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Host City: Lillehammer, Norway
Venue(s): Birkebeineren Ski Stadium, Lillehammer
Date Started: February 15, 1994
Date Finished: February 15, 1994
Format: 5 kilometres classical style race on day one. On day two, runners left in order of their finish in the 5 kilometres classical, based on time differential, and skiied 10 kilometres freestyle, with final placements determined by finish of that race.
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This was the second womenâs Olympic pursuit race. It was held on 13 February, with the 5 km classical skied in the morning, and the 10 km freestyle in the afternoon. [Lyubov Yegorova], third in the 1993 World Championships, had won the 5 km in the morning and started 56 seconds ahead of [Stefania Belmondo], who had won the 1993 World title in the pursuit. The second starter was Belmondoâs teammate, [Manuela Di Centa], who was 20 seconds in back of Yegorova. In the pursuit, Belmondo would post the fastest time but she started too far behind to catch the leaders, eventually winning the bronze medal. Di Centa slightly outskied Yegorova in freestyle, but the Russian held on to win the gold medal by 8.3 seconds. This was Yegorovaâs fifth Olympic gold medal, and she would add a sixth six days later in the relay. Di Centa would win a medal in all five cross-country events in Lillehammer, with golds in the 15 km and 30 km. Belmondo first competed at the Winter Olympics in 1988, and would compete through the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, eventually winning 10 Olympic medals, only the second woman to do so in the Winter Olympics.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | T | SB | RT | RR | |
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1 | Lyubov Yegorova | 27 | Russia | RUS | Gold | 27:30.1 | â | 27:30.1 | 3 | |
2 | Manuela Di Centa | 31 | Italy | ITA | Silver | 27:38.4 | +0:28 | 27:18.4 | 2 | |
3 | Stefania Belmondo | 25 | Italy | ITA | Bronze | 28:13.1 | +0:56 | 27:17.1 | 1 | |
4 | Larisa Lazutina | 28 | Russia | RUS | 28:28.6 | +0:36 | 27:52.6 | 5 | ||
5 | Nina Gavrylyuk | 28 | Russia | RUS | 28:28.9 | +0:53 | 27:35.9 | 4 | ||
6 | KateÅina Neumannová | 20 | Czech Republic | CZE | 28:41.8 | +0:41 | 28:00.8 | 6 | ||
7 | Trude Dybendahl-Hartz | 28 | Norway | NOR | 28:42.2 | +0:40 | 28:02.2 | 7 | ||
8 | Anita Moen-Guidon | 26 | Norway | NOR | 29:13.2 | +0:31 | 28:42.2 | 14 | ||
9 | Antonina Ordina | 32 | Sweden | SWE | 29:23.5 | +0:51 | 28:32.5 | 12 | ||
10 | Sophie Villeneuve | 24 | France | FRA | 29:28.8 | +1:23 | 28:05.8 | 8 | ||
11 | Sylvia Honegger | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | 29:30.9 | +1:13 | 28:17.9 | 9 | ||
12 | Elin Nilsen | 25 | Norway | NOR | 29:35.4 | +0:55 | 28:40.4 | 13 | ||
13 | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen | 38 | Finland | FIN | 29:49.6 | +0:28 | 29:21.6 | 21 | ||
14 | MaÅgorzata RuchaÅa | 33 | Poland | POL | 29:49.7 | +0:59 | 28:50.7 | 15 | ||
15 | Pirkko Määttä | 34 | Finland | FIN | 29:53.1 | +0:43 | 29:10.1 | 18 | ||
16 | Fumiko Aoki | 27 | Japan | JPN | 30:00.4 | +1:33 | 28:27.4 | 11 | ||
17 | Alžbeta HavranÄÃková | 30 | Slovakia | SVK | 30:02.0 | +1:39 | 28:23.0 | 10 | ||
18 | Gabriella Paruzzi | 24 | Italy | ITA | 30:20.9 | +1:26 | 28:54.9 | 16 | ||
19 | Svetlana Nageykina | 29 | Russia | RUS | 30:23.7 | +1:00 | 29:23.7 | 22 | ||
20 | Iryna Taranenko-Terelia | 27 | Ukraine | UKR | 30:38.2 | +1:38 | 29:00.2 | 17 | ||
21 | Marjut Rolig-Lukkarinen | 28 | Finland | FIN | 30:40.2 | +0:57 | 29:43.2 | 23 | ||
22 | Bernadetta Bocek-Piotrowska | 23 | Poland | POL | 30:50.2 | +1:39 | 29:11.2 | 19 | ||
23 | Barbara Mettler | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 31:08.3 | +1:51 | 29:17.3 | 20 | ||
24 | ĽubomÃra Balážová | 25 | Slovakia | SVK | 31:20.1 | +1:15 | 30:05.1 | 27 | ||
25 | Anna-Lena Fritzon | 28 | Sweden | SWE | 31:29.5 | +1:44 | 29:45.5 | 24 | ||
26 | Piret Niglas | 25 | Estonia | EST | 31:33.5 | +1:21 | 30:12.5 | 28 | ||
27 | Kristina Šmigun-Vähi | 16 | Estonia | EST | 31:51.4 | +1:38 | 30:13.4 | 29 | ||
28 | Dorota KwaÅny | 21 | Poland | POL | 31:53.6 | +1:56 | 29:57.6 | 26 | ||
29 | Annika Evaldsson | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 32:03.4 | +1:27 | 30:36.4 | 34 | ||
30 | Isabelle Mancini | 26 | France | FRA | 32:12.8 | +2:23 | 29:49.8 | 25 | ||
31 | Nina Kemppel | 23 | United States | USA | 32:13.8 | +1:36 | 30:37.8 | 35 | ||
32 | Leslie Thompson | 30 | United States | USA | 32:22.6 | +2:00 | 30:22.6 | 30 | ||
33 | Iveta Zelingerová-Fortová | 21 | Czech Republic | CZE | 32:32.2 | +2:07 | 30:25.2 | 31 | ||
34 | Bice Vanzetta | 32 | Italy | ITA | 32:35.1 | +1:13 | 31:22.1 | 41 | ||
35 | Tatiana KutlÃková | 21 | Slovakia | SVK | 32:45.0 | +2:19 | 30:26.0 | 32 | ||
36 | Sumiko Yokoyama | 19 | Japan | JPN | 32:48.0 | +2:22 | 30:26.0 | 33 | ||
37 | Anna Frithioff | 31 | Sweden | SWE | 32:50.1 | +1:05 | 31:45.1 | 44 | ||
38 | Yelena Volodina-Antonova | 22 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 32:53.1 | +1:41 | 31:12.1 | 40 | ||
39 | Silke Braun-Schwager | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 33:10.1 | +2:03 | 31:07.1 | 39 | ||
40 | Jaroslava Bukvajová | 18 | Slovakia | SVK | 33:20.3 | +2:18 | 31:02.3 | 37 | ||
41 | Ãlisabeth Tardy | 21 | France | FRA | 33:29.9 | +2:31 | 30:58.9 | 36 | ||
42 | Cristel Vahtra | 21 | Estonia | EST | 33:32.3 | +1:34 | 31:58.3 | 47 | ||
43 | Irina Nikulchina | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 33:38.6 | +2:33 | 31:05.6 | 38 | ||
44 | Martina Vondrová | 21 | Czech Republic | CZE | 33:43.9 | +2:19 | 31:24.9 | 42 | ||
45 | Lyudmila Dideleva | 17 | Belarus | BLR | 33:47.9 | +1:49 | 31:58.9 | 48 | ||
46 | Silja Suija | 19 | Estonia | EST | 33:55.3 | +1:59 | 31:56.3 | 46 | ||
47 | Carole Stanisière | 23 | France | FRA | 34:02.4 | +2:00 | 32:02.4 | 49 | ||
48 | Oksana Kotova | 19 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 34:03.6 | +2:32 | 31:31.6 | 43 | ||
49 | Yelena Piraynen | 24 | Belarus | BLR | 34:06.4 | +2:17 | 31:49.4 | 45 | ||
50 | Ingrid Butts | 30 | United States | USA | 34:31.6 | +2:25 | 32:06.6 | 50 | ||
51 | Jasmin Baumann | 20 | Switzerland | SUI | 35:01.2 | +2:52 | 32:09.2 | 51 | ||
52 | Jana Rázlová | 19 | Czech Republic | CZE | 35:38.8 | +2:31 | 33:07.8 | 52 | ||
53 | Yelena Chernetsova | 23 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 35:46.4 | +2:20 | 33:26.4 | 53 | ||
AC | Karen Petty | 24 | United States | USA | +1:42 | DNF | ||||
AC | Yelena Sinkevich | 22 | Belarus | BLR | +2:44 | DNF |