Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was held on Saturday 15 February at Les Saisies. This was the first time a pursuit race was held in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.[1]
Quick Facts Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit at the XVI Olympic Winter Games, Venue ...
Women's 10 kilometre freestyle pursuit at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Les Saisies | |||||||||
Dates | 15 February | |||||||||
Competitors | 58 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 40:07.7 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
Close
Each skier started based on the results from the 5 km classical event on 13 February, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course after the first-to-finish principle. Marjut Lukkarinen won the 5 km classical race with 0.9 seconds to Lyubov Yegorova of the Unified team. The two skiers started the pursuit simultaneously and Yegorova took over the lead and won over Italian Stefania Belmondo with 24.1 seconds.