková 32:59.1 32 Sandra Parpan 33:02.0 33 Carol Gibson 33:03.9 34 Margot Kober 33:22.2 35 Viera Klimková 33:23.0 36 Leslie Bancroft-Krichko 33:25.1 37 Marie-Andrée Masson 33:35.6 38 Angela Schmidt-Foster 33:45.9 39 Rodica Drăguş 33:51.4 40 Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage 34:26.1 41 Nancy Fiddler 34:31.1 42 Hildegard Embacher 34:53.2 43 Marianne Irniger 34:58.3 44 Sonja Bilgeri 35:07.0 45 Leslie Thompson 35:17.7 46 Piroska Abos 35:17.8 47 Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa 35:31.1 48 Davaagiin Enkhee 35:40.8 49 Louise McKenzie 36:58.7 50 Jean Watson 37:54.0 51 Wang Jinfen 38:47.7 52 Maria Theurl DNF

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