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Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross-country skiing
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates14–27 February
No. of events8
Competitors197 (120 men, 77 women) from 35 nations

1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)55313
2 Sweden (SWE)2002
3 Finland (FIN)1023
4 Norway (NOR)0213
5 Italy (ITA)0101
6 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Participating NOCs

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

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver 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

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Event Gold Silver 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
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 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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