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.
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events 15 km43:58.4744:01.1044:19.25 30 km1:30:29.381:30:57.841:31:09.29 50 km2:37:30.052:38:13.212:39:39.21 4 × 10 km relayMatti PitkänenJuha MietoPertti TeurajärviArto Koivisto2:07:59.72Pål TyldumEinar SagstuenIvar FormoOdd Martinsen2:09:58.36Yevgeny BelyayevNikolay BazhukovSergey SavelyevIvan Garanin2:10:51.46
Women's events 5 km 15:48.69 15:49.73 16:12.82 10 km 30:13.41 30:14.28 30:38.61 4 × 5 km relay Nina BaldychevaZinaida AmosovaRaisa SmetaninaGalina Kulakova1:07:49.75 Liisa SuikhonenMarjatta KajosmaaHilkka RiihivuoriHelena Takalo1:08:36.57 Monika DebertshäuserSigrun KrauseBarbara PetzoldVeronika Hesse1:09:57.95
Participating NOCs Twenty four nations participated in Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Doping controversy Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished third in the women's 5 km event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for the 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.
See also Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics
References
External links Official Olympic Report