Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre freestyle mass start
Women’s 15 kilometre mass start at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Soldier Hollow | ||||||||||||
Dates | 9 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 60 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 39:54.4 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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Distance | ||
10 km | women | |
15 km | men | women |
Pursuit | men | women |
30 km | men | women |
50 km | men | |
Relay | men | women |
Sprint | ||
Sprint | men | women |
The Women's 15 kilometre freestyle mass start cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 9 February at Soldier Hollow.
All 60 skiers began at once in a mass start. 2002 was the first time that a mass start was held in the Olympics.
The Race
This was the first Winter Olympic cross-country event skied entirely as a mass start race. Previously, this event was held at an interval start. It was also the first cross-country event in Salt Lake City, starting shortly before the men raced 30 km. The 2001 World Champion was Bente Skari of Norway elected not to contest this race, even though she had been the dominant female cross-country racer over the past five years.[1]
The early leader in the race was Russian
Results
The race was started at 09:00.[3]
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
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3 | Stefania Belmondo | Italy | 39:54.4 | ||
4 | Kateřina Neumannová | Czech Republic | 40:01.3 | +6.9 | |
1 | Yuliya Chepalova | Russia | 40:02.7 | +8.3 | |
4 | 10 | Kaisa Varis | Finland | 40:04.1 | +9.7 |
5 | 12 | Svetlana Nageykina | Belarus | 40:17.9 | +23.5 |
6 | 7 | Gabriella Paruzzi | Italy | 40:25.7 | +31.3 |
7 | 8 | Kristina Šmigun |
Estonia | 40:33.6 | +39.2 |
8 | 20 | Karine Philippot |
France | 40:38.6 | +44.2 |
9 | 18 | Iryna Terelya |
Ukraine | 40:39.4 | +45.0 |
10 | 9 | Sabina Valbusa | Italy | 40:48.3 | +53.9 |
11 | 6 | Olga Zavyalova | Russia | 40:53.3 | +58.9 |
12 | 14 | Evi Sachenbacher | Germany | 40:57.6 | +1:03.2 |
13 | 11 | Yelena Burukhina | Russia | 41:01.1 | +1:06.7 |
14 | 5 | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | Norway | 41:47.8 | +1:53.4 |
15 | 34 | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | Switzerland | 41:56.3 | +2:01.9 |
16 | 30 | Antonella Confortola | Italy | 41:57.8 | +2:03.4 |
17 | 24 | Vera Zyatikova | Belarus | 42:04.5 | +2:10.1 |
18 | 27 | Nataliya Zyatikova | Belarus | 42:04.5 | +2:10.1 |
19 | 21 | Riitta-Liisa Lassila | Finland | 42:14.3 | +2:19.9 |
20 | 43 | Kateřina Hanušová | Czech Republic | 42:15.7 | +2:21.3 |
21 | 15 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 42:16.0 | +2:21.6 |
22 | 29 | Sumiko Yokoyama | Japan | 42:16.2 | +2:21.8 |
23 | 44 | Katrin Šmigun | Estonia | 42:25.6 | +2:31.2 |
24 | 39 | Annick Pierrel |
France | 42:26.7 | +2:32.3 |
25 | 33 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 42:46.0 | +2:51.6 |
26 | 31 | Claudia Nystad | Germany | 42:49.5 | +2:55.1 |
27 | 32 | Kanoko Goto | Japan | 42:50.4 | +2:56.0 |
28 | 13 | Vibeke Skofterud | Norway | 42:50.9 | +2:56.5 |
29 | 28 | Nina Kemppel | United States | 42:53.1 | +2:58.7 |
30 | 37 | Anna-Carin Olofsson |
Sweden | 42:53.8 | +2:59.4 |
31 | 38 | Brigitte Albrecht |
Switzerland | 42:54.4 | +3:00.0 |
32 | 35 | Nataša Lačen | Slovenia | 43:05.0 | +3:10.6 |
33 | 26 | Svetlana Shishkina |
Kazakhstan | 43:05.1 | +3:10.7 |
34 | 36 | Amanda Fortier | Canada | 43:38.7 | +3:44.3 |
35 | 58 | Anke Reschwamm Schulze |
Germany | 43:53.1 | +3:58.7 |
36 | 22 | Anna Dahlberg |
Sweden | 43:53.7 | +3:59.3 |
37 | 41 | Jaime Fortier | Canada | 43:54.0 | +3:59.6 |
38 | 25 | Elin Ek | Sweden | 43:55.3 | +4:00.9 |
39 | 23 | Jenny Karin Olsson |
Sweden | 43:57.7 | +4:03.3 |
40 | 49 | Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya | Belarus | 44:09.2 | +4:14.8 |
41 | 46 | Helena Erbenová | Czech Republic | 44:17.8 | +4:23.4 |
42 | 42 | Midori Furusawa | Japan | 44:41.8 | +4:47.4 |
43 | 50 | Barbara Jones | United States | 45:04.3 | +5:09.9 |
44 | 45 | Vita Yakymchuk | Ukraine | 45:26.7 | +5:32.3 |
45 | 53 | Darya Starostina | Kazakhstan | 45:28.8 | +5:34.4 |
46 | 47 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | 45:37.9 | +5:43.5 |
47 | 56 | Hou Yuxia | China | 45:42.2 | +5:47.8 |
48 | 52 | Irina Terentjeva | Lithuania | 45:45.4 | +5:51.0 |
49 | 55 | Nataliya Isachenko | Kazakhstan | 45:51.4 | +5:57.0 |
50 | 17 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 47:07.4 | +7:13.0 |
51 | 48 | Ilona Bublová | Czech Republic | 47:31.8 | +7:37.4 |
52 | 54 | Luan Zhengrong | China | 47:43.7 | +7:49.3 |
53 | 59 | Kristina Joder | United States | 48:06.0 | +8:11.6 |
54 | 57 | Maja Kezele | Croatia | 48:43.1 | +8:48.7 |
16 | Maj Helen Sorkmo | Norway | Did not finish | ||
19 | Annmari Viljanmaa | Finland | |||
40 | Nobuko Fukuda | Japan | |||
60 | Elena Gorohova | Moldova | |||
51 | Margarit Nikolyan |
Armenia | Disqualified | ||
DSQ | 2 | Larisa Lazutina | Russia |
References
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 15 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Home 2021".
- ^ Final results