Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical
# Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 5 kilometre classical

The women's 5 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 10 February at Snow Harp. Each skier started at half-minute intervals, skiing the entire 5 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Russian Lyubov Yegorova, who won in Lillehammer.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 62 | Larisa Lazutina | Russia | 17:37.9 | |
| | 72 | Kateřina Neumannová | Czech Republic | 17:42.7 | +4.8 |
| | 58 | Bente Martinsen | Norway | 17:49.4 | +11.5 |
| 4 | 76 | Nina Gavrylyuk | Russia | 17:50.3 | +12.4 |
| 5 | 63 | Olga Danilova | Russia | 17:51.3 | +13.4 |
| 6 | 61 | Marit Mikkelsplass | Norway | 17:53.5 | +15.6 |
| 7 | 75 | Anita Moen | Norway | 18:04.4 | +26.5 |
| 8 | 78 | Trude Dybendahl Hartz | Norway | 18:08.0 | +30.1 |
| 9 | 59 | Gabriella Paruzzi | Italy | 18:14.7 | +36.8 |
| 10 | 56 | Brigitte Albrecht Loretan | Switzerland | 18:16.5 | +38.6 |
| 11 | 74 | Iryna Terelya | Ukraine | 18:17.2 | +39.3 |
| 12 | 57 | Stefania Belmondo | Italy | 18:19.8 | +41.9 |
| 13 | 73 | Yuliya Chepalova | Russia | 18:20.0 | +42.1 |
| 14 | 71 | Sylvia Honegger | Switzerland | 18:29.6 | +51.7 |
| 15 | 69 | Maria Theurl | Austria | 18:36.8 | +58.9 |
| 16 | 50 | Jaroslava Bukvajova | Slovakia | 18:39.7 | +1:01.8 |
| 17 | 36 | Tuulikki Pyykkönen | Finland | 18:42.8 | +1:04.9 |
| 18 | 60 | Satu Salonen | Finland | 18:43.4 | +1:05.5 |
| 19 | 65 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 18:47.5 | +1:09.6 |
| 20 | 49 | Katrin Šmigun | Estonia | 18:48.7 | +1:10.8 |
| 21 | 77 | Manuela Di Centa | Italy | 18:48.9 | +1:11.0 |
| 22 | 45 | Kateřina Hanušová | Czech Republic | 18:49.1 | +1:11.2 |
| 23 | 32 | Yelena Sinkevitch | Belarus | 18:50.2 | +1:12.3 |
| 24 | 66 | Antonina Ordina | Sweden | 18:50.7 | +1:12.8 |
| 25 | 38 | Sumiko Yokoyama | Japan | 18:55.1 | +1:17.2 |
| 26 | 17 | Kati Wilhelm | Germany | 18:56.9 | +1:19.0 |
| 27 | 37 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 18:57.3 | +1:19.4 |
| 28 | 27 | Jana Šaldová | Czech Republic | 19:00.4 | +1:22.5 |
| 29 | 68 | Sabina Valbusa | Italy | 19:00.6 | +1:22.7 |
| 30 | 42 | Constanze Blum | Germany | 19:02.4 | +1:24.5 |
| 31 | 51 | Fumiko Aoki | Japan | 19:04.8 | +1:26.9 |
| 32 | 67 | Sophie Villeneuve | France | 19:05.5 | +1:27.6 |
| 33 | 33 | Małgorzata Ruchała | Poland | 19:06.4 | +1:28.5 |
| 34 | 52 | Natasa Lacen | Slovenia | 19:09.3 | +1:31.4 |
| 35 | 30 | Svetlana Shishkina | Kazakhstan | 19:10.7 | +1:32.8 |
| 36 | 16 | Karin Säterkvist | Sweden | 19:12.9 | +1:35.0 |
| 37 | 9 | Anke Reschwamm Schulze | Germany | 19:14.7 | +1:36.8 |
| 38 | 41 | Sigrid Wille | Germany | 19:15.6 | +1:37.7 |
| 39 | 53 | Bernadeta Piotrowska | Poland | 19:17.3 | +1:39.4 |
| 40 | 22 | Maryna Pestryakova | Ukraine | 19:17.6 | +1:39.7 |
| 41 | 39 | Olena Hayasova | Ukraine | 19:18.2 | +1:40.3 |
| 42 | 70 | Renate Roider | Austria | 19:18.3 | +1:40.4 |
| 43 | 48 | Elin Ek | Sweden | 19:19.2 | +1:41.3 |
| 44 | 43 | Svetlana Deshevykh | Kazakhstan | 19:25.3 | +1:47.4 |
| 45 | 40 | Andrea Huber | Switzerland | 19:27.6 | +1:49.7 |
| 46 | 8 | Tomomi Otaka | Japan | 19:28.8 | +1:50.9 |
| 47 | 64 | Beckie Scott | Canada | 19:32.6 | +1:54.7 |
| 48 | 34 | Svetlana Kamotskaya | Belarus | 19:32.7 | +1:54.8 |
| 49 | 46 | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | France | 19:33.4 | +1:55.5 |
| 50 | 26 | Kumiko Yokoyama | Japan | 19:34.5 | +1:56.6 |
| 51 | 55 | Kerrin Petty | United States | 19:36.6 | +1:58.7 |
| 52 | 18 | Karine Philippot | France | 19:38.6 | +2:00.7 |
| 53 | 5 | Cristel Vahtra | Estonia | 19:41.4 | +2:03.5 |
| 54 | 44 | Milaine Theriault | Canada | 19:41.8 | +2:03.9 |
| 55 | 6 | Irina Skripnik | Belarus | 19:44.2 | +2:06.3 |
| 56 | 7 | Anita Hakala | Finland | 19:45.0 | +2:07.1 |
| 57 | 29 | Kati Pulkkinen | Finland | 19:48.0 | +2:10.1 |
| 58 | 25 | Alžbeta Havrančíková | Slovakia | 19:48.5 | +2:10.6 |
| 59 | 3 | Zuzana Kocumová | Czech Republic | 19:58.3 | +2:20.4 |
| 60 | 15 | Katarzyna Gębala | Poland | 19:58.8 | +2:20.9 |
| 61 | 11 | Dorota Kwaśna | Poland | 20:03.1 | +2:25.2 |
| 62 | 14 | Andrea Senteler | Switzerland | 20:07.5 | +2:29.6 |
| 63 | 21 | Lyudmila Korolik | Belarus | 20:17.9 | +2:40.0 |
| 64 | 12 | Anne-Laure Condevaux | France | 20:21.2 | +2:43.3 |
| 65 | 23 | Laura Wilson | United States | 20:24.6 | +2:46.7 |
| 66 | 2 | Olga Seleznyova | Kazakhstan | 20:27.7 | +2:49.8 |
| 67 | 35 | Nina Kemppel | United States | 20:29.7 | +2:51.8 |
| 68 | 19 | Luan Zhengrong | China | 20:30.0 | +2:52.1 |
| 69 | 31 | Monica Lăzăruț | Romania | 20:49.5 | +3:11.6 |
| 70 | 47 | Irina Nikulchina | Bulgaria | 20:52.6 | +3:14.7 |
| 71 | 13 | Ināra Rudko | Latvia | 20:56.1 | +3:18.2 |
| 72 | 54 | Guo Dongling | China | 20:58.0 | +3:20.1 |
| 73 | 20 | Õnne Kurg | Estonia | 20:58.7 | +3:20.8 |
| 74 | 28 | Sara Renner | Canada | 21:02.4 | +3:24.5 |
| 75 | 10 | Laura McCabe | United States | 21:06.9 | +3:29.0 |
| 76 | 24 | Kazimiera Strolienė | Lithuania | 21:17.5 | +3:39.6 |
| 77 | 1 | Jaime Fortier | Canada | 21:20.8 | +3:42.9 |
| 78 | 4 | Anzela Brice | Latvia | 21:39.2 | +4:01.3 |
| 79 | 79 | Katerina Anastasiou | Greece | 23:15.8 | +5:37.9 |
