Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit

The 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 15 February at Soldier Hollow.

Women’s 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Soldier Hollow
Dates	15 February
Competitors	73 from 27 nations
Winning time	25:09.9
Medalists
Beckie Scott  Canada Kateřina Neumannová  Czech Republic Viola Bauer  Germany

This competition consisted of two races. The first race was a 5 kilometre classical race and the second was a 5 km freestyle pursuit where the competitors started based on their times from the classical race. The winner was the first competitor to cross the finish line in the second race.

The race

This event was changed in 2002 as the short-distance classical event no longer was used as the first section of the event. Rather the event was skied in two sections on the same day, with classical skied first, followed by the freestyle pursuit, both sections now over 5 km. The morning classical leg was won by Olga Danilova with her teammate Larisa Lazutina in second. They had a lead of over seven seconds on Slovenian Petra Majdič. The Russians were not as strong in the freestyle, but still won the gold and silver medals easily, Danilova seven seconds ahead of Lazutina, who was 10 seconds ahead of Beckie Scott. The battle for the bronze was very close. Canadian Scott had been sixth in the classical section, with Czech skier Kateřina Neumannová in eighth, trailing Scott by 10.1 seconds. But Neumannová closed on Scott by the last kilometer but could never pass her, Scott holding on to make the podium.

In October 2003 it was confirmed that Danilova had tested positive for darbepoetin, an erythropoietin analogue, and was disqualified. Later Lazutina was also found to have tested positive for darbepoetin, and was disqualified. At the end of 2003, Beckie Scott was awarded the gold medal. Neumannová being moved up to silver, and the bronze medal going to German Viola Bauer. This was the first ever gold medal for Canada in Nordic skiing.

Results

The 5 km classical race was started at 09:00 and 5 km freestyle pursuit at 11:30.

Rank	Name	Country	5 km classic	5 km free	Finish time	Deficit
	Beckie Scott	Canada	13:17.5	11:52.9	25:09.9	—
	Kateřina Neumannová	Czech Republic	13:27.6	11:43.0	25:10.0	+0.1
	Viola Bauer	Germany	13:15.3	11:56.1	25:11.1	+1.2
4	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	13:30.0	11:41.3	25:11.3	+1.4
5	Nina Gavrylyuk	Russia	13:26.8	11:47.5	25:13.5	+3.6
6	Bente Skari	Norway	13:11.7	12:03.2	25:14.2	+4.3
7	Petra Majdič	Slovenia	13:06.1	12:10.5	25:16.5	+6.6
8	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	13:33.9	11:45.6	25:18.6	+8.7
9	Sabina Valbusa	Italy	13:41.9	11:41.1	25:22.1	+12.2
10	Iryna Terelya	Ukraine	13:43.7	11:50.6	25:33.6	+23.7
11	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	13:50.4	11:45.3	25:35.3	+25.4
12	Kaisa Varis	Finland	13:37.9	11:59.0	25:36.0	+26.1
13	Kristina Šmigun	Estonia	13:51.5	11:57.6	25:48.6	+38.7
14	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Norway	13:44.7	12:22.0	26:06.0	+56.1
15	Oxana Yatskaya	Kazakhstan	13:48.3	12:21.0	26:09.0	+59.1
16	Kati Sundqvist	Finland	13:54.4	12:16.1	26:10.1	+1:00.2
17	Sara Renner	Canada	13:57.3	12:13.3	26:10.3	+1:00.4
18	Evi Sachenbacher	Germany	14:05.4	12:06.0	26:11.0	+1:01.1
19	Karine Philippot	France	14:12.9	11:59.0	26:11.0	+1:01.1
20	Manuela Henkel	Germany	13:49.8	12:22.4	26:11.4	+1:01.5
21	Valentyna Shevchenko	Ukraine	13:48.7	12:23.4	26:11.4	+1:01.5
22	Laurence Rochat	Switzerland	13:57.1	12:14.8	26:11.8	+1:01.9
23	Nataša Lačen	Slovenia	14:14.7	12:00.1	26:14.1	+1:04.2
24	Svetlana Shishkina	Kazakhstan	14:00.6	12:15.0	26:15.0	+1:05.1
25	Elin Ek	Sweden	14:01.6	12:17.3	26:18.3	+1:08.4
26	Tina Bay	Norway	13:53.7	12:29.7	26:22.7	+1:12.8
27	Sumiko Yokoyama	Japan	14:22.4	12:01.3	26:23.3	+1:13.4
28	Vibeke Skofterud	Norway	14:12.3	12:14.7	26:26.7	+1:16.8
29	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	Switzerland	14:30.0	11:57.3	26:27.3	+1:17.4
30	Nina Kemppel	United States	13:58.1	12:29.8	26:27.8	+1:17.9
31	Aurelie Storti	France	14:06.0	12:21.9	26:27.9	+1:18.0
32	Vera Zyatikova	Belarus	14:15.2	12:13.0	26:28.0	+1:18.1
33	Milaine Thériault	Canada	13:57.0	12:32.1	26:29.1	+1:19.2
34	Nataliya Zyatikova	Belarus	14:23.5	12:06.4	26:29.4	+1:19.5
35	Jenny Olsson	Sweden	14:00.7	12:29.8	26:29.8	+1:19.9
36	Satu Salonen	Finland	13:43.4	12:49.5	26:32.5	+1:22.6
37	Annick Pierrel	France	14:18.6	12:16.1	26:34.1	+1:24.2
38	Kanoko Goto	Japan	14:16.1	12:19.6	26:35.6	+1:25.7
39	Lina Andersson	Sweden	13:50.6	12:45.7	26:35.7	+1:25.8
40	Elina Pienimäki-Hietamäki	Finland	14:21.3	12:16.7	26:37.7	+1:27.8
41	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia	14:20.7	12:43.6	27:03.6	+1:53.7
42	Helena Balatková	Czech Republic	14:20.6	12:45.8	27:05.8	+1:55.9
43	Svetlana Deshevykh	Kazakhstan	14:16.2	12:51.7	27:07.7	+1:57.8
44	Yuxia Hou	China	14:26.3	12:43.3	27:09.3	+1:59.4
45	Kamila Rajdlová	Czech Republic	14:11.1	12:58.6	27:09.6	+1:59.7
46	Anna-Carin Olofsson	Sweden	14:28.3	12:52.7	27:20.7	+2:10.8
47	Elena Antonova	Kazakhstan	14:06.6	13:15.8	27:21.8	+2:11.9
48	Wendy Kay Wagner	United States	14:11.1	13:14.1	27:25.1	+2:15.2
49	Amanda Fortier	Canada	14:30.5	did not advance
50	Nobuko Fukuda	Japan	14:31.6
51	Aelin Peterson	United States	14:33.7
52	Yelena Kalugina	Belarus	14:34.6
53	Cristina Paluselli	Italy	14:36.5
54	Piret Niglas	Estonia	14:36.9
55	Claudia Künzel	Germany	14:37.0
56	Olena Rodina	Ukraine	14:37.8
57	Maryna Pestryakova	Ukraine	14:41.0
58	Jaroslava Bukvajová	Slovakia	14:42.9
59	Madoka Natumi	Japan	14:51.4
60	Kikkan Randall	United States	14:53.0
61	Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya	Belarus	14:53.6
62	Kateřina Hanušová	Czech Republic	14:55.0
63	Irina Terentjeva	Lithuania	15:13.5
64	Maja Kezele	Croatia	15:40.1
65	Luan Zhengrong	China	15:40.6
66	Lee Chun-ja	South Korea	16:13.1
67	Kelime Çetinkaya	Turkey	17:10.8
68	Davaa Enkhee	Mongolia	17:20.3
69	Margarit Nikolyan	Armenia	17:23.6
70	Zsófia Gottschall	Hungary	17:36.6
71	Katerina Balkaba	Greece	18:48.9
DSQ	Olga Danilova	Russia	12:58.7	11:54.1	24:52.1
	Larisa Lazutina	Russia	12:58.9	12:01.0	24:59.0