Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Winter Games:
Host City: Salt Lake City, United States
Venue(s): Soldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park
Date Started: February 15, 2002
Date Finished: February 15, 2002
Format: First 50 skiers qualify for the 5 km freestyle.
| Gold: | Beckie Scott |
| Silver: | Kateřina Neumannová |
| Bronze: | Viola Bauer |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petra Majdič | 22 | Slovenia | SLO | 13:06.1 | Q |
| 2 | Bente Skari-Martinsen | 29 | Norway | NOR | 13:11.7 | Q |
| 3 | Viola Bauer | 25 | Germany | GER | 13:15.3 | Q |
| 4 | Beckie Scott | 27 | Canada | CAN | 13:17.5 | Q |
| 5 | Nina Gavrylyuk | 36 | Russia | RUS | 13:26.8 | Q |
| 6 | Kateřina Neumannová | 28 | Czech Republic | CZE | 13:27.6 | Q |
| 7 | Yuliya Chepalova | 25 | Russia | RUS | 13:30.0 | Q |
| 8 | Gabriella Paruzzi | 32 | Italy | ITA | 13:33.9 | Q |
| 9 | Kaisa Varis | 26 | Finland | FIN | 13:37.9 | Q |
| 10 | Sabina Valbusa | 30 | Italy | ITA | 13:41.9 | Q |
| 11 | Satu Salonen | 28 | Finland | FIN | 13:43.4 | Q |
| 12 | Iryna Taranenko-Terelia | 35 | Ukraine | UKR | 13:43.7 | Q |
| 13 | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | 37 | Norway | NOR | 13:44.7 | Q |
| 14 | Oksana Yatskaya | 23 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 13:48.3 | Q |
| 15 | Valentyna Shevchenko | 26 | Ukraine | UKR | 13:48.7 | Q |
| 16 | Manuela Henkel | 27 | Germany | GER | 13:49.8 | Q |
| 17 | Stefania Belmondo | 33 | Italy | ITA | 13:50.4 | Q |
| 18 | Lina Andersson | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 13:50.6 | Q |
| 19 | Kristina Šmigun-Vähi | 24 | Estonia | EST | 13:51.5 | Q |
| 20 | Tina Bay | 28 | Norway | NOR | 13:53.7 | Q |
| 21 | Kati Sundqvist-Venäläinen | 26 | Finland | FIN | 13:54.4 | Q |
| 22 | Milaine Thériault | 28 | Canada | CAN | 13:57.0 | Q |
| 23 | Laurence Rochat | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 13:57.1 | Q |
| 24 | Sara Renner | 25 | Canada | CAN | 13:57.3 | Q |
| 25 | Nina Kemppel | 31 | United States | USA | 13:58.1 | Q |
| 26 | Svetlana Shishkina-Malakhova | 24 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 14:00.6 | Q |
| 27 | Jenny Olsson | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 14:00.7 | Q |
| 28 | Elin Ek | 28 | Sweden | SWE | 14:01.6 | Q |
| 29 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | 21 | Germany | GER | 14:05.4 | Q |
| 30 | Aurélie Perrillat-Collomb Storti | 21 | France | FRA | 14:06.0 | Q |
| 31 | Yelena Volodina-Antonova | 30 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 14:06.6 | Q |
| 32T | Kamila Rajdlová | 23 | Czech Republic | CZE | 14:11.1 | Q |
| 32T | Wendy Wagner | 28 | United States | USA | 14:11.1 | Q |
| 34 | Vibeke Skofterud | 21 | Norway | NOR | 14:12.3 | Q |
| 35 | Karine Philippot | 27 | France | FRA | 14:12.9 | Q |
| 36 | Nataša Lačen | 30 | Slovenia | SLO | 14:14.7 | Q |
| 37 | Vera Zyatikova | 27 | Belarus | BLR | 14:15.2 | Q |
| 38 | Kanoko Goto | 26 | Japan | JPN | 14:16.1 | Q |
| 39 | Svetlana Deshevykh | 31 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 14:16.2 | Q |
| 40 | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | 27 | France | FRA | 14:18.6 | Q |
| 41 | Helena Balatková-Erbenová | 23 | Czech Republic | CZE | 14:20.6 | Q |
| 42 | Teja Gregorin | 21 | Slovenia | SLO | 14:20.7 | Q |
| 43 | Elina Pienimäki-Hietamäki | 25 | Finland | FIN | 14:21.3 | Q |
| 44 | Sumiko Yokoyama | 27 | Japan | JPN | 14:22.4 | Q |
| 45 | Nataliya Zyatikova | 27 | Belarus | BLR | 14:23.5 | Q |
| 46 | Hou Yuxia | 22 | China | CHN | 14:26.3 | Q |
| 47 | Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek | 28 | Sweden | SWE | 14:28.3 | Q |
| 48 | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | 31 | Switzerland | SUI | 14:30.0 | Q |
| 49 | Amanda Fortier | 23 | Canada | CAN | 14:30.5 | |
| 50 | Nobuko Fukuda | 21 | Japan | JPN | 14:31.6 | |
| 51 | Aelin Peterson | 27 | United States | USA | 14:33.7 | |
| 52 | Yelena Kalugina | 29 | Belarus | BLR | 14:34.6 | |
| 53 | Cristina Paluselli | 28 | Italy | ITA | 14:36.5 | |
| 54 | Piret Niglas | 33 | Estonia | EST | 14:36.9 | |
| 55 | Claudia Künzel-Nystad | 24 | Germany | GER | 14:37.0 | |
| 56 | Olena Rodina | 26 | Ukraine | UKR | 14:37.8 | |
| 57 | Maryna Pestriakova | 30 | Ukraine | UKR | 14:41.0 | |
| 58 | Jaroslava Bukvajová | 26 | Slovakia | SVK | 14:42.9 | |
| 59 | Madoka Natsumi | 23 | Japan | JPN | 14:51.4 | |
| 60 | Kikkan Randall | 19 | United States | USA | 14:53.0 | |
| 61 | Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya | 24 | Belarus | BLR | 14:53.6 | |
| 62 | Kateřina Hanušová-Nash | 24 | Czech Republic | CZE | 14:55.0 | |
| 63 | Irina Terentjeva | 17 | Lithuania | LTU | 15:13.5 | |
| 64 | Maja Kezele | 22 | Croatia | CRO | 15:40.1 | |
| 65 | Luan Zhengrong | 27 | China | CHN | 15:40.6 | |
| 66 | Lee Chae-Won | 20 | South Korea | KOR | 16:13.1 | |
| 67 | Kelime Aydın-Çetinkaya | 19 | Turkey | TUR | 17:10.8 | |
| 68 | Davaagiin Enkhee | 37 | Mongolia | MGL | 17:20.3 | |
| 69 | Margarita Nikolyan | 27 | Armenia | ARM | 17:23.6 | |
| 70 | Zsófia Gottschall | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 17:36.6 | |
| 71 | Katerina Balkaba | 19 | Greece | GRE | 18:48.9 | |
| AC | Olga Danilova | 31 | Russia | RUS | [12:58.7] | DQ/Q |
| AC | Larisa Lazutina | 36 | Russia | RUS | [12:58.9] | DQ/Q |