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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marit Bjørgen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charlotte Kalla  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heidi Weng  Norway
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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

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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

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All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Event
8 February 14:00 Final

Results

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

Rank Bib Name Country 7.5 km C Rank Pitstop 7.5 km F Rank Finish time Deficit
  2 Marit Bjørgen   Norway 19:10.6 1 35.1 18:47.9 1 38:33.6
  6 Charlotte Kalla   Sweden 19:11.6 3 33.5 18:50.3 2 38:35.4 +1.8
  4 Heidi Weng   Norway 19:12.0 4 33.7 19:01.1 4 38:46.8 +13.2
4 1 Therese Johaug   Norway 19:11.5 2 35.7 19:01.0 3 38:48.2 +14.6
5 9 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen   Finland 19:12.4 5 34.2 19:02.3 5 38:48.9 +15.3
6 3 Justyna Kowalczyk   Poland 19:12.9 6 39.6 19:37.2 9 39:29.7 +56.1
7 5 Kerttu Niskanen   Finland 19:17.4 7 32.0 19:45.9 12 39:35.3 +1:01.7
8 15 Jessie Diggins   United States 20:01.7 25 34.3 19:29.5 8 40:05.5 +1:31.9
9 27 Emma Wikén   Sweden 19:48.5 14 33.8 19:44.9 11 40:07.2 +1:33.6
10 13 Masako Ishida   Japan 19:24.4 8 34.3 20:09.6 25 40:08.3 +1:34.7
11 14 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová   Czech Republic 19:51.0 16 33.7 19:44.1 10 40:08.8 +1:35.2
12 12 Liz Stephen   United States 20:14.7 29 32.7 19:22.2 7 40:09.6 +1:36.0
13 7 Krista Lähteenmäki   Finland 19:27.6 10 34.6 20:07.7 22 40:09.9 +1:36.3
14 26 Nicole Fessel   Germany 19:24.8 9 37.3 20:09.3 24 40:11.4 +1:37.8
15 31 Natalya Zhukova   Russia 19:48.2 13 35.1 19:52.2 13 40:15.5 +1:41.9
16 20 Aurore Jéan   France 19:55.2 18 34.6 19:57.3 14 40:27.1 +1:53.5
17 37 Barbara Jezeršek   Slovenia 19:48.9 15 34.8 20:05.8 20 40:29.5 +1:55.9
18 19 Sara Lindborg   Sweden 19:56.1 19 34.7 20:01.6 17 40:32.4 +1:58.8
19 33 Célia Aymonier   France 20:00.0 23 35.1 19:57.5 15 40:32.6 +1:59.0
20 24 Coraline Hugue   France 20:41.1 43 34.5 19:17.5 6 40:33.1 +1:59.5
21 11 Kristin Størmer Steira   Norway 19:54.2 17 34.8 20:06.5 21 40:35.5 +2:01.9
22 21 Olga Kuzyukova   Russia 19:39.2 12 35.0 20:29.0 32 40:43.2 +2:09.6
23 38 Laura Orgué   Spain 20:07.6 27 34.1 20:04.8 18 40:46.5 +2:12.9
24 16 Katrin Zeller   Germany 19:57.6 21 35.4 20:16.7 27 40:49.7 +2:16.1
25 30 Valentyna Shevchenko   Ukraine 20:17.0 32 33.1 20:00.6 16 40:50.7 +2:17.1
26 25 Irina Khazova   Russia 20:04.9 26 38.9 20:16.5 26 41:00.3 +2:26.7
27 41 Paulina Maciuszek   Poland 20:15.0 30 36.4 20:09.2 23 41:00.6 +2:27.0
28 32 Debora Agreiter   Italy 20:25.4 38 34.5 20:04.9 19 41:04.8 +2:31.2
29 23 Sadie Bjornsen   United States 19:56.8 20 35.9 20:37.0 34 41:09.7 +2:36.1
30 36 Elisa Brocard   Italy 20:20.3 34 34.3 20:18.0 28 41:12.6 +2:39.0
31 10 Anne Kyllönen   Finland 19:30.3 11 35.7 21:12.9 45 41:18.9 +2:45.3
32 56 Kornelia Kubińska   Poland 20:23.5 37 35.2 20:20.7 29 41:19.4 +2:45.8
33 17 Stefanie Böhler   Germany 20:00.8 24 39.5 20:39.7 35 41:20.0 +2:46.4
34 43 Petra Novaková   Czech Republic 20:16.5 31 38.2 20:26.0 31 41:20.7 +2:47.1
35 35 Teresa Stadlober   Austria 20:35.7 40 38.6 20:24.5 30 41:38.8 +3:05.2
36 28 Anouk Faivre-Picon   France 20:21.2 35 34.7 20:48.5 38 41:44.4 +3:10.8
37 39 Britta Johansson Norgren   Sweden 19:59.3 22 34.5 21:17.2 46 41:51.0 +3:17.4
38 46 Yelena Kolomina   Kazakhstan 20:27.8 39 39.9 20:44.5 36 41:52.2 +3:18.6
39 61 Anastassiya Slonova   Kazakhstan 20:40.3 41 40.7 20:31.8 33 41:52.8 +3:19.2
40 49 Emily Nishikawa   Canada 20:42.6 44 36.7 20:45.4 37 42:04.7 +3:31.1
41 18 Claudia Nystad   Germany 20:40.7 42 36.1 20:52.0 40 42:08.8 +3:35.2
42 47 Virginia de Martin Topranin   Italy 20:19.8 33 38.0 21:19.8 47 42:17.6 +3:44.0
43 55 Agnieszka Szymańczak   Poland 20:42.9 45 36.3 21:03.1 43 42:22.3 +3:48.7
44 22 Kateřina Smutná   Austria 20:14.2 28 36.9 21:41.7 51 42:32.8 +3:59.2
45 34 Holly Brooks   United States 20:22.3 36 37.1 21:34.6 48 42:34.0 +4:00.4
46 44 Maryna Antsybor   Ukraine 21:06.1 47 34.5 21:01.9 42 42:42.5 +4:08.9
47 52 Kateryna Grygorenko   Ukraine 21:11.6 48 34.4 21:01.2 41 42:47.2 +4:13.6
48 51 Li Hongxue   China 21:21.0 50 44.2 21:12.5 44 43:17.7 +4:44.1
49 57 Brittany Webster   Canada 21:01.6 46 36.8 21:47.2 53 43:25.6 +4:52.0
50 42 Tetyana Antypenko   Ukraine 21:19.5 49 39.2 21:41.6 50 43:40.3 +5:06.7
51 40 Alena Sannikova   Belarus 21:46.4 53 36.3 21:47.0 52 44:09.7 +5:36.1
52 54 Lee Chae-Won   South Korea 22:41.1 57 44.8 20:51.3 39 44:17.2 +5:43.6
53 45 Amanda Ammar   Canada 21:39.3 52 37.4 22:07.6 55 44:24.3 +5:50.7
54 50 Antonia Grigorova   Bulgaria 22:12.5 55 34.5 21:40.9 49 44:27.9 +5:54.3
55 48 Tatyana Osipova   Kazakhstan 21:31.3 51 41.8 22:15.9 56 44:29.0 +5:55.4
56 53 Klara Moravcová   Czech Republic 22:00.9 54 42.7 21:57.2 54 44:40.8 +6:07.2
57 58 Vedrana Malec   Croatia 22:23.2 56 38.8 22:50.1 57 45:52.1 +7:18.5
58 60 Tímea Sára   Romania 22:54.0 58 38.5 23:10.5 58 46:43.0 +8:09.4
59 59 Kelime Çetinkaya   Turkey 22:54.9 59 41.7 23:41.1 59 47:17.7 +8:44.1
DSQ 8 Yuliya Chekalyova   Russia 19:50.6 36.4 19:44.6 40:11.6 +1:38.0
29 Marina Piller   Italy 19:54.7 43.2 19:36.1 40:14.0 +1:40.4

References

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  1. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. 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.