The women's 20 kilometre skiathlon competition in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February, at the Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal in Tesero. Frida Karlsson of Sweden won the race, and her teammate Ebba Andersson finished second. Heidi Weng of Norway won the bronze medal. For Karlsson, it was the first individual Olympic medal and the first gold (after a team bronze in 2022). It was also the first individual Olympic medal for Andersson.
Background At the previous Olympics, the women's skiathlon was 15 km; it was extended to 20 km for the 2026 Winter Olympics by FIS to match men's and women's event distances. The 2022 champion, Therese Johaug, retired from competitions, the silver medalist Natalya Nepryayeva took a maternity leave and effectively stopped competing, while the bronze medalist, Teresa Stadlober, qualified for the event. Jessie Diggins was leading both overall and distance standings of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics. Ebba Andersson was the 2025 world champion in the event.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 13:00.
Rank Bib Name Country 10 km classic Rank Pitstop 10 km free Rank Finish time Deficit 8 Frida Karlsson 27:24.4 1 31.1 25:49.7 1 53:45.2 4 Ebba Andersson 27:25.3 3 29.8 26:41.1 4 54:36.2 7 Heidi Weng 28:03.6 5 33.5 26:34.8 2 55:11.9 +1:26.7 4 16 Nadja Kälin 28:05.4 8 31.4 26:59.9 6 55:36.7 +1:51.5 5 11 Kerttu Niskanen 28:04.2 6 31.0 27:04.0 7 55:39.2 +1:54.0 6 6 Astrid Øyre Slind 27:25.0 2 32.1 27:44.2 13 55:41.3 +1:56.1 7 14 Kateřina Janatová 28:15.4 9 29.0 27:14.6 8 55:59.0 +2:13.8 8 1 Jessie Diggins 28:52.8 15 34.4 26:39.1 3 56:06.3 +2:21.1 9 5 Teresa Stadlober 28:53.9 17 30.5 26:47.2 5 56:11.6 +2:26.4 10 12 Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs 28:04.9 7 31.8 27:48.9 16 56:25.6 +2:40.4 11 13 Jonna Sundling 27:57.6 4 34.5 28:17.4 22 56:49.5 +3:04.3 12 9 Pia Fink 28:49.5 14 30.3 27:30.3 9 56:50.1 +3:04.9 13 3 Karoline Simpson-Larsen 28:49.0 13 33.3 27:35.5 10 56:57.8 +3:12.6 14 2 Moa Ilar 28:18.3 10 29.9 28:38.0 29 57:26.2 +3:41.0 15 20 Vilma Ryytty 28:42.8 12 32.8 28:21.7 24 57:37.3 +3:52.1 16 23 Léonie Perry 29:20.2 25 40.6 27:39.6 11 57:40.4 +3:55.2 17 17 Dariya Nepryaeva 29:01.4 20 32.2 28:07.7 19 57:41.3 +3:56.1 18 10 Helen Hoffmann 29:05.5 23 35.3 28:03.8 18 57:44.6 +3:59.4 19 32 Marina Kälin 28:55.0 18 30.3 28:21.2 23 57:46.5 +4:01.3 20 18 Krista Pärmäkoski 29:38.6 28 27.6 27:40.5 12 57:46.7 +4:01.5 21 33 Julie Pierrel 29:04.8 22 30.8 28:11.9 20 57:47.5 +4:02.3 22 25 Alison Mackie 29:21.2 26 36.4 27:50.7 17 57:48.3 +4:03.1 23 28 Patrīcija Eiduka 29:42.1 29 33.9 27:46.4 14 58:02.4 +4:17.2 24 19 Julia Kern 29:06.2 24 29.0 28:27.2 27 58:02.4 +4:17.2 25 21 Anja Weber 29:00.8 19 31.5 28:33.5 28 58:05.8 +4:20.6 26 48 Novie McCabe 29:43.5 31 36.1 27:46.5 15 58:06.1 +4:20.9 27 42 Cloé Pagnier 29:03.1 21 33.0 28:53.3 33 58:29.4 +4:44.2 28 37 Martina Di Centa 29:37.9 27 31.7 28:25.6 26 58:35.2 +4:50.0 29 31 Eliza Rucka-Michałek 29:52.4 32 30.7 28:12.4 21 58:35.5 +4:50.3 30 15 Katharina Hennig Dotzler 28:37.8 11 30.7 29:37.1 39 58:45.6 +5:00.4 31 45 Delphine Claudel 30:04.5 38 30.4 28:25.4 25 59:00.3 +5:15.1 32 49 Sandra Schützová 29:53.5 33 32.2 28:52.8 32 59:18.5 +5:33.3 33 24 Katherine Sauerbrey 30:05.0 39 34.3 28:47.6 31 59:26.9 +5:41.7 34 44 Hanna Karaliova 30:00.5 35 32.2 29:12.9 34 59:45.6 +6:00.4 35 38 Masae Tsuchiya 30:05.6 40 31.0 29:13.8 35 59:50.4 +6:05.2 36 34 Anna Comarella 30:06.1 41 32.0 29:15.6 36 59:53.7 +6:08.5 37 29 Rosie Brennan 28:53.4 16 34.2 30:38.4 49 +6:20.8 38 47 Jasmine Drolet 29:42.9 30 36.3 29:59.6 42 +6:33.6 39 39 Barbora Havlíčková 30:04.0 37 32.0 29:52.5 41 +6:43.3 40 22 Vilma Nissinen 29:54.8 34 33.1 30:09.8 43 +6:52.5 41 40 Monika Skinder 30:46.5 44 32.9 29:46.8 40 +7:21.0 42 51 Anna Pryce 30:03.4 36 38.8 30:27.3 47 +7:24.3 43 36 Kaidy Kaasiku 31:25.8 48 31.9 29:20.8 37 +7:33.3 44 27 Gina del Rio 30:46.0 43 30.3 30:19.7 46 +7:50.8 45 30 Katherine Stewart-Jones 30:07.6 42 34.7 31:05.1 50 +8:02.2 46 46 Fabienne Alder 30:58.3 45 36.8 30:16.4 45 +8:06.3 47 41 Keidy Kaasiku 32:00.3 51 30.1 29:21.3 38 +8:06.5 48 26 Maria Gismondi 31:31.4 49 29.6 30:10.9 44 +8:26.7 49 35 Rosie Fordham 33:00.8 56 30.8 28:46.2 30 +8:32.6 50 53 Amelia Wells 31:22.7 47 34.5 30:32.2 48 +8:44.2 51 50 Anna Milerská 31:21.7 46 33.5 31:09.2 51 +9:19.2 52 52 Sophia Tsu Velicer 31:45.7 50 33.4 31:38.4 52 +10:12.3 53 59 Xeniya Shalygina 32:18.3 52 36.2 54 56 Lee Eui-jin 32:24.9 53 31.6 55 58 Chi Chunxue 32:27.7 54 35.7 56 66 Neža Žerjav 32:53.4 55 37.3 57 55 Ellen Søhol Lie 33:25.7 57 32.2 58 43 Phoebe Cridland 33:39.0 58 34.6 59 61 Maddie Hooker 33:58.1 60 33.6 60 54 Nadezhda Stepashkina 33:53.1 59 32.1 61 60 Anastasiia Nikon 34:00.7 61 35.6 62 63 Wang Yundi 34:14.1 63 42.6 63 65 Daryna Myhal 34:34.5 66 33.0 64 67 He Kaile 34:25.7 64 36.7 65 57 Han Da-som 34:11.2 62 55.3 66 68 Teiloora Ojaste 34:33.2 65 43.0 67 64 Sofiia Shkatula 35:27.3 67 33.2 68 62 Dilnigar Ilhamjan 35:41.1 68 34.0 69 70 Katya Galstyan 35:41.9 69 38.7 70 69 Yelizaveta Nopriienko 36:04.2 70
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