The women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 12 February at Snow Harp.
The startlist for this race was based on the 5 km classical event from earlier in the games. The winner of the 5 km classical event, Larissa Lazutina of Russia, was the first starter in the pursuit. The rest of the competitors started behind Lazutina with the same number of seconds that they were behind her at the 5 km classical event. The winner of the race was the first competitor to finish the pursuit.
Background At the previous Olympics, Lyubov Yegorova successfully defended her gold medal. However, she was suspended from competition in February of 1997 after failing a doping test. Both the silver medalist, Manuela Di Centa, and bronze medalist, Stefania Belmondo, qualified for the event. Bente Martinsen was the overall leader in the World Cup standings prior to the Olympics. Yelena Välbe was the 1997 world champion.
Results
Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Deficit 1 Larisa Lazutina 0:00 28:29.9 5 Olga Danilova 0:14 28:36.4 2 Kateřina Neumannová 0:05 28:37.2 11 Iryna Terelya 0:40 28:40.1 12 Stefania Belmondo 0:42 28:42.6 13 Yuliya Chepalova 0:43 28:51.4 4 Nina Gavrylyuk 0:13 29:12.3 7 Anita Moen-Guidon 0:27 29:27.6 3 Bente Martinsen 0:12 29:34.1 +1:04.2 10 10 Brigitte Albrecht 0:39 29:34.8 +1:04.9 11 8 Trude Dybendahl Hartz 0:31 29:36.0 +1:06.1 12 9 Gabriella Paruzzi 0:37 29:36.8 +1:06.9 13 15 Maria Theurl 0:59 29:58.8 +1:28.9 14 6 Marit Mikkelsplass 0:16 30:15.3 +1:45.4 15 20 Katrin Šmigun 1:11 30:16.3 +1:46.4 16 18 Satu Salonen 1:06 30:32.0 +2:02.1 17 29 Sabina Valbusa 1:23 30:34.0 +2:04.1 18 16 Jaroslava Bukvajová 1:02 30:34.5 +2:04.6 19 24 Antonina Ordina 1:13 30:35.6 +2:05.7 20 19 Valentyna Shevchenko 1:10 30:38.8 +2:08.9 21 23 Yelena Sinkevitch 1:13 30:42.5 +2:12.6 22 14 Sylvia Honegger 0:52 30:44.3 +2:14.4 23 21 Manuela Di Centa 1:11 30:47.1 +2:17.2 24 22 Kateřina Hanušová 1:12 30:58.8 +2:28.9 25 25 Sumiko Yokoyama 1:18 31:04.2 +2:34.3 26 30 Constanze Blum 1:25 31:28.5 +2:58.6 27 32 Sophie Villeneuve 1:28 31:31.5 +3:01.6 28 36 Karin Säterkvist 1:35 31:49.4 +3:19.5 29 31 Fumiko Aoki 1:27 31:50.1 +3:20.2 30 41 Olena Hayasova 1:41 31:51.9 +3:22.0 31 37 Anke Reschwamm Schulze 1:37 31:53.4 +3:23.5 32 26 Kati Wilhelm 1:19 31:54.0 +3:24.1 33 52 Karine Philippot 2:01 32:00.3 +3:30.4 34 34 Nataša Lačen 1:32 32:03.6 +3:33.7 35 33 Małgorzata Ruchała 1:29 32:15.2 +3:45.3 36 40 Maryna Pestryakova 1:40 32:18.7 +3:48.8 37 49 Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel 1:56 32:20.0 +3:50.1 38 44 Svetlana Deshevykh 1:48 32:20.2 +3:50.3 39 27 Oxana Yatskaya 1:20 32:20.5 +3:50.6 40 58 Alžbeta Havrančíková 2:11 32:21.3 +3:51.4 41 59 Zuzana Kocumová 2:21 32:34.9 +4:05.0 42 35 Svetlana Shishkina 1:33 32:39.4 +4:09.5 43 39 Bernadeta Piotrowska Pocek 1:40 32:50.9 +4:21.0 44 56 Anita Nyman 2:08 32:53.7 +4:23.8 45 47 Beckie Scott 1:55 33:04.8 +4:34.9 46 50 Kumiko Yokoyama 1:57 33:07.0 +4:37.1 47 48 Svetlana Kamotskaya 1:55 33:11.2 +4:41.3 48 46 Tomomi Otaka 1:51 33:21.9 +4:52.0 49 61 Dorota Kwaśna 2:26 33:38.6 +5:08.7 50 53 Cristel Vahtra 2:04 33:40.4 +5:10.5 51 57 Kati Pulkkinen 2:11 33:43.5 +5:13.6 52 51 Kerrin Petty 1:59 34:12.2 +5:42.3 53 70 Irina Nikulchina 3:15 34:13.5 +5:43.6 54 38 Sigrid Wille 1:38 34:15.1 +5:45.2 55 55 Irina Skripnik 2:07 34:15.8 +5:45.9 56 54 Milaine Thériault 2:04 34:29.8 +5:59.9 57 65 Laura Wilson 2:47 34:42.4 +6:12.5 58 63 Ludmila Korolik 2:40 34:55.4 +6:25.5 59 60 Katarzyna Gębala 2:21 35:04.3 +6:34.4 60 69 Monica Lăzăruț 3:12 35:27.9 +6:58.0 61 73 Õnne Kurg 3:21 35:45.5 +7:15.6 62 68 Zhengrong Luan 2:53 35:47.3 +7:17.4 63 66 Olga Selezneva 2:50 36:00.6 +7:30.7 64 74 Sara Renner 3:25 36:36.7 +8:06.8 65 72 Dongling Guo 3:21 36:58.2 +8:28.3 66 78 Anžela Brice 4:02 37:07.5 +8:37.6 67 71 Ināra Rudko 3:19 37:20.3 +8:50.4 68 76 Kazimiera Strolienė 3:40 38:44.3 +10:14.4 75 Laura McCabe 3:29 17 Tuulikki Pyykkönen 1:05 28 Jana Šaldová 1:23 42 Renate Roider 1:41 43 Elin Ek 1:42 45 Andrea Huber 1:50 62 Andrea Senteler 2:30 64 Anne-Laure Mignerey Condevaux 2:44 67 Nina Kemppel 2:52 77 Jaime Fortier 3:43
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