Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle


The women's 10 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on February 15 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 10:00 PST.
Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion in this event though it was held in the classical style. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen on Finland was the defending world champion though that event was also held in the classical style. The final World Cup event in women's 10 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on February 5 at Canmore, Alberta and was won by Sweden's Charlotte Kalla.
Šmigun-Vähi won silver in this event, Saarinen would finish 15th, and Kalla would win gold. Kalla is the Sweden's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson's 5 km win at Grenoble in 1968.

Results

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
31Charlotte Kalla24:58.40.00
17Kristina Šmigun-Vähi25:05.0+6.6
28Marit Bjørgen25:14.3+15.9
23Anna Haag25:19.3+20.9
33Justyna Kowalczyk25:20.1+21.7
26Riitta-Liisa Roponen25:24.3+25.9
22Yevgeniya Medvedeva25:26.5+28.1
30Kristin Størmer Steira25:50.5+52.1
21Valentina Shevchenko25:51.1+52.7
1016Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina25:53.9+55.5
1127Arianna Follis25:54.1+55.7
1218Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle25:57.7+59.3
1219Olga Zavyalova25:57.7+59.3
1434Silvia Rupil25:58.5+1:00.1
1532Aino-Kaisa Saarinen25:59.5+1:01.1
1614Claudia Nystad25:59.8+1:01.4
1712Sabina Valbusa26:05.8+1:07.4
1825Marianna Longa26:06.2+1:07.8
1920Natalya Korostelyova26:07.0+1:08.6
2029Irina Khazova26:08.7+1:10.3
2144Miriam Gössner26:14.8+1:16.4
2224Vibeke Skofterud26:16.3+1:17.9
237Stefanie Böhler26:19.2+1:20.8
248Anna Olsson26:23.1+1:24.7
2510Kamila Rajdlová26:26.2+1:27.8
269Karine Laurent Philippot26:27.9+1:29.5
2711Elena Kolomina26:35.6+1:37.2
2847Sylwia Jaskowiec26:37.2+1:38.8
296Britta Johansson Norgren26:48.1+1:49.7
3055Caitlin Compton26:49.1+1:50.7
3113Riikka Sarasoja26:50.2+1:51.8
323Ivana Janečková26:51.3+1:52.9
3346Vesna Fabjan26:51.6+1:53.2
3441Morgan Arritola27:04.4+2:06.0
352Li Hongxue27:05.7+2:07.3
3642Tatjana Roshina27:06.6+2:08.2
3753Maryna Antsybor27:07.4+2:09.0
381Laura Orgue27:09.4+2:11.0
3951Kornelia Marek27:12.6+2:14.2
4037Oxana Jatskaja27:16.3+2:17.9
4157Barbara Jezeršek27:17.3+2:18.9
4250Holly Brooks27:17.6+2:19.2
4354Monika Gyorgy27:19.5+2:21.1
445Alena Sannikova27:21.3+2:22.9
4561Paulina Maciuszek27:22.1+2:23.7
4648Kateryna Grygorenko27:29.7+2:31.3
4736Aurore Cuinet27:30.2+2:31.8
4840Celia Bourgeois27:31.4+2:33.0
4915Marthe Kristoffersen27:38.4+2:40.0
5039Liz Stephen27:41.1+2:42.7
5152Madeleine Williams27:43.6+2:45.2
5258Nobuko Fukuda27:47.7+2:49.3
534Krista Lähteenmäki27:49.4+2:51.0
5465Lee Chae-Won27:56.0+2:57.6
5538Eva Nývltová28:04.1+3:05.7
5635Olga Vasiljonok28:06.2+3:07.8
5756Lada Nesterenko28:06.4+3:08.0
5849Tatjana Mannima28:13.0+3:14.6
5943Ekaterina Rudakova28:16.1+3:17.7
6064Antonia Grigorova28:27.7+3:29.3
6160Michiko Kashiwabara28:32.0+3:33.6
6245Laure Barthélémy28:43.9+3:45.5
6362Katherine Calder28:50.9+3:52.5
6459Irina Terentjeva28:52.2+3:53.8
6563Li Xin29:38.5+4:40.1
6669Teodora Malcheva29:52.4+4:54.0
6767Jaqueline Mourão30:22.2+5:23.8
6868Fiona Hughes30:29.8+5:31.4
6966Kelime Çetinkaya30:48.0+5:49.6
7072Anete Brice30:51.8+5:53.4
7177Alexandra Camenscic31:01.0+6:02.6
7271Tanja Karisik31:30.4+6:32.0
7373Maria Danou32:14.6+7:16.2
7474Erdene-Ochir Ochirsuren32:56.1+7:57.7
7575Vera Viczián33:45.8+8:47.4
7678Kristine Khachatryan34:17.5+9:19.1
7770Rosana Kiroska34:45.8+9:47.4
7876Belma Šmrković35:47.4+10:49.0