Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre classical

Women's 10 kilometre classical at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Soldier Hollow
Dates	12 February
Competitors	61 from 23 nations
Winning time	28:05.6
Medalists
Bente Skari   Norway   Julija Tchepalova   Russia   Stefania Belmondo   Italy

The women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 12 February at Soldier Hollow.

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Russia Larisa Lazutina, who won in Nagano, but the 10 kilometre event was held as a pursuit.

Results

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Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Bente Skari	Norway	28:05.6
2	Julija Tchepalova	Russia	28:09.9
3	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	28:45.8
4	Beckie Scott	Canada	28:49.2
5	Lyubov Yegorova	Russia	28:50.7
6	Hilde G. Pedersen	Norway	28:56.2
7	Satu Salonen	Finland	29:02.3
8	Petra Majdič	Slovenia	29:03.9
9	Anita Moen	Norway	29:15.5
10	Viola Bauer	Germany	29:30.0
11	Irina Terelia	Ukraine	29:35.8
12	Valentina Shevchenko	Ukraine	29:42.7
13	Sara Renner	Canada	29:46.7
14	Svetlana Nageykina	Russia	29:48.4
15	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	Switzerland	29:57.5
16	Lina Andersson	Sweden	30:00.1
17	Aurélie Storti	France	30:00.2
18	Manuela Henkel	Germany	30:00.5
19	Elin Ek	Sweden	30:02.3
20	Marianna Longa	Italy	30:04.0
21	Svetlana Shishkina	Kazakhstan	30:06.7
22	Jenny Olsson	Sweden	30:09.5
23	Milaine Thérault	Canada	30:12.6
24	Oksana Yatskaya	Kazakhstan	30:13.9
25	Tina Bay	Norway	30:16.3
26	Kamila Rajdlová	Czech Republic	30:17.9
27	Vera Zyatikova	Belarus	30:20.5
28	Kati Sundqvist	Finland	30:24.0
29	Yelena Antonova	Kazakhstan	30:27.3
30	Nataša Lačen	Slovenia	30:31.3
31	Sumiko Yokoyama	Japan	30:32.3
32	Kanoko Goto	Japan	30:36.6
33	Svetlana Deshevykh	Kazakhstan	30:39.2
34	Antonella Confortola	Italy	30:42.2
35	Nataliya Zyatikova	Belarus	30:44.2
36	Wendy Wagner	United States	30:50.7
37	Annmari Viljanmaa	Finland	30:51.8
38	Nina Kemppel	United States	30:51.9
39	Cristina Paluselli	Italy	30:59.4
40	Anna Dahlberg	Sweden	31:01.7
41	Olena Rodina	Ukraine	31:07.4
42	Katrin Šmigun	Estonia	31:10.2
43	Yelena Kalugina	Belarus	31:10.9
44	Hou Yuxia	China	31:30.6
45	Jaime Fortier	Canada	31:42.1
46	Jaroslava Bukvajová	Slovakia	31:50.5
47	Madoka Natsumi	Japan	31:54.1
48	Tomomi Otaka	Japan	32:27.9
49	Ilona Bublová	Czech Republic	32:32.8
50	Luan Zhengrong	China	32:35.3
51	Piret Niglas	Estonia	32:49.1
52	Tessa Benoit	United States	33:09.1
53	Aelin Peterson	United States	33:18.9
54	Lee Chae-Won	South Korea	34:04.1
55	Maja Kezele	Croatia	34:10.8
56	Margarita Nikolyan	Armenia	38:16.4
57	Franziska Becskehazy	Brazil	46:46.0
58	Laurence Rochat	Switzerland	DNF
58	Kristina Šmigun	Estonia	DNF
58	Olga Danilova	Russia	DSQ
58	Larisa Lazutina	Russia	DSQ

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