Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre

The 10 kilometre cross-country skiing event was the first event cross-country skiing programme to take place at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the ninth appearance of the 10 km race. The competition was held on Thursday, February 9, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman and was the first final to be held at the games.[1]

Women's 10 km
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueIgman
DateFebruary 9
Competitors52 from 15 nations
Winning time31:44.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raisa Smetanina
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Britt Pettersen
 Norway
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Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland took Gold and was the second Finn to win this event after Lydia Wideman in 1952. The 1976 gold medal winner, Raisa Smetanina, won silver. All 52 athletes who entered the race finished with an official time.

Results edit

Rank Name Country Time
1 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen   Finland 31:44.2
2 Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union 32:02.9
3 Britt Pettersen   Norway 32:12.7
4 Berit Aunli   Norway 32:17.7
5 Anne Jahren   Norway 32:26.2
6 Marie Risby   Sweden 32:34.6
7 Marit Myrmæl   Norway 32:35.3
8 Yuliya Shamshurina   Soviet Union 32:45.7
9 Nadezhda Buryakova   Soviet Union 32:55.8
10 Květa Jeriová   Czechoslovakia 32:58.7
11 Evi Kratzer   Switzerland 33:04.8
12 Lyubov Lyadova   Soviet Union 33:05.8
13 Blanka Paulů   Czechoslovakia 33:07.8
14 Gabriela Svobodová   Czechoslovakia 33:29.1
15 Ute Noack   East Germany 33:37.5
16 Guidina Dal Sasso   Italy 33:48.2
17 Petra Rohrmann   East Germany 34:00.3
18 Karin Lamberg-Skog   Sweden 34:01.3
19 Pirkko Määttä   Finland 34:13.4
20 Christina Gilli-Brügger   Switzerland 34:17.8
21 Ann-Janeth Rosendahl   Sweden 34:28.0
22 Shirley Firth   Canada 34:31.3
23 Karin Thomas   Switzerland 34:31.6
24 Carola Anding   East Germany 34:33.3
25 Eija Hyytiäinen   Finland 34:33.8
26 Judy Rabinowitz   United States 34:35.1
27 Anna Pasiarová   Czechoslovakia 34:35.9
28 Manuela Di Centa   Italy 34:41.6
29 Sharon Firth   Canada 34:47.0
30 Jana Mlakar   Yugoslavia 34:52.2
31 Stina Karlsson   Sweden 34:52.4
32 Susan Long   United States 34:58.9
33 Karin Jäger   West Germany 35:05.2
34 Paola Pozzoni   Italy 35:30.8
35 Clara Angerer   Italy 35:31.1
36 Angela Schmidt-Foster   Canada 35:35.0
37 Erja Kuivalainen   Finland 35:35.2
38 Monika Germann   Switzerland 35:36.0
39 Patricia Ross   United States 35:41.3
40 Lynn Spencer-Galanes   United States 35:47.4
41 Andreja Smrekar   Yugoslavia 36:10.4
42 Livia Reit   Romania 36:20.9
43 Metka Munih   Yugoslavia 37:18.4
44 Tatjana Smolnikar   Yugoslavia 37:58.1
45 Ros Coats   Great Britain 38:12.2
46 Nicola Lavery   Great Britain 39:05.2
47 Doris Trueman   Great Britain 39:28.4
48 Lauren Jeffrey   Great Britain 40:11.2
49 Chen Yufeng   China 41:27.7
50 Dou Aixia   China 41:35.7
51 Zhang Changyun   China 42:26.6
52 Song Shiji   China 42:28.1

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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