Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on February 15 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 10:00 PST.[1]

Women's 10 kilometre freestyle
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates15 February
Competitors78 from 36 nations
Winning time24:58.4
Medalists
Charlotte Kalla  Sweden
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi  Estonia
Marit Bjørgen  Norway
Cross-country skiing at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 kmwomen
15 kmmenwomen
30 kmmenwomen
50 kmmen
4 × 5 km relaywomen
4 × 10 km relaymen
Sprint
Individualmenwomen
Teammenwomen

Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion in this event though it was held in the classical style.[2] Aino-Kaisa Saarinen on Finland was the defending world champion though that event was also held in the classical style.[3] The final World Cup event in women's 10 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on February 5 at Canmore, Alberta and was won by Sweden's Charlotte Kalla.[4]

Šmigun-Vähi won silver in this event, Saarinen would finish 15th, and Kalla would win gold.[5] Kalla is the Sweden's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson's 5 km win at Grenoble in 1968.

Results
RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
31Charlotte Kalla Sweden24:58.40.00
17Kristina Šmigun-Vähi Estonia25:05.0+6.6
28Marit Bjørgen Norway25:14.3+15.9
423Anna Haag Sweden25:19.3+20.9
533Justyna Kowalczyk Poland25:20.1+21.7
626Riitta-Liisa Roponen Finland25:24.3+25.9
722Yevgeniya Medvedeva Russia25:26.5+28.1
830Kristin Størmer Steira Norway25:50.5+52.1
921Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine25:51.1+52.7
1016Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina Kazakhstan25:53.9+55.5
1127Arianna Follis Italy25:54.1+55.7
1218Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Germany25:57.7+59.3
1219Olga Zavyalova Russia25:57.7+59.3
1434Silvia Rupil Italy25:58.5+1:00.1
1532Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland25:59.5+1:01.1
1614Claudia Nystad Germany25:59.8+1:01.4
1712Sabina Valbusa Italy26:05.8+1:07.4
1825Marianna Longa Italy26:06.2+1:07.8
1920Natalya Korostelyova Russia26:07.0+1:08.6
2029Irina Khazova Russia26:08.7+1:10.3
2144Miriam Gössner Germany26:14.8+1:16.4
2224Vibeke Skofterud Norway26:16.3+1:17.9
237Stefanie Böhler Germany26:19.2+1:20.8
248Anna Olsson Sweden26:23.1+1:24.7
2510Kamila Rajdlová Czech Republic26:26.2+1:27.8
269Karine Laurent Philippot France26:27.9+1:29.5
2711Elena Kolomina Kazakhstan26:35.6+1:37.2
2847Sylwia Jaskowiec Poland26:37.2+1:38.8
296Britta Johansson Norgren Sweden26:48.1+1:49.7
3055Caitlin Compton United States26:49.1+1:50.7
3113Riikka Sarasoja Finland26:50.2+1:51.8
323Ivana Janečková Czech Republic26:51.3+1:52.9
3346Vesna Fabjan Slovenia26:51.6+1:53.2
3441Morgan Arritola United States27:04.4+2:06.0
352Li Hongxue China27:05.7+2:07.3
3642Tatjana Roshina Kazakhstan27:06.6+2:08.2
3753Maryna Antsybor Ukraine27:07.4+2:09.0
381Laura Orgue Spain27:09.4+2:11.0
3951Kornelia Marek Poland27:12.6+2:14.2
4037Oxana Jatskaja Kazakhstan27:16.3+2:17.9
4157Barbara Jezeršek Slovenia27:17.3+2:18.9
4250Holly Brooks United States27:17.6+2:19.2
4354Monika Gyorgy Romania27:19.5+2:21.1
445Alena Sannikova Belarus27:21.3+2:22.9
4561Paulina Maciuszek Poland27:22.1+2:23.7
4648Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine27:29.7+2:31.3
4736Aurore Cuinet France27:30.2+2:31.8
4840Celia Bourgeois France27:31.4+2:33.0
4915Marthe Kristoffersen Norway27:38.4+2:40.0
5039Liz Stephen United States27:41.1+2:42.7
5152Madeleine Williams Canada27:43.6+2:45.2
5258Nobuko Fukuda Japan27:47.7+2:49.3
534Krista Lähteenmäki Finland27:49.4+2:51.0
5465Lee Chae-Won South Korea27:56.0+2:57.6
5538Eva Nývltová Czech Republic28:04.1+3:05.7
5635Olga Vasiljonok Belarus28:06.2+3:07.8
5756Lada Nesterenko Ukraine28:06.4+3:08.0
5849Tatjana Mannima Estonia28:13.0+3:14.6
5943Ekaterina Rudakova Belarus28:16.1+3:17.7
6064Antonia Grigorova Bulgaria28:27.7+3:29.3
6160Michiko Kashiwabara Japan28:32.0+3:33.6
6245Laure Barthélémy France28:43.9+3:45.5
6362Katherine Calder New Zealand28:50.9+3:52.5
6459Irina Terentjeva Lithuania28:52.2+3:53.8
6563Li Xin China29:38.5+4:40.1
6669Teodora Malcheva Bulgaria29:52.4+4:54.0
6767Jaqueline Mourão Brazil30:22.2+5:23.8
6868Fiona Hughes Great Britain30:29.8+5:31.4
6966Kelime Çetinkaya Turkey30:48.0+5:49.6
7072Anete Brice Latvia30:51.8+5:53.4
7177Alexandra Camenscic Moldova31:01.0+6:02.6
7271Tanja Karisik Bosnia and Herzegovina31:30.4+6:32.0
7373Maria Danou Greece32:14.6+7:16.2
7474Erdene-Ochir Ochirsuren Mongolia32:56.1+7:57.7
7575Vera Viczián Hungary33:45.8+8:47.4
7678Kristine Khachatryan Armenia34:17.5+9:19.1
7770Rosana Kiroska Macedonia34:45.8+9:47.4
7876Belma Šmrković Serbia35:47.4+10:49.0

References
  1. Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 4 November 2009.
  2. 2006 Winter Olympic women's 10 km classical results. Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009
  3. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships women's 10 km classical results. Archived 2012-05-27 at Archive.today - accessed 4 November 2009.
  4. FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Canmore 5 February 2010 women's 10 km freestyle results. - accessed 6 February 2010.
  5. 2010 Winter Olympics 15 February 2010 Cross-country skiing women's 10 km freestyle results. Archived 27 May 2012 at Archive.today - accessed 16 February 2010.
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