The women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was held on 17 February at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer.
Each skier started based on the results from the 5 km classical event, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course after the first-to-finish principle. Lyubov Yegorova of Russia started first in the race with a gap of 20 seconds over Manuela Di Centa of Italy. Yegorova held on to her lead and defeated Di Centa by 7.8 seconds; her second consecutive olympic gold medal in the pursuit event.
Background At the previous Olympics, Lyubov Yegorova (then representing the Unified Team) won the gold medal. The silver medalist, Stefania Belmondo, qualified for the event. The bronze medalist, Yelena Välbe, qualified for the event but was not selected to compete in the 5km race. Yegorova and Välbe were tied for the overall lead in the World Cup standings prior to the Olympics. Belmondo was the 1993 world champion.
Results
Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Deficit 1 Lyubov Yegorova 0:00 27:30.1 2 Manuela Di Centa 0:20 27:38.4 13 Stefania Belmondo 0:56 28:13.1 6 Larisa Lazutina 0:36 28:28.6 11 Nina Gavrilyuk 0:53 28:28.9 8 Kateřina Neumannová 0:41 28:41.8 7 Trude Dybendahl 0:40 28:42.2 4 Anita Moen 0:31 29:13.2 10 Antonina Ordina 0:51 29:23.5 10 23 Sophie Villeneuve 1:23 29:28.8 11 20 Sylvia Honegger 1:13 29:30.9 12 12 Elin Nilsen 0:55 29:35.4 13 3 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 0:28 29:49.6 14 15 Małgorzata Ruchała 0:59 29:49.7 15 9 Pirkko Määttä 0:43 29:53.1 16 26 Fumiko Aoki 1:33 30:00.4 17 32 Alžbeta Havrančíková 1:39 30:02.0 18 24 Gabriella Paruzzi 1:26 30:20.9 19 16 Svetlana Nageykina 1:00 30:23.7 20 29 Iryna Taranenko 1:38 30:38.2 21 14 Marjut Rolig 0:57 30:40.2 22 31 Bernadeta Bocek 1:39 30:50.2 23 37 Barbara Mettler 1:51 31:08.3 24 21 Lubomíra Balážová 1:15 31:20.1 25 35 Anna-Lena Fritzon 1:44 31:29.5 26 22 Piret Niglas 1:21 31:33.5 27 30 Kristina Šmigun 1:38 31:51.4 28 38 Dorota Kwaśny 1:56 31:53.6 29 25 Annika Evaldsson 1:27 32:03.4 30 51 Isabelle Mancini 2:23 32:12.8 31 28 Nina Kemppel 1:36 32:13.8 32 40 Leslie Thompson 2:00 32:22.6 33 43 Iveta Zelingerová 2:07 32:32.2 34 19 Bice Vanzetta 1:13 32:35.1 35 48 Tatiana Kutlíková 2:19 32:45.0 36 50 Sumiko Yokoyama 2:22 32:48.0 37 17 Anna Frithioff 1:05 32:50.1 38 33 Yelena Antonova 1:41 32:53.1 39 42 Silke Schwager 2:03 33:10.1 40 46 Jaroslava Bukvajová 2:18 33:20.3 41 54 Élisabeth Tardy 2:31 33:29.9 42 27 Cristel Vahtra 1:34 33:32.3 43 57 Irina Nikulchina 2:33 33:38.6 44 47 Martina Vondrová 2:19 33:43.9 45 36 Lyudmila Dideleva 1:49 33:47.9 46 39 Silja Suija 1:59 33:55.3 47 41 Carole Stanisière 2:00 34:02.4 48 56 Oksana Kotova 2:32 34:03.6 49 44 Yelena Piiraynen 2:17 34:06.4 50 53 Ingrid Butts 2:25 34:31.6 51 60 Jasmin Baumann 2:52 35:01.2 52 55 Jana Rázlová 2:31 35:38.8 53 49 Yelena Chernetsova 2:20 35:46.4 34 Yelena Sinkevich 1:42 59 Kerrin Petty 2:44 5 Inger Helene Nybråten 0:35 18 Tuulikki Pyykkönen 1:05 45 Svetlana Kamotskaya 2:17 52 Nataliya Shtaymets 2:25 58 Halina Nowak 2:36 61 Ineta Kravale 3:13
References
External links Final results (International Ski Federation)