Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre classical
The men's 30 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on Monday 15 February at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. The Swede Thomas Wassberg was the 1987 World champion and Nikolay Zimyatov of the Soviet Union was the defending Olympic champion from 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.Results
Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| 28 | Alexey Prokurorov | | 1:24:26.3 | |
| 78 | Vladimir Smirnov | | 1:24:35.1 | |
| 80 | Vegard Ulvang | | 1:25:11.6 | |
| 71 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | | 1:25:31.3 | |
| 77 | Giorgio Vanzetta | | 1:25:37.2 | |
| 54 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | | 1:25:44.6 | |
| 49 | Gianfranco Polvara | | 1:26:02.7 | |
| 74 | Marco Albarello | | 1:26:09.1 | |
| 33 | Harri Kirvesniemi | | 1:26:59.6 | |
| 10 | 82 | Gunde Svan | | 1:27:30.8 | |
| 11 | 18 | Torgny Mogren | | 1:27:55.7 | |
| 12 | 1 | Yuriy Burlakov | | 1:28:02.4 | |
| 13 | 45 | Giachem Guidon | | 1:28:05.9 | |
| 14 | 87 | Pierre Harvey | | 1:28:21.7 | |
| 15 | 90 | Uwe Bellmann | | 1:28:37.2 | |
| 16 | 57 | Jan Ottosson | | 1:28:51.7 | |
| 17 | 27 | Ladislav Švanda | | 1:28:55.1 | |
| 18 | 24 | Alois Schwarz | | 1:29:34.4 | |
| 19 | 64 | Aki Karvonen | | 1:29:49.5 | |
| 20 | 26 | Kazunari Sasaki | | 1:29:59.2 | |
| 21 | 46 | Tor Håkon Holte | | 1:29:59.5 | |
| 22 | 56 | Holger Bauroth | | 1:30:03.4 | |
| 23 | 34 | Jochen Behle | | 1:30:08.3 | |
| 24 | 16 | Guy Balland | | 1:30:20.4 | |
| 25 | 15 | Radim Nyč | | 1:30:34.4 | |
| 26 | 8 | Jeremias Wigger | | 1:30:47.1 | |
| 27 | 5 | Kari Ristanen | | 1:31:05.2 | |
| 28 | 10 | Svetoslav Atanasov | | 1:31:15.7 | |
| 29 | 88 | Petr Lisičan | | 1:31:23.1 | |
| 30 | 70 | Jürg Capol | | 1:31:35.8 | |
| 31 | 3 | Martin Hole | | 1:31:47.5 | |
| 32 | 68 | Martin Petrásek | | 1:31:56.1 | |
| 33 | 63 | Alois Stadlober | | 1:32:00.0 | |
| 34 | 51 | Janež Kršinar | | 1:32:02.1 | |
| 35 | 52 | Yves Bilodeau | | 1:32:17.8 | |
| 36 | 69 | Ivan Smilenov | | 1:32:26.9 | |
| 37 | 91 | Atsushi Egawa | | 1:32:35.4 | |
| 38 | 22 | Silvano Barco | | 1:32:41.8 | |
| 39 | 20 | Al Pilcher | | 1:33:04.7 | |
| 40 | 65 | Stefan Dotzler | | 1:33:06.1 | |
| 41 | 32 | Todor Makhov | | 1:33:25.5 | |
| 42 | 43 | Thomas Wassberg | | 1:34:07.6 | |
| 43 | 81 | Claude Pierrat | | 1:34:15.6 | |
| 44 | 14 | Johann Standmann | | 1:34:24.8 | |
| 45 | 53 | Chris Heberle | | 1:34:25.6 | |
| 46 | 37 | Wayne Dustin | | 1:34:37.8 | |
| 47 | 55 | Benjamin Eberle | | 1:34:53.8 | +10:27.5 |
| 48 | 84 | Mano Ketenzhiev | | 1:34:57.0 | +10:30.7 |
| 49 | 73 | Dan Simoneau | | 1:35:21.4 | +10:55.1 |
| 50 | 58 | Dominique Locatelli | | 1:35:40.0 | +11:13.7 |
| 51 | 12 | Jon Engen | | 1:35:41.9 | +11:15.6 |
| 52 | 75 | Jari Laukkanen | | 1:35:51.6 | +11:25.3 |
| 53 | 23 | Sašo Grajf | | 1:36:19.2 | +11:52.9 |
| 54 | 36 | John Spotswood | | 1:36:42.7 | +12:16.4 |
| 55 | 60 | Park Ki-Ho | | 1:36:43.9 | +12:17.6 |
| 56 | 25 | Kevin Brochman | | 1:37:07.1 | +12:40.8 |
| 57 | 72 | Tanayuki Yuki | | 1:37:11.9 | +12:45.6 |
| 58 | 7 | Konstantin Ritter | | 1:37:47.6 | +13:21.3 |
| 59 | 2 | José Giro | | 1:38:01.5 | +13:35.2 |
| 60 | 19 | Jeon Yeung-Hae | | 1:38:05.3 | +13:39.0 |
| 61 | 13 | Martin Watkins | | 1:38:30.3 | +14:04.0 |
| 62 | 42 | David Hislop | | 1:38:48.8 | +14:22.5 |
| 63 | 47 | Gabor Mayer | | 1:39:03.5 | +14:37.2 |
| 64 | 31 | Jun Zhao | | 1:39:13.9 | +14:47.6 |
| 65 | 61 | Einar Ólafsson | | 1:39:56.3 | +15:30.0 |
| 66 | 62 | Patrick Winterton | | 1:39:57.6 | +15:31.3 |
| 67 | 89 | Ewan McKenzie | | 1:40:06.7 | +15:40.4 |
| 68 | 40 | Patrick Rémy | | 1:40:24.5 | +15:58.2 |
| 69 | 48 | Dambajantsagiin Battulga | | 1:40:41.3 | +16:15.0 |
| 70 | 4 | Christos Titas | | 1:41:25.7 | +16:59.4 |
| 71 | 44 | Julio Moreschi | | 1:41:40.3 | +17:14.0 |
| 72 | 66 | Ziitsagaany Ganbat | | 1:42:24.2 | +17:57.9 |
| 73 | 29 | Hong Kun-Pyo | | 1:43:26.4 | +19:00.1 |
| 74 | 35 | Patrik Hasler | | 1:43:26.7 | +19:00.4 |
| 75 | 76 | Cho Sung-Hoon | | 1:43:30.3 | +19:04.0 |
| 76 | 67 | Athanasios Tsakiris | | 1:43:55.1 | +19:28.8 |
| 77 | 11 | Masaharu Yamazaki | | 1:43:58.3 | +19:32.0 |
| 78 | 86 | Saim Koca | | 1:44:55.7 | +20:29.4 |
| 79 | 50 | Abdullah Yilmaz | | 1:46:48.2 | +22:21.9 |
| 80 | 6 | Dag Burgos | | 1:47:38.5 | +23:12.2 |
| 81 | 17 | Fikret Ören | | 1:49:30.2 | +25:03.9 |
| 82 | 41 | Nikos Anastassiadis | | 1:50:10.7 | +25:44.4 |
| 83 | 30 | Ricardo Burgos | | 1:51:19.4 | +26:53.1 |
| 84 | 59 | Erhan Dursum | | 1:56:10.7 | +31:44.4 |
| 85 | 21 | Roberto Alvárez | | 2:09:34.8 | +45:08.5 |
| 86 | 9 | Andrea Sammaritani | | 2:15:07.7 | +50:41.4 |
| 87 | 39 | Arturo Kinch | | 2:16:20.2 | +51:53.9 |
| 38 | Jordi Ribó | | | |
| 79 | Andreas Grünenfelder | | | |
| 85 | Joe Galanes | | | |
| 83 | Markus Gandler | | | |
