Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit

The women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was held on Saturday 15 February at Les Saisies. This was the first time a pursuit race was held in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.[1]

Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Les Saisies
Dates	15 February
Competitors	58 from 21 nations
Winning time	40:07.7
Medalists
Lyubov Yegorova  Unified Team Stefania Belmondo  Italy Yelena Vyalbe  Unified Team

Each skier started based on the results from the 5 km classical event on 13 February, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course after the first-to-finish principle. Marjut Lukkarinen won the 5 km classical race with 0.9 seconds to Lyubov Yegorova of the Unified team. The two skiers started the pursuit simultaneously and Yegorova took over the lead and won over Italian Stefania Belmondo with 24.1 seconds.

Results

The time consists the added times for both the 5 km classical and the 10 km freestyle pursuit.[2][3][4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time 5 km C	Pos. 5 km C	Time 10 km F	Pos. 10 km F	Total time	Deficit
	2	Lyubov Yegorova	Unified Team	14:14.7	2	25:53.7	1	40:07.7	–
	4	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	14:26.2	4	26:05.8	2	40:31.8	+24.1
	3	Yelena Vyalbe	Unified Team	14:22.7	3	26:29.7	3	40:51.7	+44.0
4	1	Marjut Lukkarinen	Finland	14:13.8	1	26:52.1	7	41:05.1	+57.4
5	10	Elin Nilsen	Norway	14:50.8	10	26:36.9	4	41:26.9	+1:19.2
6	9	Marie-Helene Westin	Sweden	14:42.6	9	26:46.2	6	41:28.2	+1:20.5
7	5	Inger Helene Nybråten	Norway	14:33.3	5	27:02.1	8	41:35.1	+1:27.4
8	7	Larisa Lazutina	Unified Team	14:41.7	7	27:07.8	10	41:48.8	+1:41.1
9	22	Isabelle Mancini	France	15:12.1	22	26:41.3	5	41:53.3	+1:45.6
10	12	Manuela Di Centa	Italy	14:55.4	12	27:14.7	12	42:09.7	+2:02.0
11	20	Olga Danilova	Unified Team	14:37.2	6	27:47.2	21	42:24.2	+2:16.5
12	27	Simone Opitz	Germany	15:24.9	27	27:06.3	9	42:30.3	+2:22.6
13	15	Sylvia Honegger	Switzerland	15:03.4	15	27:28.7	15	42:31.7	+2:24.0
14	16	Gabriele Hess	Germany	15:03.7	16	27:30.2	16	42:33.2	+2:25.5
15	8	Solveig Pedersen	Norway	14:42.1	8	27:58.6	25	42:40.6	+2:32.9
16	23	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	15:13.9	23	27:38.8	19	42:51.8	+2:44.1
17	35	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Czechoslovakia	15:44.6	34	27:09.9	11	42:53.9	+2:46.2
18	26	Jaana Savolainen	Finland	15:19.9	26	27:37.1	18	42:56.1	+2:48.4
19	30	Fumiko Aoki	Japan	15:33.0	30	27:25.4	13	42:58.4	+2:50.7
20	28	Bice Vanzetta	Italy	15:28.4	28	27:34.7	17	43:02.7	+2:55.0
21	24	Dorota Kwaśny	Poland	15:16.5	24	27:52.7	22	43:08.7	+3:01.0
22	13	Kateřina Neumannová	Czechoslovakia	14:59.1	13	28:11.5	28	43:10.5	+3:02.8
23	14	Carina Görlin	Sweden	15:00.8	14	28:10.6	26	43:10.6	+3:02.9
24	18	Iveta Zelingerová	Czechoslovakia	15:06.4	18	28:11.4	27	43:17.4	+3:09.7
25	17	Heike Wezel	Germany	15:04.1	17	28:18.6	30	43:22.6	+3:14.9
26	11	Lubomíra Balážová	Czechoslovakia	14:54.6	11	28:31.0	34	43:25.0	+3:17.3
27	36	Bernadeta Bocek	Poland	15:47.4	36	27:41.3	20	43:28.3	+3:20.6
28	19	Vida Vencienė	Lithuania	15:08.7	19	28:25.1	32	43:33.1	+3:25.4
29	25	Nancy Fiddler	United States	15:19.2	25	28:19.9	31	43:39.1	+3:31.4
30	34	Karin Säterkvist	Sweden	15:44.6	34	27:57.6	24	43:42.2	+3:34.5
31	49	Sophie Villeneuve	France	16:15.0	49	27:27.5	14	43:42.5	+3:34.8
32	45	Sylvie Giry-Rousset	France	16:06.6	45	27:54.3	23	44:00.3	+3:52.6
33	29	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	Finland	15:31.1	29	28:45.5	37	44:16.5	+4:08.8
34	48	Naomi Hoshikawa	Japan	16:13.2	48	28:11.8	29	44:24.8	+4:17.1
35	33	Ann-Marie Karlsson	Sweden	15:43.8	33	28:44.1	36	44:27.1	+4:19.4
36	44	Elvira Knecht	Switzerland	16:05.5	44	28:26.2	33	44:31.2	+4:23.5
37	20	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	Switzerland	15:09.5	20	29:33.8	44	44:42.8	+4:35.1
38	42	Manuela Oschmann	Germany	16:01.7	42	29:05.5	40	45:07.2	+4:59.5
39	46	Lucy Steele	Canada	16:07.8	46	29:03.4	39	45:10.4	+5:02.7
40	41	Rhonda DeLong	Canada	15:59.4	41	29:16.8	41	45:15.8	+5:08.1
41	52	Leslie Thompson	United States	16:27.8	52	28:51.1	38	45:18.1	+5:10.4
42	32	Barbara Mettler	Switzerland	15:33.7	32	29:57.3	47	45:30.3	+5:22.6
43	43	Miwa Ota	Japan	16:03.1	43	29:28.3	43	45:31.3	+5:23.6
44	55	Halina Nowak-Guńka	Poland	16:56.1	55	28:36.4	35	45:32.4	+5:24.7
45	38	Piret Niglas	Estonia	15:54.9	38	29:55.6	46	45:50.5	+5:42.8
46	37	Marie-Pierre Guilbaud	France	15:53.6	37	30:02.3	48	45:55.3	+5:47.6
47	54	Yumi Inomata	Japan	16:49.4	54	29:23.6	42	46:12.6	+6:04.9
48	47	Ingrid Butts	United States	16:07.9	47	30:05.7	49	46:12.7	+6:05.0
49	53	Jane Vincent	Canada	16:47.6	53	29:37.7	45	46:24.7	+6:17.0
50	50	Reneta Bancheva	Bulgaria	16:16.0	50	30:26.3	50	46:42.3	+6:34.6
51	39	Angela Schmidt-Foster	Canada	15:56.0	39	30:48.1	51	46:44.1	+6:36.4
52	56	Nina Kemppel	United States	17:12.9	56	30:57.7	52	48:09.7	+8:02.0
53	51	Li Gyong-Hui	North Korea	16:26.7	51	31:46.8	53	48:12.8	+8:05.1
54	59	Anna Bozsik	Hungary	18:29.0	59	32:24.8	54	50:53.8	+10:46.1
55	57	Gong Guiping	China	17:48.0	57	33:12.2	55	51:00.2	+10:52.5
56	58	Wang Yan	China	17:56.8	58	34:47.3	56	52:44.1	+12:36.4
57	60	Ines Alder	Argentina	18:31.6	60	35:24.4	57	54:00.0	+13:52.3
58	62	Jenny Palacios-Stillo	Honduras	23:21.5	62	39:42.6	58	1:03:04.1	+22:56.4
	21	Trude Dybendahl	Norway	15:10.8	21	DNS		DNS
	31	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Finland	15:33.2	31	DNS		DNS
	40	Małgorzata Ruchała	Poland	15:57.9	40	DNS		DNS
	61	Li Gyong-Ae	North Korea	18:54.1	61	DNS		DNS

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Women's 5/10 kilometres Pursuit". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
2. "10 km Pursuit Women". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
3. "Les Saisies 5 km Classic Women". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
4. "Les Saisies 10 km F Pursuit Women". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

External links

• Final results (International Ski Federation)