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Cross-Country Skiing

There are two techniques in cross-country: classical (diagonal stride) and freestyle (skating style). The Freestyle Pursuit consists of a classical race (10 km for men, 5 km for women) followed the next day by a freestyle race (15 km for men, 10 km for women). The starting order in the Freestyle Pursuit is determined by the finish of the classical leg. Relays consist of two classical and two freestyle legs.

Medal breakdown (10 events): Nine medals— Norway (4-3-2); Eight— Russia (5-2-1); Four— Italy (0-2-2); Three— Finland (1-0-2); Two— Austria (0-1-1) and Czech Republic (0-1-1); One— Sweden (0-1-0) and Kazakhstan (0-0-1).

Men

10–km Classical

		Time
1	Bjorn Dählie, NOR	27:24.5
2	Markus Gandler, AUT	27:32.5
3	Mika Myllylae, FIN	27:40.1

Best USA: 41st, John Bauer (29:58.4); 43rd, Patrick Weaver (30:04.4).

15–km Freestyle Pursuit

		Time
1	Thomas Alsgaard, NOR	1:07:01.7
2	Bjorn Dählie, NOR	1:07:02.8
3	Vladimir Smirnov, KAZ	1:07:31.5

Best USA: 40th, Patrick Weaver (1:12:31.1).

30–km Classical

		Time
1	Mika Myllylae, FIN	1:33:55.8
2	Erling Jevne, NOR	1:35:27.1
3	Silvio Fauner, ITA	1:36:08.5

Best USA: 37th, Justin Wadsworth (1:42:21.1).

50–km Freestyle

		Time
1	Bjorn Dählie, NOR	2:05:08.2
2	Niklas Jonsson, SWE	2:05:16.3
3	Christian Hoffmann, AUT	2:06:01.8

Best USA: 35th, Marcus Nash (2:17:37.8).

4 x 10–km Mixed Relay

		Time
1	Norway	1:40:55.7
2	Italy	1:40:55.9
3	Finland	1:42:15.5

NOR— Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjorn Dählie, Thomas Alsgaard; ITA— Marco Albarello, Fulvio Valbusa, Fabio Maj, Silvio Fauner; FIN— Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylae, Sami Repo, Jari Isometsae.

USA entry: 17th; Marcus Nash, John Bauer, Patrick Weaver, Justin Wadsworth (1:48:16.4).

Women

5–km Classical

		Time
1	Larissa Lazutina, RUS	17:37.9
2	Katerina Neumannova, CZE	17:42.7
3	Bente Martinsen, NOR	17:49.4

Best USA: 51st, Kerrin Petty (1:58.7).

10–km Freestyle Pursuit

		Time
1	Larissa Lazutina, RUS	46:06.9
2	Olga Danilova, RUS	46:13.4
3	Katerina Neumannova, CZE	46:14.2

Best USA: 52nd, Kerrin Petty (51:49.2).

15–km Classical

		Time
1	Olga Danilova, RUS	46:55.4
2	Larissa Lazutina, RUS	47:01.0
3	Anita Moen-Guidon, NOR	47:52.6

Best USA: 47th, Kerrin Petty (52:45.3); 48th, Suzanne King (52:58.9).

30–km Freestyle

		Time
1	Julija Tchepalova, RUS	1:22:01.5
2	Stefania Belmondo, ITA	1:22:11.7
3	Larissa Lazutina, RUS	1:23:15.7

Best USA: 36th, Laura Wilson (1:33:10.6).

4 x 5 Mixed Relay

		Time
1	Russia	55:13.5
2	Norway	55:38.0
3	Italy	56:53.3

RUS— Nina Gavryliouk, Olga Danilova, Elena Valbe, Larissa Lazutina; NOR— Bente Martinsen, Marit Mikkelsplass, Elin Nilsen, Anita Moen-Guidon; ITA— Karin Moroder, Gabriella Paruzzi, Manuela Di Centa, Stefania Belmondo.

USA entry: 15th; Kerrin Petty, Suzanne King, Laura McCabe, Laura Wilson (1:00:51.2).

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