1998 Winter Olympics / cross-country skiing

Nordic skiing 1998, further disciplines: Nordic combined ski jumping  

Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Hakuba
Competition venue	Snow Harp
Nations	37
Athletes	228 (126 , 102 )
date	8-22 February 1998
decisions	10
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At the XVIII. At the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano , 10 cross-country skiing competitions were held. The venue was the Snow Harp in Hakuba .

As in the previous games , the Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie was the strongest athlete. He won gold twice in the individual disciplines, plus one silver and another gold medal with the relay. In the women's category, the Russian cross-country skiers won all gold medals. The best of them was Larissa Lasutina . Like Dæhlie, she won three gold medals - one of them in the relay - plus one silver and one bronze in each of the other two individual disciplines.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	5	2	1	8th
2	Norway	4th	3	2	9
3	Finland	1	-	2	3
5	Italy	-	2	2	4th
6th	Austria	-	1	1	2
	Czech Republic	-	1	1	2
7th	Sweden	-	1	-	1
8th	Kazakhstan	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze 10 km classic Bjørn Dæhlie Markus Gandler Mika Myllyl 15 km pursuit Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov 30 km classic Mika Myllyl Erling Jevne Silvio Fauner 50 km freestyle Bjørn Dæhlie Niklas Jonsson Christian Hoffmann 4 × 10 km relay Thomas Alsgaard , Bjørn Dæhlie , Erling Jevne , Sture Sivertsen Marco Albarello , Silvio Fauner , Fabio Maj , Fulvio Valbusa Jari Isometsä , Harri Kirvesniemi , Mika Myllylä , Sami Repo

Women competitor gold silver bronze 5 km classic Larissa Lasutina Kateřina Neumannová Bente Martinsen 10 km pursuit Larissa Lasutina Olga Danilova Kateřina Neumannová 15 km classic Olga Danilova Larissa Lasutina Anita Moen 30 km freestyle Yulia Chepalova Stefania Belmondo Larissa Lasutina 4 × 5 km relay Olga Danilowa , Nina Gawriljuk , Larissa Lasutina , Jelena Välbe Bente Martinsen , Marit Mikkelsplass , Anita Moen , Elin Nilsen Stefania Belmondo , Manuela Di Centa , Karin Moroder , Gabriella Paruzzi

Results

Men

10 km classic

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Bjørn Dæhlie	27: 24.5
2	AUT	Markus Gandler	27: 32.5
3	FIN	Mika Myllyl	27: 40.1
4th	KAZ	Vladimir Smirnov	27: 45.1
5	NOR	Thomas Alsgaard	27: 48.1
6th	EST	Jaak Mae	27: 56.0
7th	NOR	Erling Jevne	27: 58.7
8th	EST	Andrus Veerpalu	28: 00.7
9	NOR	Stubborn Sivertsen	28: 10.6
10	ITA	Silvio Fauner	28: 15.5
12	AUT	Alois Stadlober	28: 21.2
14th	AUT	Gerhard Urain	28: 25.2
16	GER	Andreas Schluetter	28: 48.0
17th	SUI	Beat Koch	28: 49.6
20th	LIE	Markus Hasler	28: 55.2
23	AUT	Achim Walcher	28: 58.6
27	GER	Johann Mühlegg	29: 12.3
38	GER	René Sommerfeldt	29: 52.5
40	GER	Jochen Behle	29: 55.9
49	SUI	Jeremias Wigger	30: 33.4
57	LIE	Stephan Kunz	30: 56.8
63	SUI	Wilhelm Aschwanden	31: 10.5

Date: February 12, 1998 Difference in altitude: 100 m; Maximum ascent: 67 m; Total ascent: 419 m 97 participants from 35 countries, 92 of them in the rating.

15 km pursuit freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	NOR	Thomas Alsgaard	1: 07: 01.7
2	NOR	Bjørn Dæhlie	1: 07: 02.8
3	KAZ	Vladimir Smirnov	1: 07: 31.5
4th	ITA	Silvio Fauner	1: 07: 48.9
5	ITA	Fulvio Valbusa	1: 07: 49.1
6th	FIN	Mika Myllyl	1: 07: 50.6
7th	AUT	Markus Gandler	1: 08: 14.2
8th	FIN	Jari Isometsä	1: 08: 19.4
9	RUS	Sergei Chepikov	1: 08: 24.3
10	SWE	Niklas Jonsson	1: 08: 25.7
11	AUT	Achim Walcher	1: 08: 26.9
12	GER	Andreas Schluetter	1: 08: 32.3
14th	AUT	Alois Stadlober	1: 08: 57.1
16	AUT	Gerhard Urain	1: 09: 04.8
17th	GER	Johann Mühlegg	1: 09: 12.3
29	GER	René Sommerfeldt	1: 11: 13.5
34	LIE	Stephan Kunz	1: 11: 42.9
35	LIE	Markus Hasler	1: 11: 55.9
49	SUI	Wilhelm Aschwanden	1: 12: 56.8

Date: February 14, 1998 Difference in altitude: 61 m; Maximum ascent: 60 m; Total ascent: 576 m 74 participants from 29 countries, 68 of them in the rating.

30 km classic

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	FIN	Mika Myllyl	1: 33: 55.8
2	NOR	Erling Jevne	1: 35: 27.1
3	ITA	Silvio Fauner	1: 36: 08.5
4th	FIN	Jari Isometsä	1: 36: 51.4
5	ITA	Fulvio Valbusa	1: 37: 31.1
6th	FIN	Harri Kirvesniemi	1: 37: 45.9
7th	ITA	Marco Albarello	1: 38: 07.1
8th	ITA	Giorgio Di Centa	1: 38: 14.9
9	RUS	Vladimir Legotin	1: 38: 23.7
10	SWE	Per Elofsson	1: 38: 47.0
14th	LIE	Stephan Kunz	1: 39: 33.3
16	SUI	Jeremias Wigger	1: 39: 46.4
21st	GER	Andreas Schluetter	1: 40: 27.1
35	LIE	Markus Hasler	1: 42: 17.4
43	AUT	Gerhard Urain	1: 43: 22.9
53	SUI	Beat Koch	1: 46: 38.3
57	GER	Torald Rein	1: 49: 06.7

Date: February 9, 1998 Difference in altitude: 113 m; Maximum ascent: 67 m; Total ascent: 1140 m 72 participants from 28 countries, 64 of them in the rating.

50 km freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	NOR	Bjørn Dæhlie	2: 05: 08.2
2	SWE	Niklas Jonsson	2: 05: 16.3
3	AUT	Christian Hoffmann	2: 06: 01.8
4th	RUS	Alexei Prokurorov	2: 06: 41.5
5	ITA	Fulvio Valbusa	2: 06: 44.3
6th	NOR	Thomas Alsgaard	2: 07: 21.5
7th	GER	Johann Mühlegg	2: 07: 25.3
8th	KAZ	Vladimir Smirnov	2: 07: 26.4
9	ITA	Maurizio Pozzi	2: 08: 13.2
10	ITA	Silvio Fauner	2: 08: 44.3
12	AUT	Alois Stadlober	2: 11: 22.4
18th	SUI	Jeremias Wigger	2: 13: 50.5
22nd	SUI	Wilhelm Aschwanden	2: 14: 18.0
26th	GER	René Sommerfeldt	2: 16: 19.9
28	LIE	Stephan Kunz	2: 16: 36.2
36	GER	Andreas Schluetter	2: 17: 52.1
38	AUT	Achim Walcher	2: 18: 31.7
49	SUI	Reto mayor	2: 22: 28.2

Date: February 22, 1998 Difference in altitude: 113 m; Maximum ascent: 67 m; Total ascent: 1749 m 75 participants from 28 countries, 62 of them in the rating.

4 × 10 km relay

space	Country / athlete	time
1	Norway Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard	1: 40: 55.7 h 26: 20.0 min 25: 18.9 min 24: 42.3 min 24: 34.5 min
2	Italy Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner	1: 40: 55.9 h 26: 04.1 min 25: 22.2 min 24: 54.4 min 24: 35.2 min
3	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä	1: 42: 15.5 h 26: 01.7 min 25: 47.5 min 25: 31.0 min 24: 55.3 min
4th	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Per Elofsson Henrik Forsberg	1: 42: 25.2 h 26: 33.7 min 26: 07.9 min 25: 25.2 min 24: 18.4 min
5	Russia Vladimir Legotin Alexei Prokurorow Sergei Krjanin Sergei Tschepikow	1: 42: 39.5 h 26: 19.0 min 25: 21.2 min 26: 02.4 min 24: 56.9 min
6th	Switzerland Jeremias Wigger Beat Koch Reto Mayor Wilhelm Aschwanden	1: 42: 49.2 h 26: 20.8 min 26: 12.0 min 25: 31.8 min 24: 44.6 min
7th	Japan Katsuhito Ebisawa Hiroyuki Imai Mitsuo Horigome Kazutoshi Nagahama	1: 43: 06.7 h 26: 11.0 min 26: 13.9 min 25: 15.2 min 25: 26.6 min
8th	Germany Andreas Schlütter Jochen Behle René Sommerfeldt Johann Mühlegg	1: 43: 16.1 h 25: 57.4 min 26: 48.8 min 26: 01.0 min 24: 28.9 min
9	Austria Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann	1: 43: 16.5 h 26: 00.9 min 26: 28.5 min 25: 47.5 min 24: 59.6 min

Date: February 17, 1998 Difference in altitude: 98 m (A) / 52 m (B); Maximum ascent: 51 m (A / B); Total ascent: 410 m (A) / 354 m (B) 20 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Women

5 km classic

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	RUS	Larissa Lasutina	17: 37.9
2	CZE	Kateřina Neumannová	17: 42.7
3	NOR	Bente Martinsen	17: 49.4
4th	RUS	Nina Gavriljuk	17: 50.3
5	RUS	Olga Danilova	17: 51.3
6th	NOR	Marit Mikkelsplass	17: 53.5
7th	NOR	Anita Moen	18: 04.4
8th	NOR	Trude Dybendahl	18: 08.0
9	ITA	Gabriella Paruzzi	18: 14.7
10	SUI	Brigitte Albrecht	18: 16.5
14th	SUI	Sylvia Honegger	18: 29.6
15th	AUT	Maria Theurl	18: 36.8
26th	GER	Kati Wilhelm	18: 59.9
30th	GER	Constanze Blum	19: 02.4
37	GER	Anke Schulze	19: 14.7
38	GER	Sigrid Wille	19: 15.6
42	AUT	Renate Roider	19: 18.3
45	SUI	Andrea Huber	19: 27.6
62	SUI	Andrea Senteler	20: 07.5

Date: February 10, 1998 Difference in altitude: 98 m; Maximum ascent: 44 m; Total ascent: 195 m 79 participants from 26 countries, all in the rating.

10 km pursuit freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	RUS	Larissa Lasutina	46: 06.9
2	RUS	Olga Danilova	46: 13.4
3	CZE	Kateřina Neumannová	46: 14.2
4th	UKR	Iryna Terelja	46: 17.1
5	ITA	Stefania Belmondo	46: 19.6
6th	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	46: 28.4
7th	RUS	Nina Gavriljuk	46: 49.3
8th	NOR	Anita Moen	47: 04.6
9	NOR	Bente Martinsen	47: 11.1
10	SUI	Brigitte Albrecht	47: 11.8
13	AUT	Maria Theurl	47: 35.8
22nd	SUI	Sylvia Honegger	48: 21.3
26th	GER	Constanze Blum	49: 05.5
31	GER	Anke Schulze	49: 30.4
32	GER	Kati Wilhelm	49: 31.0
54	GER	Sigrid Wille	51: 52.1

Date: February 12, 1998 Difference in altitude: 57 m; Maximum ascent: 51 m; Total ascent: 378 m 69 participants from 24 countries, 68 of them in the rating.

15 km classic

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	RUS	Olga Danilova	46: 55.4
2	RUS	Larissa Lasutina	47: 01.0
3	NOR	Anita Moen	47: 52.6
4th	UKR	Iryna Terelja	48: 10.2
5	NOR	Marit Mikkelsplass	48: 12.5
6th	NOR	Trude Dybendahl	48: 19.0
	NOR	Bente Martinsen
8th	ITA	Stefania Belmondo	48: 57.7
9	CZE	Kateřina Neumannová	49: 01.9
10	SVK	Jaroslava Bukvajová	49: 02.0
21st	GER	Constanze Blum	50: 30.3
22nd	SUI	Sylvia Honegger	50: 31.9
26th	AUT	Renate Roider	51: 07.0
28	GER	Sigrid Wille	51: 19.3
36	GER	Manuela Henkel	51: 53.4
38	GER	Anke Schulze	51: 54.0

Date: February 8, 1998 Difference in altitude: 113 m; Maximum ascent: 67 m; Total ascent: 572 m 64 participants from 24 countries, 63 of them in the rating.

30 km freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)
1	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	1: 22: 01.5
2	ITA	Stefania Belmondo	1: 22: 11.7
3	RUS	Larissa Lasutina	1: 23: 15.7
4th	NOR	Elin Nilsen	1: 24: 24.5
5	RUS	Jelena Välbe	1: 24: 52.8
6th	AUT	Maria Theurl	1: 24: 54.3
7th	SUI	Brigitte Albrecht	1: 25: 15.0
8th	UKR	Iryna Terelja	1: 25: 22.3
9	NOR	Marit Mikkelsplass	1: 25: 36.9
10	ITA	Gabriella Paruzzi	1: 26: 06.0
16	GER	Kati Wilhelm	1: 28: 27.7
24	SUI	Natascia Leonardi	1: 30: 31.8
26th	GER	Anke Schulze	1: 30: 54.6
31	GER	Constanze Blum	1: 31: 52.9

Date: February 20, 1998 Difference in altitude: 113 m; Maximum ascent: 67 m; Total ascent: 1058 m 63 participants from 25 countries, 58 of them in the rating.

4 × 5 km relay

space	Country / athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia Nina Gawriljuk Olga Danilowa Jelena Välbe Larissa Lasutina	55: 13.5 14: 13.8 13: 53.2 13: 39.8 13: 26.7
2	Norway Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon	55: 38.0 14: 14.3 13: 51.7 14: 03.6 13: 28.4
3	Italy Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo	56: 53.5 15: 16.7 14: 35.7 14: 00.8 13: 00.1
4th	Switzerland Sylvia Honegger Andrea Huber Brigitte Albrecht Natascia Leonardi	56: 55.2 14: 41.2 14: 43.6 13: 39.8 13: 50.6
5	Germany Kati Wilhelm Manuela Henkel Constanze Blum Anke Schulze	56: 56.5 14: 40.7 14: 17.9 14: 06.5 13: 50.3
6th	Czech Republic Jana Saldová Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Hanušová Zuzana Kočumová	56: 58.7 14: 58.3 14: 04.2 14: 10.2 13: 46.0
7th	Finland Tuulikki Pyykkönen Milla Jauho Satu Salonen Anita Nyman	57: 34.3 14: 37.4 14: 44.6 14: 04.3 14: 08.0
8th	Sweden Antonina Ordina Anette Fanqvist Magdalena Forsberg Karin Säterkvist	57: 53.7 14: 32.0 14: 44.8 14: 12.1 14: 24.8

Date: February 15, 1998 Difference in altitude: 98 m (A) / 52 m (B); Maximum ascent: 44 m (A) / 51 m (B); Total ascent: 195 m (A) / 177 m (B) 16 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

literature

• Cross-country skiing at the Olympic Winter Games: List of Olympic champions in cross-country skiing. Edited by the Bucher Group, General Books Verlag, 2010, 188 pages.

Web links

• Results of the 1998 Winter Olympics at www.fis-ski.com
• Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1998 Winter Olympics (PDF; 24.4 MB)