| Event: | Cross-country skiing |
| Games: | 2017 Winter |
| Venue: | Alatau Cross-Country Skiing & Biathlon Complex |
| Dates: | 31 January – 8 February |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2019 |
Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Winter Universiade was held in Alatau Cross-Country Skiing & Biathlon Complex from January 30 to February 8, 2017.
| Sprint classical | 3:53.60 |  Vladimir Frolov | 3:54.30 | 3:54.57 | |||
| 10 km classical | 25:12.0 | 25:20.9 | 25:33.8 | ||||
| 10 km pursuit freestyle | 26:12.5 | 26:27.2 | 27:04.5 | ||||
| 30 km classical mass start | 1:19.37.5 | 1:19.37.8 | 1:19.38.0 | ||||
| 4 x 7.5 km relay | 1:12:49.3 | 1:12:51.1 | 1:14:51.8 |
| Sprint classical | 3:18.95 | 3:21.34 | 3:26.06 | ||||
| 5 km classical | 14:08.6 | 14:21.9 | 14:23.8 | ||||
| 5 km pursuit freestyle | 13:29.7 | 13:47.8 | 13:51.0 | ||||
| 15 km classical mass start | 44:09.7 | 44:11:7 | 44:17:5 | ||||
| 3 x 5 km relay | 42:25.1 | 43:17.2 | 44:11.2 |
| Team sprint freestyle | 18:23.48 | 18:28.67 | 18:29.50 |