The women’s sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. Jonna Sundling of Sweden became the Olympic champion. Her compatriot, Maja Dahlqvist, won the silver medal, and Jessie Diggins of the United States the bronze. For Sundling and Dahlquist, this was the first Olympic medal, and for Diggins, the first individual Olympic medal.

Summary The 2018 champion, Stina Nilsson, switched to biathlon and was not available to defend her title. The silver medalist, Maiken Caspersen Falla, and the bronze medalist, Yuliya Stupak, qualified for the Olympics. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Natalya Nepryayeva, and the sprint leader was Dahlqvist. Sundling was the 2021 World Champion in individual sprint.

The medals for the competition were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC Member, Olympian, and 1 Gold, 2 Gold, Hungary; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Mats Årjes, FIG Council Member; Sweden.

Qualification

Results Qualifying The qualifying was held at 16:00.

Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 8 Jonna Sundling 3:09.03 Q 2 6 Rosie Brennan 3:14.83 +5.80 Q 3 20 Nadine Fähndrich 3:15.65 +6.62 Q 4 40 Yuliya Stupak 3:17.01 +7.98 Q 5 18 Jessie Diggins 3:17.72 +8.69 Q 6 4 Maja Dahlqvist 3:18.05 +9.02 Q 7 16 Tiril Udnes Weng 3:18.17 +9.14 Q 8 41 Sofie Krehl 3:18.93 +9.90 Q 9 10 Anna Dyvik 3:19.15 +10.12 Q 10 39 Victoria Carl 3:19.89 +10.86 Q 11 2 Emma Ribom 3:19.99 +10.96 Q 12 51 Veronika Stepanova 3:20.41 +11.38 Q 13 29 Jasmin Kähärä 3:20.43 +11.40 Q 14 30 Julia Kern 3:20.69 +11.66 Q 15 46 Kateřina Janatová 3:20.80 +11.77 Q 16 14 Maiken Caspersen Falla 3:20.86 +11.83 Q 17 33 Alina Meier 3:20.88 +11.85 Q 18 36 Jasmi Joensuu 3:21.05 +12.02 Q 19 22 Mathilde Myhrvold 3:21.24 +12.21 Q 20 12 Natalya Nepryayeva 3:21.76 +12.73 Q 21 25 Pia Fink 3:22.09 +13.06 Q 22 43 Tereza Beranová 3:22.20 +13.17 Q 23 32 Lotta Udnes Weng 3:22.26 +13.23 Q 24 44 Katri Lylynperä 3:22.62 +13.59 Q 25 26 Greta Laurent 3:22.84 +13.81 Q 26 24 Anamarija Lampič 3:22.93 +13.90 Q 27 34 Laurien van der Graaff 3:23.03 +14.00 Q 28 11 Dahria Beatty 3:23.54 +14.51 Q 29 45 Lucia Scardoni 3:23.61 +14.58 Q 30 37 Caterina Ganz 3:24.13 +15.10 Q 31 42 Léna Quintin 3:24.19 +15.16 32 31 Patrīcija Eiduka 3:24.32 +15.29 33 21 Petra Hynčicová 3:24.51 +15.48 34 27 Lisa Unterweger 3:24.83 +15.80 35 50 Cendrine Browne 3:24.85 +15.82 36 9 Ma Qinghua 3:25.05 +16.02 37 38 Coletta Rydzek 3:25.09 +16.06 38 13 Chi Chunxue 3:25.31 +16.28 39 1 Izabela Marcisz 3:25.62 +16.59 40 68 Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt 3:25.92 +16.89 41 48 Mariel Merlii Pulles 3:27.71 +18.68 42 17 Monika Skinder 3:27.93 +18.90 43 19 Hannah Halvorsen 3:29.13 +20.10 44 15 Zuzana Holíková 3:29.63 +20.60 45 35 Hristina Matsokina 3:29.64 +20.61 46 28 Eva Urevc 3:30.43 +21.40 47 47 Cristina Pittin 3:30.64 +21.61 48 52 Kaidy Kaasiku 3:31.54 +22.51 49 49 Anja Weber 3:31.60 +22.57 50 3 Weronika Kaleta 3:32.28 +23.25 51 64 Nadezhda Stepashkina 3:32.56 +23.53 52 66 Jessica Yeaton 3:32.85 +23.82 53 54 Vedrana Malec 3:33.12 +24.09 54 67 Maryna Antsybor 3:33.80 +24.77 55 53 Anita Klemenčič 3:34.12 +25.09 56 23 Dinigeer Yilamujiang 3:34.55 +25.52 57 65 Barbora Klementová 3:34.87 +25.84 58 61 Laura Leclair 3:35.31 +26.28 59 57 Anja Mandeljc 3:35.90 +26.87 60 62 Angelina Shuryga 3:35.93 +26.90 61 70 Karen Chanloung 3:36.00 +26.97 62 55 Keidy Kaasiku 3:36.82 +27.79 63 5 Alena Procházková 3:36.84 +27.81 64 59 Aveli Uustalu 3:37.10 +28.07 65 60 Casey Wright 3:39.22 +30.19 66 7 Jialin Bayani 3:39.27 +30.24 67 56 Kseniya Shalygina 3:41.55 +32.52 68 58 Irina Bykova 3:42.70 +33.67 69 69 Viktoriya Olekh 3:42.78 +33.75 70 72 Tena Hadžić 3:45.60 +36.57 71 73 Kristína Sivoková 3:46.25 +37.22 72 75 Samanta Krampe 3:46.66 +37.63 73 71 Kristrún Guðnadóttir 3:49.59 +40.56 74 79 Han Da-som 3:51.34 +42.31 75 74 Kitija Auziņa 3:51.60 +42.57 76 81 Lee Eui-jin 3:52.05 +43.02 77 77 Tímea Lőrincz 3:55.15 +46.12 78 84 Ariunsanaagiin Enkhtuul 3:58.25 +49.22 79 89 Katya Galstyan 4:00.48 +51.45 80 85 Estere Volfa 4:03.36 +54.33 81 78 Eglė Savickaitė 4:03.60 +54.57 82 76 Nahiara Díaz 4:05.46 +56.43 83 87 Jaqueline Mourão 4:05.60 +56.57 84 80 Ayşenur Duman 4:08.47 +59.44 85 86 Ieva Dainytė 4:10.99 86 88 Nefeli Tita 4:14.48 87 90 Eduarda Ribera 4:14.53 88 83 Maria Ntanou 4:19.66 +1:10.63 89 91 Sanja Kusmuk 4:27.99 63 Valiantsina Kaminskaya 3:44.10 +35.07 82 Lee Chae-won

Quarterfinals Quarterfinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 1 Jonna Sundling 3:15.48 Q 2 2 Rosie Brennan 3:17.90 +2.42 Q 3 26 Anamarija Lampič 3:18.60 +3.12 LL 4 4 Yuliya Stupak 3:18.65 +3.17 5 28 Dahria Beatty 3:18.73 +3.25 6 30 Caterina Ganz 3:24.04 +8.56

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 6 Maja Dahlqvist 3:21.03 Q 2 7 Tiril Udnes Weng 3:21.31 +0.28 Q 3 20 Natalya Nepryayeva 3:21.34 +0.31 4 22 Tereza Beranová 3:22.59 +1.56 5 27 Laurien van der Graaff 3:24.32 +3.29 6 25 Greta Laurent 3:26.96 +5.93

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 3 Nadine Fähndrich 3:16.51 Q 2 16 Maiken Caspersen Falla 3:16.88 +0.37 Q 3 10 Victoria Carl 3:18.26 +1.75 LL 4 9 Anna Dyvik 3:19.00 +2.49 5 24 Katri Lylynperä 3:24.29 +7.78 6 29 Lucia Scardoni 3:27.07 +10.56

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 5 Jessie Diggins 3:16.30 Q 2 11 Emma Ribom 3:18.44 +2.14 Q 3 21 Pia Fink 3:19.72 +3.42 4 15 Kateřina Janatová 3:20.12 +3.82 5 23 Lotta Udnes Weng 3:21.21 +4.91 6 18 Jasmi Joensuu 3:49.93 +33.63

Quarterfinal 5 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 12 Veronika Stepanova 3:18.09 Q 2 8 Sofie Krehl 3:18.37 +0.28 Q 3 17 Alina Meier 3:21.12 +3.03 4 14 Julia Kern 3:21.68 +3.59 5 19 Mathilde Myhrvold 3:24.62 +6.53 6 13 Jasmin Kähärä 3:30.52 +12.43

Semifinals Semifinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 1 Jonna Sundling 3:11.94 Q 2 3 Nadine Fähndrich 3:12.61 +0.67 Q 3 6 Maja Dahlqvist 3:12.94 +1.00 LL 4 2 Rosie Brennan 3:13.29 +1.35 LL 5 7 Tiril Udnes Weng 3:14.29 +2.35 6 26 Anamarija Lampič 3:19.26 +7.32

Semifinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 11 Emma Ribom 3:15.22 Q 2 5 Jessie Diggins 3:15.63 +0.41 Q 3 12 Veronika Stepanova 3:16.22 +1.00 4 16 Maiken Caspersen Falla 3:16.41 +1.19 5 10 Victoria Carl 3:16.83 +1.61 6 8 Sofie Krehl 3:21.32 +6.10

Final The final was held at 19:59.

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 Jonna Sundling 3:09.68 6 Maja Dahlqvist 3:12.56 +2.88 5 Jessie Diggins 3:12.84 +3.16 4 2 Rosie Brennan 3:14.17 +4.49 5 3 Nadine Fähndrich 3:16.89 +7.21 6 11 Emma Ribom 3:20.79 +11.11

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