The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.

Fifty-eight skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitorai advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skiers each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position.

Results Q — qualified for next round

Qualifying 58 competitors started the qualification race. Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 10 Kateřina Neumannová 3:12.76 Q 2 13 Yuliya Chepalova 3:13.03 +0.27 Q 3 2 Evi Sachenbacher 3:13.81 +1.05 Q 4 16 Anita Moen 3:14.13 +1.37 Q 5 6 Beckie Scott 3:14.62 +1.86 Q 6 19 Elina Pienimäki 3:14.79 +2.03 Q 7 18 Andreja Mali 3:15.75 +2.99 Q 8 4 Gabriella Paruzzi 3:16.11 +3.35 Q 9 3 Claudia Künzel 3:16.41 +3.65 Q 10 7 Manuela Henkel 3:16.89 +4.13 Q 11 9 Maj Helen Sorkmo 3:17.10 +4.34 Q 12 27 Yelena Burukhina 3:17.26 +4.50 Q 13 23 Anke Reschwamm Schulze 3:17.45 +4.69 Q 14 26 Sara Renner 3:18.07 +5.31 Q 15 5 Lyubov Yegorova 3:18.46 +5.70 Q 16 30 Madoka Natsumi 3:18.78 +6.02 Q 17 21 Sabina Valbusa 3:19.22 +6.46 18 15 Kati Sundqvist 3:19.23 +6.47 19 20 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 3:19.79 +7.03 20 1 Nina Gavrylyuk 3:20.02 +7.26 21 12 Vibeke Skofterud 3:20.21 +7.45 22 8 Magda Genuin 3:20.28 +7.52 23 25 Kaisa Varis 3:20.52 +7.76 24 35 Viktoria Lopatina 3:20.59 +7.83 25 14 Kristina Šmigun 3:20.94 +8.18 26 11 Karin Moroder 3:21.92 +9.16 27 24 Andrea Huber 3:22.18 +9.42 28 17 Lina Andersson 3:22.65 +9.89 29 32 Iryna Terelya 3:23.47 +10.71 30 51 Jaime Fortier 3:23.98 +11.22 31 29 Milaine Thériault 3:24.41 +11.65 32 33 Natasa Lacen 3:24.90 +12.14 33 22 Anna Dahlberg 3:25.32 +12.56 34 31 Teja Gregorin 3:25.64 +12.88 35 34 Elin Ek 3:25.93 +13.17 36 28 Riitta-Liisa Lassila 3:27.16 +14.40 37 44 Anna-Carin Olofsson 3:28.07 +15.31 38 39 Tessa Benoit 3:28.35 +15.59 39 38 Nobuko Fukuda 3:28.38 +15.62 40 49 Hou Yuxia 3:28.71 +15.95 41 40 Vita Yakymchuk 3:28.94 +16.18 42 36 Helena Balatková 3:29.23 +16.47 43 53 Ilona Bublová 3:29.35 +16.59 44 41 Kikkan Randall 3:30.27 +17.51 45 43 Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya 3:31.83 +19.07 46 42 Aelin Peterson 3:34.05 +21.29 47 47 Tomomi Otaka 3:34.14 +21.38 48 48 Irina Terentjeva 3:34.18 +21.42 48 45 Kristina Joder 3:34.18 +21.42 50 46 Luan Zhengrong 3:35.21 +22.45 51 37 Natalya Issachenko 3:39.09 +26.33 52 52 Lee Chun-ja 3:41.06 +28.30 53 55 Daria Starostina 3:41.69 +28.93 54 50 Zsofia Gottschall 3:42.98 +30.22 55 56 Elena Gorohova 3:43.82 +31.06 56 58 Kelime Çetinkaya 4:00.50 +47.74 57 57 Katerina Balkaba 4:06.99 +54.23 58 54 Margarit Nikolyan 4:13.5

Quarterfinal The 16 competitors who advanced to the final rounds received new bibs which indicated their ranking in the qualification.Results - olympic.org

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 9 Claudia Künzel 3:15.1 Q 2 8 Gabriella Paruzzi 3:16.2 +1.1 Q 3 16 Madoka Natsumi 3:17.5 +2.4 4 1 Kateřina Neumannová 3:18.9 +3.8

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 5 Beckie Scott 3:15.8 Q 2 4 Anita Moen 3:15.9 +0.1 Q 3 13 Anke Reschwam Schulze 3:15.9 +0.1 4 12 Yelena Burukhina 3:19.3 +3.5

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 7 Andreja Mali 3:14.8 Q 2 2 Yuliya Chepalova 3:14.9 +0.1 Q 3 15 Lyubov Yegorova 3:16.0 +1.2 4 10 Manuela Henkel 3:16.3 +1.5

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3 Evi Sachenbacher 3:40.2 Q 2 14 Sara Renner 3:42.4 +2.2 Q 3 11 Maj Helen Sorkmo 3:44.2 +4.0 ADV 4 6 Elina Pienimäki 4:01.5 +21.3

Semifinals Semifinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 4 Anita Moen 3:23.8 QA 2 9 Claudia Künzel 3:24.5 +0.7 QA 3 8 Gabriella Paruzzi 3:25.3 +1.5 QB 4 5 Beckie Scott 3:25.4 +1.6 QB

Semifinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 2 Yuliya Chepalova 3:18.2 QA 2 3 Evi Sachenbacher 3:18.5 +0.3 QA 3 11 Maj Helen Sorkmo 3:19.4 +1.2 QB 4 7 Andreja Mali 3:19.8 +1.6 QB 5 14 Sara Renner 3:20.0 +1.8

Finals Final B Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 5 5 Beckie Scott 3:24.9 6 11 Maj Helen Sorkmo 3:25.5 +0.6 7 7 Andreja Mali 3:25.9 +1.0 8 8 Gabriella Paruzzi 3:26.1 +1.2

Final A Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 2 Yuliya Chepalova 3:10.6 3 Evi Sachenbacher 3:12.2 +1.6 4 Anita Moen 3:12.7 +2.1 4 9 Claudia Künzel 3:13.3 +2.7

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