Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 / cross-country skiing women

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1989 there were the following individual results in cross-country skiing for women :

10 km classic

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	55	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	29: 19.0 min
2	45	Pirkko Määttä	30: 12.2
3	30th	Marjo Matikainen	30: 12.9
4th	11	Julia Shamshurina	30: 23.8
5	36	Raissa Smetanina	30: 27.6
6th	51	Jelena Välbe	30: 28.7
7th	10	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	30: 33.8
8th	37	Manuela Di Centa	30: 41.3
9	50	Inger Helene Nybråten	30: 49.0
10	25th	Vida Vencienė	30: 50.9
11	14th	Stefania Belmondo	30: 57.7
12	20th	Trude Dybendahl	31: 03.5
13	58	Marie-Helene Westin	31: 08.6
14th	44	Marianne Dahlmo	31: 17.1
15th	49	Anna Janoušková	31: 17.4
16	21st	Karin Svingstedt	31: 18.0
16	56	Anne years	31: 18.0
18th	31	Magdalena Wallin	31: 21.8
19th	47	Susanne Kuhfittig	31: 25.6
20th	54	Evi scratches	31: 33.0
21st	35	Angela Schmidt-Foster	31: 38.5
22nd	7th	Gabriella Carrel	31: 47.6
23	39	Claudia Bonsack	31: 48.1
24	28	Silke Braun	31.52.4
25th	24	Nancy Fiddler	32: 01.9
26th	12	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	32: 15.9
26th	57	Małgorzata Ruchała	32: 15.9
28	53	Jutta Mainhart	32: 24.2
29	1	Carina Görlin	32: 25.3
30th	60	Guidina Dal Sasso	32: 31.4
31	27	Zora Simčáková	32: 34.0
32	42	Cornelia Sulzer	32: 41.3
33	33	Marianne Irniger	32: 44.5
34	29	Marie-Andrée Masson	32: 47.7
35	15th	Hildegard Embacher	32: 50.1
36	48	Lorna Sasseville	32: 51.9
37	46	Isabelle Mancini	32: 54.0
38	38	Katarzyna Popieluch	32: 59.5
39	43	Ľubomíra Balážová	33: 04.6
40	19th	Jolanta Bieniek-Sokolowska	33.17.3
41	22nd	Delphyne Burlet	33: 26.2
42	13	Jean McAllister	33: 26.5
43	40	Myriam Didierlaurent	33: 27.2
44	41	Ingrid Butts	33: 49.0
45	6th	Myrtha Fäßler	33: 50.4
46	18th	Sylvia Honegger	33: 58.9
47	59	Dorcas Denhartog	34: 04.8
48	2	Wendy Reeves	34: 08.8
49	23	Song Shiji	34: 38.7
50	5	Chi Xiumei	34: 50.4
51	16	Camilla Frandsen	35: 12.4
52	8th	Ida Madsen	36: 48.0
53	32	Carolien ten Bosch	37: 27.4
54	3	Helene van Schijndel	37: 49.8
55	34	Uiloq Heilmann	38: 13.0
56	4th	Anna Bozsik	38: 19.8
57	17th	Marjorie van de Bunt	38: 47.9
58	52	Rita van Driel	38: 56.5
DNS	9	?	-
DNS	26th	?	-

World Champion 1987 : Anne Jahre / Olympic Champion 1988 : Vida Vencienė  

Date: February 17, 1989, 1 p.m.

Participants: 60 named; 58 started; 58 rated;

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• Viralliset Tulokset Official results 17.02 KLO 14.00 Naiset 10 km, Perinteinen women 10 km, Classical, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 10 km naiset perinteinen (c) February 17 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 8, 2020.
• Women 10km Classical Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed May 8, 2020

10 km freestyle

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time [min]
1	43	Jelena Välbe	27: 04.5
2	60	Marjo Matikainen-Kallström	27: 36.7
3	55	Tamara Tikhonova	27: 58.8
4th	52	Alžbeta Havrančíková	28: 11.3
5	14th	Nina Gavriljuk	28: 18.0
6th	48	Marianne Dahlmo	28: 24.4
7th	56	Manuela Di Centa	28: 28.6
8th	25th	Larissa Lasutina	28: 30.2
9	19th	Gabriele Hess	28: 32.5
10	39	Stefania Belmondo	28.36.6
11	41	Anna Janoušková	38: 44.1
12	35	Claudia Bonsack	38: 47.8
13	32	Eija Hyytiäinen	28: 54.7
14th	61	Marie-Helene Westin	28: 56.4
15th	23	Karin Svingstedt	28: 57.0
16	53	Jaana Savolainen	28: 59.1
17th	44	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	29: 10.4
18th	40	Nina Skeime	29: 15.9
19th	5	Inger Lise Hegge	29: 16.3
20th	49	Isabelle Mancini	29: 25.7
21st	18th	Marit Wold	29: 27.3
22nd	51	Marianne Irniger	29: 33.6
23	22nd	Nancy Fiddler	29: 35.6
24	8th	Silke Braun	29: 36.2
25th	2	Elena Desderi	29: 37.5
26th	46	Anna-Lena Fritzon	29: 38.5
27	10	Erja Kuivalainen	29; 43.3
28	3	Li's frost	29: 44.7
29	17th	Lorna Sasseville	29: 47.3
30th	33	Marie-Andrée Masson	29: 57.7
31	21st	Guidina Dal Sasso	30: 00.0
32	38	Silvia Honegger	30: 03.3
33	15th	Jean McAllister	30: 16.6
34	34	Emmanuelle Claret	30: 18.0
35	37	Maria Theurl-Walcher	30: 21.5
36	12	Ingrid Butts	30: 23.3
37	54	Małgorzata Ruchała	30: 25.2
38	36	Bernadeta Bocek	30: 25.5
39	58	Lisa Patterson	30: 26.6
40	4th	Sandra Parpan	30: 28.6
41	27	Myriam Didierlaurent	30: 33.3
42	31	Zora Simčáková	30: 43.6
43	45	Leslie Thompson	30: 48.9
44	29	Lisbeth Glanzmann	31: 12.4
45	24	Halina Nowak	31: 16.0
46	57	Hildegard Embacher	31: 20.1
47	50	Dorcas Denhartog	31: 24.5
48	1	Delphyne Burlet	31: 41.6
49	6th	Katarzyna Popieluch	31: 43.2
50	11	Chi Ziumei	31: 50.1
51	28	Song Shiji	32: 13.9
52	42	Marianne Vlasveld	32: 14.5
53	30th	Katja Marent	32: 33.2
54	13	Camilla Frandsen	33: 00.0
55	47	Ida Madsen	34: 46.3
56	20th	Marjorie van de Bunt	34: 51.0
57	9	Helene van Schijndel	35: 03.1
58	26th	Uiloq Heilmann	35: 14.8
59	16	Anna Bozsik	35: 19.4
60	59	Rita van Driel	35: 25.5
61	7th	Cheryl Power	35: 27.5

The competition had not been held like this in previous years. The program had previously included the 5 km distance, classic run, winners in this discipline were:
World Champion 1987 : Marjo Matikainen / Olympic Champion 1988 : Marjo Matikainen  

Date: February 19, 1989

Participants: 61 named; 61 started; 61 rated;

The winner, Välbe, had already skated away from the competition after half the distance.

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• Viralliset Tulokset Official Results 19.02 KLO 14.00 Naiset 10 km, Vapaa women 10 km, Free, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 10 km naiset vapaa (f) February 19 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 8, 2020.
• Women 10km Free Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed May 8, 2020

15 km classic

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time 7.5 km (min.)	Place 7.5 km	Time [min]
1	37	Marjo Matikainen	25: 01.8	1	47: 46.6
2	41	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	25: 14.4	2	47: 48.6
3	24	Pirkko Määttä	25: 27.5	3	48: 20.8
4th	26th	Raissa Smetanina	25: 43.5	4th	48: 54.9
5	12	Anne years	25: 41.4	5	49: 00.5
6th	3	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	26: 15.3	11	49: 31.0
7th	43	Julia Shamshurina	25: 51.9	6th	49: 42.5
8th	45	Inger Helene Nybråten	25: 58.6	7th	49: 47.5
9	20th	Larissa Lasutina	26: 04.8	8th	49: 57.9
10	5	Marit Wold	26: 28.3	14th	50: 11.5
11	4th	Tatiana Bondarewa	26: 10.4	10	50: 16.5
12	38	Trude Dybendahl	26: 05.4	9	50: 24.2
13	36	Susanne Kuhfittig	26: 24.8	13	50: 26.2
14th	34	Anna-Lena Fritzon	26: 20.6	12	50: 29.8
15th	39	Nancy Fiddler	26: 30.4	15th	50: 43.0
16	6th	Karin Lamberg-Skog	26: 32.8	16	50: 51.2
17th	48	Magdalena Wallin	26: 52.4	18th	51: 13.7
18th	27	Angela Schmidt-Foster	27: 00.6	19th	51: 36.2
19th	46	Evi scratches	26: 46.7	17th	51: 37.1
20th	14th	Li's frost	27: 21.2	20th	52: 00.3
21st	17th	Lorna Sasseville	27: 31.6	22nd	52: 11.1
22nd	40	Katarzyna Popieluch	27: 25.9	21st	52: 31.9
23	11	Jolanta Bieniek-Sokolowska	27: 38.2	25th	52: 34.2
24	8th	Lisa Patterson	27: 49.7	28	52: 37.7
25th	33	Cornelia Sulzer	27: 32.4	23	52: 39.1
26th	21st	Alžbeta Havrančíková	27: 36.6	24	52: 52.0
27	42	Małgorzata Ruchała	27: 38.6	26th	52: 57.4
28	47	Isabelle Mancini	27: 45.0	27	53: 21.6
29	2	Zora Simčáková	28: 07.6	31	53: 24.7
30th	28	Myrtha Fäßler	27: 45.8	29	53: 43.7
31	49	Jean McAllister	28: 12.2	32	53: 48.8
32	15th	Leslie Thompson	27: 59.9	30th	53: 50.9
33	44	Wendy Reeves	28: 21.4	33	54: 25.9
34	29	Emmanuelle Claret	28: 24.4	34	54: 31.8
35	1	Chi Xiumei	28: 46.0	37	54: 36.8
36	16	Myriam Didierlaurent	28: 28.0	35	54: 43.9
37	22nd	Sandra Parpan	28: 32.8	36	54: 45.0
38	30th	Klara Angerer	29: 03.9	38	55: 23.2
39	23	Song Shiji	29: 25.0	40	56: 22.0
40	25th	Camilla Frandsen	29: 14.2	39	56: 35.4
41	7th	Ida Madsen	29: 59.3	42	57: 11.0
42	10	Carolien ten Bosch	30: 33.2	44	57: 26.7
43	31	Reneta Bantchewa	29: 57.4	41	57: 41.8
44	9	Anna Bozsik	31: 10.1	45	59: 04.9
45	35	Rita van Driel	31: 40.1	47	60: 41.5
46	32	Uiloq Heilmann	31: 29.1	46	61: 23.4
DNF	18th	Marianne Vlasveld	?	43	-
DNS	13	Adelina Marinkova	-	-	-
DNS	19th	Silke Braun	-	-	-

This cross-country distance was held for the first time as a discipline for women.

Date: February 21, 1989

Participants: 49 named; 47 started; 46 rated;

Kirvesniemi was more than 12 seconds ahead of Matikainen halfway through the race; there were 49 runners at the start.

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• Viralliset Tulokset Official Results 21.02 KLO 14.00 Naiset 15 km, Perinteinen women 15 km, Classical, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 15 km naiset perinteinen (c) February 21 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 8, 2020.
• Women 15km Classical Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed May 8, 2020

30 km freestyle

space	Start number	sportswoman	Time 15 km (min.)	Place 15 km	Time [h]
1	42	Jelena Välbe	45: 12.1	6th	1: 29: 59.7
2	27	Larissa Lasutina	44: 13.4	1	1: 30: 07.7
3	44	Marjo Matikainen	44: 59.1	4th	1: 30: 30.6
4th		Alžbeta Havrančíková	44: 46.7	2	1: 30: 39.9
5	4th	Manuela Di Centa	44: 55.9	3	1: 30: 46.3
6th	47	Marianne Dahlmo	45: 10.5	5	1: 31: 23.0
7th	9	Vida Vencienė	45: 26.1	7th	1: 32: 00.6
8th	30th	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	45: 44.1	8th	1: 32: 16.0
9	46	Marie-Helene Westin	45: 57.2	9	1: 32: 52.0
10	7th	Magdalena Wallin	46: 26.2	13	1: 32: 53.2
11	38	Tamara Tikhonova	46: 01.1	10	1: 33: 12.1
12	52	Anna-Lena Fritzon	46: 35.8	16	1: 33: 14.6
13	6th	Inger Lise Hegge	46: 52.1	19th	1: 33: 14.7
14th	41	Nina Skeime	46: 07.2	11	1: 33: 16.0
15th	17th	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	46: 37.5	17th	1: 33: 30.0
16	33	Karin Lamberg-Skog	46: 25.7	12	1: 33: 35.5
17th	51	Evi scratches	47: 06.1	20th	1: 33: 52.3
18th	32	Anna Janoušková	46: 34.3	15th	1: 34: 36.1
19th	40	Nancy Fiddler	46: 32.6	14th	1: 34: 52.1
20th	10	Eija Hyytiäinen	46: 47.1	18th	1: 34: 59.1
21st	24	Pirkko Määttä	47: 07.6	21st	1: 35: 00.7
22nd	45	Marie-Andrée Masson	47: 13.1	22nd	1: 35: 18.8
23	36	Elena Desderi	48: 07.0	30th	1: 35: 45.6
24	35	Marianne Irniger	47: 31.8	24	1: 35: 58.1
25th	43	Małgorzata Ruchała	47: 19.8	23	1: 36: 08.7
26th	19th	Gabriella Carrel	47: 47.2	27	1: 36: 10.3
27	21st	Karin Svingstedt	47: 37.0	26th	1: 36: 30.2
28	39	Lorna Sasseville	48: 10.2	31	1: 37: 27.0
29	23	Jean Mcallister	47: 51.3	28	1: 37: 46.4
30th	18th	Emmanuelle Claret	48: 20.3	32	1: 37: 46.6
31	2	Ingrid Butts	48: 42.1	35	1: 37: 53.6
32	4th	Carol Gibson	48: 28.8	34	1: 37: 54.8
33	26th	Reneta Bentchewa	49: 03.5	38	1: 37: 59.8
34	37	Katazyna Popieluch	48: 44.1	36	1: 38: 19,, 8
35	34	Isabelle Mancini	48: 02.0	29	1: 39: 17.4
36	13	Leslie Thompson	48: 28.3	33	1: 39: 41.3
37	12	Delphyne Burlet	49: 27.6	39	1: 39: 46.2
38	28	Maria Theurl	50: 17.4	42	1: 40: 38.8
39	48	Dorcas Denhartog	49: 46.4	40	1: 41: 02.1
40	31	Susanne Kuhfittig	47: 32.9	25th	1: 42: 15.8
41	11	Lisbeth Glanzmann	49: 57.6	41	1: 43: 04.1
42	15th	Marianne Vlasveld	51: 22.9	43	1: 43: 39.1
43	20th	Song Shiji	52: 36.9	44	1: 44: 38.9
44	16	Camilla Frandsen	52: 53.8	45	1: 46: 22.3
45	3	Adelina Marinkova	53: 46.1	46	1: 50: 17.3
46	5	Carolien ten Bosch	54: 18.1	47	1: 50: 35.8
47	29	Rita van Driel	56: 32.1	48	1: 54: 11.7
48	8th	Cheryl Power	57: 27.2	50	1: 56: 06.3
49	1	Dorit Hindsgaul	56: 46.1	49	1: 56: 14.7
DNF	14th	Sylvia Honegger	?	37	-
DNS	22nd	Gabriela Hess	-	-	-
DNS	25th	Jolanta Bieniek-Sokolowska	-	-	-

In previous years, this competition was held over a distance of 20 km, the winners:
World Champion 1987 : Marie-Helene Westin / Olympic Champion 1988 : Tamara Tichonowa  

Date: February 25, 1989

Participants: 52 named; 50 started; 49 rated;

The Finn Matikainen wrote skiing history with 5 medals.

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• Viralliset Tulokset Official Results 25.02 KLO 11.00 Naiset 30 km, Vapaa women 30 km, Free, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 30 km naiset vapaa (f) February 25 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 8, 2020.
• Women 30km Free Style Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed May 8, 2020

4x5 km relay

space	Start number	country	Sportswomen	Stage time [min.]	Rank stage	Time change [min.]	Place change	Time [min.]
1	6th	Finland	Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Jaana Savolainen Marjo Matikainen	13: 36.2 13: 32.5 14: 03.2 13: 37.9	1 1 3 2	13: 36.2 27: 08.7 41: 11.9	1 1 1	54: 49.8
2	1	Soviet Union	Julija Shamschurina Raissa Smetanina Tamara Tichonowa Jelena Välbe	13: 59.2 13: 51.2 13: 42.9 13: 23.6	3 3 1 1	13: 59.2 27: 50.4 41: 33.3	3 3 2	54: 56.9
3	2	Norway	Inger Helene Nybråten Anne years Nina Skeime Marianne Dahlmo	13: 58.8 13: 48.9 14: 07.1 13: 57.5	2 2 4 3	13: 58.8 27: 47.7 41: 54.8	2 2 3	55: 52.3
4th	3	Sweden	Karin Svingstedt Magdalena Wallin Anna-Lena Fritzon Marie-Helene Westin	14: 12.4 14: 14.8 13: 56.3 14: 05.8	4 4 2 4	14: 12.4 28: 27.2 42: 23.5	4 4 4	56: 29.3
5	9	Czechoslovakia	Ľubomíra Balážová Zora Simčáková Anna Janoušková Alžbeta Havrančíková	14: 54.9 14: 39.6 14: 12.7 14: 07.9	10 9 5 5	14: 54.9 29: 34.5 43: 47.2	10 9 5	57: 55.1
6th	5	Italy	Gabriella Carrel Stefania Belmondo Manuela Di Centa Elena Desideri	15: 00.4 14: 32.9 14: 45.9 14: 12.4	12 7 9 6	15: 00.4 29: 33.3 44: 19.2	12 8 9	58: 31.6
7th	8th	Switzerland	Silvia Honegger Myrtha Fäßler Marianne Irniger Evi Kratzer	14: 24.8 15: 03.4 14: 47.7 14: 22.1	5 11 10 7	14: 28.4 29: 28.2 44: 15.9	5 7 8	58: 37.0
8th	7th	Canada	Angela Schmidt-Foster Lorna Sasseville Lisa Patterson Marie-Andrée Masson	14: 31.9 14: 45.7 14: 43.5 14: 43.1	7 10 7 10	14: 31.9 29: 17.6 44: 01.1	7 6 6	58: 43.2
9	13	France	Myriam Didierlaurent Delphyne Burlet Emmanuelle Claret Isabelle Mancini	14: 47.6 15: 06.8 14: 51.7 14: 22.2	9 1 11 8	14: 47.6 29: 54.4 44: 46.1	9 12 12	59: 08.3
10	10	Austria	Jutta Mainhart Hildegard Embacher Cornelia Sulzer Maria Theurl	15: 00.2 14: 35.4 14: 43.6 14: 54.3	11 8 8 11	15: 00.2 29: 35.6 44: 19.2	11 10 9	59: 13.5
11	12	United States	Wendy Reeves Nancy Fiddler Leslie Thompson Ingrid Butts	15: 23.6 14: 21.7 14: 29.9 15: 07.9	13 5 6 13	15: 23.6 29: 45.3 44: 15.2	13 11 7	59: 23.1
12	11	Poland	Katarzyna Popieluch Małgorzata Ruchała Halina Nowak Bernadeta Bocek	14: 25.5 14: 31.5 15: 43.0 14: 58.0	6 6 13 12	14: 25.5 28: 57.0 44: 40.0	6 5 11	59: 38.0
13	4th	German Democratic Republic	Susanne Kuhfittig Claudia Bonsack Silke Meyer Gabriele Heß	14: 33.3 15: 38.8 15: 13.8 14: 24.2	8 13 12 9	14: 33.3 30: 12.1 45: 25.9	8 13 13	59: 50.1
14th	14th	Netherlands	Carolien ten Bosch Helene van Schijndel Marianne Vlasveld Marjorie van de Bunt	16: 17.4 17: 19.6 15: 50.2 17: 27.5	14 14 14 14	16: 17.4 33: 37.0 49: 27.2	14 14 14	66: 54.7

World champions 1987 : Soviet Union ( Antonina Ordina , Nina Gawriljuk , Larissa Ptizyna , Anfissa Reszowa ) Olympic champions 1988 : Soviet Union ( Swetlana Nageikina , Nina Gawriljuk , Tamara Tichonowa , Anfissa Reszowa )  
 

Date: February 23, 1989

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• Viralliset Tulokset Official results 23.02 KLO 14.00 Naiset 4x5 km 2 P + 2 V, relay women 4x5 km 2 C + 2 F, FIS
• MM-kisat Lahti 1989 Viesti naiset 4x5 km (c + f) February 23 , 1989 Lahdenmuseot , on lahdenmuseot.fi, accessed on May 8, 2020.
• Women 4x5km Relay Nordic Skiing World Championship 1989 Lahti (FIN) on todor66.com, accessed May 8, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Skating victory for Wialbe . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 20, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ Finns continue to win . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ Matikainen achieved a record with bronze . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1989, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
4. ↑ Finns clear away. ÖSV relay good . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1989, p. 30 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).