Cross-country skiing at the 1986 Asian Winter Games
Venue	Nishioka Park
Dates	2–6 March 1986
1990 →

Cross-country skiing at the 1986 Asian Winter Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan with six events contested — three each for men and women.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
15 km classical details	Kazunari Sasaki  Japan	Yuji Yamaishi  Japan	Jun Yeung-hae  South Korea
30 km freestyle details	Taniyuki Yuki  Japan	Kazunari Sasaki  Japan	Jun Yeung-hae  South Korea
4 × 10 km relay details	Japan Hirofumi Sokata Yuji Yamaishi Taniyuki Yuki Hidetsugu Sugawara	South Korea Cho Sung-hoon Hong Kun-pyo Park Ki-ho Jun Yeung-hae	China Kang Henglin Zhu Dianfa

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km classical details	Kazuko Nakajima  Japan	Mihoko Shimizume  Japan	Tang Yuqin  China
10 km freestyle details	Kazuko Nakajima  Japan	Mihoko Shimizume  Japan	Song Shiji  China
4 × 5 km relay details	China Lu Fengmei Song Shiji Tang Yuqin Chang Dezhen	Japan Mayumi Ando Mika Ito Kazuko Nakajima Rumiko Yamamoto	North Korea Ri Kyong-hui Kim Jong-hui

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	5	5	0	10
2	China (CHN)	1	0	3	4
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	2	3
4	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		6	6	6	18

• Results of the First Winter Asian Games