List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (women)

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This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in women's cross-country skiing from 1952 to 2006.

See also: Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, Lists of Olympic medalists, and List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (men)

Contents 1 10 km 2 4 x 5 km relay 3 5 km 4 30 km 5 15 km 6 Combined/double pursuit 7 Individual sprint 8 Team sprint 9 Reference

[edit] 10 km

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1952 Oslo	Lydia Wideman (FIN)	Mirja Hietamies (FIN)	Siiri Rantanen (FIN)
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)	Radia Erosjina (URS)	Sonja Edström (SWE)
1960 Squaw Valley	Maria Gusakova (URS)	Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)	Radia Yeroshina (URS)
1964 Innsbruck	Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)	Yevdokia Mekshilo (URS)	Maria Gusakova (URS)
1968 Grenoble	Toini Gustafsson (SWE)	Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR)	Inger Aufles (NOR)
1972 Sapporo	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Alevtina Olyunina (URS)	Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN)
1976 Innsbruck	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	Helena Takalo (FIN)	Galina Kulakova (URS)
1980 Lake Placid	Barbara Petzold (GDR)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)	Helena Takalo (FIN)
1984 Sarajevo	Marja-Liisa Hämälainen (FIN)	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1988 Calgary	Vida Vencienė (URS)	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)
2002 Salt Lake City	Bente Skari (NOR)	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
2006 Turin	Kristina Šmigun (EST)	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (NOR)

[edit] 4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km from 1956 to 1972

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Finland (FIN) Sirkka Polkunen Mirja Hietamies Siiri Rantanen	Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Kozyreva Alevtina Kolchina Radia Yeroshina	Sweden (SWE) Irma Johansson Anna-Lisa Eriksson Sonja Edström
1960 Squaw Valley	Sweden (SWE) Irma Johansson Britt Strandberg Sonja Ruthström-Edström	Soviet Union (URS) Radia Yeroshina Maria Gusakova Lyubov Kozyreva	Finland (FIN) Siiri Rantanen Eeva Ruoppa Toini Pöysti
1964 Innsbruck	Soviet Union (URS) Alevtina Kolchina Yevdokiya Mekshilo Klavdiya Boyarskikh	Sweden (SWE) Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson	Finland (FIN) Senja Pusula Toini Pöysti Mirja Lehtonen
1968 Grenoble	Norway (NOR) Inger Aufles Babben Enger Damon Berit Mørdre Lammedal	Sweden (SWE) Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson Barbro Martinsson	Soviet Union (URS) Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova
1972 Sapporo	Soviet Union (URS) Lyubov Mukhachyova Alevtina Olyunina Galina Kulakova	Finland (FIN) Helena Takalo Hilkka Riihivuori Marjatta Kajosmaa	Norway (NOR) Inger Aufles Åslaug Dahl Berit Mørdre
1976 Innsbruck	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Fyodorova Zinaida Amosova Raisa Smetanina Galina Kulakova	Finland (FIN) Liisa Suihkonen Marjatta Kajosmaa Hilkka Riihivuori Helena Takalo	East Germany (GDR) Monika Debertshäuser Sigrun Krause Barbara Petzold Veronika Hesse
1980 Lake Placid	East Germany (GDR) Marlies Rostock Carola Anding Veronika Schmidt Barbara Petzold	Soviet Union (URS) Nina Fyodorova Nina Rocheva Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina	Norway (NOR) Britt Pettersen Anette Bøe Marit Myrmæl Berit Aunli
1984 Sarajevo	Norway (NOR) Inger Helene Nybråten Anne Jahren Britt Pettersen Berit Aunli	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Dagmar Švubová Blanka Paulů Gabriela Svobodová Květa Jeriová	Finland (FIN) Pirkko Määttä Eija Hyytiäinen Marjo Matikainen Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
1988 Calgary	Soviet Union (URS) Svetlana Nageykina Nina Gavrilyuk Tamara Tikhonova Anfisa Reztsova	Norway (NOR) Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	Finland (FIN) Pirkko Määttä Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Marjo Matikainen Jaana Savolainen
1992 Albertville	Unified Team (EUN) Yelena Välbe Raisa Smetanina Larisa Lazutina Lyubov Yegorova	Norway (NOR) Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen	Italy (ITA) Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo
1994 Lillehammer	Russia (RUS) Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina Nina Gavrilyuk Lyubov Yegorova	Norway (NOR) Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Anita Moen	Italy (ITA) Bice Vanzetta Manuela Di Centa Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo
1998 Nagano	Russia (RUS) Nina Gavrilyuk Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina	Norway (NOR) Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon	Italy (ITA) Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo
2002 Salt Lake City	Germany (GER) Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	Norway (NOR) Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde G. Pedersen Anita Moen	Switzerland (SUI) Andrea Huber Laurence Rochat Brigitte Albrecht Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
2006 Turin	Russia (RUS) Natalia Baranova-Masolkina Larisa Kurkina Yuliya Chepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova	Germany (GER) Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel	Italy (ITA) Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa

[edit] 5 km

The 5 km event ran from 1964 to 1998 before being replaced by the 10 km event, which was being reintroduced after the 10 km had been discontinued following the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964 Innsbruck	Klavdiya Boyarskikh (URS)	Mirja Lehtonen (FIN)	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1968 Grenoble	Toini Gustafsson (SWE)	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Alevtina Kolchina (URS)
1972 Sapporo	Galina Kulakova (URS)	Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN)	Helena Šikolová (TCH)
1976 Innsbruck	Helena Takalo (FIN)	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	Nina Fyodorova (URS)
1980 Lake Placid	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN)	Květa Jeriová (TCH)
1984 Sarajevo	Marja-Liisa Hämälainen (FIN)	Berit Aunli (NOR)	Květa Jeriová (TCH)
1988 Calgary	Marjo Matikainen (FIN)	Tamara Tikhonova (URS)	Vida Vencienė (URS)
1992 Albertville	Marjut Lukkarinen (FIN)	Lyubov Yegorova (EUN)	Yelena Välbe (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer	Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1998 Nagano	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	Bente Martinsen (NOR)

[edit] 30 km

This event was 20 km in 1984 and 1988.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Sarajevo	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)	Raisa Smetanina (URS)	Anne Jahren (NOR)
1988 Calgary	Tamara Tikhonova (URS)	Anfisa Reztsova (URS)	Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1992 Albertville	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Lyubov Yegorova (EUN)	Elena Välbe (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)	Marit Wold (NOR)	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1998 Nagano	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)
2002 Salt Lake City	Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Bente Skari (NOR)
2006 Turin	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)

[edit] 15 km

This event ran from 1992 to 2002 and was replaced by a 15 km double pursuit (7.5 km classical + 7.5 km freestyle) for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Albertville	Lyubov Yegorova (EUN)	Marjut Lukkarinen (FIN)	Yelena Välbe (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)	Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)	Nina Gavrilyuk (RUS)
1998 Nagano	Olga Danilova (RUS)	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Anita Moen-Guidon (NOR)
2002 Salt Lake City	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)

[edit] Combined/double pursuit

1992-1998: 5 km classical interval start + 10 km freestyle pursuit, run on separate days.
2002: 5 km classical interval start + 5 km freestyle pursuit, run later on the same day.
2006: 7.5 km classical mass start, exchange boots, skis, and poles; then 7.5 km freestyle, run immediately after on the same day.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Albertville	Lyubov Yegorova (EUN)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	Yelena Välbe (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer	Lyubov Yegorova (RUS)	Manuela Di Centa (ITA)	Stefania Belmondo (ITA)
1998 Nagano	Larisa Lazutina (RUS)	Olga Danilova (RUS)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)
2002 Salt Lake City	Beckie Scott (CAN)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	Viola Bauer (GER)
2006 Turin	Kristina Šmigun (EST)	Kateřina Neumannová (CZE)	Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova (RUS)

[edit] Individual sprint

2002: 1.5 km classical
2006: 1.1 km freestyle

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 Salt Lake City	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	Evi Sachenbacher (GER)	Anita Moen (NOR)
2006 Turin	Chandra Crawford (CAN)	Claudia Künzel (GER)	Alena Sidko (RUS)

[edit] Team sprint

2006: 1.1 km classical for 6 laps

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006 Turin	Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg (SWE)	Sara Renner and Beckie Scott (CAN)	Aino Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)

[edit] Reference

• International Olympic Committee results database

Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing (women)