Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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The '''[[cross-country skiing]]''' events at the '''[[2006 Winter Olympics]]''' featured 12 [[medal]] winning events, from [[February 11]] [[2006]] to [[26 February]] [[2006]] at [[Pragelato]] in [[Turin]].
==Medal table==
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
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| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2006 Winter}} || 3 || 0 || 2 || 5
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|EST|2006 Winter}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2006 Winter}} || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|2006 Winter}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 4
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CZE|2006 Winter}} || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|2006 Winter}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
|rowspan=2| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|GER|2006 Winter}} || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|2006 Winter}} || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FRA|2006 Winter}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|rowspan=3| 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOCteam|AUT|2006 Winter}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|2006 Winter}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| {{flagIOCteam|POL|2006 Winter}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|}
==Men's events==
===15 km + 15 km double pursuit===
The 15 km + 15 double pursuit was the first of the men's events, and was held on [[12 February]] [[2006]], after the women's. The event began with a 15 km [[mass start]] in the classical style; the skiers then changed skis while the clock was still running, and proceed to complete the 15 km course once again, this time in [[cross-country skiing#Free/Skating|free style]]. The pursuit in this format had been skied three times at the [[Nordic skiing World Championships]], and the Frenchman [[Vincent Vittoz]] was the reigning World Champion. A pursuit event similar to this was skied at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the gold was shared between [[Thomas Alsgaard]] (now retired) and [[Frode Estil]], but the distance was 20 km, not 30.
The event opened dramatically as Estil fell at the start, causing a mass collision. Then the pack kept together almost until the end, with skiers continually trailing off as they could not keep up with the pace. Eventually, five men came in to the finishing straight together, after [[Anders Södergren]] of Sweden had tried to pull away on the final lap. However, Södergren could not keep up with the pace, and Russian [[Eugeni Dementiev]] pulled away to defeat the defending Olympic champion Estil and win Russia's first gold medal of the Games.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Eugeni Dementiev]]|RUS|2006 Winter}}
| 1:17:00.8
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Frode Estil]]|NOR|2006 Winter}}
| 1:17:01.4
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pietro Piller Cottrer]]|ITA|2006 Winter}}
| 1:17:01.7
|-
|}
===Team sprint, classical style===
[[Image:Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's team sprint.jpg|right|thumb|Athletes compete in the men's team sprint event.]]<!-- FAIR USE of Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's team sprint.jpg; see that Wikipedia page for the rationale -->
This competition took place on [[14 February]], beginning at 10:40 local time. There were two athletes on each team, and each NOC is entitled to one participating team. The athletes took turns at going through a 1.35 km course in the classical style, completing three legs each. The events were arranged with [[mass start]]s, and it was the first time the event was held at the Olympics. Norway, with [[Tore Ruud Hofstad]] and [[Tor Arne Hetland]], won the competition at the 2005 Nordic skiing World Championship, the only time it has been skied in the World Championship, but that was in free technique. The most recent team sprint event in classic technique was held in [[Canmore]], [[Canada]] on [[18 December]] [[2004]]. [[Jens Arne Svartedal]] and [[Eldar Rønning]] won that race for Norway's first team.<ref name="Results">{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2006/CC/2088/2006CC2088RL.pdf |title="Viessmann" Fis World Cross-Country |date=[[2005-12-18]] |accessdate=2007-03-18 |publisher=[[International Ski Federation]]}}</ref> However, despite this good Norwegian record, it was the Swedes [[Thobias Fredriksson]] and [[Björn Lind]] who pipped Norway to the title.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2006 Winter}} ([[Thobias Fredriksson]], [[Björn Lind]])
| 17:02.9
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCteam|NOR|2006 Winter}} ([[Jens Arne Svartedal]], [[Tor Arne Hetland]])
| 17:03.5
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2006 Winter}} ([[Ivan Alypov]], [[Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev|Vasili Rotchev]])
| 17:05.2
|}
===15 km classical interval start===
This event took place in the [[Cross-country skiing#Classic|classic style]], and with interval start. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 km course, and the skier with the lowest time at the finish line wins. This event started at 10:00 local time on [[17 February]] [[2006]]. [[Pietro Piller Cottrer]] won the event at the 2005 World Championship, though he did it in free style. The most recent World Champion at 15 km classical style was [[Axel Teichmann]], in 2003, and defending Olympic champion is the Estonian [[Andrus Veerpalu]], who won 15 km in the classical style at the 2002 Olympics. There had been two World Cup events in this competition: German [[Tobias Angerer]] won the first in November, [[Vasili Rotchev]] of Russia won in Estonia in January, and [[Jens Arne Svartedal]] won in [[Davos]] a week and a half before the games. However, neither of the World Cup winners took the gold in Turin, as defending champion Veerpalu (9th in Davos) peaked at the right time to win by 14 seconds.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Andrus Veerpalu]]|EST|2006 Winter}}
| 38:01.3
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Lukáš Bauer]]|CZE|2006 Winter}}
| 38:15.8
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Tobias Angerer]]|GER|2006 Winter}}
| 38:20.5
|}
===4 × 10 km relay===
[[Image:Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's relay.jpg|right|thumb|[[Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset]] of Norway leads a group of competitors during the men's relay final.]]<!-- FAIR USE of Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's relay.jpg; see that Wikipedia page for the rationale -->
This event took place on [[19 February]]. In the relay, each NOC selected four skiers in a particular order to compete for their team, and the skiers completed the 10 km course in that order. All the athletes who completed the first leg will start at the same time; however, once the first skier completed the 10 km course, he immediately changed over with the next skier, who then completed the next leg of the relay.
The first two skiers skied in classical style, the last two in free style, and the team whose last skier completed the 10 km course first was the winning team. The last relay in the World Cup was held at [[Beitostølen]], [[Norway]] on [[20 November]] [[2005]], and [[Germany]]'s team of [[Andreas Schlütter]], [[Axel Teichmann]], [[Jens Filbrich]] and [[Tobias Angerer]] won the competition. Defending World Champions are Norway, with [[Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset]], [[Frode Estil]], [[Lars Berger]] and [[Tore Ruud Hofstad]], and Norway are also Olympic champion, with [[Anders Aukland]], Estil, [[Kristen Skjeldal]] and [[Thomas Alsgaard]] winning gold at the 2002 Olympics. At Nagano in 1998, the Norwegians beat the Italians by under one tenth of a second, and in 1994 at Lillehammer the Italians beat the Norwegians by less than one tenth of a second, in fact in the last three Olympics the winning team beat the silver medalists by a cumulative time of just under one tenth of a second, so this match-up is considered extremely prestigious in both nations. One further relay event was held before the Olympics, at [[Val di Fiemme]] on [[15 January]] [[2006]], which was won by an Italian team consisting of [[Giorgio di Centa]], [[Valerio Checchi]], [[Pietro Piller Cottrer]] and [[Cristian Zorzi]]. Four teams finished within 2.6 seconds of the Italian winners.
Hosts Italy won this relay, their fifth straight medal in relays in the Winter Olympics. They were over 15 seconds ahead of any competitors. Sweden took bronze, their first medal since [[Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]], and Norway failed to win a medal for the first time since 1988.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Team
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|2006 Winter}} ([[Fulvio Valbusa]], [[Giorgio di Centa]], [[Pietro Piller Cottrer]], [[Cristian Zorzi]])
| 1:43:45.7
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCteam|GER|2006 Winter}} ([[Andreas Schlütter]], [[Jens Filbrich]], [[René Sommerfeldt]], [[Tobias Angerer]])
| 1:44:01.4
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2006 Winter}} ([[Mats Larsson]], [[Johan Olsson]], [[Anders Södergren]], [[Mathias Fredriksson]])
| 1:44:01.7
|}
===1.35 km individual sprint===
This event took place on [[22 February]], beginning at 10:30 local time. The competitors began with the qualification event, where each skier was let into the 1.35 km course at 15 second intervals, and they skied the course in free style. The 16 skiers with the lowest times qualified for the elimination heats. The 16 skiers are allotted into four quarter-finals based on their positions in the qualifying event, and the top two in each quarter-final, which is held as a [[mass start]] over the 1.35 km course, qualifies for the semi-final rounds. In the two semi-finals, with four skiers in each, there are two spots available for the A final. The eliminated skiers in the semi-finals will ski in the consolation round (B final) for the 5th to 8th places. [[Vasili Rotchev]] is defending World Champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by [[Thobias Fredriksson]] in 2003,<ref name="Results2">{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=4742 |title=Results |accessdate=2007-03-18 |publisher=[[International Ski Federation]]}}</ref> while [[Tor Arne Hetland]] is defending Olympic champion. Swede [[Björn Lind]] won the two most recent World Cup events, and also won the Olympic race, beating Frenchman Roddy Darragon to the line. Darragon won France's first cross-country skiing medal in the history of the Olympics, while Sweden took the bronze through [[Thobias Fredriksson]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Björn Lind]]|SWE|2006 Winter}} ||align="right" |2:26.5
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Roddy Darragon]]|FRA|2006 Winter}} ||align="right" |2:27.1
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Thobias Fredriksson]]|SWE|2006 Winter}} ||align="right" |2:27.8
|}
===50 km freestyle [[mass start]]===
[[Image:Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 km freestyle.jpg|right|thumb|[[Ivan Babikov]] of Russia and [[Tobias Angerer]] of Germany in action during the men's 50 km freestyle final.]]<!-- FAIR USE of Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 50 km freestyle.jpg; see that Wikipedia page for the rationale -->
This was the final event of the Olympic games for the cross-country skiers, taking place on [[26 February]], the day of the closing ceremony. The only other event to take place on this day was the [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey final]]. The selected skiers started in a pack ([[mass start]]) at 10:00 local time, and skied the 50 km course in free style. The first skier to complete the course is the winner. The 50 km has only been skied once as a [[mass start]] event at the World Championships, in 2005, which [[Frode Estil]] of [[Norway]] won. However, that was in the classical style. The last 50 km in free style at a World Championship was in 2003, and [[Martin Koukal]] of the [[Czech Republic]] won that event. [[Mikhail Ivanov]] is defending Olympic champion on 50 km, but that event was held in classical technique with individual start. 50 kilometre [[mass start]]s have never been held in the World Cup, but the last 50 kilometre free style event (with individual start) in the World Cup was held on [[28 February]] [[2004]] in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] and was won by [[René Sommerfeldt]].
With a pack of 10–15 skiers coming together towards the finish, [[Giorgio Di Centa]] won Italy's second gold medal in cross-country skiing. This was the closest Olympic 50 km ever (0.8 seconds), eclipsing the 4.9 seconds that separated [[Thomas Wassberg]] from [[Gunde Svan]] (both from [[Sweden]]) at the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sarajevo]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Giorgio Di Centa]]|ITA|2006 Winter}}
| 2:06:11.8
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Eugeni Dementiev]]|RUS|2006 Winter}}
| 2:06:12.6
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Mikhail Botwinov]]|AUT|2006 Winter}}
| 2:06:12.7
|}
==Women's events==
===7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit===
[[Image:Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's pursuit.jpg|right|thumb|Women's pursuit event]]<!-- FAIR USE of Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's pursuit.jpg; see that Wikipedia page for the rationale -->
This event was held on [[February 12]], the first cross-country event at the 2006 Olympics. For details on the competition format, see the men's 30 km pursuit, except that the women skied 7.5 km in the classical style and 7.5 km in the free style. [[Julija Tchepalova]] is the reigning World Champion in the event, while the Canadian [[Beckie Scott]] won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics. However, neither were in the medals here; [[Kristina Šmigun]] and [[Kateřina Neumannová]] were neck-and-neck coming in to the stadium, but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds. Russia's [[Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova]] took bronze<ref>[http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/1500435/detail.html Women's 15km Pursuit - Final - detailed results], retrieved [[12 February]] [[2006]]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
||{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kristina Šmigun]]|EST|2006 Winter}} ||align="right" |42.48.7
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kateřina Neumannová]]|CZE|2006 Winter}} ||align="right"|42:50.6
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova]]|RUS|2006 Winter}} ||align="right"|43:03.2
|-
|}
===Team sprint, classical style===
This event will be held on [[14 February]], the same day as the men's event, and just as in the sprint events the women's semi-finals and final immediately precede the men's semi-final and final. The event is scheduled to start at 10:00 local time. This event has been held once in the World Championship, but then as a free technique event, which [[Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen]] and [[Marit Bjørgen]] won for Norway. This event has never before been at the Olympics. The last classical style team sprint in the World Cup was held in [[Canmore]] on [[18 December]] [[2005]] and won by [[Germany]], with [[Manuela Henkel]] and [[Viola Bauer]]. No further World Cup team sprints are planned before the Olympics.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCteam|SWE|2006 Winter}} ([[Lina Andersson]], [[Anna Dahlberg]])
| 16:36.9
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|2006 Winter}} ([[Sara Renner]], [[Beckie Scott]])
| 16:37.5
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCteam|FIN|2006 Winter}} ([[Aino Kaisa Saarinen]], [[Virpi Kuitunen]])
| 16:39.2
|}
===10 km classical interval start===
This event was held on [[16 February]], and the rules are similar to those employed by the men's 15 km interval start. Defending World Champion at the 10 km event is [[Kateřina Neumannová]] – however, that was in the free style event, and a classical style 10 km in the World Championship has not been held since 1989. In the World Cup, however, there have been two events this season, both won by Norwegians: [[Marit Bjørgen]] won at Kuusamo, Finland in November, and [[Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen]] at Otepää, Estonia in January. [[Bente Skari]] won the Olympic gold in 2002, but will not defend her status, having retired after the 2003 World Championship. One week before the Olympics, the Swiss town of Davos will host the last 10 km before the World Cup.
Šmigun won her second gold of the Olympics, winning 21 seconds ahead of [[Marit Bjørgen]], and two more Norwegians followed.<ref>[http://www.nbcolympics.com/crosscountry/5110694/detail.html Estonia's Smigun wins second gold]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kristina Šmigun]]|EST|2006 Winter}}
|align="right" | 27.51.4
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marit Bjørgen]]|NOR|2006 Winter}}
|align="right" | 28:12.7
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hilde Pedersen]]|NOR|2006 Winter}}
|align="right" | 28:14.0
|-
|}
===4 × 5 km relay===
This event is scheduled for [[18 February]], starting at 9:45 local time. Except for the shorter distance, the relay is organised in exactly the same way as the men's relay. [[Vibeke Skofterud]], [[Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen]], [[Kristin Størmer Steira]] and [[Marit Bjørgen]] of Norway are the defending World Champions,<ref name="Nordic">{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2005/CC/2334/2005CC2334RL.pdf |title=FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 |date=[[2005-02-21]] |accessdate=2007-03-18 |publisher=[[International Ski Federation]]}}</ref> but finished third at the World Cup event in Val di Fiemme, where a team representing [[Finland]] won. [[Germany]] are defending Olympic champions, however, with [[Claudia Künzel]], [[Manuela Henkel]], [[Viola Bauer]] and [[Evi Sachenbacher]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Team
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCteam|RUS|2006 Winter}} ([[Natalia Baranova-Masolkina]], [[Larisa Kurkina]], [[Yuliya Chepalova]], [[Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova]])
| 54:47.7
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCteam|GER|2006 Winter}} ([[Stefanie Böhler]], [[Viola Bauer]], [[Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle]], [[Claudia Künzel]])
| 54:57.7
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCteam|ITA|2006 Winter}} ([[Arianna Follis]], [[Gabriella Paruzzi]], [[Antonella Confortola]], [[Sabina Valbusa]])
| 54:58.7
|}
===1.1 km individual sprint===
[[Image:Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's sprint.jpg|right|thumb|[[Claudia Kuenzel]] of Germany competes in the women's sprint finals.]]<!-- FAIR USE of Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's sprint.jpg; see that Wikipedia page for the rationale -->
This event was held on [[22 February]], the same day as the men's events, and the elimination stages of the women's sprint will be held just before the corresponding elimination stage of the men's sprint. The competition will be staged in a similar way to the men's event, however. [[Emilie Öhrstig]] is defending World Champion, but she won in the classical style, and the last free style sprint in the World Championships (in 2003) was won by Marit Bjørgen. [[Julija Tchepalova]] is defending Olympic champion. The most recent free style sprint event in the World Cup, however, was won by the Russian [[Alena Sidko]] at [[30 December]] [[2005]].
On [[February 22]], [[2006]], Canada's [[Chandra Crawford]] captured the gold medal in the 1.1-kilometre sprint in her Olympic debut. Teammate [[Beckie Scott]] finished fourth.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Chandra Crawford]]|CAN|2006 Winter}}
| 2:12.3
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Claudia Künzel]]|GER|2006 Winter}}
| 2:13.0
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alena Sidko]]|RUS|2006 Winter}}
| 2:13.2
|}
===30 km freestyle [[mass start]]===
[[Image:Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 30 km freestyle.jpg|right|thumb|Athletes compete in the women's 30km freestyle event.]]<!-- FAIR USE of Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 30 km freestyle.jpg; see that Wikipedia page for the rationale -->
This event was held on [[24 February]], the last of the women's cross country events at the 2006 Olympics. The rules were similar to the men's 50 km free style, and once again there has been no 30 km free style [[mass start]]s in the World Championships nor in World Cups before.
[[Marit Bjørgen]] was defending World Champion, while the last 30 km free style (with individual start) in the World Cup was won by [[Yuliya Chepalova]] on [[28 February]] [[2004]].<ref name="Results3">{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=5669 |title=Results |accessdate=2007-03-18 |publisher=[[International Ski Federation]]}}</ref> The event has never been held as a [[mass start]] at the Olympics, but the last 30 km (a classical individual start event) was won by [[Gabriella Paruzzi]] of Italy.
Veteran [[Kateřina Neumannová]] won her second medal at the Torino Olympics. Her daughter, Luci, greeted the exhausted Neumannová after she won.
Newcomer [[Justyna Kowalczyk]] won the first ever Olympic medal in cross-country skiing for Poland, for either men or women.
Two weeks later, Chepalova defeated Neumannová by 17.2 seconds at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival|Holmenkollen]] event in [[Oslo]]. Kowalczyk finished 13th.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
| bgcolor="gold" | Gold
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Kateřina Neumannová]]|CZE|2006 Winter}}
| 1:22:25.4
|-
| bgcolor="silver" | Silver
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Yuliya Chepalova]]|RUS|2006 Winter}}
| 1:22:26.8
|-
| bgcolor="cc9966" | Bronze
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Justyna Kowalczyk]]|POL|2006 Winter}}
| 1:22:27.5
|}
== Qualification ==
An NOC may enter 28 qualified athletes over the Nordic skiing events with a maximum of 20 athletes for Cross-country disciplines. A maximum of four athletes may participate in a single individual event, and one team in each relay race.
==Participating nations==
Fifty-three nations contributed 336 cross-country skiers to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.<ref name="Athletes">{{cite web |url=http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/ATH/X01_CC_1.html |title=Athletes list by Discipline: Cross-Country Skiing |accessdate=2007-03-17}}</ref>
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*{{flagIOC|AUS|2006 Winter|3}}
*{{flagIOC|AUT|2006 Winter|9}}
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*{{flagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter|12}}
*{{flagIOC|CHN|2006 Winter|21}}
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*{{flagIOC|CRO|2006 Winter|4}}
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*{{flagIOC|CZE|2006 Winter|12}}
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*{{flagIOC|FIN|2006 Winter|14}}
*{{flagIOC|FRA|2006 Winter|11}}
*{{flagIOC|GER|2006 Winter|12}}
*{{flagIOC|GRE|2006 Winter|2}}
*{{flagIOC|HUN|2006 Winter|2}}
*{{flagIOC|IND|2006 Winter|1}}
*{{flagIOC|IRI|2006 Winter|1}}
*{{flagIOC|IRL|2006 Winter|1}}
*{{flagIOC|ITA|2006 Winter|19}}
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*{{flagIOC|JPN|2006 Winter|9}}
*{{flagIOC|KAZ|2006 Winter|18}}
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*{{flagIOC|KOR|2006 Winter|4}}
*{{flagIOC|LAT|2006 Winter|4}}
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*{{flagIOC|NOR|2006 Winter|18}}
*{{flagIOC|POL|2006 Winter|3}}
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*{{flagIOC|POR|2006 Winter|1}}
*{{flagIOC|ROU|2006 Winter|3}}
*{{flagIOC|RSA|2006 Winter|1}}
*{{flagIOC|RUS|2006 Winter|19}}
*{{flagIOC|SCG|2006 Winter|2}}
*{{flagIOC|SLO|2006 Winter|7}}
*{{flagIOC|SUI|2006 Winter|15}}
*{{flagIOC|SVK|2006 Winter|8}}
*{{flagIOC|SWE|2006 Winter|17}}
*{{flagIOC|THA|2006 Winter|1}}
*{{flagIOC|TUR|2006 Winter|3}}
*{{flagIOC|UKR|2006 Winter|13}}
*{{flagIOC|USA|2006 Winter|17}}
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/CC/X05.html Torino 2006 - Cross-Country Skiing] programme from the official website, accessed [[21 December]] [[2005]]
*[http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/bin/page/C_3_page_eng_134_spalla_paragrafo_1_attachments_s_allegato_0_object_s.pdf Cross-country Skiing - Explanatory Book] PDF file from Torino 2006
*[http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/cross-country/fiscalendar.html?cal_suchplace=&cal_suchseason=2006&cal_oldsector=&cal_date=&cal_suchgender=&cal_suchcategory=WC&cal_codex=&cal_suchnation=&cal_search=Search World Cup Calendar for the remainder of the 2005–06 season] from [[International Ski Federation|FIS]]' official website
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