# Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

The 15 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the eighth appearance of the event at its length of 15 km. The competition was held on Monday, 13 February 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman. Of the 91 athletes who started the race, 8 did not finish or were disqualified.
Gunde Svan of Sweden won gold, his first Olympic gold medal, being the youngest ever Olympic cross-country gold medallist. Defending Olympic champion and fellow Swede, Thomas Wassberg did not defend his title preferring to concentrate on other events. Ove Aunli of Norway was disqualified after finishing fifth for using illegal skate strokes at the climax of the race.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | 73 | Gunde Svan | Sweden | 41:25.6 |
| 2 | 63 | Aki Karvonen | Finland | 41:34.9 |
| 3 | 37 | Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | 41:45.6 |
| 4 | 88 | Juha Mieto | Finland | 42:05.8 |
| 5 | 8 | Vladimir Nikitin | Soviet Union | 42:31.6 |
| 6 | 86 | Nikolay Zimyatov | Soviet Union | 42:34.5 |
| 7 | 74 | Uwe Bellmann | East Germany | 42:35.8 |
| 8 | 54 | Tor Håkon Holte | Norway | 42:37.4 |
| 9 | 72 | Maurilio De Zolt | Italy | 42:40.0 |
| 10 | 33 | Oleksandr Batyuk | Soviet Union | 42:42.2 |
| 11 | 89 | Andi Grünenfelder | Switzerland | 42:45.7 |
| 12 | 35 | Giachem Guidon | Switzerland | 42:45.9 |
| 13 | 5 | Kari Härkönen | Finland | 42:49.3 |
| 14 | 46 | Giorgio Vanzetta | Italy | 42:54.9 |
| 15 | 17 | Sven-Erik Danielsson | Sweden | 42:55.9 |
| 16 | 62 | Aleksandr Zavyalov | Soviet Union | 42:59.0 |
| 17 | 27 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | Norway | 42:59.7 |
| 18 | 70 | Dan Simoneau | United States | 43:03.4 |
| 19 | 42 | Benny Kohlberg | Sweden | 43:21.5 |
| 20 | 13 | Geir Holte | Norway | 43:23.3 |
| 21 | 49 | Pierre Harvey | Canada | 43:36.4 |
| 22 | 52 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | 43:39.4 |
| 23 | 56 | Uwe Wünsch | East Germany | 43:49.9 |
| 24 | 1 | Giulio Capitanio | Italy | 43:50.8 |
| 25 | 79 | Alois Stadlober | Austria | 43:51.6 |
| 26 | 4 | Frank Schröder | East Germany | 43:52.1 |
| 27 | 77 | Bill Koch | United States | 43:53.7 |
| 28 | 59 | Konrad Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 44:00.3 |
| 29 | 91 | Miloš Bečvář | Czechoslovakia | 44:00.8 |
| 30 | 57 | Stefan Dotzler | West Germany | 44:02.6 |
| 31 | 69 | Dominique Locatelli | France | 44:07.5 |
| 32 | 19 | Markus Fähndrich | Switzerland | 44:08.0 |
| 33 | 44 | Franz Schöbel | West Germany | 44:11.1 |
| 34 | 32 | Gianfranco Polvara | Italy | 44:35.7 |
| 35 | 22 | Ivo Čarman | Yugoslavia | 45:04.0 |
| 36 | 87 | Józef Łuszczek | Poland | 45:04.8 |
| 37 | 7 | Josef Schneider | West Germany | 45:08.7 |
| 38 | 80 | Atanas Simidchiev | Bulgaria | 45:17.0 |
| 39 | 45 | Tim Caldwell | United States | 45:21.2 |
| 40 | 82 | Dušan Đurišič | Yugoslavia | 45:24.6 |
| 41 | 21 | Karsten Brandt | East Germany | 45:40.1 |
| 42 | 20 | Konstantin Ritter | Liechtenstein | 45:41.5 |
| 43 | 65 | Hideaki Yamada | Japan | 45:42.3 |
| 44 | 26 | Jean-Denis Jaussaud | France | 45:44.4 |
| 45 | 50 | José Giro | Spain | 45:50.3 |
| 46 | 67 | Pavel Benc | Czechoslovakia | 46:03.8 |
| 47 | 84 | Kazunari Sasaki | Japan | 46:04.8 |
| 48 | 2 | Sašo Grajf | Yugoslavia | 46:21.1 |
| 49 | 68 | Einar Ólafsson | Iceland | 46:21.7 |
| 50 | 38 | Satoshi Sato | Japan | 46:25.5 |
| 51 | 25 | Svetoslav Atanasov | Bulgaria | 46:28.9 |
| 52 | 61 | Milush Ivanchev | Bulgaria | 46:30.1 |
| 53 | 47 | Andreas Gumpold | Austria | 46:34.5 |
| 54 | 3 | Todd Boonstra | United States | 46:36.5 |
| 55 | 23 | Gottlieb Konráðsson | Iceland | 46:37.8 |
| 56 | 9 | Yusei Nakazawa | Japan | 46:38.6 |
| 57 | 85 | John Spotswood | Great Britain | 46:53.7 |
| 58 | 60 | Mark Moore | Great Britain | 47:03.2 |
| 59 | 53 | David Hislop | Australia | 47:25.5 |
| 60 | 31 | Mike Dixon | Great Britain | 48:18.6 |
| 61 | 24 | Miguel Prat | Spain | 48:30.6 |
| 62 | 83 | Park Ki-ho | South Korea | 48:55.6 |
| 63 | 15 | Marty Watkins | Great Britain | 49:08.7 |
| 64 | 40 | Chris Allen | Australia | 49:14.5 |
| 65 | 58 | Luvsandashiin Dorj | Mongolia | 49:17.8 |
| 66 | 71 | Song Shi | China | 49:42.1 |
| 67 | 90 | Li Xiaoming | China | 50:03.3 |
| 68 | 28 | Lin Guanghao | China | 50:26.1 |
| 69 | 16 | Zhu Dianfa | China | 50:42.3 |
| 70 | 6 | Nihattin Koca | Turkey | 51:58.7 |
| 71 | 48 | Kim Bo-nam | South Korea | 52:04.4 |
| 72 | 75 | Norberto von Baumann | Argentina | 52:08.9 |
| 73 | 64 | Julio Moreschi | Argentina | 52:19.1 |
| 74 | 55 | Erhan Dursun | Turkey | 53:40.3 |
| 75 | 41 | Ricardo Holler | Argentina | 54:34.6 |
| 76 | 18 | Martín Pearson | Argentina | 54:50.0 |
| 77 | 14 | Dimitrios Biliouris | Greece | 56:07.7 |
| 78 | 43 | Lazaros Tosounidis | Greece | 57:09.7 |
| 79 | 29 | Arturo Kinch | Costa Rica | 58:42.9 |
| 80 | 66 | Ueng Ming-yih | Chinese Taipei | 1:00:10.6 |
| 81 | 12 | Chang Kun-shung | Chinese Taipei | 1:02:57.7 |
| 82 | 11 | Andrea Sammaritani | San Marino | 1:03:05.3 |
| 83 | 36 | Wang Chi-hing | Chinese Taipei | 1:03:17.0 |
| | 34 | Muzaffer Selçuk | Turkey | DNF |
| | 78 | Jochen Behle | West Germany | DNF |
| DQ | 10 | Dondogiin Gankhuyag | Mongolia | DQ |
| DQ | 30 | Vangansürengiin Renchinkhorol | Mongolia | DQ |
| DQ | 39 | Cho Sung-hoon | South Korea | DQ |
| DQ | 51 | Jože Klemenčič | Yugoslavia | DQ |
| DQ | 81 | Ove Aunli | Norway | DQ |
| DQ | 76 | Pürevjavyn Batsükh | Mongolia | DQ |