# Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre classical

The women's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 8 February at Snow Harp.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Italian Manuela Di Centa, who won in Lillehammer, then in freestyle technique.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 29 | Olga Danilova | Russia | 46:55.4 | |
| | 20 | Larisa Lazutina | Russia | 47:01.0 | +5.6 |
| | 31 | Anita Moen-Guidon | Norway | 47:52.6 | +57.2 |
| 4 | 23 | Iryna Terelya | Ukraine | 48:10.2 | +1:14.8 |
| 5 | 33 | Marit Mikkelsplass | Norway | 48:12.5 | +1:17.1 |
| 6 | 16 | Bente Martinsen | Norway | 48:19.0 | +1:23.6 |
| 6 | 21 | Trude Dybendahl Hartz | Norway | 48:19.0 | +1:23.6 |
| 8 | 26 | Stefania Belmondo | Italy | 48:57.7 | +2:02.3 |
| 9 | 19 | Kateřina Neumannová | Czech Republic | 49:01.9 | +2:06.5 |
| 10 | 50 | Jaroslava Bukvajová | Slovakia | 49:02.0 | +2:06.6 |
| 11 | 17 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 49:12.9 | +2:17.5 |
| 12 | 39 | Tuulikki Pyykkönen | Finland | 49:13.5 | +2:18.1 |
| 13 | 53 | Katrin Šmigun | Estonia | 49:18.9 | +2:23.5 |
| 14 | 34 | Gabriella Paruzzi | Italy | 49:20.7 | +2:25.3 |
| 15 | 44 | Yelena Sinkevitch | Belarus | 49:20.8 | +2:25.4 |
| 16 | 27 | Svetlana Nageykina | Russia | 49:22.5 | +2:27.1 |
| 17 | 18 | Yelena Välbe | Russia | 49:25.9 | +2:30.5 |
| 18 | 22 | Satu Salonen | Finland | 49:27.6 | +2:32.2 |
| 19 | 25 | Antonina Ordina | Sweden | 50:12.6 | +3:17.2 |
| 20 | 4 | Svetlana Deshevykh | Kazakhstan | 50:28.0 | +3:32.6 |
| 21 | 49 | Constanze Blum | Germany | 50:30.3 | +3:34.9 |
| 22 | 30 | Sylvia Honegger | Switzerland | 50:31.9 | +3:36.5 |
| 23 | 9 | Maryna Pestryakova | Ukraine | 50:45.6 | +3:50.2 |
| 24 | 10 | Sumiko Yokoyama | Japan | 50:55.3 | +3:59.9 |
| 25 | 2 | Karin Säterkvist | Sweden | 51:02.6 | +4:07.2 |
| 26 | 24 | Renate Roider | Austria | 51:07.0 | +4:11.6 |
| 27 | 67 | Antonella Confortola | Italy | 51:07.6 | +4:12.2 |
| 28 | 1 | Sigrid Wille | Germany | 51:19.3 | +4:23.9 |
| 29 | 7 | Jana Šaldová | Czech Republic | 51:33.8 | +4:38.4 |
| 30 | 56 | Karin Moroder | Italy | 51:36.1 | +4:40.7 |
| 31 | 64 | Milla Jauho | Finland | 51:38.6 | +4:43.2 |
| 32 | 15 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 51:39.7 | +4:44.3 |
| 33 | 5 | Bernadeta Piatrowska | Poland | 51:40.7 | +4:45.3 |
| 34 | 45 | Kumiko Yokoyama | Japan | 51:48.7 | +4:53.3 |
| 35 | 38 | Elin Ek | Sweden | 51:51.0 | +4:55.6 |
| 36 | 66 | Manuela Henkel | Germany | 51:53.4 | +4:58.0 |
| 37 | 55 | Fumiko Aoki | Japan | 51:53.7 | +4:58.3 |
| 38 | 40 | Anke Reschwamm Schulze | Germany | 51:54.0 | +4:58.6 |
| 39 | 48 | Svetlana Kamotskaya | Belarus | 51:59.0 | +5:03.6 |
| 40 | 6 | Õnne Kurg | Estonia | 52:08.3 | +5:12.9 |
| 41 | 8 | Kati Sundqvist | Finland | 52:14.1 | +5:18.7 |
| 42 | 11 | Yekaterina Antonyuk | Belarus | 52:24.5 | +5:29.1 |
| 43 | 68 | Irina Skripnik | Belarus | 52:26.2 | +5:30.8 |
| 44 | 57 | Iveta Zelingerová | Czech Republic | 52:26.3 | +5:30.9 |
| 45 | 37 | Annick Vaxelaire-Pierrel | France | 52:30.1 | +5:34.7 |
| 46 | 62 | Cristel Vahtra | Estonia | 52:32.7 | +5:37.3 |
| 47 | 14 | Kerrin Petty | United States | 52:45.3 | +5:49.9 |
| 48 | 35 | Suzanne King | United States | 52:58.9 | +6:03.5 |
| 49 | 47 | Svetlana Shishkina | Kazakhstan | 53:13.7 | +6:18.3 |
| 50 | 52 | Dorota Kwasna | Poland | 53:42.6 | +6:47.2 |
| 51 | 43 | Luan Zhengrong | China | 53:48.4 | +6:53.0 |
| 52 | 12 | Nina Kemppel | United States | 53:57.2 | +7:01.8 |
| 53 | 58 | Laura Wilson | United States | 54:10.4 | +7:15.0 |
| 54 | 69 | Emiko Sato | Japan | 54:11.1 | +7:15.7 |
| 55 | 13 | Guo Dongling | China | 54:50.6 | +7:55.2 |
| 56 | 42 | Monica Lăzăruț | Romania | 55:18.2 | +8:22.8 |
| 57 | 61 | Elena Antonova | Kazakhstan | 55:34.0 | +8:38.6 |
| 58 | 60 | Eliza Surdyka | Poland | 55:37.5 | +8:42.1 |
| 59 | 3 | Milaine Theriault | Canada | 55:38.2 | +8:42.8 |
| 60 | 28 | Beckie Scott | Canada | 55:43.7 | +8:48.3 |
| 61 | 65 | Inara Rudko | Latvia | 56:07.8 | +9:12.4 |
| 62 | 59 | Marie-Odile Raymond | Canada | 56:53.3 | +9:57.9 |
| 63 | 54 | Irina Nikulchina | Bulgaria | 57:07.2 | +10:11.8 |
| 64 | 51 | Kazimiera Strolienė | Lithuania | 59:48.3 | +12:52.9 |
| | 46 | Elena Gayasova | Ukraine | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 32 | Maria Theurl | Austria | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 36 | Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 41 | Jaime Fortier | Canada | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 63 | Anette Fanqvist | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |