Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical
# Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical

The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 17 February 1988, at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marjo Matikainen | Finland | 15:04.0 |
| 2 | Tamara Tikhonova | Soviet Union | 15:05.3 |
| 3 | Vida Vencienė | Soviet Union | 15:11.1 |
| 4 | Anne Jahren | Norway | 15:12.6 |
| 5 | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | Finland | 15:16.7 |
| 6 | Inger Helene Nybråten | Norway | 15:17.7 |
| 7 | Marie-Helene Westin | Sweden | 15:28.9 |
| 8 | Svetlana Nageykina | Soviet Union | 15:29.9 |
| 9 | Marianne Dahlmo | Norway | 15:30.4 |
| 10 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | 15:35.9 |
| 11 | Brit Pettersen | Norway | 15:36.7 |
| 12 | Tuulikki Pyykkönen | Finland | 15:38.1 |
| 13 | Simone Opitz | East Germany | 15:41.1 |
| 14 | Evi Kratzer | Switzerland | 15:42.8 |
| 15 | Christina Gilli-Brügger | Switzerland | 15:44.5 |
| 16 | Pirkko Määttä | Finland | 15:51.8 |
| 17 | Anna-Lena Fritzon | Sweden | 15:55.6 |
| 18 | Manuela Di Centa | Italy | 15:57.2 |
| 19 | Kerstin Moring | East Germany | 16:01.6 |
| 20 | Cornelia Sulzer | Austria | 16:09.7 |
| 21 | Marie Johansson | Sweden | 16:12.1 |
| 22 | Viera Klimková | Czechoslovakia | 16:14.1 |
| 23 | Karin Svingstedt | Sweden | 16:15.0 |
| 24 | Klara Angerer | Italy | 16:20.4 |
| 25 | Silke Braun-Schwager | East Germany | 16:22.5 |
| 26 | Lorna Sasseville | Canada | 16:23.3 |
| 27 | Guidina Dal Sasso | Italy | 16:26.4 |
| 28 | Karin Jäger | West Germany | 16:28.0 |
| 29 | Alžbeta Havrančíková | Czechoslovakia | 16:28.3 |
| 30 | Ľubomíra Balážová | Czechoslovakia | 16:30.9 |
| 31 | Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | United States | 16:31.1 |
| 32 | Angela Schmidt-Foster | Canada | 16:32.5 |
| 33 | Carol Gibson | Canada | 16:35.2 |
| 34 | Maria Theurl | Austria | 16:36.7 |
| 35 | Marianne Irniger | Switzerland | 16:37.5 |
| 36 | Margot Kober | Austria | 16:39.2 |
| 37 | Susann Kuhfittig | East Germany | 16:41.9 |
| 38 | Ivana Rádlová | Czechoslovakia | 16:43.6 |
| 39 | Leslie Thompson | United States | 16:58.5 |
| 40 | Karin Thomas | Switzerland | 17:04.1 |
| 41 | Nancy Fiddler | United States | 17:05.4 |
| 42 | Gabriella Carrel | Italy | 17:08.8 |
| 43 | Stefanie Birkelbach | West Germany | 17:09.1 |
| 44 | Birgit Kohlrusch | West Germany | 17:10.3 |
| 45 | Hildegard Embacher | Austria | 17:18.6 |
| 46 | Jean McAllister | Canada | 17:32.4 |
| 47 | Betsy Youngman | United States | 17:32.6 |
| 48 | Sonja Bilgeri | West Germany | 17:33.2 |
| 49 | Piroska Abos | Spain | 17:41.6 |
| 50 | Davaagiin Enkhee | Mongolia | 18:02.2 |
| 51 | Mihaela Cârstoi | Romania | 18:21.6 |
| 52 | Louise McKenzie | Great Britain | 18:41.8 |
| 53 | Jean Watson | Great Britain | 18:54.1 |
| | Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan | Romania | DNF |
| | Wang Jinfen | China | DNF |
