Ski Racing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Total Score

(The highest number of medals in its category is highlighted in bold ; the host country is also highlighted)

February 8 - 15 km classic style, separate start

Note: Lazutina was leading up to the mark of 12.4 km, but the final spurt of the debut female Games Danilova turned out to be much more powerful, and she became the first skier-champion at the Games. At a press conference after the race, Lazutina said she was pleased with silver (her first personal medal at the Olympics) and hopes to win at least one more personal medal in Nagano.

February 10 - 5 km classic style, separate start

Race for 5 km classic style with a separate start.

900 meters before the finish, Noymanova won Lazutina for about a second, but the Russian finish area was so great that the Czech (thanks to the later starting number who knew Lazutina’s schedule) could not get ahead of her. Gold in this race was the third in his career and the first personal in the Olympics of the Russian athlete.

February 12 - 10 km free style, pursuit

The pursuit race consisted in the start of the athletes in the order of their location in the race report on the 5 km classics (that is, in the direction of “moving away from the leaders”). Athletes started at intervals of 5 km from the leader, equal to their lagging behind him at that distance.

Notes: Almost from the very start and up to the ninth kilometer of the race Lazutina and Noymanov went together, but the Russian woman in the area of ​​the mark of 8.7 km began finishing spurt, which the Czech could not support. Soon she was “pulled out” by a group of several pursuers, which at that time was headed by Chepalova. This group and played at the finish line silver and bronze medals, which thanks to the most powerful accelerations won Danilov and Noymanov.

February 16 - 4x5 km, relay race

The first two stages of the athletes overcome classics, and the final 2-ridge.

Notes: The first two stages of the national team of Russia and Norway went together, going apart from the rest of the teams from almost the first kilometer. In the third stage, on the longest climb, Vialbe made an attack, thanks to which she broke away from Nilson and brought the Norwegian to the finish line for almost 30 seconds. Lazutina was able to confidently maintain the gap and finish with the Russian flag. Stefania Belmondo accomplished the feat at the 4th stage of the relay - for 5 km she raised the team from 10th place to third, playing a minute from the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany, and winning the finish spurt.

February 20 - 30 km free style, separate start

Note: In the first kilometers of Chepalov, Belmondo “drove” 3-4 seconds, in the middle of the distance the Italian goes forward, the Russian goes second. At 26.3 km, Chepalova is ahead with a 7 second lead. At the finish 10.2 seconds was the advantage of the Russians over the Italian, which started 6 numbers later than the athlete from Russia. Yulia Chepalova became the youngest Olympic champion in ski racing, and at the marathon distance. Before the Nagano Games, the athlete turned 21 years old.

February 9 - 30 km classic style, separate start

February 12 - 10 km classic style, separate start

Race for 10 km classic style with a separate start.

February 12 - 15 km free style, pursuit

The pursuit was to start the athletes in order of their location in the race report on 10 km classics (that is, in the direction of “moving away from the leaders.”) The athletes started at intervals of 10 km from the leader, equal to their lagging behind him at that distance.

Notes: 1) The time is indicated on the sum of races on 10 km classic and 15 km free style. 2) The winner of the race Alsgord started in her from fifth place with 23 seconds behind Daly. 3) The bronze medalist of the race Smirnov started in it from the fourth place, behind Daly by 20 seconds. 4) According to the results of the pursuit race, the well-known Russian biathlete Sergey Chepikov (who spoke in Nagano as a skier) took 9th place, showing one of the best times in the race.

February 18 - 4x10 km, relay race

The first two stages of the skiers ran classic style, and the final two - free. The Norwegians, who lost the baton in Lillehammer 1994 to the Italians at the very finish, this time were able to take revenge. Instead of Bjorn Daly at the last stage, Thomas Alsgård ran , and he was ahead of Silvio Founer . 39-year-old Harri Kirvesniemi won his fifth Olympic bronze medal in the relay race (the Finns with his participation were also third in 1980, 1984, 1992 and 1994).

February 22 - 50 km free style, separate start

Bjorn Daly, 8.1 seconds ahead of Swede Nicklas Jonsson, won his 8th Olympic gold medal, which is a record for the Winter Olympics. Bronze winner Christian Hoffman was 53 seconds behind the Norwegian.

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