Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 20 kilometre

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Women's 20 km
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Igman
DateFebruary 18
Competitors43 from 14 nations
Winning time1:01:45.0
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Raisa Smetanina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Anne Jahren
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1988  

The 20 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme for women at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first time the event took place at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, February 18, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman. [1]

Cross-country skiing form of snow skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a means of transportation. Variants of cross-country skiing are adapted to a range of terrain which spans unimproved, sometimes mountainous terrain to groomed courses that are specifically designed for the sport.

At the 1984 Winter Olympics eight cross-country skiing events – four each for men and women – were contested. The competitions were held from Thursday, 9 February, to Sunday, 19 February 1984. The women's 20 km debuted at these games.

1984 Winter Olympics 14th edition of Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo (Yugoslavia) in 1984

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which took place from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland won Gold to leave Sarajevo with Gold medals in all 3 individual events.

Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi is a Finnish former cross-country skier.

Finland at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Results

RankNameCountryTime
1 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01:45.0
2 Raisa Smetanina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:02:26.7
3 Anne Jahren Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:03:13.6
4 Blanka Paulů Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:03:16.9
5 Marie Risby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:03:31.8
6 Britt Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:03:49.0
7 Lyubov Lyadova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:03:53.3
8 Evi Kratzer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:03:56.4
9 Pirkko Määttä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:04:37.6
10 Guidina Dal Sasso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04:44.1
11 Inger Helene Nybråten Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:04:51.2
12 Květa Jeriová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:04:56.2
13 Tamara Markashanskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:05:01.7
14 Marit Myrmæl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:05:01.9
15 Yuliya Stepanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:05:33.4
16 Anna Pasiarová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:05:35.7
17 Eija Hyytiäinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:05:38.8
18 Ute Noack Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:05:43.5
19 Karin Jäger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:06:20.2
20 Petra Rohrmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:06:30.0
21 Sharon Firth Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:06:31.0
22 Karin Thomas Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:06:36.1
23 Ann-Janeth Rosendahl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:06:47.8
24 Viera Klimková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:06:59.9
25 Shirley Firth Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 1:07:02.5
26 Manuela Di Centa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:07:10.5
27 Judy Rabinowitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07:11.4
28 Susan Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:07:25.9
29 Erja Kuivalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:07:26.4
30 Carola Anding Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:07:27.8
31 Kristina Hugosson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:07:40.5
32 Stina Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:07:43.4
33 Lynn Spencer-Galanes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:08:25.0
34 Monika Germann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:08:25.5
35 Germana Sperotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:10:24.1
36 Ros Coats Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:11:24.1
37 Kelly Milligan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:11:50.4
38 Metka Munih Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:13:35.8
39 Nicola Lavery Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:16:24.0
Angela Schmidt-Foster Flag of Canada.svg  Canada DNF
Doris Trueman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS
Livia Reit Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNS
Christina Gilli-Brügger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNS

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References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 20 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.