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
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| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| 86 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | | 41:18.9 | |
| 29 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | | 41:33.4 | |
| 40 | Vladimir Smirnov | | 41:48.5 | |
| 76 | Oddvar Brå | | 42:17.3 | |
| 62 | Uwe Bellmann | | 42:17.8 | |
| 10 | Maurilio De Zolt | | 42:31.2 | |
| 64 | Vegard Ulvang | | 42:31.5 | |
| 35 | Harri Kirvesniemi | | 42:42.8 | |
| 61 | Marco Albarello | | 42:48.6 | |
| 10 | 85 | Giorgio Vanzetta | | 42:49.6 | |
| 11 | 59 | Christer Majbäck | | 42:58.6 | |
| 12 | 3 | Terje Langli | | 42:59.3 | |
| 13 | 84 | Gianfranco Polvara | | 43:07.3 | |
| 14 | 23 | Gunde Svan | | 43:08.3 | |
| 15 | 1 | Alexander Batyuk | | 43:08.7 | |
| 16 | 7 | Jan Ottosson | | 43:18.1 | |
| 17 | 12 | Pierre Harvey | | 43:22.0 | |
| 18 | 75 | Alexey Prokourorov | | 43:36.9 | |
| 19 | 43 | Ladislav Švanda | | 43:40.9 | |
| 20 | 11 | Aki Karvonen | | 43:54.5 | |
| 21 | 37 | Holger Bauroth | | 43:59.2 | |
| 22 | 83 | Jürg Capol | | 43:59.5 | |
| 23 | 80 | Jochen Behle | | 43:59.7 | |
| 24 | 49 | Torgny Mogren | | 44:12.1 | |
| 25 | 92 | Jari Laukkanen | | 44:22.0 | |
| 26 | 91 | Jean-Luc Thomas | | 44:26.5 | |
| 27 | 55 | Walter Kuss | | 44:29.0 | |
| 28 | 87 | Václav Korunka | | 44:47.6 | |
| 29 | 24 | Dan Simoneau | | 44:53.8 | |
| 30 | 60 | Jari Räsänen | | 45:04.5 | |
| 31 | 41 | Alois Schwarz | | 45:06.9 | |
| 32 | 21 | Andre Blatter | | 45:15.2 | |
| 33 | 52 | Chris Herberle | | 45:19.5 | |
| 34 | 47 | Yves Bilodeau | | 45:26.6 | |
| 35 | 56 | Andreas Grünenfelder | | 45:35.5 | |
| 36 | 73 | Alois Stadlober | | 45:38.5 | |
| 37 | 50 | Patrick Rémy | | 45:45.3 | |
| 38 | 28 | John Spotswood | | 45:47.3 | |
| 39 | 70 | Janež Kršinar | | 45:54.8 | |
| 40 | 89 | Bill Spencer | | 45:59.6 | |
| 41 | 53 | Pavel Benc | | 46:01.6 | |
| 42 | 78 | Johann Standmann | | 46:04.1 | |
| 43 | 19 | Martin Petrásek | | 46:07.8 | |
| 44 | 25 | Sašo Grajf | | 46:12.3 | |
| 45 | 63 | Kazunari Sasaki | | 46:12.6 | |
| 46 | 57 | Al Pilcher | | 46:21.1 | |
| 47 | 90 | Dennis Lawrence | | 46:26.3 | |
| 48 | 67 | Guy Balland | | 46:36.9 | |
| 49 | 9 | Stanislav Atanasov | | 46:43.0 | |
| 50 | 72 | Benjamin Eberle | | 46:49.3 | |
| 51 | 34 | Patrik Hasler | | 47:07.3 | |
| 52 | 27 | Tanayuki Yuki | | 47:08.4 | |
| 53 | 58 | Todd Boonstra | | 47:21.8 | |
| 54 | 30 | Ki Ho Park | | 47:44.3 | |
| 55 | 77 | Todor Makhov | | 47:47.5 | |
| 56 | 6 | Claude Pierrat | | 47:54.3 | |
| 57 | 46 | Gábor Mayer | | 47:56.2 | |
| 58 | 16 | Joseph Galanes | | 48:05.2 | |
| 59 | 82 | Jun Jeung-hae | | 48:22.3 | |
| 60 | 4 | Patrick Winterton | | 48:36.0 | |
| 61 | 65 | Jordi Ribó | | 48:40.7 | |
| 62 | 69 | Ziitsagaany Ganbat | | 48:48.9 | |
| 63 | 44 | José Giro | | 48:54.2 | |
| 64 | 68 | Mano Ketenzhiev | | 48:54.7 | |
| 65 | 88 | Martin Watkins | | 49:16.6 | |
| 66 | 71 | Christos Titas | | 49:48.6 | |
| 67 | 36 | Atanas Simidchev | | 49:53.6 | |
| 68 | 5 | Masaharu Yamazaki | | 50:06.8 | |
| 69 | 48 | Dambajantsagiin Battulga | | 50:09.4 | |
| 70 | 38 | David Hislop | | 50:19.8 | |
| 71 | 15 | Hong Kun-pyo | | 50:21.4 | |
| 72 | 32 | Athanasios Tsakiris | | 50:34.4 | |
| 73 | 74 | Ronald Howden | | 50:47.4 | |
| 74 | 42 | Zhao Jun | | 50:55.2 | |
| 75 | 66 | Sung-Hoon Cho | | 51:31.1 | |
| 76 | 26 | Saim Koca | | 51:36.6 | |
| 77 | 54 | Abdullah Yilmaz | | 51:54.6 | |
| 78 | 13 | Fikret Ören | | 52:05.1 | |
| 79 | 79 | Erhan Dursum | | 52:18.3 | |
| 80 | 31 | Dag Rene Burgos | | 53:00.8 | |
| 81 | 8 | Ricardo Burgos | | 55:16.3 | |
| 82 | 39 | Arturo Kinch | | 59:37.9 | |
| 83 | 14 | Rusiate Rogoyawa | | | |
| 84 | 18 | Roberto Alvárez | | | |
| 85 | 22 | Andrea Sammaritani | | | |
| 2 | Nikos Anastassiadis | | | |
| 17 | Konstantin Ritter | | | |
| 20 | Konrad Hallenbarter | | | |
| 33 | Julio Moreschi | | | |
| 45 | Giachem Guidon | | | |
| 51 | Einar Ólafsson | | | |
| 81 | Atsushi Egawa | | | |
