| Final | Team | Time | penalties | -time | N: |  | 1. Olga Pyleva | RUS | 31:07.77 | 1 | 1+0+0+0 | 0.0s | 8 |  | 2. Kati Wilhelm | GER | 31:13.02 | 4 | 3+0+1+0 | +5.3s | 1 |  | 3. Irina Nikoultchina | BUL | 31:15.85 | 2 | 0+0+0+2 | +8.1s | 11 |  | 4. Liv Grete Poiree | NOR | 31:18.30 | 4 | 1+1+0+2 | +10.6s | 4 |  | 5. Galina Koukleva | RUS | 31:31.75 | 3 | 1+1+0+1 | +24.0s | 6 |  | 6. Magdalena Forsberg | SWE | 31:34.05 | 3 | 0+1+0+2 | +26.3s | 3 |  | 7. Katrin Apel | GER | 31:47.96 | 3 | 1+0+1+1 | +40.2s | 12 |  | 8. Andreja Koblar | SLO | 32:01.90 | 1 | 0+0+0+1 | +54.2s | 10 |  | 9. Uschi Disl | GER | 32:21.22 | 7 | 2+2+0+3 | +1:13.5 | 2 |  | 10.Ekaterina Dafovska | BUL | 32:22.64 | 2 | 0+1+1+0 | +1:14.9 | 15 |  | 11.Olga Nazarova | BLR | 32:24.50 | 1 | 0+1+0+0 | +1:16.8 | 14 |  | 12.Pavlina Filipova | BUL | 32:35.18 | 2 | 0+0+2+0 | +1:27.4 | 17 |  | 13.Andrea Henkel | GER | 32:35.44 | 1 | 0+0+1+0 | +1:27.7 | 25 |  | 14.Florence Baverel-Robert | FRA | 32:39.83 | 3 | 1+0+0+2 | +1:32.1 | 5 |  | 15.Svetlana Ishmouratova | RUS | 32:50.35 | 3 | 0+0+2+1 | +1:42.6 | 19 |  | 16.Gunn Margit Andreassen | NOR | 32:56.87 | 2 | 0+0+1+1 | +1:49.1 | 16 |  | 17.Sandrine Bailly | FRA | 32:57.23 | 4 | 2+0+0+2 | +1:49.5 | 7 |  | 18.Martina Halinarova | SVK | 33:26.42 | 2 | 0+0+2+0 | +2:18.7 | 13 |  | 19.Anna Bogaliy-Titovets | RUS | 33:40.09 | 3 | 0+0+1+2 | +2:32.3 | 18 |  | 20.Sanna-Leena Perunka | FIN | 33:44.51 | 1 | 0+0+0+1 | +2:36.8 | 24 |  | 21.Sona Mihokova | SVK | 33:57.42 | 3 | 1+0+2+0 | +2:49.7 | 21 |  | 22.Katerina Holubcova | CZE | 34:04.75 | 2 | 1+1+0+0 | +2:57.0 | 39 |  | 23.Tamami Tanaka | JPN | 34:07.75 | 2 | 0+2+0+0 | +3:00.0 | 29 |  | 24.Hiromi Suga | JPN | 34:18.85 | 1 | 0+0+0+1 | +3:11.1 | 30 |  | 25.Eva Hakova | CZE | 34:20.11 | 2 | 0+1+0+1 | +3:12.4 | 34 |  | 26.Tetyana Vodopyanova | UKR | 34:23.04 | 4 | 0+1+2+1 | +3:15.3 | 31 |  | 27.Corinne Niogret | FRA | 34:35.31 | 3 | 1+2+0+0 | +3:27.6 | 9 |  | 28.Evguenia Koutsepalova | BLR | 34:40.18 | 2 | 0+0+1+1 | +3:32.4 | 44 |  | 29.Lucija Larisi | SLO | 34:40.23 | 4 | 1+1+0+2 | +3:32.5 | 26 |  | 30.Elena Khrustaleva | BLR | 34:41.56 | 2 | 0+1+0+1 | +3:33.8 | 33 |  | 31.Irena Cesnekova | CZE | 34:41.72 | 3 | 1+1+1+0 | +3:34.0 | 22 |  | 32.Andreja Mali | SLO | 34:46.36 | 3 | 0+0+2+1 | +3:38.6 | 27 |  | 33.Delphyne Burlet | FRA | 34:48.41 | 3 | 0+0+3+0 | +3:40.7 | 23 |  | 34.Magda Rezlerova | CZE | 35:02.96 | 4 | 1+1+1+1 | +3:55.2 | 32 |  | 35.Anna Murinova | SVK | 35:14.68 | 3 | 1+1+0+1 | +4:06.9 | 35 |  | 36.Ryoko Takahashi | JPN | 35:20.64 | 3 | 0+1+2+0 | +4:12.9 | 28 |  | 37.Outi Kettunen | FIN | 35:48.68 | 4 | 1+0+2+1 | +4:40.9 | 37 |  | 38.Michela Ponza | ITA | 35:54.71 | 4 | 0+1+2+1 | +4:47.0 | 46 |  | 39.Ann Elen Skjelbreid | NOR | 35:56.65 | 6 | 1+1+2+2 | +4:48.9 | 38 |  | 40.Gro Istad-Kristiansen | NOR | 36:13.99 | 4 | 1+1+1+1 | +5:06.2 | 53 |  | 41.Mami Shindo | JPN | 36:28.64 | 3 | 1+0+1+1 | +5:20.9 | 45 |  | 42.Saskia Santer | ITA | 36:41.89 | 7 | 1+2+2+2 | +5:34.1 | 36 |  | 43.Anna Stera-Kustusz | POL | 36:59.30 | 4 | 0+1+2+1 | +5:51.6 | 43 |  | 44.Shumei YU | CHN | 37:02.64 | 6 | 1+2+3+0 | +5:54.9 | 20 |  | 45.Kara Salmela | USA | 37:07.73 | 5 | 2+0+1+2 | +6:00.0 | 49 |  | 46.Katja Holanti | FIN | 37:41.77 | 6 | 2+1+2+1 | +6:34.0 | 52 |  | 47.Andrea Nahrgang | USA | 38:08.52 | 3 | 0+1+1+1 | +7:00.8 | 50 |  | 48.Valentina Ciurina | MDA | 38:19.74 | 5 | 2+1+2+0 | +7:12.0 | 51 |  | -. Anita Hakala | FIN | LAP | 7 | 2+2+3+ |   | 54 |  | -. Dana Cojocea | ROM | LAP | 5 | 2+0+3+ |   | 55 |  | -. Anzela Brice | LAT | LAP | 3 | 0+0+3+ |   | 58 |  | -. Rachel Steer | USA | LAP | 6 | 2+4+ + |   | 60 |  | -. Nathalie Santer | ITA | DNS | 40 |  | -. Iva Karagiozova | BUL | DNS | 41 |  | -. Xianying Liu | CHN | DNS | 42 |  | -. Nina Lemesh | UKR | DNS | 47 |  | -. Olena Petrova | UKR | DNS | 48 |  | -. Yingchao Kong | CHN | DNS | 56 |  | -. Ribo Sun | CHN | DNS | 57 |  | -. Olena Zubrilova | UKR | DNS | 59 |   
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