The women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 24 February 2009. - accessed 10 October 2008 The Sprint qualifying began at 11:35 CET with finals at 13:30 CET. The defending world champion was Norway's Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, but she was eliminated in the qualification round at these championships. It was the first individual gold medal for Arianna Follis.

Results

Qualification

Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 23 Arianna Follis 2:47.42 — Q 2 26 Pirjo Muranen 2:47.92 +0.50 Q 3 10 Charlotte Kalla 2:48.57 +1.15 Q 4 18 Marthe Kristoffersen 2:48.82 +1.40 Q 5 22 Vesna Fabjan 2:49.71 +2.29 Q 6 38 Kikkan Randall 2:50.19 +2.77 Q 7 1 Olga Vasiljonok 2:50.50 +3.08 Q 8 41 Claudia Nystad 2:50.55 +3.13 Q 9 24 Ida Ingemarsdotter 2:50.61 +3.19 Q 10 42 Natalya Korostelyova 2:50.73 +3.31 Q 11 40 Anna Olsson 2:50.79 +3.37 Q 12 37 Alena Procházková 2:51.89 +4.47 Q 13 12 Riikka Sarasoja 2:51.92 +4.50 Q 14 39 Marit Bjørgen 2:51.97 +4.55 Q 15 6 Kaija Udras 2:51.98 +4.56 Q 16 95 Miriam Gössner 2:51.99 +4.57 Q 17 43 Laure Barthélémy 2:52.32 +4.90 Q 18 29 Petra Majdič 2:52.35 +4.93 Q 19 30 Celine Brun-Lie 2:52.37 +4.95 Q 20 31 Kirsi Perälä 2:52.46 +5.04 Q 21 17 Manuela Henkel 2:52.83 +5.41 Q 22 21 Magda Genuin 2:53.13 +5.71 Q 23 14 Aurore Cuinet 2:53.32 +5.90 Q 24 15 Katja Višnar 2:53.36 +5.94 Q 25 34 Riitta-Liisa Roponen 2:53.37 +5.95 Q 26 25 Nicole Fessel 2:53.58 +6.16 Q 27 19 Madoka Natsumi 2:54.06 +6.64 Q 28 4 Daria Gaiazova 2:54.26 +6.84 Q 29 7 Caroline Weibel 2:54.27 +6.85 Q 30 3 Sylwia Jaśkowiec 2:54.34 +6.92 31 59 Vita Yakymchuk 2:54.38 +6.96 32 8 Elisa Brocard 2:55.50 +8.08 33 9 Kaili Sirge 2:55.54 +8.12 34 20 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 2:55.76 +8.34 35 27 Natalya Naryshkina 2:56.00 +8.58 36 45 Triin Ojaste 2:56.22 +8.80 37 16 Seraina Mischol 2:56.31 +8.89 38 35 Britta Johansson Norgren 2:56.33 +8.91 39 32 Maiken Caspersen Falla 2:56.35 +8.93 39 60 Elizabeth Stephen 2:56.35 +8.93 41 46 Laura Valaas 2:56.71 +9.29 42 2 Viktoria Lopatina 2:57.41 +9.99 43 36 Alyona Sidko 2:57.46 +10.04 44 11 Nobuko Fukuda 2:57.75 +10.33 45 67 Michito Kashiwabara 2:57.85 +10.43 46 5 Eva Nývltová 2:57.92 +10.50 47 49 Maryna Antsybor 2:59.02 +11.60 48 28 Karin Moroder 2:59.06 +11.64 49 64 Song Bo 2:59.26 +11.84 50 57 Helena Erbenová 2:59.40 +11.98 51 48 Oxana Yatskaya 2:59.49 +12.07 52 47 Morgan Smyth 2:59.87 +12.45 53 55 Irina Terentjeva 3:00.51 +13.09 54 13 Perianne Jones 3:00.52 +13.10 55 52 Dandan Man 3:01.14 +13.72 56 56 Katarina Garajova 3:01.69 +14.27 57 54 Yingcui E 3:02.19 +14.77 58 50 Esther Bottomley 3:02.68 +15.26 59 58 Elena Kolomina 3:03.02 +15.60 60 62 Nastassia Dubarezava 3:03.64 +16.22 61 66 Kateryna Grygorenko 3:03.76 +16.34 62 44 Shayla Swanson 3:04.14 +16.72 63 61 Tatyana Roshchina 3:05.16 +17.74 64 63 Katherine Calder 3:05.29 +17.87 65 53 Barbara Jezeršek 3:05.50 +18.08 66 51 Kornelia Marek 3:06.23 +18.81 67 72 Teodora Malcheva 3:08.31 +20.89 68 69 Mónika György 3:09.38 +21.96 69 68 Dina Ussina 3:10.97 +23.55 70 81 Olga Reshetkova 3:11.68 +24.26 71 73 Lada Nesterenko 3:12.62 +25.20 72 71 Katarina Johansen 3:12.67 +25.25 73 70 Kelime Çetinkaya 3:13.79 +26.37 74 75 Antonia Grigorova-Burgova 3:14.71 +27.29 75 79 Chae-Won Lee 3:14.96 +27.54 76 84 Jaquelin Mourao 3:17.17 +29.75 77 77 Vedrana Malec 3:18.29 +30.87 78 82 Anete Brice 3:19.26 +31.84 79 76 Andrea Fancy 3:22.52 +35.10 80 74 Sarah Young 3:22.94 +35.52 81 90 Vera Viczián 3:23.09 +35.67 82 80 Maria Danou 3:25.51 +38.09 83 88 Rosana Kiroska 3:29.20 +41.78 84 96 Alexandra Camenșcic 3:29.22 +41.80 85 78 Fiona Hughes 3:29.62 +42.20 86 93 Tanja Karišik 3:33.35 +45.93 87 94 Kitti Szoelloesi 3:33.88 +46.46 88 92 Julia Zamyatina 3:39.99 +52.57 89 83 Erdene-Ochiryn Ochirsüren 3:51.81 +1:04.39 90 85 Belma Smrkovic 3:52.37 +1:04.95 91 87 Mirlene Picin 3:54.56 +1:07.14 92 89 Ana Angelova 3:59.20 +1:11.78 93 86 Otgontsetseg Chinbat 4:11.52 +1:24.10 94 97 Qristine Khachatryan 4:20.05 +1:32.63 95 91 Bhuwneshwari Thakur 4:58.24 +2:10.82 65 Laura Orgué 33 Natalya Matveyeva

Quarterfinals Q - Qualified for next round PF - Photo Finish LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times Quarterfinal 1

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 1 Natalya Matveyeva — Q 2 10 Ida Ingemarsdotter Q 3 11 Natalya Korostelyova LL 4 20 Celine Brun-Lie LL 5 21 Kirsi Perälä 23rd 6 30 Caroline Weibel 29th

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 4 Charlotte Kalla — Q 2 7 Kikkan Randall Q 3 27 Nicole Fessel 15th 4 17 Miriam Gössner 19th 5 14 Riikka Sarasoja 20th 6 24 Aurore Cuinet 25th

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 5 Marthe Kristoffersen — Q 2 15 Marit Bjørgen Q 3 26 Riitta-Liisa Roponen 14th 4 6 Vesna Fabjan 16th 5 16 Kaija Udras 21st 6 25 Katja Višnar 26th

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 2 Arianna Follis — Q 2 12 Anna Olsson Q 3 19 Petra Majdič 12th 4 9 Claudia Nystad 18th 5 22 Manuela Henkel 24th 6 29 Daria Gaiazova 28th

Quarterfinal 5

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3 Pirjo Muranen — Q 2 13 Alena Procházková Q 3 23 Magda Genuin 13th 4 8 Olga Vasiljonok 17th 5 18 Laure Barthélémy 22nd 6 28 Madoka Natsumi 27th

Semifinals Semifinal 1

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 7 Kikkan Randall 2:43.2 — QA 2 1 Natalya Matveyeva 2:43.7 +0.5 QA 3 10 Ida Ingemarsdotter 2:43.7 +0.5 QA LL 5 15 Marit Bjørgen 2:47.0 +3.8 QB 6 4 Charlotte Kalla 2:47.3 +4.1 QB

Semifinal 2

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 2 Arianna Follis 2:44.2 — QA 2 3 Pirjo Muranen 2:44.6 +0.4 QA 3 12 Anna Olsson 2:45.1 +0.9 QA LL 4 5 Marthe Kristoffersen 2:46.2 +2.0 QB 5 13 Alena Procházková 2:49.5 +5.3 QB 6 11 Natalya Korostelyova 2:51.8 +7.6 QB

Finals

Final A Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 2 Arianna Follis — 1st 7 Kikkan Randall 2nd 3 Pirjo Muranen 3rd 10 Ida Ingemarsdotter 4th 12 Anna Olsson 5th 1 Natalya Matveyeva

Final B

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 4 Charlotte Kalla — 6th 2 13 Alena Procházková 7th 3 5 Marthe Kristoffersen 8th 15 Marit Bjørgen 9th 11 Natalya Korostelyova 10th 20 Celine Brun-Lie 11th

References

External links Qualification results Final results