Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 10 February at Snow Harp.

Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Snow Harp
Dates	12 February
Competitors	78 from 24 nations
Winning time	46:06.9
Medalists
Larisa Lazutina  Russia Olga Danilova  Russia Kateřina Neumannová  Czech Republic

The startlist for this race was based on the 5 km classical event from earlier in the games. The winner of the 5 km classical event, Larissa Lazutina of Russia, was the first starter in the pursuit. The rest of the competitors started behind Lazutina with the same number of seconds that they were behind her at the 5 km classical event. The winner of the race was the first competitor to finish the pursuit.

Results

The time reflects the combined time from both the 5 km classical and the 10 km freestyle pursuit.

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time 5 km C	Pos. 5 km C	Time 10 km F	Pos. 10 km F	Total time	Deficit
	1	Larisa Lazutina	Russia	17:37	1	28:29.9	5	46:06.9	—
	5	Olga Danilova	Russia	17:51	5	28:22.4	4	46:13.4	+6.5
	2	Kateřina Neumannová	Czech Republic	17:42	2	28:32.2	6	46:14.2	+7.3
4	11	Iryna Terelya	Ukraine	18:17	11	28:00.1	1	46:17.1	+10.2
5	12	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	18:19	12	28:00.6	2	46:19.6	+12.7
6	13	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	18:20	13	28:08.4	3	46:28.4	+21.5
7	4	Nina Gavrylyuk	Russia	17:50	4	28:59.3	8	46:49.3	+42.4
8	7	Anita Moen-Guidon	Norway	18:04	7	29:00.6	11	47:04.6	+57.7
9	3	Bente Martinsen	Norway	17:49	3	29:22.1	15	47:11.1	+1:04.2
10	10	Brigitte Albrecht Loretan	Switzerland	18:16	10	28:55.8	7	47:11.8	+1:04.9
11	8	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	Norway	18:08	8	29:05.2	12	47:13.0	+1:06.9
12	9	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	18:14	9	28:59.8	9	47:13.8	+1:06.9
13	15	Maria Theurl	Austria	18:36	15	28:59.8	9	47:35.8	+1:28.9
14	6	Marit Mikkelsplass	Norway	17:53	6	29:59.3	25	47:52.3	+1:45.4
15	20	Katrin Šmigun	Estonia	18:48	20	29:05.3	13	47:53.3	+1:46.4
16	18	Satu Salonen	Finland	18:43	18	29:26.0	17	48:09.0	+2:02.1
17	29	Sabina Valbusa	Italy	19:00	29	29:11.0	14	48:11.0	+2:04.1
18	16	Jaroslava Bukvajová	Slovakia	18:39	16	29:32.5	20	48:11.5	+2:04.6
19	24	Antonina Ordina	Sweden	18:50	24	29:22.6	16	48:12.6	+2:05.7
20	19	Valentyna Shevchenko	Ukraine	18:47	19	29:28.8	18	48:15.8	+2:08.9
21	23	Yelena Sinkevitch	Belarus	18:50	23	29:29.5	19	48:19.5	+2:12.6
22	14	Sylvia Honegger	Switzerland	18:29	14	29:52.3	24	48:21.3	+2:14.4
23	21	Manuela Di Centa	Italy	18:48	21	29:36.1	21	48:24.1	+2:17.2
24	22	Kateřina Hanušová	Czech Republic	18:49	22	29:46.8	23	48:35.8	+2:28.9
25	25	Sumiko Yokoyama	Japan	18:55	25	29:46.2	22	48:41.2	+2:34.3
26	30	Constanze Blum	Germany	19:02	30	30:03.5	27	49:05.5	+2:58.6
27	32	Sophie Villeneuve	France	19:05	32	30:03.5	27	49:08.5	+3:01.6
28	36	Karin Säterkvist	Sweden	19:12	36	30:14.4	32	49:26.4	+3:19.5
29	31	Fumiko Aoki	Japan	19:04	31	30:23.1	34	49:27.1	+3:20.2
30	41	Olena Hayasova	Ukraine	19:18	41	30:10.9	30	49:28.9	+3:22.0
31	37	Anke Reschwamm Schulze	Germany	19:14	37	30:16.4	33	49:30.4	+3:23.5
32	26	Kati Wilhelm	Germany	18:56	26	30:35.8	38	49:31.0	+3:24.1
33	52	Karine Philippot	France	19:38	52	29:59.3	25	49:37.3	+3:30.4
34	34	Nataša Lačen	Slovenia	19:09	34	30:31.6	36	49:40.6	+3:33.7
35	33	Małgorzata Ruchała	Poland	19:06	33	30:46.2	41	49:52.2	+3:45.3
36	40	Maryna Pestryakova	Ukraine	19:17	40	30:38.7	39	49:55.7	+3:48.8
37	49	Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel	France	19:33	49	30:34.0	35	49:57.0	+3:50.1
38	44	Svetlana Deshevykh	Kazakhstan	19:25	44	30:32.2	37	49:57.2	+3:50.3
39	27	Oxana Yatskaya	Kazakhstan	18:57	27	31:00.5	43	49:57.5	+3:50.6
40	58	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Slovakia	19:48	58	30:10.3	29	49:58.3	+3:51.4
41	59	Zuzana Kocumová	Czech Republic	19:58	59	30:13.9	31	50:11.9	+4:05.0
42	35	Svetlana Shishkina	Kazakhstan	19:10	35	31:06.4	44	50:16.4	+4:09.5
43	39	Bernadeta Piotrowska Pocek	Poland	19:17	39	31:10.9	47	50:27.9	+4:21.0
44	56	Anita Nyman	Finland	19:45	56	30:45.7	40	50:30.7	+4:23.8
45	47	Beckie Scott	Canada	19:32	47	31:09.8	45	50:41.8	+4:34.9
46	50	Kumiko Yokoyama	Japan	19:34	50	31:10.0	46	50:44.0	+4:37.1
47	48	Svetlana Kamotskaya	Belarus	19:32	48	31:16.2	49	50:48.2	+4:41.3
48	46	Tomomi Otaka	Japan	19:28	46	31:30.9	50	50:58.9	+4:52.0
49	61	Dorota Kwaśna	Poland	20:03	61	31:12.6	48	51:15.6	+5:08.7
50	53	Cristel Vahtra	Estonia	19:41	53	31:36.4	52	51:17.4	+5:10.5
51	57	Kati Pulkkinen	Finland	19:48	57	31:32.5	51	51:20.5	+5:13.6
52	51	Kerrin Petty	United States	19:36	51	32:13.2	55	51:49.2	+5:42.3
53	70	Irina Nikulchina	Bulgaria	20:52	70	30:58.5	42	51:50.5	+5:43.6
54	38	Sigrid Wille	Germany	19:15	38	32:37.1	60	51:52.1	+5:45.2
55	55	Irina Skripnik	Belarus	19:45	55	32:08.8	54	51:52.8	+5:45.9
56	54	Milaine Thériault	Canada	19:42	54	32:25.8	59	51:20.5	+5:13.6
57	65	Laura Wilson	United States	20:24	65	31:55.4	53	52:19.4	+6:12.5
58	63	Ludmila Korolik	Belarus	20:17	63	32:15.4	56	52:32.4	+6:25.5
59	60	Katarzyna Gębala	Poland	19:58	60	32:43.3	61	52:41.3	+6:34.4
60	69	Monica Lăzăruț	Romania	20:49	69	32:15.9	57	53:04.9	+6:58.0
61	73	Õnne Kurg	Estonia	20:57	73	32:24.5	58	53:22.5	+7:15.6
62	68	Zhengrong Luan	China	20:30	68	32:54.3	62	53:24.3	+7:17.4
63	66	Olga Selezneva	Kazakhstan	20:27	66	33:10.6	64	53:37.6	+7:30.7
64	74	Sara Renner	Canada	21:02	74	33:11.7	65	54:13.7	+8:06.8
65	72	Dongling Guo	China	20:58	72	33:37.2	66	54:35.2	+8:28.3
66	78	Anžela Brice	Latvia	21:39	78	33:05.5	63	54:44.5	+8:37.6
67	71	Ināra Rudko	Latvia	20:56	71	34:01.3	67	54:57.3	+8:50.4
68	76	Kazimiera Strolienė	Lithuania	21:17	76	35:04.3	68	56:21.3	+10:14.4
DNF	75	Laura McCabe	United States	21:06	75	—	-	—	-
DNS	17	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	Finland	18:42	17	-	-	—	—
DNS	28	Jana Šaldová	Czech Republic	19:00	28	-	-	—	—
DNS	42	Renate Roider	Austria	19:17	42	-	-	—	—
DNS	43	Elin Ek	Sweden	19:18	43	-	-	—	—
DNS	45	Andrea Huber	Switzerland	19:27	45	-	-	—	—
DNS	62	Andrea Senteler	Switzerland	20:07	62	-	-	—	—
DNS	64	Anne-Laure Mignerey Condevaux	France	20:20	64	-	-	—	—
DNS	67	Nina Kemppel	United States	20:28	67	-	-	—	—
DNS	77	Jaime Fortier	Canada	21:19	77	-	-	—	—