| Event: | Cross-country skiing |
| Games: | 1996 Asian Winter Games |
| Venue: | Yabuli Ski Resort |
| Prev: | 1990 |
| Next: | 1999 |
Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, China with six events contested — three each for men and women.
| 10 km classical | ||||||
| 15 km freestyle | ||||||
| 4 × 10 km relay | Vladimir Bortsov Samat Musin Andrey Nevzorov Pavel Ryabinin | valign=top | valign=top |
| 5 km classical | ||||||
| 10 km freestyle | ||||||
| 4 × 5 km relay | Guo Dongling Luan Zhengrong Wang Jinfen Yu Shumei | valign=top | Yelena Chernetsova Svetlana Shishkina Oxana Yatskaya | valign=top |