The Women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Pragelato.
The world champion at the 10 kilometre event was Kateřina Neumannová – however, that was in the freestyle event, and a classical-style 10 kilometre in the World Championship had not been held since 1989. In the World Cup, however, there had been two events leading up to the Olympics, both won by Norwegians: Marit Bjørgen won at Kuusamo, Finland in November, and Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen at Otepää, Estonia in January. Bente Skari won the Olympic gold in 2002, but did not defend her status, having retired after the 2003 World Championship.
Kristina Šmigun won her second gold of the Olympics, winning 21 seconds ahead of Marit Bjørgen, with two other Norwegians following.
In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that one of Šmigun's samples from the 2006 Turin Games had been retested with a positive result. On 24 October 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that Šmigun's case will be heard in the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the end of the month. Marit Bjørgen of Norway, winner of the silver medal, would receive the gold medal if Šmigun is stripped of the gold.
Results
Seventy-two skiers entered the race, with all but two completing the course and receiving a rank. Beckie Scott, the 2002 Olympic champion in the pursuit event, was disqualified for skiing outside the marked track, the only such disqualification in the cross-country events in Turin. Rank Name Country Time Kristina Šmigun 27:51.4 Marit Bjørgen 28:12.7 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 28:14.0 4 Kristin Størmer Steira 28:21.0 5 Kateřina Neumannová 28:22.2 6 Petra Majdič 28:22.3 7 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 28:29.6 8 Sara Renner 28:33.0 9 Virpi Kuitunen 28:51.4 10 Viola Bauer 29:03.6 11 Britta Norgren 29:07.1 12 Kristin Mürer Stemland 29:20.5 13 Gabriella Paruzzi 29:24.0 14 Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina 29:24.1 15 Seraina Mischol 29:30.4 16 Natalya Baranova-Masalkina 29:30.9 17 Claudia Künzel 29:31.6 18 Wang Chunli 29:34.6 19 Larisa Kurkina 29:36.8 20 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 29:38.4 21 Valentina Shevchenko 29:40.4 22 Élodie Bourgeois-Pin 29:40.6 23 Elin Ek 29:40.9 24 Olga Zavyalova 29:57.6 25 Laurence Rochat 30:02.2 26 Yuliya Chepalova 30:04.7 27 Tatjana Zavalij 30:13.2 28 Alena Procházková 30:13.6 29 Alena Sannikova 30:15.1 30 Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya 30:23.6 31 Masako Ishida 30:24.0 32 Kamila Rajdlová 30:25.2 33 Lina Andersson 30:25.5 34 Antonella Confortola 30:26.9 35 Riitta-Liisa Lassila 30:28.4 36 Li Hongxue 30:33.9 37 Aurelie Perrillat 30:35.9 38 Stefanie Böhler 30:43.2 39 Cristina Paluselli 30:46.0 40 Yevgeniya Voloshenko 30:47.1 41 Seraina Boner 30:58.0 42 Elena Antonova 31:04.4 43 Kati Venäläinen 31:04.9 44 Kateryna Grygorenko 31:16.6 45 Eva Nývltová 31:25.8 46 Milaine Thériault 31:30.4 47 Emelie Öhrstig 31:31.6 48 Magda Genuin 31:37.8 49 Silja Suija 31:40.9 50 Wendy Kay Wagner 31:41.0 51 Tatjana Mannima 31:46.8 52 Kelime Aydın 31:47.1 53 Kikkan Randall 31:49.7 54 Amanda Ammar 31:51.7 55 Huo Li 31:58.7 56 Kaili Sirge 32:06.6 57 Abby Larson 32:09.0 58 Jiang Chunli 32:22.1 59 Lindsey Weier 32:43.3 60 Mónika György 32:44.0 61 Natalya Issachenko 32:52.9 62 Lee Chae-won 32:57.8 63 Laura Orgué 33:18.6 64 Laia Aubert 33:29.4 65 Maja Benedičič 33:41.3 66 Maja Kezele 35:04.2 67 Jaqueline Mourão 35:59.7 68 Erdene-Ochiryn Ochirsüren 36:40.1 69 Leila Gyenesei 36:43.0 70 Vedrana Vučićević 42:45.8 Beckie Scott DQ Justyna Kowalczyk DNF
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