Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics
# Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 15 for men and 10 for women.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 25 | 22 | 22 | 69 |

## Medal summary

The competition events were:

* 5 km: men - women
* 10 km: men - women
* 15 km: men
* 3x5 km relay: men - women
* 3x10 km relay: men

Each event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:

* I - standing, single-leg amputation above the knee
* II - standing, single-leg amputation below the knee
* III - standing, single-arm amputation
* IV B - standing, double-arm amputation
* A - visually impaired, no functional vision
* B - visually impaired, under 10% functional vision

### Men's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km - short distance | I details | Pertti Sankilampi Finland | Otto Malkki Finland | Tauno Seppaenen Finland |
| 5 km - short distance | II details | Bertil Lundmark Sweden | Kalle Tiusanen Finland | Erkki Kukkanen Finland |
| 5 km - short distance | III details | Teuvo Sahi Finland | Walter Klenk West Germany | Edmund Zahner West Germany |
| 5 km - short distance | IV B details | Reino Vesander Finland | Ernst Schwarz West Germany | Adolf Fritsche West Germany |
| 10 km - short distance | A details | Germain Oberli Switzerland | Jarle Johnsen Norway | Mauno Sulisalo Finland |
| 10 km - short distance | B details | Morten Langeroed Norway | Sven-Ivar Martin Sweden | Terje Hansen Norway |
| 10 km - middle distance | I details | Pertti Sankilampi Finland | Otto Malkki Finland | Tauno Seppaenen Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | II details | Bertil Lundmark Sweden | Kalle Tiusanen Finland | Erkki Kukkanen Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | III details | Teuvo Sahi Finland | Edmund Zahner West Germany | Raimo Hiiri Finland |
| 10 km - middle distance | IV B details | Reino Vesander Finland | Adolf Fritsche West Germany | Ernst Schwarz West Germany |
| 15 km - middle distance | A details | Jarle Johnsen Norway | Ingemar Lundquist Sweden | Germain Oberli Switzerland |
| 15 km - middle distance | B details | Morten Langeroed Norway | Sven-Ivar Martin Sweden | Terje Hansen Norway |
| 3×5 km relay | I-II details | Finland (FIN) Otto Malkki Pertti Sankilampi Kalle Tiusanen | Sweden (SWE) Bertil Lundmark Kalevi Mattila Sven-Olof Tornvall | West Germany (FRG) Hermann Heckel Helmut Kaidisch Siegfried Loose |
| 3×10 km relay | A-B details | Norway (NOR) Terje Hansen Jarle Johnsen Morten Langeroed | Finland (FIN) Martti Juntunen Manu Laakso Matti Ojanen | Sweden (SWE) Yngve Eriksson Ingemar Lundquist Sven-Ivar Martin |
| 3×10 km relay | III-IV B details | Finland (FIN) Raimo Hiiri Teuvo Sahi Arvo Stahl | West Germany (FRG) Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner Edmund Zahner | Austria (AUT) Wolfgang Pickl Josef Scheiber Eugen Wilhelm |

### Women's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 km - short distance | A details | Birgitta Sund Sweden | Gunhild Sundstrom Sweden | Marianne Edfeldt Sweden |
| 5 km - short distance | B details | Karin Gustavsson Sweden | Reidun Laengen Norway | Astrid Nilsson Sweden |
| 5 km - short distance | I details | Vigdis Bente Mordre Norway | None | None |
| 5 km - short distance | II details | Lorna Manzer Canada | None | None |
| 5 km - short distance | III details | Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany | Aino Turpeinen Finland | Ellen Sjodin Sweden |
| 10 km - middle distance | A details | Birgitta Sund Sweden | Gunhild Sundstrom Sweden | Marianne Edfeldt Sweden |
| 10 km - middle distance | B details | Reidun Laengen Norway | Astrid Nilsson Sweden | Karin Gustavsson Sweden |
| 10 km - middle distance | I details | Vigdis Bente Mordre Norway | None | None |
| 10 km - middle distance | III details | Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany | Aino Turpeinen Finland | Ellen Sjodin Sweden |
| 3×5 km relay | A-B details | Sweden (SWE) Karin Gustavsson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund | Norway (NOR) Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Reidun Laengen | Finland (FIN) Ella Kinnunen Sirkka Sulisalo Matleena Talonen |
