title: Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
  
  Cross-country skiing at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, China with six events contested — three each for men and women.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km classical details | Pavel Ryabinin Kazakhstan | Vladimir Bortsov Kazakhstan | Park Byung-chul South Korea |
  | 15 km freestyle details | Pavel Ryabinin Kazakhstan | Qu Donghai China | Vladimir Bortsov Kazakhstan |
  | 4 × 10 km relay details | Kazakhstan Vladimir Bortsov Samat Musin Andrey Nevzorov Pavel Ryabinin | Japan | China |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 km classical details | Oxana Yatskaya Kazakhstan | Sumiko Yokoyama Japan | Yelena Chernetsova Kazakhstan |
  | 10 km freestyle details | Sumiko Yokoyama Japan | Yu Shumei China | Guo Dongling China |
  | 4 × 5 km relay details | China Guo Dongling Luan Zhengrong Wang Jinfen Yu Shumei | Kazakhstan Yelena Chernetsova Svetlana Shishkina Oxana Yatskaya | Japan |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
  | 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
  | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
  