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

Event:	Women's 5km
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Cross Country Skiing Stadium
Date:	7 February
Competitors:	44
Nations:	14
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	15:48.69
Gold:	Helena Takalo
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Raisa Smetanina
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Nina Baldycheva
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

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]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1			15:48.69
2			15:49.73
3			16:12.82
4			16:17.74
5			16:27.15
6			16:33.78
7			16:34.94
8			16:35.43
9			16:36.25
10			16:41.65
11			16:42.44
12			16:42.86
13			16:53.22
14			16:54.59
15			16:54.98
16			16:55.54
17			16:57.12
18			17:02.21
19			17:03.30
20			17:04.25
21			17:08.68
22			17:20.34
23			17:26.48
24			17:29.01
25			17:29.61
26			17:29.65
27			17:31.36
28			17:33.07
29			17:35.06
30			17:51.08
31			17:58.91
32			17:59.25
33			18:04.81
34			18:05.05
35			18:21.21
36			18:21.64
37			18:36.23
38			18:49.16
39			19:36.93
40			19:51.66
41			20:14.94
42			20:17.43
			DNF
			(16:07.36) DQ (Doping)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's 5 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181251/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/CCS/womens-5-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 February 2018 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/galina-kulakova-1.html. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110120175019/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/galina-kulakova-1.html. 20 January 2011. dmy-all.