Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon

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Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates8 February 2014
Competitors61 from 24 nations
Winning time38:33.6
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marit Bjørgen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Charlotte Kalla Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Heidi Weng Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2010
2018  

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]

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

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

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
8 February14:00Final

Results

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

RankBibNameCountry7.5 km CRankPitstop7.5 km FRankFinish timeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg2 Marit Bjørgen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 19:10.6135.118:47.9138:33.6
Silver medal icon.svg6 Charlotte Kalla Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19:11.6333.518:50.3238:35.4+1.8
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Heidi Weng Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 19:12.0433.719:01.1438:46.8+13.2
41 Therese Johaug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 19:11.5235.719:01.0338:48.2+14.6
59 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19:12.4534.219:02.3538:48.9+15.3
63 Justyna Kowalczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 19:12.9639.619:37.2939:29.7+56.1
75 Kerttu Niskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19:17.4732.019:45.91239:35.3+1:01.7
815 Jessie Diggins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20:01.72534.319:29.5840:05.5+1:31.9
927 Emma Wikén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19:48.51433.819:44.91140:07.2+1:33.6
1013 Masako Ishida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 19:24.4834.320:09.62540:08.3+1:34.7
1114 Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 19:51.01633.719:44.11040:08.8+1:35.2
1212 Liz Stephen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20:14.72932.719:22.2740:09.6+1:36.0
137 Krista Lähteenmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19:27.61034.620:07.72240:09.9+1:36.3
1426 Nicole Fessel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19:24.8937.320:09.32440:11.4+1:37.8
1531 Natalya Zhukova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19:48.21335.119:52.21340:15.5+1:41.9
1620 Aurore Jéan Flag of France.svg  France 19:55.21834.619:57.31440:27.1+1:53.5
1737 Barbara Jezeršek Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 19:48.91534.820:05.82040:29.5+1:55.9
1819 Sara Lindborg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19:56.11934.720:01.61740:32.4+1:58.8
1933 Célia Aymonier Flag of France.svg  France 20:00.02335.119:57.51540:32.6+1:59.0
2024 Coraline Hugue Flag of France.svg  France 20:41.14334.519:17.5640:33.1+1:59.5
2111 Kristin Størmer Steira Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 19:54.21734.820:06.52140:35.5+2:01.9
2221 Olga Kuzyukova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19:39.21235.020:29.03240:43.2+2:09.6
2338 Laura Orgué Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 20:07.62734.120:04.81840:46.5+2:12.9
2416 Katrin Zeller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19:57.62135.420:16.72740:49.7+2:16.1
2530 Valentyna Shevchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20:17.03233.120:00.61640:50.7+2:17.1
2625 Irina Khazova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20:04.92638.920:16.52641:00.3+2:26.7
2741 Paulina Maciuszek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20:15.03036.420:09.22341:00.6+2:27.0
2832 Debora Agreiter Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20:25.43834.520:04.91941:04.8+2:31.2
2923 Sadie Bjornsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19:56.82035.920:37.03441:09.7+2:36.1
3036 Elisa Brocard Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20:20.33434.320:18.02841:12.6+2:39.0
3110 Anne Kyllönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 19:30.31135.721:12.94541:18.9+2:45.3
3256 Kornelia Kubińska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20:23.53735.220:20.72941:19.4+2:45.8
3317 Stefanie Böhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20:00.82439.520:39.73541:20.0+2:46.4
3443 Petra Novaková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20:16.53138.220:26.03141:20.7+2:47.1
3535 Teresa Stadlober Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20:35.74038.620:24.53041:38.8+3:05.2
3628 Anouk Faivre-Picon Flag of France.svg  France 20:21.23534.720:48.53841:44.4+3:10.8
3739 Britta Johansson Norgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19:59.32234.521:17.24641:51.0+3:17.4
3846 Yelena Kolomina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 20:27.83939.920:44.53641:52.2+3:18.6
3961 Anastassiya Slonova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 20:40.34140.720:31.83341:52.8+3:19.2
4049 Emily Nishikawa Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20:42.64436.720:45.43742:04.7+3:31.1
4118 Claudia Nystad Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20:40.74236.120:52.04042:08.8+3:35.2
4247 Virginia de Martin Topranin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20:19.83338.021:19.84742:17.6+3:44.0
4355 Agnieszka Szymańczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20:42.94536.321:03.14342:22.3+3:48.7
4422 Kateřina Smutná Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20:14.22836.921:41.75142:32.8+3:59.2
4534 Holly Brooks Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20:22.33637.121:34.64842:34.0+4:00.4
4644 Maryna Antsybor Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21:06.14734.521:01.94242:42.5+4:08.9
4752 Kateryna Grygorenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21:11.64834.421:01.24142:47.2+4:13.6
4851 Li Hongxue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 21:21.05044.221:12.54443:17.7+4:44.1
4957 Brittany Webster Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21:01.64636.821:47.25343:25.6+4:52.0
5042 Tetyana Antypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21:19.54939.221:41.65043:40.3+5:06.7
5140 Alena Sannikova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 21:46.45336.321:47.05244:09.7+5:36.1
5254 Lee Chae-Won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 22:41.15744.820:51.33944:17.2+5:43.6
5345 Amanda Ammar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21:39.35237.422:07.65544:24.3+5:50.7
5450 Antonia Grigorova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 22:12.55534.521:40.94944:27.9+5:54.3
5548 Tatyana Osipova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 21:31.35141.822:15.95644:29.0+5:55.4
5653 Klara Moravcová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22:00.95442.721:57.25444:40.8+6:07.2
5758 Vedrana Malec Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 22:23.25638.822:50.15745:52.1+7:18.5
5860 Tímea Sára Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 22:54.05838.523:10.55846:43.0+8:09.4
5959 Kelime Çetinkaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22:54.95941.723:41.15947:17.7+8:44.1
DSQ8 Yuliya Chekalyova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19:50.636.419:44.640:11.6+1:38.0
29 Marina Piller Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 19:54.743.219:36.140:14.0+1:40.4

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