Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical

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Women's 5km
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre
Date17 February
Competitors55 from 17 nations
Winning time15:04.0
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marjo Matikainen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Tamara Tikhonova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Vida Vencienė
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

The Women's 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 17 February 1988, at the Canmore Nordic Centre. [1]

Results

RankNameCountryTime
1 Marjo Matikainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:04.0
2 Tamara Tikhonova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:05.3
3 Vida Vencienė Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:11.1
4 Anne Jahren Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:12.6
5 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:16.7
6 Inger Helene Nybråten Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:17.7
7 Marie-Helene Westin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:28.9
8 Svetlana Nageykina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:29.9
9 Marianne Dahlmo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:30.4
10 Raisa Smetanina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:35.9
11 Brit Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:36.7
12 Tuulikki Pyykkönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:38.1
13 Simone Opitz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 15:41.1
14 Evi Kratzer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 15:42.8
15 Christina Gilli-Brügger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 15:44.5
16 Pirkko Määttä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15:51.8
17 Anna-Lena Fritzon Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:55.6
18 Manuela Di Centa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:57.2
19 Kerstin Moring Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16:01.6
20 Cornelia Sulzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 16:09.7
21 Marie Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16:12.1
22 Viera Klimková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 16:14.1
23 Karin Svingstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16:15.0
24 Klara Angerer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16:20.4
25 Silke Braun-Schwager Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16:22.5
26 Lorna Sasseville Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16:23.3
27 Guidina Dal Sasso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16:26.4
28 Karin Jäger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 16:28.0
29 Alžbeta Havrančíková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 16:28.3
30 Ľubomíra Balážová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 16:30.9
31 Leslie Bancroft-Krichko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:31.1
32 Angela Schmidt-Foster Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16:32.5
33 Carol Gibson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16:35.2
34 Maria Theurl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 16:36.7
35 Marianne Irniger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 16:37.5
36 Margot Kober Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 16:39.2
37 Susann Kuhfittig Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16:41.9
38 Ivana Rádlová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 16:43.6
39 Leslie Thompson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:58.5
40 Karin Thomas Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 17:04.1
41 Nancy Fiddler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17:05.4
42 Gabriella Carrel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17:08.8
43 Stefanie Birkelbach Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17:09.1
44 Birgit Kohlrusch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17:10.3
45 Hildegard Embacher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 17:18.6
46 Jean McAllister Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17:32.4
47 Betsy Youngman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17:32.6
48 Sonja Bilgeri Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17:33.2
49 Piroska Abos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17:41.6
50 Davaagiin Enkhee Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 18:02.2
51 Mihaela Cârstoi Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 18:21.6
52 Louise McKenzie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:41.8
53 Jean Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:54.1
Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania DNF
Wang Jinfen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNF

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References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Women's 5 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2018.