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5/10 kilometres Pursuit, Women

Date	10 February 1998
Status	Olympic
Location	Snow Harp, Hakuba
Participants	69 from 25 countries
Format	5 kilometres classical style race on day one. On day two, runners left in order of their finish in the 5 kilometres classical, based on time differential, and skiied 10 kilometres freestyle, with final placements determined by finish of that race.
Details	Course Length: 10,000 m Height Differential: 57 m Maximum Climb: 51 m Total Climbing: 378 m

Larisa Lazutina had won the 5 km classical three days earlier in a driving snow. The freestyle pursuit was held in a heavy rain. Lazutina, the 1995 World Champion, started first, with a 5-second lead over Kateřina Neumannová. Neumannová chased hard, but could never catch the Russian, who won her second gold medal in Hakuba. Near the end of the pursuit, her teammate, Olga Danilova passed Neumannová and won the silver medal. Danilova would later add two golds in Hakuba, winning the 15 km and skiing on the winning Russian relay team with Lazutina. Lazutina won five medals in 1998, including three golds. Four years later, things would not be as good for the Russian lasses, as both were disqualified in Salt Lake City for doping, when their tests were positive for darbopoietin, an erythropoietin analogue. Neumannová would fare better, adding two silver medals in 2002 and a gold and silver in 2006, giving her six Winter Olympic medals, all in individual events. She also competed in mountain biking at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, finishing 18th.

Pos	Nr	Skier	NOC	Time	Start Behind	Race Time (Pos)
1	1	Larisa Lazutina	RUS	28:29.9	—	28:29.9 (5)	Gold
2	5	Olga Danilova	RUS	28:36.4	+0:14	28:22.4 (4)	Silver
3	2	Kateřina Neumannová	CZE	28:37.2	+0:05	28:32.2 (6)	Bronze
4	11	Iryna Taranenko-Terelia	UKR	28:40.1	+0:40	28:00.1 (1)
5	12	Stefania Belmondo	ITA	28:42.6	+0:42	28:00.6 (2)
6	13	Yuliya Chepalova	RUS	28:51.4	+0:43	28:08.4 (3)
7	4	Nina Gavrylyuk	RUS	29:12.3	+0:13	28:59.3 (8)
8	7	Anita Moen-Guidon	NOR	29:27.6	+0:27	29:00.6 (11)
9	3	Bente Martinsen	NOR	29:34.1	+0:12	29:22.1 (15)
10	10	Brigitte Albrecht	SUI	29:34.8	+0:39	28:55.8 (7)
11	8	Trude Dybendahl-Hartz	NOR	29:36.0	+0:31	29:05.0 (12)
12	9	Gabriella Paruzzi	ITA	29:36.8	+0:37	28:59.8 (=9)
13	15	Maria Theurl	AUT	29:58.8	+0:59	28:59.8 (=9)
14	6	Marit Mikkelsplass	NOR	30:15.3	+0:16	29:59.3 (=25)
15	20	Katrin Šmigun	EST	30:16.3	+1:11	29:05.3 (13)
16	18	Satu Salonen	FIN	30:32.0	+1:06	29:26.0 (17)
17	29	Sabina Valbusa	ITA	30:34.0	+1:23	29:11.0 (14)
18	16	Jaroslava Bukvajová	SVK	30:34.5	+1:02	29:32.5 (20)
19	24	Antonina Ordina	SWE	30:35.6	+1:13	29:22.6 (16)
20	19	Valentyna Shevchenko	UKR	30:38.8	+1:10	29:28.8 (18)
21	23	Alena Sinkevich	BLR	30:42.5	+1:13	29:29.5 (19)
22	14	Sylvia Honegger	SUI	30:44.3	+0:52	29:52.3 (24)
23	21	Manuela Di Centa	ITA	30:47.1	+1:11	29:36.1 (21)
24	22	Kateřina Hanušová	CZE	30:58.8	+1:12	29:46.8 (23)
25	25	Sumiko Yokoyama	JPN	31:04.2	+1:18	29:46.2 (22)
26	30	Constanze Blum	GER	31:28.5	+1:25	30:03.5 (=27)
27	32	Sophie Villeneuve	FRA	31:31.5	+1:28	30:03.5 (=27)
28	36	Karin Säterkvist	SWE	31:49.4	+1:35	30:14.4 (32)
29	31	Fumiko Aoki	JPN	31:50.1	+1:27	30:23.1 (34)
30	41	Olena Haiasova	UKR	31:51.9	+1:41	30:10.9 (30)
31	37	Anke Schulze	GER	31:53.4	+1:37	30:16.4 (33)
32	26	Kati Wilhelm	GER	31:54.0	+1:19	30:35.0 (38)
33	52	Karine Philippot	FRA	32:00.3	+2:01	29:59.3 (=25)
34	34	Nataša Lačen	SLO	32:03.6	+1:32	30:31.6 (36)
35	33	Małgorzata Ruchała	POL	32:15.2	+1:29	30:46.2 (41)
36	40	Maryna Pestriakova	UKR	32:18.7	+1:40	30:38.7 (39)
37	49	Annick Pierrel	FRA	32:20.0	+1:56	30:24.0 (35)
38	44	Svetlana Deshevykh	KAZ	32:20.2	+1:48	30:32.2 (37)
39	27	Oksana Yatskaya	KAZ	32:20.5	+1:20	31:00.5 (43)
40	58	Alžbeta Havrančíková	SVK	32:21.3	+2:11	30:10.3 (29)
41	59	Zuzana Kocumová	CZE	32:34.9	+2:21	30:13.9 (31)
42	35	Svetlana Shishkina	KAZ	32:39.4	+1:33	31:06.4 (44)
43	39	Bernadetta Piotrowska	POL	32:50.9	+1:40	31:10.9 (47)
44	56	Anita Nyman	FIN	32:53.7	+2:08	30:45.7 (40)
45	47	Beckie Scott	CAN	33:04.8	+1:55	31:09.8 (45)
46	50	Kumiko Yokoyama	JPN	33:07.0	+1:57	31:10.0 (46)
47	48	Sviatlana Kamotskaya	BLR	33:11.2	+1:55	31:16.2 (49)
48	46	Tomomi Otaka	JPN	33:21.9	+1:51	31:30.9 (50)
49	61	Dorota Kwaśny	POL	33:38.6	+2:26	31:12.6 (48)
50	53	Cristel Vahtra	EST	33:40.4	+2:04	31:36.4 (52)
51	57	Kati Pulkkinen	FIN	33:43.5	+2:11	31:32.5 (51)
52	51	Kerrin Petty	USA	34:12.2	+1:59	32:13.2 (55)
53	70	Irina Nikulchina	BUL	34:13.5	+3:15	30:58.5 (42)
54	38	Sigrid Wille	GER	34:15.1	+1:38	32:37.1 (60)
55	55	Iryna Skripnik	BLR	34:15.8	+2:07	32:08.8 (54)
56	54	Milaine Thériault	CAN	34:29.8	+2:04	32:25.8 (59)
57	65	Laura Wilson	USA	34:42.4	+2:47	31:55.4 (53)
58	63	Liudmila Karolik	BLR	34:55.4	+2:40	32:15.4 (56)
59	60	Katarzyna Gębala	POL	35:04.3	+2:21	32:43.3 (61)
60	69	Monica Lăzăruț	ROU	35:27.9	+3:12	32:15.9 (57)
61	73	Õnne Kurg	EST	28:37.0	+3:21	32:24.5 (58)
62	68	Luan Zhengrong	CHN	35:47.3	+2:53	32:54.3 (62)
63	66	Olga Seleznyova	KAZ	36:00.6	+2:50	33:10.6 (64)
64	74	Sara Renner	CAN	36:36.7	+3:25	33:11.7 (65)
65	72	Guo Dongling	CHN	36:58.2	+3:21	33:37.2 (66)
66	78	Andžela Brice	LAT	37:07.5	+4:02	33:05.5 (63)
67	71	Ināra Rudko	LAT	37:20.3	+3:19	34:01.3 (67)
68	76	Kazimiera Strolienė	LTU	38:44.3	+3:40	35:04.3 (68)
DNF	75	Laura McCabe	USA	–	+3:29	– (–)
DNS	17	Tuulikki Pyykkönen	FIN	–	+1:05	– (–)
DNS	28	Jana Šaldová	CZE	–	+1:23	– (–)
DNS	42	Renate Roider	AUT	–	+1:41	– (–)
DNS	43	Elin Ek	SWE	–	+1:42	– (–)
DNS	45	Andrea Huber	SUI	–	+1:50	– (–)
DNS	62	Andrea Senteler	SUI	–	+2:30	– (–)
DNS	64	Anne-Laure Condevaux	FRA	–	+2:44	– (–)
DNS	67	Nina Kemppel	USA	–	+2:52	– (–)
DNS	77	Jaime Fortier	CAN	–	+3:43	– (–)