10 kilometres, Freestyle, Women
| Date | 15 February 2010 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler |
| Participants | 78 from 36 countries |
| Details | Course Length: 10,170 m Height Differential: 72 m Intermediate 1: 5.0 km Maximum Climb: 60 m Total Climbing: 364 m |
Slovenia’s Petra Majdič had won the sprint World Cup in 2007-08 and 2008-09, but did not compete in this event in Vancouver. Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk was leading the sprint World Cup coming into Vancouver. Also considered contenders were the 2009 World Champion, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN), and runner-up in that event, Marianna Longa of Italy. Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (EST) also returned, and was aiming to become the first woman to successfully defend her Olympic title and, for a while, it looked as though she would be successful, coming home in a time of 25:05.0. However Charlotte Kalla (SWE) came through to defeat Šmigun-Vähi by 6.6 seconds. Kalla had won three gold medals at the Junior World Championships in 2006 and 2007, and in 2009, had won a bronze medal with the Swedish relay team at the World Championships. Third place went to Marit Bjørgen (NOR) while Kowalczyk could only finish 5th. Saarinen and Longa never contended, placing 15th and 18th, respectively.
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Charlotte Kalla |  SWE | 24:58.4 | 12:30.0 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 17 | Kristina Šmigun-Vähi |  EST | 25:05.0 | 12:39.8 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 28 | Marit Bjørgen |  NOR | 25:14.3 | 12:39.4 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 23 | Anna Haag | SWE | 25:19.3 | 12:45.0 (6) | |||
| 5 | 33 | Justyna Kowalczyk |  POL | 25:20.1 | 12:47.7 (7) | |||
| 6 | 26 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen |  FIN | 25:24.3 | 12:41.5 (4) | |||
| 7 | 22 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva |  RUS | 25:26.5 | 12:42.5 (5) | |||
| 8 | 30 | Kristin Størmer Steira | NOR | 25:50.5 | 12:49.6 (8) | |||
| 9 | 21 | Valentyna Shevchenko |  UKR | 25:51.1 | 13:04.9 (19) | |||
| 10 | 16 | Svetlana Malakhova |  KAZ | 25:53.9 | 13:00.8 (17) | |||
| 11 | 27 | Arianna Follis |  ITA | 25:54.1 | 12:56.6 (12) | |||
| =12 | 18 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle |  GER | 25:57.7 | 12:53.1 (10) | |||
| =12 | 19 | Olga Zavyalova | RUS | 25:57.7 | 12:58.5 (16) | |||
| 14 | 34 | Silvia Rupil | ITA | 25:58.5 | 12:56.3 (14) | |||
| 15 | 32 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 25:59.5 | 12:55.5 (11) | |||
| 16 | 14 | Claudia Nystad | GER | 25:59.8 | 12:52.5 (9) | |||
| 17 | 12 | Sabina Valbusa | ITA | 26:05.8 | 13:07.1 (22) | |||
| 18 | 25 | Marianna Longa | ITA | 26:06.2 | 13:11.4 (24) | |||
| 19 | 20 | Nataliya Korostelyova | RUS | 26:07.0 | 12:56.5 (13) | |||
| 20 | 29 | Irina Khazova | RUS | 26:08.7 | 12:57.7 (15) | |||
| 21 | 44 | Miriam Gössner | GER | 26:14.8 | 13:05.2 (20) | |||
| 22 | 24 | Vibeke Skofterud | NOR | 26:16.3 | 13:04.1 (18) | |||
| 23 | 7 | Stefanie Böhler | GER | 26:19.2 | 13:09.4 (23) | |||
| 24 | 8 | Anna Olsson | SWE | 26:23.1 | 13:15.4 (26) | |||
| 25 | 10 | Kamila Rajdlová |  CZE | 26:26.2 | 13:17.8 (27) | |||
| 26 | 9 | Karine Philippot |  FRA | 26:27.9 | 13:21.8 (32) | |||
| 27 | 11 | Yelena Kolomina | KAZ | 26:35.6 | 13:29.3 (37) | |||
| 28 | 47 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | POL | 26:37.2 | 13:19.7 (29) | |||
| 29 | 6 | Britta Johansson-Norgren | SWE | 26:48.1 | 13:17.4 (28) | |||
| 30 | 55 | Caitlin Compton |  USA | 26:49.1 | 13:06.2 (21) | |||
| 31 | 13 | Riikka Sarajosa | FIN | 26:50.2 | 13:28.9 (36) | |||
| 32 | 3 | Iva Janečková | CZE | 26:51.3 | 13:13.0 (25) | |||
| 33 | 46 | Vesna Fabjan |  SLO | 26:51.6 | 13:24.0 (34) | |||
| 34 | 41 | Morgan Arritola | USA | 27:04.4 | 13:37.1 (44) | |||
| 35 | 2 | Li Hongxue |  CHN | 27:05.7 | 13:36.2 (43) | |||
| 36 | 42 | Tatyana Roshchina | KAZ | 27:06.6 | 13:19.9 (=30) | |||
| 37 | 53 | Maryna Antsybor | UKR | 27:07.4 | 13:22.8 (33) | |||
| 38 | 1 | Laura Orgué |  ESP | 27:09.4 | 13:32.3 (38) | |||
| 39 | 37 | Oksana Yatskaya | KAZ | 27:16.3 | 13:27.5 (35) | |||
| 40 | 57 | Barbara Jezeršek | SLO | 27:17.3 | 13:33.9 (39) | |||
| 41 | 50 | Holly Brooks | USA | 27:17.6 | 13:33.2 (40) | |||
| 42 | 54 | Monika Gyorgy |  ROU | 27:19.5 | 13:38.5 (45) | |||
| 43 | 5 | Alena Sannikova |  BLR | 27:21.3 | 13:50.2 (51) | |||
| 44 | 61 | Paulina Maciuszek | POL | 27:22.1 | 13:41.0 (47) | |||
| 45 | 48 | Kateryna Hryhorenko | UKR | 27:29.7 | 13:43.4 (49) | |||
| 46 | 36 | Aurore Cuinet | FRA | 27:30.2 | 13:19.9 (=30) | |||
| 47 | 40 | Célia Bourgeois | FRA | 27:31.4 | 13:40.4 (46) | |||
| 48 | 15 | Marthe Kristoffersen | NOR | 27:38.4 | 13:35.9 (42) | |||
| 49 | 39 | Liz Stephen | USA | 27:41.1 | 13:43.2 (48) | |||
| 50 | 52 | Madeleine Williams |  CAN | 27:43.6 | 13:55.0 (52) | |||
| 51 | 58 | Nobuko Fukuda |  JPN | 27:47.7 | 13:43.5 (50) | |||
| 52 | 4 | Krista Lähteenmäki | FIN | 27:49.4 | 13:56.6 (53) | |||
| 53 | 65 | Lee Chae-Won |  KOR | 27:56.0 | 13:59.8 (56) | |||
| 54 | 38 | Eva Nývltová | CZE | 28:04.1 | 13:35.2 (41) | |||
| 55 | 35 | Volha Vasilionak | BLR | 28:06.2 | 14:00.0 (57) | |||
| 56 | 56 | Lada Nesterenko | UKR | 28:06.4 | 14:12.5 (62) | |||
| 57 | 49 | Tatjana Mannima | EST | 28:13.0 | 14:03.5 (58) | |||
| 58 | 43 | Katsiaryna Rudakova-Bulavka | BLR | 28:16.1 | 13:56.9 (54) | |||
| 59 | 64 | Antoniya Grigorova |  BUL | 28:27.7 | 14:09.8 (61) | |||
| 60 | 60 | Michiko Kashiwabara | JPN | 28:32.0 | 14:16.9 (63) | |||
| 61 | 45 | Laure Barthelemy | FRA | 28:43.9 | 13:58.5 (55) | |||
| 62 | 62 | Katie Calder |  NZL | 28:50.9 | 14:09.0 (60) | |||
| 63 | 59 | Irina Terentjeva |  LTU | 28:52.2 | 14:06.1 (59) | |||
| 64 | 63 | Li Xin | CHN | 29:38.5 | 14:25.3 (64) | |||
| 65 | 69 | Teodora Malcheva | BUL | 29:52.4 | 14:37.7 (65) | |||
| 66 | 67 | Jaque Mourão |  BRA | 30:22.2 | 14:59.5 (66) | |||
| 67 | 68 | Fiona Hughes |  GBR | 30:29.8 | 15:04.2 (67) | |||
| 68 | 66 | Kelime Çetinkaya |  TUR | 30:48.0 | 15:18.6 (70) | |||
| 69 | 72 | Anete Brice |  LAT | 30:51.8 | 15:13.1 (69) | |||
| 70 | 77 | Alexandra Camenșcic |  MDA | 31:01.0 | 15:12.8 (68) | |||
| 71 | 71 | Tanja Karišik |  BIH | 31:30.4 | 15:42.6 (71) | |||
| 72 | 73 | Maria Danou |  GRE | 32:14.6 | 15:46.4 (72) | |||
| 73 | 74 | Erdene-Ochiryn Ochirsüren |  MGL | 32:56.1 | 16:15.5 (74) | |||
| 74 | 75 | Vera Viczián |  HUN | 33:45.8 | 16:12.4 (73) | |||
| 75 | 78 | Kristine Khachatryan |  ARM | 34:17.5 | 17:02.8 (75) | |||
| 76 | 70 | Rosana Kiroska |  MKD | 34:45.8 | 17:06.4 (76) | |||
| 77 | 76 | Belma Šmrković |  SRB | 35:47.4 | 17:33.0 (77) | |||
| 51 | Kornelia Marek | POL | [27:12.6] | [13:35.3] (AC) | 1 |