Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
# Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Asian Winter Games

Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, China with six events contested — three each for men and women.

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 km classical details | Pavel Ryabinin Kazakhstan | Vladimir Bortsov Kazakhstan | Park Byung-chul South Korea |
| 15 km freestyle details | Pavel Ryabinin Kazakhstan | Qu Donghai China | Vladimir Bortsov Kazakhstan |
| 4 × 10 km relay details | Kazakhstan Vladimir Bortsov Samat Musin Andrey Nevzorov Pavel Ryabinin | Japan | China |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 5 km classical details | Oxana Yatskaya Kazakhstan | Sumiko Yokoyama Japan | Yelena Chernetsova Kazakhstan |
| 10 km freestyle details | Sumiko Yokoyama Japan | Yu Shumei China | Guo Dongling China |
| 4 × 5 km relay details | China Guo Dongling Luan Zhengrong Wang Jinfen Yu Shumei | Kazakhstan Yelena Chernetsova Svetlana Shishkina Oxana Yatskaya | Japan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
