Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit
# Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit

The 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 24 February at Soldier Hollow.

This competition consisted of two races. The first race was a 5 kilometre classical race and the second was a 5 km freestyle pursuit where the competitors started based on their times from the classical race. The winner was the first competitor to cross the finish line in the second race.

## The race

This event was changed in 2002 as the short-distance classical event no longer was used as the first section of the event. Rather the event was skied in two sections on the same day, with classical skied first, followed by the freestyle pursuit, both sections now over 5 km. The morning classical leg was won by Olga Danilova with her teammate Larisa Lazutina in second. They had a lead of over seven seconds on Slovenian Petra Majdič. The Russians were not as strong in the freestyle, but still won the gold and silver medals easily, Danilova seven seconds ahead of Lazutina, who was 10 seconds ahead of Beckie Scott. The battle for the bronze was very close. Canadian Scott had been sixth in the classical section, with Czech skier Kateřina Neumannová in eighth, trailing Scott by 10.1 seconds. But Neumannová closed on Scott by the last kilometer but could never pass her, Scott holding on to make the podium.

In October 2003 it was confirmed that Danilova had tested positive for darbepoetin, an erythropoietin analogue, and was disqualified. Later Lazutina was also found to have tested positive for darbepoetin, and was disqualified. At the end of 2003, Beckie Scott was awarded the gold medal. Neumannová being moved up to silver, and the bronze medal going to German Viola Bauer. This was the first ever gold medal for Canada in Nordic skiing.

## Results

The 5 km classical race was started at 09:00 and 5 km freestyle pursuit at 11:30.

| Rank | Name | Country | 5 km classic | 5 km free | Finish time | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Beckie Scott | Canada | 13:17.5 | 11:52.9 | 25:09.9 | — |
| | Kateřina Neumannová | Czech Republic | 13:27.6 | 11:43.0 | 25:10.0 | +0.1 |
| | Viola Bauer | Germany | 13:15.3 | 11:56.1 | 25:11.1 | +1.2 |
| 4 | Yuliya Chepalova | Russia | 13:30.0 | 11:41.3 | 25:11.3 | +1.4 |
| 5 | Nina Gavrylyuk | Russia | 13:26.8 | 11:47.5 | 25:13.5 | +3.6 |
| 6 | Bente Skari | Norway | 13:11.7 | 12:03.2 | 25:14.2 | +4.3 |
| 7 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 13:06.1 | 12:10.5 | 25:16.5 | +6.6 |
| 8 | Gabriella Paruzzi | Italy | 13:33.9 | 11:45.6 | 25:18.6 | +8.7 |
| 9 | Sabina Valbusa | Italy | 13:41.9 | 11:41.1 | 25:22.1 | +12.2 |
| 10 | Iryna Terelya | Ukraine | 13:43.7 | 11:50.6 | 25:33.6 | +23.7 |
| 11 | Stefania Belmondo | Italy | 13:50.4 | 11:45.3 | 25:35.3 | +25.4 |
| 12 | Kaisa Varis | Finland | 13:37.9 | 11:59.0 | 25:36.0 | +26.1 |
| 13 | Kristina Šmigun | Estonia | 13:51.5 | 11:57.6 | 25:48.6 | +38.7 |
| 14 | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | Norway | 13:44.7 | 12:22.0 | 26:06.0 | +56.1 |
| 15 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 13:48.3 | 12:21.0 | 26:09.0 | +59.1 |
| 16 | Kati Sundqvist | Finland | 13:54.4 | 12:16.1 | 26:10.1 | +1:00.2 |
| 17 | Sara Renner | Canada | 13:57.3 | 12:13.3 | 26:10.3 | +1:00.4 |
| 18 | Evi Sachenbacher | Germany | 14:05.4 | 12:06.0 | 26:11.0 | +1:01.1 |
| 19 | Karine Philippot | France | 14:12.9 | 11:59.0 | 26:11.0 | +1:01.1 |
| 20 | Manuela Henkel | Germany | 13:49.8 | 12:22.4 | 26:11.4 | +1:01.5 |
| 21 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 13:48.7 | 12:23.4 | 26:11.4 | +1:01.5 |
| 22 | Laurence Rochat | Switzerland | 13:57.1 | 12:14.8 | 26:11.8 | +1:01.9 |
| 23 | Nataša Lačen | Slovenia | 14:14.7 | 12:00.1 | 26:14.1 | +1:04.2 |
| 24 | Svetlana Shishkina | Kazakhstan | 14:00.6 | 12:15.0 | 26:15.0 | +1:05.1 |
| 25 | Elin Ek | Sweden | 14:01.6 | 12:17.3 | 26:18.3 | +1:08.4 |
| 26 | Tina Bay | Norway | 13:53.7 | 12:29.7 | 26:22.7 | +1:12.8 |
| 27 | Sumiko Yokoyama | Japan | 14:22.4 | 12:01.3 | 26:23.3 | +1:13.4 |
| 28 | Vibeke Skofterud | Norway | 14:12.3 | 12:14.7 | 26:26.7 | +1:16.8 |
| 29 | Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan | Switzerland | 14:30.0 | 11:57.3 | 26:27.3 | +1:17.4 |
| 30 | Nina Kemppel | United States | 13:58.1 | 12:29.8 | 26:27.8 | +1:17.9 |
| 31 | Aurelie Storti | France | 14:06.0 | 12:21.9 | 26:27.9 | +1:18.0 |
| 32 | Vera Zyatikova | Belarus | 14:15.2 | 12:13.0 | 26:28.0 | +1:18.1 |
| 33 | Milaine Thériault | Canada | 13:57.0 | 12:32.1 | 26:29.1 | +1:19.2 |
| 34 | Nataliya Zyatikova | Belarus | 14:23.5 | 12:06.4 | 26:29.4 | +1:19.5 |
| 35 | Jenny Olsson | Sweden | 14:00.7 | 12:29.8 | 26:29.8 | +1:19.9 |
| 36 | Satu Salonen | Finland | 13:43.4 | 12:49.5 | 26:32.5 | +1:22.6 |
| 37 | Annick Pierrel | France | 14:18.6 | 12:16.1 | 26:34.1 | +1:24.2 |
| 38 | Kanoko Goto | Japan | 14:16.1 | 12:19.6 | 26:35.6 | +1:25.7 |
| 39 | Lina Andersson | Sweden | 13:50.6 | 12:45.7 | 26:35.7 | +1:25.8 |
| 40 | Elina Pienimäki-Hietamäki | Finland | 14:21.3 | 12:16.7 | 26:37.7 | +1:27.8 |
| 41 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 14:20.7 | 12:43.6 | 27:03.6 | +1:53.7 |
| 42 | Helena Balatková | Czech Republic | 14:20.6 | 12:45.8 | 27:05.8 | +1:55.9 |
| 43 | Svetlana Deshevykh | Kazakhstan | 14:16.2 | 12:51.7 | 27:07.7 | +1:57.8 |
| 44 | Yuxia Hou | China | 14:26.3 | 12:43.3 | 27:09.3 | +1:59.4 |
| 45 | Kamila Rajdlová | Czech Republic | 14:11.1 | 12:58.6 | 27:09.6 | +1:59.7 |
| 46 | Anna-Carin Olofsson | Sweden | 14:28.3 | 12:52.7 | 27:20.7 | +2:10.8 |
| 47 | Elena Antonova | Kazakhstan | 14:06.6 | 13:15.8 | 27:21.8 | +2:11.9 |
| 48 | Wendy Kay Wagner | United States | 14:11.1 | 13:14.1 | 27:25.1 | +2:15.2 |
| 49 | Amanda Fortier | Canada | 14:30.5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 50 | Nobuko Fukuda | Japan | 14:31.6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 51 | Aelin Peterson | United States | 14:33.7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 52 | Yelena Kalugina | Belarus | 14:34.6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 53 | Cristina Paluselli | Italy | 14:36.5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 54 | Piret Niglas | Estonia | 14:36.9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 55 | Claudia Künzel | Germany | 14:37.0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 56 | Olena Rodina | Ukraine | 14:37.8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 57 | Maryna Pestryakova | Ukraine | 14:41.0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 58 | Jaroslava Bukvajová | Slovakia | 14:42.9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 59 | Madoka Natumi | Japan | 14:51.4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 60 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 14:53.0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya | Belarus | 14:53.6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 62 | Kateřina Hanušová | Czech Republic | 14:55.0 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 63 | Irina Terentjeva | Lithuania | 15:13.5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 64 | Maja Kezele | Croatia | 15:40.1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 65 | Luan Zhengrong | China | 15:40.6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 66 | Lee Chun-ja | South Korea | 16:13.1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 67 | Kelime Çetinkaya | Turkey | 17:10.8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 68 | Davaa Enkhee | Mongolia | 17:20.3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 69 | Margarit Nikolyan | Armenia | 17:23.6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 70 | Zsófia Gottschall | Hungary | 17:36.6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 71 | Katerina Balkaba | Greece | 18:48.9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| DSQ | Olga Danilova | Russia | 12:58.7 | 11:54.1 | 24:52.1 | |
| DSQ | Larisa Lazutina | Russia | 12:58.9 | 12:01.0 | 24:59.0 | |
