Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle

The Women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 24 February, at Pragelato.[1]

Women's 30 kilometre freestyle
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePragelato
DatesFebruary 24
Competitors62 from 23 nations
Winning time1:22:25.4
Medalists
Kateřina Neumannová
 Czech Republic
Julija Tchepalova
 Russia
Justyna Kowalczyk
 Poland
Cross-country skiing at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 kmwomen
15 kmmenwomen
30 kmmenwomen
50 kmmen
4 × 5 km relaywomen
4 × 10 km relaymen
Sprint
Individualmenwomen
Teammenwomen

Marit Bjørgen was the defending World Champion, while the last 30 kilometre free style (with individual start) in the World Cup was won by Yuliya Chepalova on 28 February 2004.[2] The event had never been held as a mass start at the Olympics, but the last 30 km (a classical individual start event) was won by Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy.

Veteran Kateřina Neumannová won her second medal at the Torino Olympics. Her daughter, Luci, greeted the exhausted Neumannová after she won. Newcomer Justyna Kowalczyk won the first ever Olympic medal in cross-country skiing for Poland, for either men or women.

Results

The race was a 'mass start', with all 62 skiers starting at the same time. 11 skiers failed to finish the race.[3]

RankNameCountryTime
Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic1:22:25.4
Yuliya Chepalova Russia1:22:26.8
Justyna Kowalczyk Poland1:22:27.5
4Kristin Størmer Steira Norway1:22:40.8
5Gabriella Paruzzi Italy1:23:00.8
6Claudia Künzel Germany1:23:02.1
7Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine1:23:07.9
8Kristina Šmigun Estonia1:23:22.5
9Olga Zavyalova Russia1:23:28.5
10Sabina Valbusa Italy1:23:37.6
11Karine Philippot France1:24:06.1
12Arianna Follis Italy1:24:46.1
13Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Germany1:25:15.8
14Petra Majdič Slovenia1:25:22.5
15Oxana Jatskaja Kazakhstan1:25:30.5
16Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Switzerland1:25:32.0
17Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland1:25:41.8
18Olga Rocheva Russia1:25:45.0
19Elena Kolomina Kazakhstan1:26:06.4
20Stefanie Böhler Germany1:26:19.2
21Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Russia1:26:28.1
22Vita Jakimchuk Ukraine1:26:32.2
23Riitta-Liisa Lassila Finland1:26:55.4
24Kristin Mürer Stemland Norway1:27:05.9
25Chizuru Sontea Japan1:27:25.8
26Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya Belarus1:27:44.4
27Ivana Janečková Czech Republic1:27:55.7
28Britta Norgren Sweden1:28:21.9
29Ella Gjømle Norway1:28:28.2
30Anna-Karin Strömstedt Sweden1:28:29.4
31Kamila Rajdlová Czech Republic1:28:38.6
32Sarah Konrad United States1:28:39.2
33Li Hongxue China1:28:49.8
34Olga Vasiljonok Belarus1:29:22.8
35Alena Sannikova Belarus1:29:30.4
36Élodie Bourgeois Pin France1:29:37.6
37Sumiko Yokoyama Japan1:29:41.3
38Natalya Issachenko Kazakhstan1:30:04.3
39Helena Erbenová Czech Republic1:30:20.6
40Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina Kazakhstan1:30:41.5
41Tatjana Mannima Estonia1:30:42.1
42Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine1:31:36.9
43Rebecca Dussault United States1:31:43.3
44Viktoria Lopatina Belarus1:31:47.3
45Liu Yuanyuan China1:32:00.9
46Huo Li China1:32:28.8
47Abby Larson United States1:32:51.9
48Nicole Fessel Germany1:34:06.2
49Kelime Aydin Turkey1:34:07.2
50Mónika György Romania1:35:25.4
Virpi Kuitunen FinlandDNF
Lina Andersson SwedenDNF
Kati Venäläinen FinlandDNF
Antonella Confortola ItalyDNF
Irina Terentjeva LithuaniaDNF
Maja Benedičič SloveniaDNF
Lee Chae-won South KoreaDNF
Kaili Sirge EstoniaDNF
Man Dandan ChinaDNF
Lindsey Weier United StatesDNF
Marina Malets-Lisogor UkraineDNF
Milaine Thériault CanadaDNS

References
  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's 30 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. "Results". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
  3. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved Jun 8, 2009.
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