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.
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.
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.
Competition schedule All times are (UTC+4). Date Time Event 8 February 14:00 Final
Results The race was started at 14:00.
Rank Bib Name Country 7.5 km C Rank Pitstop 7.5 km F Rank Finish time Deficit 2 Marit Bjørgen 19:10.6 1 35.1 18:47.9 1 38:33.6 — 6 Charlotte Kalla 19:11.6 3 33.5 18:50.3 2 38:35.4 4 Heidi Weng 19:12.0 4 33.7 19:01.1 4 38:46.8 4 1 Therese Johaug 19:11.5 2 35.7 19:01.0 3 38:48.2 5 9 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 19:12.4 5 34.2 19:02.3 5 38:48.9 6 3 Justyna Kowalczyk 19:12.9 6 39.6 19:37.2 9 39:29.7 7 5 Kerttu Niskanen 19:17.4 7 32.0 19:45.9 12 39:35.3 +1:01.7 8 15 Jessie Diggins 20:01.7 25 34.3 19:29.5 8 40:05.5 +1:31.9 9 27 Emma Wikén 19:48.5 14 33.8 19:44.9 11 40:07.2 +1:33.6 10 13 Masako Ishida 19:24.4 8 34.3 20:09.6 25 40:08.3 +1:34.7 11 14 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová 19:51.0 16 33.7 19:44.1 10 40:08.8 +1:35.2 12 12 Liz Stephen 20:14.7 29 32.7 19:22.2 7 40:09.6 +1:36.0 13 7 Krista Lähteenmäki 19:27.6 10 34.6 20:07.7 22 40:09.9 +1:36.3 14 26 Nicole Fessel 19:24.8 9 37.3 20:09.3 24 40:11.4 +1:37.8 15 31 Natalya Zhukova 19:48.2 13 35.1 19:52.2 13 40:15.5 +1:41.9 16 20 Aurore Jéan 19:55.2 18 34.6 19:57.3 14 40:27.1 +1:53.5 17 37 Barbara Jezeršek 19:48.9 15 34.8 20:05.8 20 40:29.5 +1:55.9 18 19 Sara Lindborg 19:56.1 19 34.7 20:01.6 17 40:32.4 +1:58.8 19 33 Célia Aymonier 20:00.0 23 35.1 19:57.5 15 40:32.6 +1:59.0 20 24 Coraline Hugue 20:41.1 43 34.5 19:17.5 6 40:33.1 +1:59.5 21 11 Kristin Størmer Steira 19:54.2 17 34.8 20:06.5 21 40:35.5 +2:01.9 22 21 Olga Kuzyukova 19:39.2 12 35.0 20:29.0 32 40:43.2 +2:09.6 23 38 Laura Orgué 20:07.6 27 34.1 20:04.8 18 40:46.5 +2:12.9 24 16 Katrin Zeller 19:57.6 21 35.4 20:16.7 27 40:49.7 +2:16.1 25 30 Valentyna Shevchenko 20:17.0 32 33.1 20:00.6 16 40:50.7 +2:17.1 26 25 Irina Khazova 20:04.9 26 38.9 20:16.5 26 41:00.3 +2:26.7 27 41 Paulina Maciuszek 20:15.0 30 36.4 20:09.2 23 41:00.6 +2:27.0 28 32 Debora Agreiter 20:25.4 38 34.5 20:04.9 19 41:04.8 +2:31.2 29 23 Sadie Bjornsen 19:56.8 20 35.9 20:37.0 34 41:09.7 +2:36.1 30 36 Elisa Brocard 20:20.3 34 34.3 20:18.0 28 41:12.6 +2:39.0 31 10 Anne Kyllönen 19:30.3 11 35.7 21:12.9 45 41:18.9 +2:45.3 32 56 Kornelia Kubińska 20:23.5 37 35.2 20:20.7 29 41:19.4 +2:45.8 33 17 Stefanie Böhler 20:00.8 24 39.5 20:39.7 35 41:20.0 +2:46.4 34 43 Petra Novaková 20:16.5 31 38.2 20:26.0 31 41:20.7 +2:47.1 35 35 Teresa Stadlober 20:35.7 40 38.6 20:24.5 30 41:38.8 +3:05.2 36 28 Anouk Faivre-Picon 20:21.2 35 34.7 20:48.5 38 41:44.4 +3:10.8 37 39 Britta Johansson Norgren 19:59.3 22 34.5 21:17.2 46 41:51.0 +3:17.4 38 46 Yelena Kolomina 20:27.8 39 39.9 20:44.5 36 41:52.2 +3:18.6 39 61 Anastassiya Slonova 20:40.3 41 40.7 20:31.8 33 41:52.8 +3:19.2 40 49 Emily Nishikawa 20:42.6 44 36.7 20:45.4 37 42:04.7 +3:31.1 41 18 Claudia Nystad 20:40.7 42 36.1 20:52.0 40 42:08.8 +3:35.2 42 47 20:19.8 33 38.0 21:19.8 47 42:17.6 +3:44.0 43 55 Agnieszka Szymańczak 20:42.9 45 36.3 21:03.1 43 42:22.3 +3:48.7 44 22 Kateřina Smutná 20:14.2 28 36.9 21:41.7 51 42:32.8 +3:59.2 45 34 Holly Brooks 20:22.3 36 37.1 21:34.6 48 42:34.0 +4:00.4 46 44 Maryna Antsybor 21:06.1 47 34.5 21:01.9 42 42:42.5 +4:08.9 47 52 Kateryna Grygorenko 21:11.6 48 34.4 21:01.2 41 42:47.2 +4:13.6 48 51 Li Hongxue 21:21.0 50 44.2 21:12.5 44 43:17.7 +4:44.1 49 57 Brittany Webster 21:01.6 46 36.8 21:47.2 53 43:25.6 +4:52.0 50 42 Tetyana Antypenko 21:19.5 49 39.2 21:41.6 50 43:40.3 +5:06.7 51 40 Alena Sannikova 21:46.4 53 36.3 21:47.0 52 44:09.7 +5:36.1 52 54 Lee Chae-Won 22:41.1 57 44.8 20:51.3 39 44:17.2 +5:43.6 53 45 Amanda Ammar 21:39.3 52 37.4 22:07.6 55 44:24.3 +5:50.7 54 50 Antonia Grigorova 22:12.5 55 34.5 21:40.9 49 44:27.9 +5:54.3 55 48 Tatyana Osipova 21:31.3 51 41.8 22:15.9 56 44:29.0 +5:55.4 56 53 Klara Moravcová 22:00.9 54 42.7 21:57.2 54 44:40.8 +6:07.2 57 58 Vedrana Malec 22:23.2 56 38.8 22:50.1 57 45:52.1 +7:18.5 58 60 Tímea Sára 22:54.0 58 38.5 23:10.5 58 46:43.0 +8:09.4 59 59 Kelime Çetinkaya 22:54.9 59 41.7 23:41.1 59 47:17.7 +8:44.1DSQ 8 Yuliya Chekalyova 19:50.6 36.4 19:44.6 40:11.6 29 Marina Piller 19:54.7 43.2 19:36.1 40:14.0
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