| Event: | Cross-country skiing |
| Games: | 1988 Winter |
| Venue: | Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park |
| Competitors: | 197 (120 men, 77 women) |
| Nations: | 35 |
| Dates: | 14–27 February |
| Num Events: | 8 |
| Prev: | Sarajevo 1984 |
| Next: | Albertville 1992 |
1988 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results was contested at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.[1]
Thirty-four nations sent cross-country skiers to compete in the events in Calgary.
| 15 kilometre classical | 41:18.9 | 41:33.4 | 41:48.5 | ||||
| 30 kilometre classical | 1:24:26.3 | 1:24:35.1 | 1:25:11.6 | ||||
| 50 kilometre freestyle | 2:04:30.9 | 2:05:36.4 | 2:06:01.9 | ||||
| 4 × 10 km relay | Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren | 1:43:58.6 | Vladimir Smirnov Vladimir Sakhnov Mikhail Devyatyarov Alexey Prokurorov | 1:44:11.3 | Radim Nyč Václav Korunka Pavel Benc Ladislav Švanda | 1:45:22.7 |
| 5 kilometre classical | 15:04.0 | 15:05.3 | 15:11.1 | ||||
| 10 kilometre classical | 30:08.3 | 30:17.0 | 30:20.5 | ||||
| 20 kilometre freestyle | 55:53.6 | 56:12.8 | 57:22.1 | ||||
| 4 × 5 km relay | Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrylyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova | 59:51.1 | Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo | 1:01:33.0 | Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen | 1:01:53.8 |