Sprint (Classical), Women
| Date | 17 February 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler | |
| Participants | 54 from 27 countries | |
| Format | Final standings based on time achieved in last round competed in. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1,430 m Height Differential: 25 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Total Climbing: 44 m | |
Some of the drama happened prior to the event itself when one of the favored skiers Petra Majdič (SLO), runner-up at the 2007 World Championships in the sprint, fell going down a bank and landed on some rocks on the morning of the event, suffering four broken ribs to put her entry in doubt. Nevertheless she competed, finishing 19th in the qualification heats, and then advancing to the final via the elimination rounds, albeit as a fastest loser from the semi-finals. The fastest qualifier was Marit Bjørgen (NOR) who had been favored to win gold medals at Torino in 2006 but had ended up with none. Here she qualified for the final, winning her elimination round heats with relative ease. The final itself started as a close contest between Bjørgen and Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) with Bjørgen pulling away in the last quarter of the course to finally win her first Olympic gold medal. A remarkable race by Majdič saw her win the bronze medal from Anna Dahlberg-Olsson (SWE), although Majdič was in such pain that she had difficulty walking after the race. This was the first ever medal for Slovenia in cross-country skiing. The 2009 World Sprint Champion, Arianna Follis of Italy, was in Vancouver but did not contest this event, as she specializes in freestyle and the sprint was held classically. Bjørgen was the star of women’s cross-coutnry in Vancouver, winning three gold medals and five medals in all. Because of her injuries, Majdič did not compete further in Vancouver.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Marit Bjørgen |  NOR | 3:38.05 (1) | 3:35.4 (1 h1) | 3:39.3 (1 h1) | 3:39.2 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Justyna Kowalczyk |  POL | 3:43.35 (5) | 3:38.8 (1 h3) | 3:38.0 (1 h2) | 3:40.3 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Petra Majdič |  SLO | 3:47.84 (19) | 3:40.2 (1 h4) | 3:41.2 (4 h2) | 3:41.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Anna Olsson |  SWE | 3:41.95 (3) | 3:36.5 (1 h5) | 3:38.7 (2 h2) | 3:41.7 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Magda Genuin |  ITA | 3:42.18 (4) | 3:41.9 (1 h2) | 3:42.2 (2 h1) | 3:49.1 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Celine Brun-Lie | NOR | 3:44.71 (8) | 3:39.7 (3 h5) | 3:40.1 (3 h2) | 3:51.5 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | NOR | 3:45.01 (11) | 3:39.0 (2 h1) | 3:44.2 (3 h1) | – | |||
| 8 | – | Kikkan Randall |  USA | 3:44.97 (10) | 3:39.4 (3 h1) | 3:45.9 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 9 | – | Virpi Kuitunen |  FIN | 3:43.72 (6) | 3:39.9 (2 h3) | 3:46.4 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 10 | – | Magdalena Pajala | SWE | 3:45.50 (13) | 3:37.7 (2 h5) | 3:45.0 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | – | Katerina Smutna |  AUT | 3:45.03 (12) | 3:40.5 (2 h4) | 3:45.1 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 12 | – | Nataliya Korostelyova |  RUS | 3:45.56 (14) | 3:42.9 (2 h2) | 3:48.1 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 13 | – | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 3:38.82 (2) | 3:40.7 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 14 | – | Katrin Zeller |  GER | 3:48.63 (24) | 3:43.0 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 15 | – | Ida Ingemarsdotter | SWE | 3:49.11 (25) | 3:40.0 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 16 | – | Katja Višnar | SLO | 3:44.10 (7) | 3:43.5 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 17 | – | Nicole Fessel | GER | 3:44.79 (9) | 3:41.2 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 18 | – | Alena Procházková |  SVK | 3:46.16 (16) | 3:40.1 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 19 | – | Kirsi Perälä | FIN | 3:48.08 (20) | 3:39.7 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 20 | – | Maiken Caspersen Falla | NOR | 3:50.23 (28) | 3:41.6 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 21 | – | Pirjo Muranen | FIN | 3:46.04 (15) | 3:41.7 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 22 | – | Dasha Gaiazova |  CAN | 3:46.97 (17) | 3:44.4 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 23 | – | Vesna Fabjan | SLO | 3:48.40 (21) | 3:43.7 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 24 | – | Aurore Cuinet |  FRA | 3:48.52 (23) | 3:48.7 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 25 | – | Hanna Kolb | GER | 3:50.29 (29) | 3:41.6 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 26 | – | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 3:47.25 (18) | 3:50.0 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 27 | – | Madoka Natsumi |  JPN | 3:48.48 (22) | 3:42.6 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 28 | – | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | RUS | 3:49.52 (26) | 3:43.2 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 29 | – | Hanna Falk | SWE | 3:49.94 (27) | 4:22.5 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 30 | – | Doris Trachsel |  SUI | 3:50.85 (30) | 3:44.7 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 31 | – | Kaija Udras |  EST | 3:51.05 (31) | – | – | – | |||
| 32 | – | Oksana Yatskaya |  KAZ | 3:51.27 (32) | – | – | – | |||
| 33 | – | Eva Nývltová |  CZE | 3:51.37 (33) | – | – | – | |||
| 34 | – | Sara Renner | CAN | 3:51.79 (34) | – | – | – | |||
| 35 | – | Yelena Turysheva | RUS | 3:51.99 (35) | – | – | – | |||
| 36 | – | Yelena Kolomina | KAZ | 3:52.12 (36) | – | – | – | |||
| 37 | – | Triin Ojaste | EST | 3:52.31 (37) | – | – | – | |||
| 38 | – | Holly Brooks | USA | 3:52.51 (38) | – | – | – | |||
| 39 | – | Karin Moroder | ITA | 3:53.74 (39) | – | – | – | |||
| 40 | – | Olga Rocheva | RUS | 3:53.87 (40) | – | – | – | |||
| 41 | – | Perianne Jones | CAN | 3:54.27 (41) | – | – | – | |||
| 42 | – | Nastassia Dubarezava |  BLR | 3:56.87 (42) | – | – | – | |||
| 43 | – | Elisa Brocard | ITA | 3:58.27 (43) | – | – | – | |||
| 44 | – | Monika Gyorgy |  ROU | 3:58.32 (44) | – | – | – | |||
| 45 | – | Yelena Antonova | KAZ | 4:01.35 (45) | – | – | – | |||
| 46 | – | Volha Vasilionak | BLR | 4:01.73 (46) | – | – | – | |||
| 47 | – | Katie Calder |  NZL | 4:03.11 (47) | – | – | – | |||
| 48 | – | Marina Matrosova | KAZ | 4:03.14 (48) | – | – | – | |||
| 49 | – | Irina Terentjeva |  LTU | 4:04.47 (49) | – | – | – | |||
| 50 | – | Esther Bottomley |  AUS | 4:05.12 (50) | – | – | – | |||
| 51 | – | Man Dandan |  CHN | 4:08.55 (51) | – | – | – | |||
| 52 | – | Nina Broznić |  CRO | 4:15.31 (52) | – | – | – | |||
| 53 | – | Kelime Çetinkaya |  TUR | 4:22.32 (53) | – | – | – | |||
| 54 | – | Olga Reshetkova |  KGZ | 4:32.96 (54) | – | – | – |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 17 February 2010 — 10:15 |
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| Format | Top 30 finishers advance to quarter-finals. |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 17 February 2010 — 12:30 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 12:30 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 3:35.4 | ||
| 2 | 11 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | NOR | 3:39.0 | ||
| 3 | 10 | Kikkan Randall | USA | 3:39.4 | ||
| 4 | 20 | Kirsi Perälä | FIN | 3:39.7 | ||
| 5 | 21 | Vesna Fabjan | SLO | 3:43.7 | ||
| 6 | 30 | Doris Trachsel | SUI | 3:44.7 |
Heat #2
| Time | 12:35 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Magda Genuin | ITA | 3:41.9 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Nataliya Korostelyova | RUS | 3:42.9 | ||
| 3 | 24 | Katrin Zeller | GER | 3:43.0 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Katja Višnar | SLO | 3:43.5 | ||
| 5 | 17 | Dasha Gaiazova | CAN | 3:44.4 | ||
| 6 | 27 | Hanna Falk | SWE | 4:22.5 |
Heat #3
| Time | 12:41 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 3:38.8 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 3:39.9 | ||
| 3 | 25 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | SWE | 3:40.0 | ||
| 4 | 16 | Alena Procházková | SVK | 3:40.1 | ||
| 5 | 15 | Pirjo Muranen | FIN | 3:41.7 | ||
| 6 | 26 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | RUS | 3:43.2 |
Heat #4
| Time | 12:46 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 3:40.2 | ||
| 2 | 12 | Katerina Smutna | AUT | 3:40.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 3:40.7 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Nicole Fessel | GER | 3:41.2 | ||
| 5 | 29 | Hanna Kolb | GER | 3:41.6 | ||
| 6 | 22 | Madoka Natsumi | JPN | 3:42.6 |
Heat #5
| Time | 12:52 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Anna Olsson | SWE | 3:36.5 | ||
| 2 | 13 | Magdalena Pajala | SWE | 3:37.7 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Celine Brun-Lie | NOR | 3:39.7 | ||
| 4 | 28 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | NOR | 3:41.6 | ||
| 5 | 23 | Aurore Cuinet | FRA | 3:48.7 | ||
| 6 | 18 | Chandra Crawford | CAN | 3:50.0 |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 17 February 2010 — 13:26 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to final. |
Heat #1
| Time | 13:26 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 3:39.3 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Magda Genuin | ITA | 3:42.2 | ||
| 3 | 11 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | NOR | 3:44.2 | ||
| 4 | 10 | Kikkan Randall | USA | 3:45.9 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Virpi Kuitunen | FIN | 3:46.4 | ||
| 6 | 14 | Nataliya Korostelyova | RUS | 3:48.1 |
Heat #2
| Time | 13:32 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 3:38.0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Anna Olsson | SWE | 3:38.7 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Celine Brun-Lie | NOR | 3:40.1 | ||
| 4 | 19 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 3:41.2 | ||
| 5 | 13 | Magdalena Pajala | SWE | 3:45.0 | ||
| 6 | 12 | Katerina Smutna | AUT | 3:45.1 |
Final Round
| Date | 17 February 2010 — 14:02 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marit Bjørgen | NOR | 3:39.2 | ||
| 2 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 3:40.3 | ||
| 3 | Petra Majdič | SLO | 3:41.0 | ||
| 4 | Anna Olsson | SWE | 3:41.7 | ||
| 5 | Magda Genuin | ITA | 3:49.1 | ||
| 6 | Celine Brun-Lie | NOR | 3:51.5 |