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 24 February at Soldier Hollow.

Women’s 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueSoldier Hollow
Dates24 February
Competitors73 from 27 nations
Winning time25:09.9
Medalists
Beckie Scott
 Canada
Katerina Neumannová
 Czech Republic
Viola Bauer
 Germany
Cross-country skiing at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 kmwomen
15 kmmenwomen
Pursuitmenwomen
30 kmmenwomen
50 kmmen
Relaymenwomen
Sprint
Sprintmenwomen

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.[1] 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 Majdic. 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 Katerina Neumannova in eighth, trailing Scott by 10.1 seconds. But Neumannova 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 darpopoietin, an erythropoietin analogue, and was disqualified. Later Lazutina was also found to have tested positive for darbopoietin, and was disqualified. At the end of 2003, Beckie Scott was awarded the gold medal. Neumannova 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.[2]

RankNameCountry5 km classic5 km freeFinish timeDeficit
Beckie Scott Canada13:17.511:52.925:09.9—
Katerina Neumannová Czech Republic13:27.611:43.025:10.0+0.1
Viola Bauer Germany13:15.311:56.125:11.1+1.2
4Yuliya Chepalova Russia13:30.011:41.325:11.3+1.4
5Nina Gavrylyuk Russia13:26.811:47.525:13.5+3.6
6Bente Skari Norway13:11.712:03.225:14.2+4.3
7Petra Majdič Slovenia13:06.112:10.525:16.5+6.6
8Gabriella Paruzzi Italy13:33.911:45.625:18.6+8.7
9Sabina Valbusa Italy13:41.911:41.125:22.1+12.2
10Iryna Terelia Ukraine13:43.711:50.625:33.6+23.7
11Stefania Belmondo Italy13:50.411:45.325:35.3+25.4
12Kaisa Varis Finland13:37.911:59.025:36.0+26.1
13Kristina Smigun Estonia13:51.511:57.625:48.6+38.7
14Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Norway13:44.712:22.026:06.0+56.1
15Oxana Yatskaya Kazakhstan13:48.312:21.026:09.0+59.1
16Kati Sundqvist Finland13:54.412:16.126:10.1+1:00.2
17Sara Renner Canada13:57.312:13.326:10.3+1:00.4
18Evi Sachenbacher Germany14:05.412:06.026:11.0+1:01.1
19Karine Philippot France14:12.911:59.026:11.0+1:01.1
20Manuela Henkel Germany13:49.812:22.426:11.4+1:01.5
21Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine13:48.712:23.426:11.4+1:01.5
22Laurence Rochat Switzerland13:57.112:14.826:11.8+1:01.9
23Nataša Lačen Slovenia14:14.712:00.126:14.1+1:04.2
24Svetlana Shishkina Kazakhstan14:00.612:15.026:15.0+1:05.1
25Elin Ek Sweden14:01.612:17.326:18.3+1:08.4
26Tina Bay Norway13:53.712:29.726:22.7+1:12.8
27Sumiko Yokoyama Japan14:22.412:01.326:23.3+1:13.4
28Vibeke Skofterud Norway14:12.312:14.726:26.7+1:16.8
29Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Switzerland14:30.011:57.326:27.3+1:17.4
30Nina Kemppel United States13:58.112:29.826:27.8+1:17.9
31Aurelie Storti France14:06.012:21.926:27.9+1:18.0
32Vera Zjatikova Belarus14:15.212:13.026:28.0+1:18.1
33Milaine Thériault Canada13:57.012:32.126:29.1+1:19.2
34Natalja Zjatikova Belarus14:23.512:06.426:29.4+1:19.5
35Jenny Karin Olsson Sweden14:00.712:29.826:29.8+1:19.9
36Satu Salonen Finland13:43.412:49.526:32.5+1:22.6
37Annick Pierrel France14:18.612:16.126:34.1+1:24.2
38Kanoko Goto Japan14:16.112:19.626:35.6+1:25.7
39Lina Andersson Sweden13:50.612:45.726:35.7+1:25.8
40Elina Pienimäki-Hietamäki Finland14:21.312:16.726:37.7+1:27.8
41Teja Gregorin Slovenia14:20.712:43.627:03.6+1:53.7
42Helena Balatková Czech Republic14:20.612:45.827:05.8+1:55.9
43Svetlana Deshevykh Kazakhstan14:16.212:51.727:07.7+1:57.8
44Yuxia Hou China14:26.312:43.327:09.3+1:59.4
45Kamila Rajdlová Czech Republic14:11.112:58.627:09.6+1:59.7
46Anna-Carin Olofsson Sweden14:28.312:52.727:20.7+2:10.8
47Elena Antonova Kazakhstan14:06.613:15.827:21.8+2:11.9
48Wendy Kay Wagner United States14:11.113:14.127:25.1+2:15.2
49Amanda Fortier Canada14:30.5Did not advance
50Nobuko Fukuda Japan14:31.6
51Aelin Peterson United States14:33.7
52Elena Kalugina Belarus14:34.6
53Cristina Paluselli Italy14:36.5
54Piret Niglas Estonia14:36.9
55Claudia Künzel Germany14:37.0
56Olena Rodina Ukraine14:37.8
57Marina Pestrekova Ukraine14:41.0
58Jaroslava Bukvajová Slovakia14:42.9
59Madoka Natumi Japan14:51.4
60Kikkan Randall United States14:53.0
61Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya Belarus14:53.6
62Kateřina Hanušová Czech Republic14:55.0
63Irina Terentjeva Lithuania15:13.5
64Maja Kezele Croatia15:40.1
65Luan Zhengrong China15:40.6
66Lee Chun-ja South Korea16:13.1
67Kelime Çetinkaya Turkey17:10.8
68Davaa Enkhee Mongolia17:20.3
69Margarit Nikolyan Armenia17:23.6
70Zsófia Gottschall Hungary17:36.6
71Katerina Balkaba Greece18:48.9
DSQOlga Danilova Russia12:58.711:54.124:52.1
Larisa Lazutina Russia12:58.912:01.024:59.0

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 5/5 kilometres Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. Final results
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