Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre classical

The women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

in Salt Lake City, United States

United States

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, was held on 12 February at Soldier Hollow

Soldier Hollow

Soldier Hollow is a cross-country ski resort located southeast of Salt Lake City in Wasatch Mountain State Park, Utah, United States. The resort was created for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and during the games it hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing and the cross country skiing portion of the...

.

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Russia Larisa Lazutina

Larisa Lazutina

Larisa Evgenevna Lazutina is a former professional cross country skier who competed for Russia during several Winter Olympic Games. In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals in skiing events: three gold, a silver and a bronze...

, who won in Nagano

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

, but the 10 kilometre event was held as a pursuit.

Results

Rank	Name	Time
	Bente Skari Bente Skari Bente Skari, née Martinsen, is a former cross country skier from Nittedal, Norway. She is one of the most successful cross country skiers ever.-Career:...	28:05.6
	Julija Tchepalova Julija Tchepalova Yuliya Chepalova is a Russian cross-country skier.-Early and current personal life:Daughter of a cross-country skiing coach, Chepalova started to ski as soon as she began to walk...	28:09.9
	Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo is an Italian former cross-country skier.-Debut:Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo , the daughter of a housewife and an electric company employee....	28:45.8
4	Beckie Scott Beckie Scott Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, MSM is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu....	28:49.2
5	Lyubov Yegorova Lyubov Yegorova Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova , name also spelled Ljubov Jegorova, is a Russian former cross-country Olympic ski champion, many times world champion , winner of the World Cup and Hero of Russia. Lyubov Yegorova is an honorary citizen of Seversk , Saint Petersburg , and Tomsk Oblast...	28:50.7
6	Hilde G. Pedersen	28:56.2
7	Satu Salonen Satu Salonen Satu Salonen is a former Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1993. She won a bronze medal at the 4 x 5 km in the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had her best finish of 12th in the 5 km event at those same championships.Salonen's best individual finish at the Winter...	29:02.3
8	Petra Majdič Petra Majdic Petra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in Trondheim in 2009...	29:03.9
9	Anita Moen Anita Moen Anita Moen, sometimes shown as Anita Moen-Guidon is a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003...	29:15.5
10	Viola Bauer Viola Bauer Viola Bauer is a retired German cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2007...	29:30.0
11	Irina Terelia	29:35.8
12	Valentina Shevchenko Valentina Shevchenko Valentina Shevchenko is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has been competing since 1994. She won the bronze medal in the 30 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec....	29:42.7
13	Sara Renner Sara Renner Sara Renner is a Canadian cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. With Beckie Scott, she won the silver medal in the team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of 8th in the 10 km classical event in those same games...	29:46.7
14	Svetlana Nageykina Svetlana Nageykina Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Nageykina is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s, training at Spartak. She won a gold medal in the 4x5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.-References:*...	29:48.4
15	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Natascia Leonardi Cortest is a Swiss cross-country skier and Ski mountaineering who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 10th place in the 30 km...	29:57.5
16	Lina Andersson Lina Andersson Lina Andersson is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Individual sprint in those same games.Andersson also won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...	30:00.1
17	Aurélie Storti	30:00.2
18	Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...	30:00.5
19	Elin Ek Elin Ek Elin Ek is a radio and television actress that plays the character Grynet on Sveriges Television .- Grynet :...	30:02.3
20	Marianna Longa Marianna Longa Marianna Longa is an Italian cross country skier from Livigno. She started the professional career in 1997, and the first appearance in a world cup race was March 17, 2000 in Bormio. Longa is currently part of the Fiamme Gialle, and the Italian cross country national team. Marianna is also a...	30:04.0
21	Svetlana Shishkina	30:06.7
22	Jenny Olsson	30:09.5
23	Milaine Thérault	30:12.6
24	Oksana Yatskaya	30:13.9
25	Tina Bay Tina Bay Tina Bay is a Norwegian cross-country skier, born in Odda. She represented the club Korlevoll IL. She competed in 10 km and in pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.-References:...	30:16.3
26	Kamila Rajdlová Kamila Rajdlová Kamila Rajdlová is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Oberstdorf in 2005 while her best individual finish was 11th in the 30 km event at Sapporo in 2007.Rajdlová's best finish at the...	30:17.9
27	Vera Zyatikova	30:20.5
28	Kati Sundqvist Kati Sundqvist Kati Venälänen-Sundqvist is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She won a silver medal in the individual sprint at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti....	30:24.0
29	Yelena Antonova	30:27.3
30	Nataša Lačen Nataša Lačen Nataša Lačen is a Slovenian cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2003. Her best World Cup finish was 12th twice with one each in 2001 and in 2002....	30:31.3
31	Sumiko Yokoyama Sumiko Yokoyama is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....	30:32.3
32	Kanoko Goto	30:36.6
33	Svetlana Deshevykh	30:39.2
34	Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...	30:42.2
35	Nataliya Zyatikova	30:44.2
36	Wendy Wagner	30:50.7
37	Annmari Viljanmaa	30:51.8
38	Nina Kemppel Nina Kemppel Nina Kemppel is an American cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2003. Her best World Cup finish was 14th twice, both earned in 2001....	30:51.9
39	Cristina Paluselli Cristina Paluselli Cristina Paluselli is an Italian cross country skier who was competing since 1993 to 2006. She won ten races of the FIS World Marathon Cup, ending up as 1st in the ranking for two consecutive years ....	30:59.4
40	Anna Dahlberg Anna Dahlberg Anna Olsson is a Swedish cross-country skier who competed from 1996 to 2010. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the team sprint at Turin in 2006.Olsson also won a silver medal in the team sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec...	31:01.7
41	Olena Rodina	31:07.4
42	Katrin Šmigun	31:10.2
43	Yelena Kalugina	31:10.9
44	Hou Yuxia	31:30.6
45	Jaime Fortier	31:42.1
46	Jaroslava Bukvajová Jaroslava Bukvajová Jaroslava Bukvajová is a Slovak cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2004. Her best World Cup finish was ninth twice, both earned in Austria in 1998....	31:50.5
47	Madoka Natsumi Madoka Natsumi Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...	31:54.1
48	Tomomi Otaka	32:27.9
49	Ilona Bublová	32:32.8
50	Luan Zhengrong	32:35.3
51	Piret Niglas	32:49.1
52	Tessa Benoit	33:09.1
53	Aelin Peterson	33:18.9
54	Lee Chae-Won Lee Chae-Won Lee Chae-Won is a South Korean cross country skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 52nd in the individual sprint event at Salt Lake City in 2002....	34:04.1
55	Maja Kezele	34:10.8
56	Margarita Nikolyan	38:16.4
57	Franziska Becskehazy	46:46.0
	Laurence Rochat Laurence Rochat Laurence Rochat is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 15th place in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.Rochat's best...	DNF
	Kristina Šmigun Kristina Šmigun Kristina Šmigun-Vähi is a former and so far most successful Estonian female cross-country skier. Her parents, Anatoli Šmigun and Rutt Rehemaa were both prominent Nordic skiers...	DNF
	Olga Danilova Olga Danilova Olga Danilova is a Russian cross country skier who competed from 1991 until she was banned for using performance enhancing drugs in 2002...	DSQ
	Larisa Lazutina Larisa Lazutina Larisa Evgenevna Lazutina is a former professional cross country skier who competed for Russia during several Winter Olympic Games. In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals in skiing events: three gold, a silver and a bronze...	DSQ

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