The Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 24 February, at Pragelato.
Marit Bjørgen was the defending World Champion, while the last 30 kilometre free style (with individual start) in the World Cup was won by Yuliya Chepalova on 28 February 2004. The event had never been held as a mass start at the Olympics, but the last 30 km (a classical individual start event) was won by Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy.
Veteran Kateřina Neumannová won her second medal at the Torino Olympics. Her daughter, Luci, greeted the exhausted Neumannová after she won. Newcomer Justyna Kowalczyk won the first ever Olympic medal in cross-country skiing for Poland, for either men or women.
Results The race was a 'mass start', with all 62 skiers starting at the same time. 11 skiers failed to finish the race.
Rank Name Country Time Kateřina Neumannová 1:22:25.4 Yuliya Chepalova 1:22:26.8 Justyna Kowalczyk 1:22:27.5 4 Kristin Størmer Steira 1:22:40.8 5 Gabriella Paruzzi 1:23:00.8 6 Claudia Künzel 1:23:02.1 7 Valentyna Shevchenko 1:23:07.9 8 Kristina Šmigun 1:23:22.5 9 Olga Zavyalova 1:23:28.5 10 Sabina Valbusa 1:23:37.6 11 Karine Philippot 1:24:06.1 12 Arianna Follis 1:24:46.1 13 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 1:25:15.8 14 Petra Majdič 1:25:22.5 15 Oxana Yatskaya 1:25:30.5 16 Natascia Leonardi Cortesi 1:25:32.0 17 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 1:25:41.8 18 Olga Rocheva 1:25:45.0 19 Elena Kolomina 1:26:06.4 20 Stefanie Böhler 1:26:19.2 21 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova 1:26:28.1 22 Vita Yakymchuk 1:26:32.2 23 Riitta-Liisa Lassila 1:26:55.4 24 Kristin Mürer Stemland 1:27:05.9 25 Chizuru Sontea 1:27:25.8 26 Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya 1:27:44.4 27 Ivana Janečková 1:27:55.7 28 Britta Norgren 1:28:21.9 29 Ella Gjømle 1:28:28.2 30 Anna-Karin Strömstedt 1:28:29.4 31 Kamila Rajdlová 1:28:38.6 32 Sarah Konrad 1:28:39.2 33 Li Hongxue 1:28:49.8 34 Olga Vasiljonok 1:29:22.8 35 Alena Sannikova 1:29:30.4 36 Élodie Bourgeois Pin 1:29:37.6 37 Sumiko Yokoyama 1:29:41.3 38 Natalya Isachenko 1:30:04.3 39 Helena Erbenová 1:30:20.6 40 Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina 1:30:41.5 41 Tatjana Mannima 1:30:42.1 42 Kateryna Grygorenko 1:31:36.9 43 Rebecca Dussault 1:31:43.3 44 Viktoria Lopatina 1:31:47.3 45 Liu Yuanyuan 1:32:00.9 46 Huo Li 1:32:28.8 47 Abby Larson 1:32:51.9 48 Nicole Fessel 1:34:06.2 49 Kelime Aydin 1:34:07.2 50 Mónika György 1:35:25.4 Virpi Kuitunen DNF Lina Andersson DNF Kati Venäläinen DNF Antonella Confortola DNF Irina Terentjeva DNF Maja Benedičič DNF Lee Chae-won DNF Kaili Sirge DNF Man Dandan DNF Lindsey Weier DNF Maryna Malets-Lisohor DNF Milaine Thériault DNS
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