The women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 20 February at Snow Harp.

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Italian Manuela Di Centa, who won in Lillehammer, then in classical technique.

Results OFFICIAL RESULTS Olympic Winter Games - Ladies' 30km FResults olympic.org

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit 28 Yuliya Chepalova 1:22:01.5 — 34 Stefania Belmondo 1:22:11.7 +10.2 38 Larisa Lazutina 1:23:15.7 +1:14.2 40 Elin Nilsen 1:24:24.5 +2:23.0 26 Yelena Välbe 1:24:52.8 +2:51.3 35 Maria Theurl 1:24:54.3 +2:52.8 31 Brigitte Albrecht 1:25:15.0 +3:13.5 25 Iryna Terelya 1:25:22.3 +3:20.8 37 Marit Mikkelsplass 1:25:36.9 +3:35.4 10 32 Gabriella Paruzzi 1:26:06.0 +4:04.5 11 29 Antonina Ordina 1:26:13.8 +4:12.3 12 7 Yelena Sinkevitch 1:27:15.3 +5:13.8 13 30 Olga Danilova 1:28:08.1 +6:06.6 14 23 Valentyna Shevchenko 1:28:20.0 +6:18.5 15 44 Jaroslava Bukvajová 1:28:21.0 +6:19.5 16 8 Kati Wilhelm 1:28:27.7 +6:26.2 17 27 Sophie Villeneuve 1:28:57.8 +6:56.3 18 20 Nataša Lačen 1:29:10.4 +7:08.9 19 24 Maj Helen Sorkmo 1:29:16.9 +7:15.4 20 4 Antonella Confortola 1:29:31.6 +7:30.1 21 6 Svetlana Deshevykh 1:29:48.1 +7:46.6 22 14 Karine Philippot 1:29:51.6 +7:50.1 23 22 Kateřina Hanusová 1:29:59.9 +7:58.4 24 17 Natascia Leonardi 1:30:31.8 +8:30.3 25 3 Alžbeta Havrančíková 1:30:38.6 +8:37.1 26 9 Anke Reschwamm Schulze 1:30:54.6 +8:53.1 27 1 Olena Hayasova 1:31:01.0 +8:59.5 28 11 Irina Nikulchina 1:31:04.7 +9:03.2 29 19 Cristel Vahtra 1:31:09.3 +9:07.8 30 56 Svetlana Shishkina 1:31:39.7 +9:38.2 31 59 Constanze Blum 1:31:52.9 +9:51.4 32 43 Sumiko Yokoyama 1:32:04.3 +10:02.8 33 16 Bernadeta Piotrowska 1:32:37.6 +10:36.1 34 12 Monica Lăzăruț 1:32:41.7 +10:40.2 35 49 Zuzana Kocumová 1:32:52.1 +10:50.6 36 46 Laura Wilson 1:33:10.6 +11:09.1 37 57 Anette Fanqvist 1:33:10.7 +11:09.2 38 53 Midori Furusawa 1:33:16.2 +11:14.7 39 10 Kumiko Yokoyama 1:33:19.7 +11:18.2 40 13 Oxana Yatskaya 1:33:23.4 +11:21.9 41 48 Kerrin Petty 1:33:47.3 +11:45.8 42 5 Svetlana Kamotskaya 1:33:51.6 +11:50.1 43 2 Suzanne King 1:34:01.8 +12:00.3 44 67 Ludmila Korolik 1:34:07.5 +12:06.0 45 18 Karin Säterkvist 1:34:15.1 +12:13.6 46 33 Kristina Šmigun 1:34:18.1 +12:16.6 47 50 Irina Skripnik 1:34:38.4 +12:36.9 48 52 Õnne Kurg 1:34:59.9 +12:58.4 49 65 Laura McCabe 1:35:09.9 +13:08.4 50 64 Milla Jauho 1:35:39.2 +13:45.9 51 39 Beckie Scott 1:35:47.4 +13:45.9 52 60 Olga Selezneva 1:36:30.6 +14:29.1 53 45 Anžela Brice 1:37:08.4 +15:06.9 54 21 Sara Renner 1:40:14.6 +18:13.1 55 47 Kazimiera Strolienė 1:40:57.9 +18:56.4 56 54 Marie-Odile Raymond 1:41:07.2 +19:05.7 57 63 Ināra Rudko 1:43:22.8 +21:21.3 58 68 Alla Mikayelyan 1:44:03.6 +22:02.1 36 Trude Dybendahl Hartz — — 42 Karin Moroder — — 55 Dorota Kwaśna — — 58 Hanna Slipenko — — 62 Manuela Henkel — — 15 Anita Nyman — — 41 Annick Pierrel — — 51 Kati Sundqvist — — 61 Jaime Fortier — — 66 Tomomi Otaka — —

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