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| Cross-country
skiing |
| Men | | 1.5k sprint
freestyle |
Tor Arne Hetland,
Norway |
 Cristian Zorzi,
Italy |
 Trond Iversen,
Norway |
| Olympic debut for sport's shortest race, which lasts just over three
minutes |
| 15k
classical |
| Erling Jevne,
Norway |
| Per Elofsson,
Sweden |
| Anders Aukland,
Norway |
| In August 1999, Jevne's four-year-old son, Erich Iver, was killed by a car as
the two walked along a road in
Norway |
| Combined
pursuit |
| Per Elofsson,
Sweden |
| Anders Aukland,
Norway |
| Thomas Alsgaard,
Norway |
| Starting 24 seconds back, Alsgaard sprinted past his legendary countryman
Bjørn Dæhlie with 50 meters to go to win gold by 1.1 seconds in
Nagano |
| 30k
freestyle |
| Per Elofsson,
Sweden |
| Christian Hoffmann,
Austria |
| Anders Aukland,
Norway |
| Elofsson has a shot to be first skier to win more than three golds at one
Games
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| 50k
classical |
| Johann Mühlegg,
Spain
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| Per Elofsson,
Sweden |
| Vitaly Denisov,
Russia |
| Mühlegg skied in three Olympics for Germany before a dispute with top
brass
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| 4x10k
relay |
| Norway |
| Italy |
| Sweden |
| Italy beat Norway by .4 seconds in 1994; Norway edged Italy by .2 seconds in
'98
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| Women | | 1.5k sprint
freestyle |
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Kateriná Neumannova, Czech
Rep. |
| Hilde Pedersen,
Norway |
| Maj Helen Sorkmo,
Norway |
| Neumannova finished 18th in mountain biking at the '96 Summer
Games |
| 10k
classical |
| Bente Skari,
Norway |
| Olga Danilova,
Russia |
| Julija Tchepalova,
Russia |
| Skari's father, Odd Martinsen, won gold in the 4x10k relay in 1968 in
Grenoble |
| Combined
pursuit |
| Larissa Lazutina,
Russia
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| Olga Danilova,
Russia |
| Bente Skari,
Norway |
| Lazutina took home five medals in
'98 |
| 15k
freestyle |
| Stefania Belmondo,
Italy |
| Larissa Lazutina,
Russia |
| Julija Tchepalova,
Russia |
| Belmondo ranks eighth in Winter Olympic history, with seven
medals |
| 30k
classical |
| Olga Danilova,
Russia
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| Julija Tchepalova,
Russia |
| Larissa Lazutina,
Russia |
| Top contender Kristina Sÿmigun of Estonia failed preliminary drug
test |
| 4x5k
relay |
| Norway |
| Russia |
| Italy |
| Order of finish in last three Games: Russia, Norway and
Italy |
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