Women's 5 kilometre classical at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Snow Harp | ||||||||||||
Dates | 10 February 1998 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 79 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 17:37.9 | ||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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5 km | women | |
10 km | men | |
Pursuit | men | women |
15 km | women | |
30 km | men | women |
50 km | men | |
Relay | men | women |
The women's 5 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 10 February at Snow Harp. [1] Each skier started at half-minute intervals, skiing the entire 5 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Russian Lyubov Yegorova, who won in Lillehammer.