Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
# Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Participating NOCs

Thirty-four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events in Calgary.

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* China
* Costa Rica
* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Guatemala
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Italy
* Japan
* Liechtenstein
* Mexico
* Mongolia
* Norway
* Romania
* San Marino
* South Korea
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United States
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 kilometre classical details | Mikhail Devyatyarov Soviet Union | 41:18.9 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Norway | 41:33.4 | Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union | 41:48.5 |
| 30 kilometre classical details | Alexey Prokurorov Soviet Union | 1:24:26.3 | Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union | 1:24:35.1 | Vegard Ulvang Norway | 1:25:11.6 |
| 50 kilometre freestyle details | Gunde Svan Sweden | 2:04:30.9 | Maurilio De Zolt Italy | 2:05:36.4 | Andi Grünenfelder Switzerland | 2:06:01.9 |
| 4 × 10 km relay details | Sweden (SWE) Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren | 1:43:58.6 | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sakhnov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexey Prokurorov | 1:44:11.3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda | 1:45:22.7 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 kilometre classical details | Marjo Matikainen Finland | 15:04.0 | Tamara Tikhonova Soviet Union | 15:05.3 | Vida Vencienė Soviet Union | 15:11.1 |
| 10 kilometre classical details | Vida Vencienė Soviet Union | 30:08.3 | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union | 30:17.0 | Marjo Matikainen Finland | 30:20.5 |
| 20 kilometre freestyle details | Tamara Tikhonova Soviet Union | 55:53.6 | Anfisa Reztsova Soviet Union | 56:12.8 | Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union | 57:22.1 |
| 4 × 5 km relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova | 59:51.1 | Norway (NOR) Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo | 1:01:33.0 | Finland (FIN) Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen | 1:01:53.8 |
