# Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 19 February at the Canmore Nordic Centre.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Marco Albarello of Italy was the 1987 World champion and Gunde Svan of Sweden was the defending champion from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

## Results

Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 86 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | Soviet Union | 41:18.9 | – |
| | 29 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | Norway | 41:33.4 | +14.5 |
| | 40 | Vladimir Smirnov | Soviet Union | 41:48.5 | +29.6 |
| 4 | 76 | Oddvar Brå | Norway | 42:17.3 | +58.4 |
| 5 | 62 | Uwe Bellmann | East Germany | 42:17.8 | +58.9 |
| 6 | 10 | Maurilio De Zolt | Italy | 42:31.2 | +1:12.3 |
| 7 | 64 | Vegard Ulvang | Norway | 42:31.5 | +1:12.6 |
| 8 | 35 | Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | 42:42.8 | +1:23.9 |
| 9 | 61 | Marco Albarello | Italy | 42:48.6 | +1:29.7 |
| 10 | 85 | Giorgio Vanzetta | Italy | 42:49.6 | +1:30.7 |
| 11 | 59 | Christer Majbäck | Sweden | 42:58.6 | +1:39.7 |
| 12 | 3 | Terje Langli | Norway | 42:59.3 | +1:40.4 |
| 13 | 84 | Gianfranco Polvara | Italy | 43:07.3 | +1:48.4 |
| 14 | 23 | Gunde Svan | Sweden | 43:08.3 | +1:49.4 |
| 15 | 1 | Alexander Batyuk | Soviet Union | 43:08.7 | +1:49.8 |
| 16 | 7 | Jan Ottosson | Sweden | 43:18.1 | +1:59.2 |
| 17 | 12 | Pierre Harvey | Canada | 43:22.0 | +2:03.1 |
| 18 | 75 | Alexey Prokourorov | Soviet Union | 43:36.9 | +2:18.0 |
| 19 | 43 | Ladislav Švanda | Czechoslovakia | 43:40.9 | +2:22.0 |
| 20 | 11 | Aki Karvonen | Finland | 43:54.5 | +2:35.6 |
| 21 | 37 | Holger Bauroth | East Germany | 43:59.2 | +2:40.3 |
| 22 | 83 | Jürg Capol | Switzerland | 43:59.5 | +2:40.6 |
| 23 | 80 | Jochen Behle | West Germany | 43:59.7 | +2:40.8 |
| 24 | 49 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | 44:12.1 | +2:53.2 |
| 25 | 92 | Jari Laukkanen | Finland | 44:22.0 | +3:03.1 |
| 26 | 91 | Jean-Luc Thomas | France | 44:26.5 | +3:07.6 |
| 27 | 55 | Walter Kuss | West Germany | 44:29.0 | +3:10.1 |
| 28 | 87 | Václav Korunka | Czechoslovakia | 44:47.6 | +3:28.7 |
| 29 | 24 | Dan Simoneau | United States | 44:53.8 | +3:34.9 |
| 30 | 60 | Jari Räsänen | Finland | 45:04.5 | +3:45.6 |
| 31 | 41 | Alois Schwarz | Austria | 45:06.9 | +3:48.0 |
| 32 | 21 | Andre Blatter | Austria | 45:15.2 | +3:56.3 |
| 33 | 52 | Chris Herberle | Australia | 45:19.5 | +4:00.6 |
| 34 | 47 | Yves Bilodeau | Canada | 45:26.6 | +4:07.7 |
| 35 | 56 | Andi Grünenfelder | Switzerland | 45:35.5 | +4:16.6 |
| 36 | 73 | Alois Stadlober | Austria | 45:38.5 | +4:19.6 |
| 37 | 50 | Patrick Rémy | France | 45:45.3 | +4:26.4 |
| 38 | 28 | John Spotswood | Great Britain | 45:47.3 | +4:28.4 |
| 39 | 70 | Janež Kršinar | Yugoslavia | 45:54.8 | +4:35.9 |
| 40 | 89 | Bill Spencer | United States | 45:59.6 | +4:40.7 |
| 41 | 53 | Pavel Benc | Czechoslovakia | 46:01.6 | +4:42.7 |
| 42 | 78 | Johann Standmann | Austria | 46:04.1 | +4:45.2 |
| 43 | 19 | Martin Petrásek | Czechoslovakia | 46:07.8 | +4:48.9 |
| 44 | 25 | Sašo Grajf | Yugoslavia | 46:12.3 | +4:53.4 |
| 45 | 63 | Kazunari Sasaki | Japan | 46:12.6 | +4:53.7 |
| 46 | 57 | Al Pilcher | Canada | 46:21.1 | +5:02.2 |
| 47 | 90 | Dennis Lawrence | Canada | 46:26.3 | +5:07.4 |
| 48 | 67 | Guy Balland | France | 46:36.9 | +5:18.0 |
| 49 | 9 | Stanislav Atanasov | Bulgaria | 46:43.0 | +5:24.1 |
| 50 | 72 | Benjamin Eberle | Liechtenstein | 46:49.3 | +5:30.4 |
| 51 | 34 | Patrik Hasler | Liechtenstein | 47:07.3 | +5:48.4 |
| 52 | 27 | Tanayuki Yuki | Japan | 47:08.4 | +5:49.5 |
| 53 | 58 | Todd Boonstra | United States | 47:21.8 | +6:02.9 |
| 54 | 30 | Ki Ho Park | South Korea | 47:44.3 | +6:25.4 |
| 55 | 77 | Todor Makhov | Bulgaria | 47:47.5 | +6:28.6 |
| 56 | 6 | Claude Pierrat | France | 47:54.3 | +6:35.4 |
| 57 | 46 | Gábor Mayer | Hungary | 47:56.2 | +6:37.3 |
| 58 | 16 | Joseph Galanes | United States | 48:05.2 | +6:46.3 |
| 59 | 82 | Jun Jeung-hae | South Korea | 48:22.3 | +7:03.4 |
| 60 | 4 | Patrick Winterton | Great Britain | 48:36.0 | +7:17.1 |
| 61 | 65 | Jordi Ribó | Spain | 48:40.7 | +7:21.8 |
| 62 | 69 | Ziitsagaany Ganbat | Mongolia | 48:48.9 | +7:30.0 |
| 63 | 44 | José Giro | Spain | 48:54.2 | +7:35.3 |
| 64 | 68 | Mano Ketenzhiev | Bulgaria | 48:54.7 | +7:35.8 |
| 65 | 88 | Martin Watkins | Great Britain | 49:16.6 | +7:57.7 |
| 66 | 71 | Christos Titas | Greece | 49:48.6 | +8:29.7 |
| 67 | 36 | Atanas Simidchev | Bulgaria | 49:53.6 | +8:34.7 |
| 68 | 5 | Masaharu Yamazaki | Japan | 50:06.8 | +8:47.9 |
| 69 | 48 | Dambajantsagiin Battulga | Mongolia | 50:09.4 | +8:50.5 |
| 70 | 38 | David Hislop | Australia | 50:19.8 | +9:00.9 |
| 71 | 15 | Hong Kun-pyo | South Korea | 50:21.4 | +9:02.5 |
| 72 | 32 | Athanasios Tsakiris | Greece | 50:34.4 | +9:15.5 |
| 73 | 74 | Ronald Howden | Great Britain | 50:47.4 | +9:28.5 |
| 74 | 42 | Zhao Jun | China | 50:55.2 | +9:36.3 |
| 75 | 66 | Sung-Hoon Cho | South Korea | 51:31.1 | +10:12.2 |
| 76 | 26 | Saim Koca | Turkey | 51:36.6 | +10:17.7 |
| 77 | 54 | Abdullah Yilmaz | Turkey | 51:54.6 | +10:35.7 |
| 78 | 13 | Fikret Ören | Turkey | 52:05.1 | +10:46.2 |
| 79 | 79 | Erhan Dursum | Turkey | 52:18.3 | +10:59.4 |
| 80 | 31 | Dag Rene Burgos | Guatemala | 53:00.8 | +11:41.9 |
| 81 | 8 | Ricardo Burgos | Guatemala | 55:16.3 | +13:57.4 |
| 82 | 39 | Arturo Kinch | Costa Rica | 59:37.9 | +18:19.0 |
| 83 | 14 | Rusiate Rogoyawa | Fiji | 1:01:26.3 | +20:07.4 |
| 84 | 18 | Roberto Alvárez | Mexico | 1:01:26.4 | +20:07.5 |
| 85 | 22 | Andrea Sammaritani | San Marino | 1:02:58.1 | +21:39.2 |
| | 2 | Nikos Anastassiadis | Greece | DNF | |
| | 17 | Konstantin Ritter | Liechtenstein | DNF | |
| | 20 | Konrad Hallenbarter | Switzerland | DNF | |
| | 33 | Julio Moreschi | Argentina | DNF | |
| | 45 | Giachem Guidon | Switzerland | DNF | |
| | 51 | Einar Ólafsson | Iceland | DNS | |
| | 81 | Atsushi Egawa | Japan | DNS | |