02/22/98 Men's 50km freestyle, B.Daehlie (NOR) - gold 
02/22/98 Men's 50km, B.Daehlie (NOR) - gold, N.Jonsson (SWE) - silver, C.Hoffman (AUT) - bronze 
02/22/98 Men's 50km 
02/22/98 Men's 50km, B.Daehlie (NOR) - gold 
02/22/98 Men's 50km, N.Jonsson (SWE) - silver 
02/20/98 Women's 30km, J.Tchepalova (RUS) - gold 
02/20/98 Women's 30km, J.Tchepalova (RUS) - gold, S. Belmondo(ITA) - silver, L. Lazutina (RUS) - bronze 
02/20/98 Women's 30km, E.Vaelbe(RUS) - 5th 
02/20/98 Women's 30km Stefania Belmondo (ITA) - silver 
02/14/98 Men's 15km Free Pursuit, Bjorn Daehlie (NOR) - silver 
02/14/98 Men's 15km Free/Pursuit, Bjorn Daehlie (NOR) and Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 
02/14/98 Men's 15km Free/Pursuit, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) - gold 
02/12/98 Larissa Lazutina (RUS)- gold in 10km Free Pursuit 
02/12/98 Larissa Lazutina (RUS)- gold, K.Neumannova of the (CZE)- bronze and (left)Olga Danilova (RUS)- silver in 10km Free Pursuit 
02/12/98 Men's 10km Classical Markus Gandler (AUT) - silver 
02/12/98 Women's 10 Km Free Pursuit, Katerina Neumannova (CZE) - bronze 
02/12/98 Men's 10km Classical Bjorn Daehlie (NOR) 
02/12/98 Women's 10km Free Pursuit, Larissa Lazutina (RUS) - gold 
02/12/98 Women's 10km, Larissa Lazutina (RUS) - gold 
02/10/98 Kumiko Yokoyama of Japan Women's 5km Classical 
02/09/98 Men's 30km Classical Mika Myllylae (FIN) - gold 
02/09/98 Men's 30km Classical Bjorn Daehlie (NOR) 
02/09/98 Men's 30km Classical Jeremias Wigger (SUI) 
02/09/98 Men's 30km Classical Erling Jevne (NOR) - silver 
02/09/98 Men's 30km Classical Silvio Fauner (ITA) - bronze 
02/08/98 Women's 15km, Anita Moen-Guidon (NOR)- bronze 
02/08/98 Women's 15km, Anita Moen-Guidon (NOR) - bronze |
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Men's 10km
Bjorn Daehlie of Norway won the 10km event with a time of 27 minutes, 24.5 seconds. Daehlie led right from the start to the finish. He became the first man to win six Winter Olympics gold medals with this victory. Austrian Markus Gandler won the silver medal with a time of 27 minutes, 32.5 seconds. Mika Myllylae of Finland was third. Vladimir Smirnov and Thomas Alsgaard were in the hunt but placed fourth and fifth in this classical event. Philip Boit was the first ever Kenyan to compete in the Winter Olympics. He finished in last place, 20 minutes behind Daehlie. When Boit crossed the finish line, Daehlie was the first to congratulate him. Men's 10km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Bjorn Daehlie Norway 27:24.5 2 Markus Gandler Austria 27:32.5 3 Mika Myllylae Finland 27:40.1 4 Vladimir Smirnov Kazakhstan 27:45.1 5 Thomas Alsgaard Norway 27:48.1Canadians: Robin McKeever was 48th. Chris Blanchard was 51st. Guido Visser finished 71st and Yves Bilodeau placed 75th. Men's 15km Thomas Alsgaard of Norway won the 15km freestyle pursuit title in a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes, 1.7 seconds. He caught up to Bjorn Daehlie, also of Norway, after 5km. Alsgaard and Daehlie skied together until at the finish when Alsgaard won the sprint. Daehlie was second and 1.1 seconds behind. Kazakhstan's Vladimir Smirnov won the bronze. He finished with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes, 31.5 seconds. Men's 15km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Thomas Alsgaard Norway 1:07:01.7 2 Bjorn Daehlie Norway 1:07:02.8 3 Vladimir Smirnov Kazakhstan 1:07:31.5 4 Silvio Fauner Italy 1:07:48.9 5 Fulvio Valbusa Italy 1:07:49.1Canadians: Chris Blanchard was 56th. Guido Visser finished in 58th place. Robin McKeever and Yves Bilodeau didn't start the race. Men's 30km Finland's Mika Myllylae easily won the men's 30km race. He finished with a time of 1 hour, 33 minutes, 56 seconds. Myllylae had great skies and had the right wax. Erling Jevne of Norway won the silver medal with a time of 1 hour, 35 minutes, 27 seconds. Italian Silvio Fauner took the bronze in the classical-style event. There was heavy snow during the race and 30cm of snow the night before. Favourite Bjorn Daehlie clearly didn't have the right wax and finished in 20th place. Men's 30km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Mika Myllylae Finland 1:33.56 2 Erling Jevne Norway 1:35.27 3 Silvio Fauner Italy 1:36.08 4 Jari Isometsae Finland 1:36.51 5 Fulvio Valbusa Italy 1:37.31The Canadians did not have the right wax on their skies and the results were very disappointing. Donald Farley finished in 61st place out of 64 skiers and was still the top Canadian. Robin McKeever was 62nd out of 64 and Guido Visser finished in last place, 64th overall. Men's 50km Bjorn Daehlie won his eighth Olympic gold medal with his victory in the grueling freestyle 50km event. He finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 8.2 seconds. Daehlie took the lead with just eight kilometres to go and held on to win. Sweden's Niklas Jonsson won the silver. He was beside Daehlie for a long time almost overtook him in the end. Jonsson finished in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 8.2 seconds. Christian Hoffman of Austria was third after leading the race at the beginning. Men's 50km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Bjorn Daehlie Norway 2:05:08.2 2 Niklas Jonsson Sweden 2:05:16.3 3 Christian Hoffmann Austria 2:06:01.8 4 Alexej Prokurorov Russia 2:06:41.5 5 Fulvio Valbusa Italy 2:06:44.3Canadians: Chris Blanchard was 56th. Robin McKeever was 58th. Guido Visser finished last in 62nd place. Donald Farley did not finish the race. Men's 4X5km Relay The Norwegian team won the exciting men's relay. The team of Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjorn Daehlie, and Thomas Alsgaard won in 1 hour, 40 minutes, 55.7 seconds. It was revenge for a close loss in last Olympics to the Italians. The Italian team won the silver with a time of 1 hour, 40 minutes, 55.9 seconds. Norway's Alsgaard narrowly beat Silvio Fauner of Italy in a sprint to the finish line. The Finnish team lead by Mika Myllylae won the bronze. Men's 4X5km Relay Final Results PLACE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ==== 1 Team Norway 1:40:55.7 2 Team Italy 1:40:55.9 3 Team Finland 1:42:15.5 4 Team Sweden 1:42:25.2 5 Team Russia 1:42:39.5The Canadian team finished 18th in the 20 team competition. Women's 5km Larissa Lazutina of Russia won the 5km classical race. The 32-year-old finished in 17 minutes, 32.9 seconds. Lazutina was 4th after 1.8km but finished very strongly. Czech Republic's Katerina Neumannova won the silver in 17 minutes, 42.7 seconds. Norway's Bente Martinsen was third. A favourite, Stefania Belmondo of Italy was 12th. Russian star Elena Vaelba did not start. Women's 5km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Larissa Lazutina Russia 17:37.9 2 Katerina Neumannova Czech Republic 17:42.7 3 Bente Martinsen Norway 17:49.4 4 Nina Gavryliouk Russia 17:50.3 5 Olga Danilova Russia 17:51.3Canadians: Beckie Scott was 47th. Milaine Theriault was 54th. Canmore's Sara Renner finished in 74th place and Edmonton's Jamie Fortier was 77th out of 79 skiers. Women's 10km Larissa Lazutina of Russia won the 10km freestyle pursuit. She won in 46 minutes, 6.9 seconds. Lazutina began with a five second lead because of her win in the 5km race. Russian Olga Danilova won the silver. She caught up to Czech Katerina Neumannova at the end. They finished in 46 minutes, 13.5 seconds and 46 minutes, 14.2 seconds respectively. Women's 10km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Larissa Lazutina Russia 46:06.9 2 Olga Danilova Russia 46:13.4 3 Katerina Neumannova Czech Republic 46:14.2 4 Irina Taranenko Terelia Ukraine 46:17.1 5 Stefania Belmondo Italy 46:19.6Canadians: Beckie Scott finished 45th. Milaine Theriault was 56th and Canmore's Sara Renner was 64th place out of 68 skiers. Women's 15km Russian Olga Danilova won the gold in the 15km event. She was second until she beat out Larissa Lazutina at the finish. Danilova had a time of 46 minutes, 55.04 seconds. Lazutina of Russia won the silver. She was about six seconds behind. Norway's Anita Moen-Guidon won the bronze. She was ahead of Ukraine's Irina Tarenenko Terelia. Norway's Bente Martinsen, the World Cup leader, tied for 6th. A favourite, Italian Stefania Belmondo was 8th and Russian Elena Vaelbe finished in 17th place. Women's 15km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Olga Danilova Russia 46:55.04 2 Larissa Lazutina Russia 47:01.00 3 Anita Moen-Guidon Norway 47:52.06 4 Irina Taranenko Terelia Ukraine 48:08.84 5 Marit Mikkelsplass Norway 48:12.14Canadians: Milaine Theriault was 59th. Beckie Scott was 60th. Marie-Odile Raymond was 62nd out of 64 places. Edmonton's Jamie Fortier did not start. Women's 30km Julia Tchepalova of Russia was a surprising winner of the 30km freestyle event. She finished in 1 hour, 22 minutes, 1.5 seconds. She was 14.2 seconds behind the leader at 15km but finished strong. Italian Stefania Belmondo was second. She had a big lead but finished in 1 hour, 22 minutes, 11.7 seconds. Russia's Larissa Lazutina was third. Women's 30km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Julia Tchepalova Russia 1:22:01.5 2 Stefania Belmondo Italy 1:22:11.7 3 Larissa Lazutina Russia 1:23:15.7 4 Elin Nilsen Norway 1:24:24.5 5 Elena Vaelbe Russia 1:24:52.8Canadians: Beckie Scott was 51st and Sara Renner of Canmore was 54th. Marie-Odile Raymond was last in 56th place. Edmonton's Jamie Fortier did not start. Women's 4X5km Relay The Russian team won the women's relay with a time of 55 minutes, 13.5 seconds. Norway was second with a time of 55 minutes, 38 seconds. Thanks to a great finish by Stefania Belmondo, Italy edged out Switzerland and Germany for the bronze. Russia's Nina Gavryliouk led the opening leg but Norway's Marit Mikkelsplass overtook Russian Olga Danilova in the second leg. Elena Vaelbe, the Russian who retired after the Olympics, pulled away with a great 23 second lead and Larissa Lazutina finished it off. Women's 4X5km Relay Final Results PLACE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ==== 1 Team Russia 55:13.5 2 Team Norway 55:38.0 3 Team Italy 56:53.3 4 Team Switzerland 56:55.2 5 Team Germany 56:55.4The Canadian team finished last in the 16 team race. 
02/14/98 Men's Free Pursuit 15km: Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) - gold and Bjorn Daehlie (NOR) - silver 
02/14/98 Men's 15km freestlye Pursuit, Bjorn Daehlie (NOR) and Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 
02/12/98 Bjorn Daehlie helps last finisher Philip Boit from Kenya Back to Main |
