Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's 20 kilometre freestyle

Women's 20 km
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Women's 20 km; at the XV Olympic Winter Games
	Cross-country skiing
Venue	Canmore Nordic Centre
Date	25 February
Competitors	55 from 18 nations
Winning time	55:53.6
Medalists
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The 20 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme for women at the 1988 Winter Olympics, in Calgary, Canada. It was the second and final time the event took place at the Olympics, with it being replaced by the 30km event. The competition was held on 25 February 1988 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Tamara Tikhonova	Soviet Union	55:53.6
2	Anfisa Reztsova	Soviet Union	56:12.8
3	Raisa Smetanina	Soviet Union	57:22.1
4	Christina Gilli-Brügger	Switzerland	57:37.4
5	Simone Opitz	East Germany	57:54.3
6	Manuela Di Centa	Italy	57:55.2
7	Kerstin Moring	East Germany	58:17.2
8	Marianne Dahlmo	Norway	58:31.1
9	Anna-Lena Fritzon	Sweden	58:37.4
10	Marie-Helene Westin	Sweden	58:39.4
11	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Finland	58:45.6
12	Marjo Matikainen	Finland	58:50.7
13	Alžbeta Havrančíková	Czechoslovakia	58:51.4
14	Evi Kratzer	Switzerland	58:56.1
15	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	East Germany	59:01.2
16	Karin Thomas	Switzerland	59:17.2
17	Viera Klimková	Czechoslovakia	59:22.5
18	Marit Elveos	Norway	59:33.2
19	Guidina Dal Sasso	Italy	59:40.4
20	Anette Bøe	Norway	59:45.8
21	Lis Frost	Sweden	59:59.6
22	Karin Lamberg-Skog	Sweden	1:00:34.6
23	Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage	United States	1:00:48.6
24	Marit Wold	Norway	1:00:55.0
25	Leslie Thompson	United States	1:01:04.1
26	Carol Gibson	Canada	1:01:12.0
27	Marie-Andrée Masson	Canada	1:01:12.6
28	Jaana Savolainen	Finland	1:01:26.8
29	Stefania Belmondo	Italy	1:01:36.9
30	Marianne Irniger	Switzerland	1:01:51.5
31	Jean McAllister	Canada	1:02:02.8
32	Eija Hyytiäinen	Finland	1:02:06.9
33	Ľubomíra Balážová	Czechoslovakia	1:02:25.0
34	Ivana Rádlová	Czechoslovakia	1:02:25.4
35	Karin Jäger	West Germany	1:02:34.6
36	Elena Desderi	Italy	1:02:54.8
37	Cornelia Sulzer	Austria	1:03:01.2
38	Susann Kuhfittig	East Germany	1:03:05.8
39	Rodica Drăguş	Romania	1:03:06.0
40	Madonna Harris	New Zealand	1:03:09.6
41	Birgit Kohlrusch	West Germany	1:03:16.2
42	Betsy Youngman	United States	1:03:31.3
43	Nancy Fiddler	United States	1:03:57.5
44	Angela Schmidt-Foster	Canada	1:04:21.9
45	Stefanie Birkelbach	West Germany	1:04:40.5
46	Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa	Romania	1:05:48.6
47	Tang Yuqin	China	1:06:50.1
48	Mihaela Cârstoi	Romania	1:06:59.5
49	Piroska Abos	Spain	1:07:33.1
50	Hildegard Embacher	Austria	1:07:35.1
51	Davaagiin Enkhee	Mongolia	1:08:14.5
52	Louise McKenzie	Great Britain	1:11:07.3
	Margot Kober	Austria	DNF
	Sonja Bilgeri	West Germany	DNF
	Nina Gavrylyuk	Soviet Union	DSQ