Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre
# Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre

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 | Finland | 15:48.69 |
| 2 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | 15:49.73 |
| 3 | Nina Baldycheva | Soviet Union | 16:12.82 |
| 4 | Hilkka Kuntola | Finland | 16:17.74 |
| 5 | Eva Olsson | Sweden | 16:27.15 |
| 6 | Zinaida Amosova | Soviet Union | 16:33.78 |
| 7 | Monika Debertshäuser | East Germany | 16:34.94 |
| 8 | Grete Kummen | Norway | 16:35.43 |
| 9 | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Finland | 16:36.25 |
| 10 | Blanka Paulů | Czechoslovakia | 16:41.65 |
| 11 | Barbara Petzold | East Germany | 16:42.44 |
| 12 | Veronika Hesse-Schmidt | East Germany | 16:42.86 |
| 13 | Gabriela Svobodová-Sekajová | Czechoslovakia | 16:53.22 |
| 14 | Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck | Sweden | 16:54.59 |
| 15 | Anna Pasiarová | Czechoslovakia | 16:54.98 |
| 16 | Sigrun Krause | East Germany | 16:55.54 |
| 17 | Berit Kvello | Norway | 16:57.12 |
| 18 | Marit Myrmæl | Norway | 17:02.21 |
| 19 | Taina Impiö | Finland | 17:03.30 |
| 20 | Berit Johannessen | Norway | 17:04.25 |
| 21 | Michaela Endler | West Germany | 17:08.68 |
| 22 | Görel Partapuoli | Sweden | 17:20.34 |
| 23 | Miroslava Jaškovská | Czechoslovakia | 17:26.48 |
| 24 | Władysława Majerczyk | Poland | 17:29.01 |
| 25 | Anna Pawlusiak | Poland | 17:29.61 |
| 26 | Mikiko Terui | Japan | 17:29.65 |
| 27 | Shirley Firth | Canada | 17:31.36 |
| 28 | Martha Rockwell | United States | 17:33.07 |
| 29 | Sharon Firth | Canada | 17:35.06 |
| 30 | Joan Groothuysen | Canada | 17:51.08 |
| 31 | Anna Gębala-Duraj | Poland | 17:58.91 |
| 32 | Maria Rautio | Sweden | 17:59.25 |
| 33 | Iris Schulze | West Germany | 18:04.81 |
| 34 | Esther Miller | Canada | 18:05.05 |
| 35 | Jana Hlavaty | United States | 18:21.21 |
| 36 | Maria Trebunia | Poland | 18:21.64 |
| 37 | Milena Kordež | Yugoslavia | 18:36.23 |
| 38 | Barbara Stöckl | Austria | 18:49.16 |
| 39 | Terry Porter | United States | 19:36.93 |
| 40 | Claudia Sprenger | Liechtenstein | 19:51.66 |
| 41 | Gertrud Gasteiger | Austria | 20:14.94 |
| 42 | Sylvia Schweiger | Austria | 20:17.43 |
| | Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes | United States | DNF |
| | Galina Kulakova | Soviet Union | (16:07.36) DQ (Doping) |
