The 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was the first event cross-country skiing programme to take place at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the ninth appearance of the 10 km race. The competition was held on Thursday, February 9, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman and was the first final to be held at the games.
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland took Gold and was the second Finn to win this event after Lydia Wideman in 1952. The 1976 gold medal winner, Raisa Smetanina, won silver. All 52 athletes who entered the race finished with an official time.
Results Rank Name Country Time 1 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 31:44.2 2 Raisa Smetanina 32:02.9 3 Britt Pettersen 32:12.7 4 Berit Aunli 32:17.7 5 Anne Jahren 32:26.2 6 Marie Risby 32:34.6 7 Marit Myrmæl 32:35.3 8 Yuliya Shamshurina 32:45.7 9 Nadezhda Buryakova 32:55.8 10 Květa Jeriová 32:58.7 11 Evi Kratzer 33:04.8 12 Lyubov Lyadova 33:05.8 13 Blanka Paulů 33:07.8 14 Gabriela Svobodová 33:29.1 15 Ute Noack 33:37.5 16 Guidina Dal Sasso 33:48.2 17 Petra Rohrmann 34:00.3 18 Karin Lamberg-Skog 34:01.3 19 Pirkko Määttä 34:13.4 20 Christina Gilli-Brügger 34:17.8 21 Ann-Janeth Rosendahl 34:28.0 22 Shirley Firth 34:31.3 23 Karin Thomas 34:31.6 24 Carola Anding 34:33.3 25 Eija Hyytiäinen 34:33.8 26 Judy Rabinowitz 34:35.1 27 Anna Pasiarová 34:35.9 28 Manuela Di Centa 34:41.6 29 Sharon Firth 34:47.0 30 Jana Mlakar 34:52.2 31 Stina Karlsson 34:52.4 32 Susan Long 34:58.9 33 Karin Jäger 35:05.2 34 Paola Pozzoni 35:30.8 35 Clara Angerer 35:31.1 36 Angela Schmidt-Foster 35:35.0 37 Erja Kuivalainen 35:35.2 38 Monika Germann 35:36.0 39 Patricia Ross 35:41.3 40 Lynn Spencer-Galanes 35:47.4 41 Andreja Smrekar 36:10.4 42 Livia Reit 36:20.9 43 Metka Munih 37:18.4 44 Tatjana Smolnikar 37:58.1 45 Ros Coats 38:12.2 46 Nicola Lavery 39:05.2 47 Doris Trueman 39:28.4 48 Lauren Jeffrey 40:11.2 49 Chen Yufeng 41:27.7 50 Dou Aixia 41:35.7 51 Zhang Changyun 42:26.6 52 Song Shiji 42:28.1
References
External links Official Olympic Report