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

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 | — | — |