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Cross Country Skiing — 20 kilometres, Women (discontinued)

Times held 2
Total participants 87
Total countries 23

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1984 20 kilometres, Women Olympic 40 13
1988 20 kilometres (Freestyle), Women Olympic 55 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Marja-Liisa HämäläinenFIN Raisa SmetaninaURS Anne JahrenNOR
1988 Tamara TikhonovaURS Anfisa ReztsovaURS Raisa SmetaninaURS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 1 2 1 4
Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen-Kirvesniemi FIN 1 0 0 1
Tamara Tikhonova RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Raisa Smetanina RUS
URS
EUN		 0 1 1 2
Anfisa Reztsova RUS
URS
EUN		 0 1 0 1
Anne Jahren NOR 0 0 1 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Austria AUT 1988 Winter Olympics Cornelia Sulzer 37 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Winter Olympics Sharon Firth 21 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1984 Winter Olympics Blanka Paulů 4 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Winter Olympics Simone Opitz 5 See all
Finland FIN 1984 Winter Olympics Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1984 Winter Olympics Ros Coats 36 See all
Italy ITA 1988 Winter Olympics Manuela Di Centa 6 See all
Mongolia MGL 1988 Winter Olympics Davaagiin Enkhee 51 See all
New Zealand NZL 1988 Winter Olympics Madonna Harris 40 See all
Norway NOR 1984 Winter Olympics Anne Jahren 3 Bronze See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1988 Winter Olympics Tang Yuqin 47 See all
Romania ROU 1988 Winter Olympics Rodica Drăguș 39 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Winter Olympics Tamara Tikhonova 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1988 Winter Olympics Piroska Abos 49 See all
Sweden SWE 1984 Winter Olympics Marie Risby 5 See all
Switzerland SUI 1988 Winter Olympics Christina Gilli-Brügger 4 See all
United States USA 1988 Winter Olympics Dorcas DenHartog 23 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Winter Olympics Karin Jäger 19 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1984 Winter Olympics Metka Munih 38 See all