Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre
# Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre

The 5 kilometre cross-country skiing event was the shortest distance of the women's cross-country skiing programme at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the sixth appearance of the 5 km race. The competition was held on Sunday, February 12, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman.

Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland took her second Gold medal of the games following her win in the 10 km race. All 52 athletes who entered the race finished with an official time.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen | Finland | 17:04.0 |
| 2 | Berit Aunli | Norway | 17:14.1 |
| 3 | Květa Jeriová | Czechoslovakia | 17:18.3 |
| 4 | Marie Risby | Sweden | 17:26.3 |
| 5 | Inger Helene Nybråten | Norway | 17:28.2 |
| 6 | Britt Pettersen | Norway | 17:33.6 |
| 7 | Anne Jahren | Norway | 17:38.3 |
| 8 | Ute Noack | East Germany | 17:46.0 |
| 9 | Evi Kratzer | Switzerland | 17:47.5 |
| 10 | Pirkko Määttä | Finland | 17:48.0 |
| 11 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | 17:52.0 |
| 12 | Yuliya Shamshurina | Soviet Union | 17:53.5 |
| 13 | Blanka Paulů | Czechoslovakia | 17:56.6 |
| 14 | Nadezhda Burlakova | Soviet Union | 17:58.7 |
| 15 | Gabriela Svobodová | Czechoslovakia | 17:59.8 |
| 16 | Karin Lamberg-Skog | Sweden | 18:02.5 |
| 17 | Liliya Vasilchenko | Soviet Union | 18:07.6 |
| 18 | Petra Rohrmann | East Germany | 18:09.4 |
| 19 | Eija Hyytiäinen | Finland | 18:11.6 |
| 20 | Dagmar Švubová | Czechoslovakia | 18:15.3 |
| 21 | Carola Anding | East Germany | 18:17.7 |
| 22 | Marjo Matikainen | Finland | 18:21.6 |
| 23 | Ann Rosendahl | Sweden | 18:22.8 |
| 24 | Manuela Di Centa | Italy | 18:24.9 |
| 24 | Guidina Dal Sasso | Italy | 18:24.9 |
| 26 | Karin Thomas | Switzerland | 18:30.4 |
| 27 | Lynn Spencer-Galanes | United States | 18:30.8 |
| 28 | Shirley Firth | Canada | 18:32.3 |
| 29 | Sharon Firth | Canada | 18:37.5 |
| 30 | Judy Rabinowitz | United States | 18:41.5 |
| 31 | Clara Angerer | Italy | 18:47.9 |
| 32 | Livia Reit | Romania | 18:51.6 |
| 33 | Paola Pozzoni | Italy | 18:51.9 |
| 34 | Jana Mlakar | Yugoslavia | 18:54.1 |
| 35 | Christina Gilli-Brügger | Switzerland | 18:56.2 |
| 36 | Petra Voge | East Germany | 19:16.6 |
| 37 | Eva-Lena Karlsson | Sweden | 19:21.6 |
| 38 | Susan Long | United States | 19:28.5 |
| 39 | Angela Schmidt-Foster | Canada | 19:30.1 |
| 40 | Patricia Ross | United States | 19:30.9 |
| 41 | Andreja Smrekar | Yugoslavia | 19:41.7 |
| 42 | Monika Germann | Switzerland | 19:42.0 |
| 43 | Metka Munih | Yugoslavia | 20:12.0 |
| 44 | Ros Coats | Great Britain | 20:16.7 |
| 45 | Tatjana Smolnikar | Yugoslavia | 20:21.8 |
| 46 | Doris Trueman | Great Britain | 21:05.6 |
| 47 | Nicola Lavery | Great Britain | 21:08.5 |
| 48 | Dou Aixia | China | 21:33.8 |
| 49 | Tang Yuqin | China | 21:41.5 |
| 50 | Caroline Brittan | Great Britain | 21:44.3 |
| 51 | Chen Yufeng | China | 21:50.2 |
| 52 | Song Shiji | China | 22:24.1 |
