Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon

The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place at 14:00 (MSK) on 8 February 2014 at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1]

Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates8 February 2014
Competitors61 from 24 nations
Winning time38:33.6
Medalists
Marit Bjørgen  Norway
Charlotte Kalla  Sweden
Heidi Weng  Norway

The defending champion was Marit Bjørgen from Norway, who also became the 2014 Olympic champion. The 2010 silver medalist Anna Haag did not participate, and the 2010 bronze medalist, Justyna Kowalczyk, finished sixth. Charlotte Kalla from Sweden became the silver medalist, and Heidi Weng from Norway took bronze.

A large group of skiers kept together at the classical part of the course, but in the free skiing part soon a group of five skiers took the lead. The group included Bjørgen, Kalla, Weng, Therese Johaug, and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen. Shortly before the finish, Kalla escaped but was overtaken by Bjørgen at the finish line.[2]

Qualification

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) was allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points was allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points did not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard could enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have had a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[3]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
8 February14:00Final

Results

The race was started at 14:00.[4]

RankBibNameCountry7.5 km CRankPitstop7.5 km FRankFinish timeDeficit
2Marit Bjørgen Norway19:10.6135.118:47.9138:33.6
6Charlotte Kalla Sweden19:11.6333.518:50.3238:35.4+1.8
4Heidi Weng Norway19:12.0433.719:01.1438:46.8+13.2
41Therese Johaug Norway19:11.5235.719:01.0338:48.2+14.6
59Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland19:12.4534.219:02.3538:48.9+15.3
63Justyna Kowalczyk Poland19:12.9639.619:37.21039:29.7+56.1
75Kerttu Niskanen Finland19:17.4732.019:45.91439:35.3+1:01.7
815Jessie Diggins  United States 20:01.72734.319:29.5840:05.5+1:31.9
927Emma Wikén Sweden19:48.51433.819:44.91340:07.2+1:33.6
1013Masako Ishida Japan19:24.4834.320:09.62740:08.3+1:34.7
1114Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Czech Republic19:51.01733.719:44.11140:08.8+1:35.2
1212Liz Stephen United States20:14.73132.719:22.2740:09.6+1:36.0
137Krista Lähteenmäki Finland19:27.61034.620:07.72440:09.9+1:36.3
1426Nicole Fessel Germany19:24.8937.320:09.32640:11.4+1:37.8
DSQ8Yuliya Chekalyova Russia19:50.61636.419:44.61240:11.6+1:38.0
1629Marina Piller Italy19:54.71943.219:36.1940:14.0+1:40.4
1731Natalya Zhukova Russia19:48.21335.119:52.21540:15.5+1:41.9
1820Aurore Jéan France19:55.22034.619:57.31640:27.1+1:53.5
1937Barbara Jezeršek Slovenia19:48.91534.820:05.82240:29.5+1:55.9
2019Sara Lindborg Sweden19:56.12134.720:01.61940:32.4+1:58.8
2133Célia Aymonier France20:00.02535.119:57.51740:32.6+1:59.0
2224Coraline Hugue France20:41.14534.519:17.5640:33.1+1:59.5
2311Kristin Størmer Steira Norway19:54.21834.820:06.52340:35.5+2:01.9
2421Olga Kuzyukova Russia19:39.21235.020:29.03440:43.2+2:09.6
2538Laura Orgué Spain20:07.62934.120:04.82040:46.5+2:12.9
2616Katrin Zeller Germany19:57.62335.420:16.72940:49.7+2:16.1
2730Valentina Shevchenko Ukraine20:17.03433.120:00.61840:50.7+2:17.1
2825Irina Khazova Russia20:04.92838.920:16.52841:00.3+2:26.7
2941Paulina Maciuszek Poland20:15.03236.420:09.22541:00.6+2:27.0
3032Debora Agreiter Italy20:25.44034.520:04.92141:04.8+2:31.2
3123Sadie Bjornsen United States19:56.82235.920:37.03641:09.7+2:36.1
3236Elisa Brocard Italy20:20.33634.320:18.03041:12.6+2:39.0
3310Anne Kyllönen Finland19:30.31135.720:12.94741:18.9+2:45.3
3456Kornelia Kubińska Poland20:23.53935.220:20.73141:19.4+2:45.8
3517Stefanie Böhler Germany20:00.82639.520:39.73741:20.0+2:46.4
3643Petra Novaková Czech Republic20:16.53338.220:26.03341:20.7+2:47.1
3735Teresa Stadlober Austria20:35.74238.620:24.53241:38.8+3:05.2
3828Anouk Faivre-Picon France20:21.23734.720:48.54041:44.4+3:10.8
3939Britta Johansson Norgren Sweden19:59.32434.521:17.24841:51.0+3:17.4
4046Yelena Kolomina Kazakhstan20:27.84139.920:44.53841:52.2+3:18.6
4161Anastassiya Slonova Kazakhstan20:40.34340.720:31.83541:52.8+3:19.2
4249Emily Nishikawa Canada20:42.64636.720:45.43942:04.7+3:31.1
4318Claudia Nystad Germany20:40.74436.120:52.04242:08.8+3:35.2
4447Virginia de Martin Topranin Italy20:19.83538.021:19.84242:17.6+3:44.0
4555Agnieszka Szymańczak Poland20:42.94736.321:03.14542:22.3+3:48.7
4622Kateřina Smutná Austria20:14.23036.921:41.75342:32.8+3:59.2
4734Holly Brooks United States20:22.33837.121:34.65042:34.0+4:00.4
4844Maryna Antsybor Ukraine21:06.14934.521:01.94442:42.5+4:08.9
4952Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine21:11.65034.321:01.24342:47.2+4:13.6
5051Li Hongxue China21:21.05244.221:12.54643:17.7+4:44.1
5157Brittany Webster Canada21:01.64836.821:47.25543:25.6+4:52.0
5242Tetyana Antypenko Ukraine21:19.55139.221:41.65243:40.3+5:06.7
5340Alena Sannikova Belarus21:46.45536.321:47.05444:09.7+5:36.1
5454Lee Chae-Won South Korea22:41.15944.820:51.34144:17.2+5:43.6
5545Amanda Ammar Canada21:39.35437.422:07.65744:24.3+5:50.7
5650Antonia Grigorova Bulgaria22:12.55734.521:40.95144:27.9+5:54.3
5748Tatyana Ossipova Kazakhstan21:31.35341.822:15.95844:29.0+5:55.4
5853Klara Moravcová Czech Republic22:00.95642.721:57.25644:40.8+6:07.2
5958Vedrana Malec Croatia22:23.25838.822:50.15945:52.1+7:18.5
6060Tímea Sára Romania22:54.06038.523:10.56046:43.0+8:09.4
6159Kelime Çetinkaya Turkey22:54.96141.723:41.16147:17.7+8:44.1

References

  1. "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. "Norway's Bjørgen makes history with fourth gold". The Local. 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
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