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5 kilometres, Women

Date12 February 1984 — 8:45
StatusOlympic
LocationVeliko Polje, Igman
Participants52 from 14 countries
DetailsCourse Length: ?
Height Differential: 63 m
Intermediate 1: 2.5 km
Maximum Climb: 24 m
Total Climbing: 220 m

Defending Olympic Champion Raisa Smetanina, reigning World Champion Berit Aunli and the new Olympic Champion at 10 km three days earlier, Marja-Liisa Hämälainen, were the favorites. Hämälainen, starting half a minute behind Smetanina, almost caught the Russian skier by the halfway point, taking a 2.7 second lead over the bronze medalist from 1980, Czech Květa Jeriová, the Norwegians Aunli and Brit Pettersen following closely behind, with Smetanina back in a disappointing ninth position. Hämälainen soon passed Smetanina out on the track and quickly left the defending champion behind. She secured her second gold medal ten seconds ahead of Aunli, who also finished strongly and moved Jeriová down to third, a new bronze medal for the 27-year-old from Liberec. Sweden’s Marie Risby, starting in her third Winter Olympics, made her best ever Olympic result by placing fourth, followed by three Norwegian skiers. As in the 10 km race, Norway had all their four skiers among the top seven.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
140Marja-Liisa HämäläinenFIN17:04.0Gold
249Berit AunliNOR17:14.1Silver
341Květa JeriováTCH17:18.3Bronze
438Marie RisbySWE17:26.3
518Inger Helene NybråtenNOR17:28.2
633Brit PettersenNOR17:33.6
72Anne JahrenNOR17:38.3
847Ute NoackGDR17:46.0
945Evi KratzerSUI17:47.5
1034Pirkko MäättäFIN17:48.0
1139Raisa SmetaninaURS17:52.0
1230Yuliya StepanovaURS17:53.5
1326Blanka PaulůTCH17:56.6
1422Nadezhda BurlakovaURS17:58.7
156Gabriela SvobodováTCH17:59.8
1644Karin LambergSWE18:02.5
174Liliya VasilchenkoURS18:07.6
1832Petra RohrmannGDR18:09.4
1925Eija HyytiäinenFIN18:11.6
2016Dagmar ŠvubováTCH18:15.3
2123Carola AndingGDR18:17.7
227Marjo MatikainenFIN18:21.6
2313Ann RosendahlSWE18:22.8
=2431Manuela Di CentaITA18:24.9
=2448Guidina Dal SassoITA18:24.9
2615Karin ThomasSUI18:30.4
2720Lynn Spencer-GalanesUSA18:30.8
2843Shirley FirthCAN18:32.3
2935Sharon FirthCAN18:37.5
3042Judy RabinowitzUSA18:41.5
3119Klara AngererITA18:47.9
3252Livia ReitROU18:51.6
338Paola PozzoniITA18:51.9
3428Jana MlakarYUG18:54.1
3529Christina BrüggerSUI18:56.2
3611Petra VogeGDR19:16.6
375Eva-Lena KarlssonSWE19:21.6
3827Susan LongUSA19:28.5
3914Angela SchmidtCAN19:30.1
403Patricia RossUSA19:30.9
4121Andreja SmrekarYUG19:41.7
429Monika GermannSUI19:42.0
4351Metka MunihYUG20:12.0
4417Ros CoatsGBR20:16.7
451Tatjana SmolnikarYUG20:21.8
4612Doris TruemanGBR21:05.6
4737Nicola LaveryGBR21:08.5
4824Dou AixiaCHN21:33.8
4910Tang YuqinCHN21:41.5
5046Caroline BrittanGBR21:44.3
5150Chen YufengCHN21:50.2
5236Song ShijiCHN22:24.1