Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's 20 kilometre

The 20 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme for women at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the first time the event took place at the Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, February 18, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman.[1]

Women's 20 km
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueIgman
DateFebruary 18
Competitors43 from 14 nations
Winning time1:01:45.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raisa Smetanina
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anne Jahren
 Norway
1988 →

Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen of Finland won gold to leave Sarajevo with gold medals in all three individual events.

Results

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Rank Name Country Time
1 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen   Finland 1:01:45.0
2 Raisa Smetanina   Soviet Union 1:02:26.7
3 Anne Jahren   Norway 1:03:13.6
4 Blanka Paulů   Czechoslovakia 1:03:16.9
5 Marie Risby   Sweden 1:03:31.8
6 Britt Pettersen   Norway 1:03:49.0
7 Lyubov Lyadova   Soviet Union 1:03:53.3
8 Evi Kratzer   Switzerland 1:03:56.4
9 Pirkko Määttä   Finland 1:04:37.6
10 Guidina Dal Sasso   Italy 1:04:44.1
11 Inger Helene Nybråten   Norway 1:04:51.2
12 Květa Jeriová   Czechoslovakia 1:04:56.2
13 Tamara Markashanskaya   Soviet Union 1:05:01.7
14 Marit Myrmæl   Norway 1:05:01.9
15 Yuliya Stepanova   Soviet Union 1:05:33.4
16 Anna Pasiarová   Czechoslovakia 1:05:35.7
17 Eija Hyytiäinen   Finland 1:05:38.8
18 Ute Noack   East Germany 1:05:43.5
19 Karin Jäger   West Germany 1:06:20.2
20 Petra Rohrmann   East Germany 1:06:30.0
21 Sharon Firth   Canada 1:06:31.0
22 Karin Thomas   Switzerland 1:06:36.1
23 Ann-Janeth Rosendahl   Sweden 1:06:47.8
24 Viera Klimková   Czechoslovakia 1:06:59.9
25 Shirley Firth   Canada 1:07:02.5
26 Manuela Di Centa   Italy 1:07:10.5
27 Judy Rabinowitz   United States 1:07:11.4
28 Susan Long   United States 1:07:25.9
29 Erja Kuivalainen   Finland 1:07:26.4
30 Carola Anding   East Germany 1:07:27.8
31 Kristina Hugosson   Sweden 1:07:40.5
32 Stina Karlsson   Sweden 1:07:43.4
33 Lynn Spencer-Galanes   United States 1:08:25.0
34 Monika Germann   Switzerland 1:08:25.5
35 Germana Sperotto   Italy 1:10:24.1
36 Ros Coats   Great Britain 1:11:24.1
37 Kelly Milligan   United States 1:11:50.4
38 Metka Munih   Yugoslavia 1:13:35.8
39 Nicola Lavery   Great Britain 1:16:24.0
DNF Angela Schmidt-Foster   Canada DNF
DNS Doris Trueman   Great Britain DNS
DNS Livia Reit   Romania DNS
DNS Christina Gilli-Brügger   Switzerland DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Women's 20 kilometres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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