Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 20 kilometre
# Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 20 kilometre

The 20 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme for women at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first time the event took place at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, February 18, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman.

Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland won gold to leave Sarajevo with gold medals in all three individual events.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Finland | 1:01:45.0 |
| 2 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | 1:02:26.7 |
| 3 | Anne Jahren | Norway | 1:03:13.6 |
| 4 | Blanka Paulů | Czechoslovakia | 1:03:16.9 |
| 5 | Marie Risby | Sweden | 1:03:31.8 |
| 6 | Britt Pettersen | Norway | 1:03:49.0 |
| 7 | Lyubov Lyadova | Soviet Union | 1:03:53.3 |
| 8 | Evi Kratzer | Switzerland | 1:03:56.4 |
| 9 | Pirkko Määttä | Finland | 1:04:37.6 |
| 10 | Guidina Dal Sasso | Italy | 1:04:44.1 |
| 11 | Inger Helene Nybråten | Norway | 1:04:51.2 |
| 12 | Květa Jeriová | Czechoslovakia | 1:04:56.2 |
| 13 | Tamara Markashanskaya | Soviet Union | 1:05:01.7 |
| 14 | Marit Myrmæl | Norway | 1:05:01.9 |
| 15 | Yuliya Stepanova | Soviet Union | 1:05:33.4 |
| 16 | Anna Pasiarová | Czechoslovakia | 1:05:35.7 |
| 17 | Eija Hyytiäinen | Finland | 1:05:38.8 |
| 18 | Ute Noack | East Germany | 1:05:43.5 |
| 19 | Karin Jäger | West Germany | 1:06:20.2 |
| 20 | Petra Rohrmann | East Germany | 1:06:30.0 |
| 21 | Sharon Firth | Canada | 1:06:31.0 |
| 22 | Karin Thomas | Switzerland | 1:06:36.1 |
| 23 | Ann-Janeth Rosendahl | Sweden | 1:06:47.8 |
| 24 | Viera Klimková | Czechoslovakia | 1:06:59.9 |
| 25 | Shirley Firth | Canada | 1:07:02.5 |
| 26 | Manuela Di Centa | Italy | 1:07:10.5 |
| 27 | Judy Rabinowitz | United States | 1:07:11.4 |
| 28 | Susan Long | United States | 1:07:25.9 |
| 29 | Erja Kuivalainen | Finland | 1:07:26.4 |
| 30 | Carola Anding | East Germany | 1:07:27.8 |
| 31 | Kristina Hugosson | Sweden | 1:07:40.5 |
| 32 | Stina Karlsson | Sweden | 1:07:43.4 |
| 33 | Lynn Spencer-Galanes | United States | 1:08:25.0 |
| 34 | Monika Germann | Switzerland | 1:08:25.5 |
| 35 | Germana Sperotto | Italy | 1:10:24.1 |
| 36 | Ros Coats | Great Britain | 1:11:24.1 |
| 37 | Kelly Milligan | United States | 1:11:50.4 |
| 38 | Metka Munih | Yugoslavia | 1:13:35.8 |
| 39 | Nicola Lavery | Great Britain | 1:16:24.0 |
| DNF | Angela Schmidt-Foster | Canada | DNF |
| DNS | Doris Trueman | Great Britain | DNS |
| DNS | Livia Reit | Romania | DNS |
| DNS | Christina Gilli-Brügger | Switzerland | DNS |
