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.[1]

Women's 5km
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
VenueCross Country Skiing Stadium
Date7 February
Competitors44 from 14 nations
Winning time15:48.69
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helena Takalo
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raisa Smetanina
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nina Baldycheva
 Soviet Union
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Results

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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)[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 5 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011.