Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle

Women's 30 kilometre freestyle at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Snow Harp
Dates	20 February
Competitors	68 from 25 nations
Winning time	1:22:01.5
Medalists
Yuliya Chepalova  Russia Stefania Belmondo  Italy Larisa Lazutina  Russia

The women's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 20 February at Snow Harp.

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Italian Manuela Di Centa, who won in Lillehammer, then in classical technique.

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Deficit
	28	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	1:22:01.5	—
	34	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	1:22:11.7	+10.2
	38	Larisa Lazutina	Russia	1:23:15.7	+1:14.2
4	40	Elin Nilsen	Norway	1:24:24.5	+2:23.0
5	26	Yelena Välbe	Russia	1:24:52.8	+2:51.3
6	35	Maria Theurl	Austria	1:24:54.3	+2:52.8
7	31	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	Switzerland	1:25:15.0	+3:13.5
8	25	Iryna Terelya	Ukraine	1:25:22.3	+3:20.8
9	37	Marit Mikkelsplass	Norway	1:25:36.9	+3:35.4
10	32	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	1:26:06.0	+4:04.5
11	29	Antonina Ordina	Sweden	1:26:13.8	+4:12.3
12	7	Yelena Sinkevitch	Belarus	1:27:15.3	+5:13.8
13	30	Olga Danilova	Russia	1:28:08.1	+6:06.6
14	23	Valentyna Shevchenko	Ukraine	1:28:20.0	+6:18.5
15	44	Jaroslava Bukvajová	Slovakia	1:28:21.0	+6:19.5
16	8	Kati Wilhelm	Germany	1:28:27.7	+6:26.2
17	27	Sophie Villeneuve	France	1:28:57.8	+6:56.3
18	20	Nataša Lačen	Slovenia	1:29:10.4	+7:08.9
19	24	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Norway	1:29:16.9	+7:15.4
20	4	Antonella Confortola	Italy	1:29:31.6	+7:30.1
21	6	Svetlana Deshevykh	Kazakhstan	1:29:48.1	+7:46.6
22	14	Karine Philippot	France	1:29:51.6	+7:50.1
23	22	Kateřina Hanusová	Czech Republic	1:29:59.9	+7:58.4
24	17	Natascia Leonardi	Switzerland	1:30:31.8	+8:30.3
25	3	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Slovakia	1:30:38.6	+8:37.1
26	9	Anke Reschwamm Schulze	Germany	1:30:54.6	+8:53.1
27	1	Olena Hayasova	Ukraine	1:31:01.0	+8:59.5
28	11	Irina Nikulchina	Bulgaria	1:31:04.7	+9:03.2
29	19	Cristel Vahtra	Estonia	1:31:09.3	+9:07.8
30	56	Svetlana Shishkina	Kazakhstan	1:31:39.7	+9:38.2
31	59	Constanze Blum	Germany	1:31:52.9	+9:51.4
32	43	Sumiko Yokoyama	Japan	1:32:04.3	+10:02.8
33	16	Bernadeta Piotrowska	Poland	1:32:37.6	+10:36.1
34	12	Monica Lăzăruț	Romania	1:32:41.7	+10:40.2
35	49	Zuzana Kocumová	Czech Republic	1:32:52.1	+10:50.6
36	46	Laura Wilson	United States	1:33:10.6	+11:09.1
37	57	Anette Fanqvist	Sweden	1:33:10.7	+11:09.2
38	53	Midori Furusawa	Japan	1:33:16.2	+11:14.7
39	10	Kumiko Yokoyama	Japan	1:33:19.7	+11:18.2
40	13	Oxana Yatskaya	Kazakhstan	1:33:23.4	+11:21.9
41	48	Kerrin Petty	United States	1:33:47.3	+11:45.8
42	5	Svetlana Kamotskaya	Belarus	1:33:51.6	+11:50.1
43	2	Suzanne King	United States	1:34:01.8	+12:00.3
44	67	Ludmila Korolik	Belarus	1:34:07.5	+12:06.0
45	18	Karin Säterkvist	Sweden	1:34:15.1	+12:13.6
46	33	Kristina Šmigun	Estonia	1:34:18.1	+12:16.6
47	50	Irina Skripnik	Belarus	1:34:38.4	+12:36.9
48	52	Õnne Kurg	Estonia	1:34:59.9	+12:58.4
49	65	Laura McCabe	United States	1:35:09.9	+13:08.4
50	64	Milla Jauho	Finland	1:35:39.2	+13:45.9
51	39	Beckie Scott	Canada	1:35:47.4	+13:45.9
52	60	Olga Selezneva	Kazakhstan	1:36:30.6	+14:29.1
53	45	Anžela Brice	Latvia	1:37:08.4	+15:06.9
54	21	Sara Renner	Canada	1:40:14.6	+18:13.1
55	47	Kazimiera Strolienė	Lithuania	1:40:57.9	+18:56.4
56	54	Marie-Odile Raymond	Canada	1:41:07.2	+19:05.7
57	63	Ināra Rudko	Latvia	1:43:22.8	+21:21.3
58	68	Alla Mikayelyan	Armenia	1:44:03.6	+22:02.1
DNF	36	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	Norway	—	—
DNF	42	Karin Moroder	Italy	—	—
DNF	55	Dorota Kwaśna	Poland	—	—
DNF	58	Hanna Slipenko	Ukraine	—	—
DNF	62	Manuela Henkel	Germany	—	—
DNS	15	Anita Nyman	Finland	—	—
DNS	41	Annick Pierrel	France	—	—
DNS	51	Kati Sundqvist	Finland	—	—
DNS	61	Jaime Fortier	Canada	—	—
DNS	66	Tomomi Otaka	Japan	—	—