# Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on Sunday 8 February at Seefeld in Tirol. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course.

## Results

Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 55 | Nikolay Bazhukov | Soviet Union | 43:58.47 | – |
| | 7 | Yevgeny Belyayev | Soviet Union | 44:01.10 | +2.63 |
| | 52 | Arto Koivisto | Finland | 44:19.25 | +20.78 |
| 4 | 78 | Ivan Garanin | Soviet Union | 44:41.98 | +43.51 |
| 5 | 31 | Ivar Formo | Norway | 45:29.11 | +1:30.64 |
| 6 | 4 | Bill Koch | United States | 45:33.22 | +1:34.75 |
| 7 | 61 | Georg Zipfel | West Germany | 45:38.10 | +1:39.63 |
| 8 | 13 | Odd Martinsen | Norway | 45:41.33 | +1:42.86 |
| 9 | 34 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | East Germany | 45:42.97 | +1:44.50 |
| 10 | 37 | Juha Mieto | Finland | 45:46.27 | +1:47.80 |
| 11 | 8 | Albert Giger | Switzerland | 45:47.07 | +1:48.60 |
| 12 | 43 | Franz Renggli | Switzerland | 45:53.49 | +1:55.02 |
| 13 | 12 | Benny Södergren | Sweden | 45:59.91 | +2:01.44 |
| 14 | 65 | Pertti Teurajärvi | Finland | 46:04.84 | +2:06.37 |
| 15 | 76 | Thomas Wassberg | Sweden | 46:13.35 | +2:14.88 |
| 16 | 35 | Yury Skobov | Soviet Union | 46:16.27 | +2:17.80 |
| 17 | 54 | Edi Hauser | Switzerland | 46:29.14 | +2:30.67 |
| 18 | 33 | Jean-Paul Pierrat | France | 46:35.64 | +2:37.17 |
| 19 | 23 | Herbert Wachter | Austria | 46:46.39 | +2:47.92 |
| 20 | 74 | Pål Tyldum | Norway | 46:50.57 | +2:52.10 |
| 21 | 18 | Giulio Capitanio | Italy | 46:51.14 | +2:52.67 |
| 22 | 16 | Wiesław Gębala | Poland | 46:59.00 | +3:00.53 |
| 23 | 59 | Tommy Limby | Sweden | 47:00.06 | +3:01.59 |
| 24 | 50 | Ivan Lebanov | Bulgaria | 47:02.41 | +3:03.94 |
| 25 | 73 | Jürgen Wolf | East Germany | 47:04.49 | +3:06.02 |
| 26 | 29 | Lyubomir Toskov | Bulgaria | 47:04.87 | +3:06.40 |
| 27 | 68 | Fredel Kälin | Switzerland | 47:05.39 | +3:06.92 |
| 28 | 10 | Gerd Heßler | East Germany | 47:08.77 | +3:10.30 |
| 29 | 57 | Renzo Chiocchetti | Italy | 47:11.22 | +3:12.75 |
| 30 | 40 | Sven-Åke Lundbäck | Sweden | 47:12.85 | +3:14.38 |
| 31 | 1 | Georg Kandlinger | West Germany | 47:20.13 | +3:21.66 |
| 32 | 20 | Risto Kiiskinen | Finland | 47:21.06 | +3:22.59 |
| 33 | 39 | Bert Bullock | Canada | 47:23.38 | +3:24.91 |
| 34 | 48 | František Šimon | Czechoslovakia | 47:24.90 | +3:26.43 |
| 35 | 69 | Ján Fajstavr | Czechoslovakia | 47:25.77 | +3:27.30 |
| 36 | 25 | Roberto Primus | Italy | 47:29.02 | +3:30.55 |
| 37 | 27 | Tim Caldwell | United States | 47:33.59 | +3:35.12 |
| 38 | 44 | Frank Betz | West Germany | 47:39.15 | +3:40.68 |
| 39 | 41 | Milan Jarý | Czechoslovakia | 47:50.01 | +3:51.54 |
| 40 | 53 | Jan Staszel | Poland | 48:04.31 | +4:05.84 |
| 41 | 19 | Petar Pankov | Bulgaria | 48:04.46 | +4:05.99 |
| 42 | 15 | Rudolf Horn | Austria | 48:10.52 | +4:12.05 |
| 43 | 47 | Werner Vogel | Austria | 48:17.47 | +4:19.00 |
| 44 | 26 | Władysław Podgórski | Poland | 48:18.62 | +4:20.15 |
| 45 | 79 | Hans Speicher | West Germany | 48:28.90 | +4:30.43 |
| 46 | 22 | Stanislav Henych | Czechoslovakia | 48:31.23 | +4:32.76 |
| 47 | 32 | Halldór Matthíasson | Iceland | 48:42.22 | +4:43.75 |
| 48 | 70 | Josef Vogel | Austria | 48:42.32 | +4:43.85 |
| 49 | 63 | Gerhard Grimmer | East Germany | 48:45.04 | +4:46.57 |
| 50 | 42 | Kiyoshi Hayasaka | Japan | 48:46.93 | +4:48.46 |
| 51 | 5 | Daniel Drezet | France | 48:56.97 | +4:58.50 |
| 52 | 77 | Ronny Yeager | United States | 48:58.16 | +4:59.69 |
| 53 | 67 | Fabrizio Pedranzini | Italy | 48:58.30 | +4:59.83 |
| 54 | 64 | Doug Peterson | United States | 49:00.98 | +5:02.51 |
| 55 | 56 | Magne Myrmo | Norway | 49:26.89 | +5:28.42 |
| 56 | 2 | Hans Skinstad | Canada | 49:30.36 | +5:31.89 |
| 57 | 24 | Maksi Jelenc | Yugoslavia | 49:35.35 | +5:36.88 |
| 58 | 17 | Ryoji Fujiki | Japan | 49:40.48 | +5:42.01 |
| 59 | 46 | Edward Day | Canada | 49:59.43 | +6:00.96 |
| 60 | 75 | Khristo Barzanov | Bulgaria | 50:08.09 | +6:09.62 |
| 61 | 62 | Roland Jeannerod | France | 50:18.27 | +6:19.80 |
| 62 | 80 | Gérard Verguet | France | 50:29.28 | +6:30.81 |
| 63 | 60 | Paul Gibbins | Great Britain | 51:48.02 | +7:49.55 |
| 64 | 51 | Bahri Yılmaz | Turkey | 51:57.08 | +7:58.61 |
| 65 | 11 | Douglas Elliott | Great Britain | 52:14.27 | +8:15.80 |
| 66 | 36 | Sacit Özbey | Turkey | 52:15.41 | +8:16.94 |
| 67 | 71 | Ernie Lennie | Canada | 52:27.04 | +8:28.57 |
| 68 | 28 | Keith Oliver | Great Britain | 52:31.00 | +8:32.53 |
| 69 | 3 | Trausti Sveinsson | Iceland | 52:50.29 | +8:51.82 |
| 70 | 72 | Şeref Çınar | Turkey | 52:50.67 | +8:52.20 |
| 71 | 38 | Marcos Luis Jerman | Argentina | 53:43.30 | +9:44.83 |
| 72 | 6 | Yavuz Özbey | Turkey | 55:47.50 | +11:49.03 |
| 73 | 45 | Ueng Ming-Yih | Republic of China | 57:02.70 | +13:04.23 |
| 74 | 9 | Martín Tomás Jerman | Argentina | 1:00:07.30 | +16:08.83 |
| 75 | 21 | Efstathios Vogdanos | Greece | 1:05:51.20 | +21:52.73 |
| 76 | 14 | Liang Reng-Guey | Republic of China | 1:06:02.70 | +22:04.23 |
| 77 | 49 | Shen Li-Chien | Republic of China | 1:06:45.70 | +22:47.23 |
| 78 | 30 | Athanasios Koutsogiannis | Greece | 1:07:49.40 | +23:50.93 |
| | 58 | Matías José Jerman | Argentina | DNF | |
| | 66 | Jan Dragon | Poland | DNF | |