FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Women's sprint

Women's sprint
at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013
Date 21 February 2013
Competitors 103 from 34 nations
Winning time 3:16.6
Medalists
gold medal  Marit Bjørgen   Norway
silver medal  Ida Ingemarsdotter   Sweden
bronze medal  Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway

The women's sprint in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 was held on 21 February 2013. The qualifying was held in the morning to determine the final participants.

Marit Bjørgen of Norway successfully defended her title from the previous championships and won the gold medal, while Ida Ingemarsdotter of Sweden won the silver medal, and Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway won the bronze.

Qualification

Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 36 Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Finland 3:24.01 Q
2 15 Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 3:24.44 +0.43 Q
3 8 Alena Procházková Slovakia 3:24.69 +0.68 Q
4 18 Anne Kyllönen Finland 3:25.24 +1.23 Q
5 13 Katja Višnar Slovenia 3:25.45 +1.44 Q
6 30 Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway 3:26.51 +2.50 Q
7 27 Kerttu Niskanen Finland 3:27.01 +3.00 Q
8 21 Yevgeniya Shapovalova Russia 3:27.18 +3.17 Q
9 31 Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden 3:27.51 +3.50 Q
10 12 Denise Herrmann Germany 3:28.01 +4.00 Q
11 14 Katerina Smutna Austria 3:28.26 +4.25 Q
12 16 Krista Lähteenmäki Finland 3:28.35 +4.34 Q
12 26 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway 3:28.35 +4.34 Q
14 22 Marit Bjørgen Norway 3:29.62 +5.61 Q
15 6 Natalya Matveyeva Russia 3:30.03 +6.02 Q
16 10 Stina Nilsson Sweden 3:30.13 +6.12 Q
17 20 Charlotte Kalla Sweden 3:30.41 +6.40 Q
17 33 Aurore Jéan France 3:30.41 +6.40 Q
19 24 Anastasia Dotsenko Russia 3:30.70 +6.69 Q
20 11 Magdalena Pajala Sweden 3:31.13 +7.12 Q
21 17 Hanna Kolb Germany 3:31.22 +7.21 Q
22 34 Vesna Fabjan Slovenia 3:31.67 +7.66 Q
23 9 Nicole Fessel Germany 3:31.91 +7.90 Q
24 23 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Norway 3:32.45 +8.44 Q
25 1 Yuliya Ivanova Russia 3:32.53 +8.52 Q
26 35 Laurien van der Graaff Switzerland 3:33.15 +9.14 Q
27 29 Celine Brun-Lie Norway 3:33.42 +9.41 Q
28 32 Kikkan Randall United States 3:33.67 +9.66 Q
29 39 Triin Ojaste Estonia 3:34.70 +10.69 Q
30 38 Sophie Caldwell United States 3:34.81 +10.80 Q
31 5 Greta Laurent Italy 3:34.93 +10.92
32 3 Sadie Bjornsen United States 3:34.96 +10.95
33 19 Ida Sargent United States 3:35.43 +11.42
34 44 Karolina Grohová Czech Republic 3:36.90 +12.89
35 40 Eva Vrabcová-Nyvltová Czech Republic 3:37.38 +13.37
36 41 Célia Aymonier France 3:37.61 +13.60
37 4 Alenka Čebašek Slovenia 3:37.71 +13.70
38 2 Sandra Ringwald Germany 3:37.79 +13.78
39 45 Kerstin Muschet Austria 3:38.30 +14.29
40 49 Agnieszka Szymanczak Poland 3:38.74 +14.73
41 52 Man Dandan China 3:38.86 +14.85
42 25 Daria Gaiazova Canada 3:39.02 +15.01
43 7 Gaia Vuerich Italy 3:39.27 +15.26
44 43 Piret Pormeister Estonia 3:39.95 +15.94
45 47 Valiantsina Kaminskaya Belarus 3:39.98 +15.97
46 37 Bettina Gruber Switzerland 3:40.50 +16.49
47 51 Francesca Baudin Italy 3:40.55 +16.54
48 28 Perianne Jones Canada 3:41.73 +17.72
49 46 Andrea Dupont Canada 3:42.49 +18.48
50 76 Tetyana Antypenko Ukraine 3:42.81 +18.80
51 54 Lucie Charvatová Czech Republic 3:44.93 +20.92
52 58 Sandra Schützová Czech Republic 3:45.10 +21.09
53 50 Nika Razinger Slovenia 3:45.87 +21.86
54 78 Kornelia Kubińska Poland 3:45.93 +21.92
55 42 Ilaria Debertolis Italy 3:46.13 +22.12
56 57 Paulina Maciuszek Poland 3:46.53 +22.52
57 48 Emily Nishikawa Canada 3:46.88 +22.87
58 72 Li Hongxue China 3:47.02 +23.01
59 53 Rosamund Musgrave Great Britain 3:47.07 +23.06
60 61 Anna Stoyan Kazakhstan 3:48.66 +24.65
61 55 Esther Bottomley Australia 3:48.86 +24.85
62 65 Oxana Yatskaya Kazakhstan 3:50.69 +26.68
63 74 Barbora Klementová Slovakia 3:51.60 +27.59
64 66 Viktoriya Lanchakova Kazakhstan 3:52.05 +28.04
65 80 Anna Shevchenko Kazakhstan 3:52.38 +28.37
66 62 Daniela Kotschová Slovakia 3:52.80 +28.79
67 56 Kaija Vahtra Estonia 3:53.14 +29.13
68 59 Nina Broznić Croatia 3:53.30 +29.29
69 70 Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine 3:53.82 +29.81
70 64 Li Xin China 3:56.66 +31.65
71 75 Inga Daushkane Latvia 3:57.63 +33.62
72 68 Vedrana Malec Croatia 3:57.90 +33.89
73 63 Ingrida Ardišauskaitė Lithuania 4:00.98 +36.97
74 67 Sarah Young Great Britain 4:01.24 +37.23
75 101 Nadezhda Demineva Kyrgyzstan 4:01.46 +37.45
76 69 Teodora Malcheva Bulgaria 4:01.83 +37.82
77 83 Iryna Leletko Ukraine 4:02.31 +38.30
78 60 Timeea Sara Romania 4:04.02 +40.01
79 98 Emőke Szőcs Hungary 4:06.53 +42.52
80 79 Anna Trnka Australia 4:10.60 +46.59
81 71 Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Bulgaria 4:11.88 +47.87
82 73 Vineta Pētersone Latvia 4:16.71 +52.70
83 93 Signe Schlør Denmark 4:17.77 +53.76
84 95 Anda Miuzhniece Latvia 4:18.57 +54.56
85 84 Lescinska Grimmer Australia 4:20.33 +56.32
86 88 Ágnes Simon Hungary 4:24.14 +1:00.13
87 94 Ildikó Papp Hungary 4:26.38 +1:02.37
88 82 Syuzanna Varosyan Armenia 4:28.40 +1:04.39
89 87 Anna Mkhitaryan Armenia 4:30.80 +1:06.79
90 90 Natalija Kovalova Latvia 4:36.05 +1:12.04
91 96 Katya Galstyan Armenia 4:39.54 +1:15.53
92 91 Viktória Zámbó Hungary 4:46.68 +1:22.67
93 86 Valya Varosyan Armenia 4:52.65 +1:28.64
94 92 Maria Boumpa Greece 4:58.12 +1:34.11
95 99 Alexandra Camenșcic Moldova 5:09.94 +1:45.93
96 77 Farzaneh Rezasoultani Iran 5:40.36 +2:16.35
97 102 Doina Cravcenco Moldova 5:52.97 +2:28.96
98 103 Anna Berghii Moldova 5:54.58 +2:30.57
99 89 Golnaz Savoji Asl Iran 5:56.51 +2:32.50
100 100 Dumitrita Ciobanu Moldova 6:01.25 +2:37.24
101 97 Azadeh Kiashemshaki Iran 6:05.15 +2:41.14
81 Panagiota Tsakiri Greece DNS
85 Guo Liping China DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 10 Denise Herrmann Germany 3:24.4 Q
2 1 Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Finland 3:25.5 +1.1 Q
3 11 Kateřina Smutná Austria 3:25.6 +1.2
4 30 Sophie Caldwell United States 3:26.3 +1.9
5 21 Hanna Kolb Germany 3:27.3 +2.9
6 20 Magdalena Pajala Sweden 3:28.0 +3.6

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 14 Marit Bjørgen Norway 3:20.9 Q
2 17 Charlotte Kalla Sweden 3:22.1 +1.2 Q
3 7 Kerttu Niskanen Finland 3:22.4 +1.5 LL
4 24 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Norway 3:22.5 +1.6
5 27 Celine Brun-Lie Norway 3:24.7 +3.8
6 4 Anne Kyllönen Finland 3:27.0 +6.1

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 16 Stina Nilsson Sweden 3:21.8 Q
2 5 Katja Višnar Slovenia 3:22.1 +0.3 Q
3 6 Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway 3:22.2 +0.4 LL
4 25 Yuliya Ivanova Russia 3:24.3 +2.5
5 15 Natalya Matveyeva Russia 3:25.8 +4.0
6 26 Laurien van der Graaff Switzerland 3:33.3 +11.5

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 2 Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 3:20.4 Q
2 9 Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden 3:21.2 +0.8 Q
3 19 Anastasia Dotsenko Russia 3:23.8 +3.4
4 12 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Norway 3:25.4 +5.0
5 29 Triin Ojaste Estonia 3:29.0 +8.6
6 22 Vesna Fabjan Slovenia 3:30.5 +10.1

Quarterfinal 5

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 3 Alena Procházková Slovakia 3:22.8 Q
2 23 Nicole Fessel Germany 3:22.9 +0.1 Q
3 13 Krista Lähteenmäki Finland 3:23.6 +0.8
4 28 Kikkan Randall United States 3:25.1 +2.3
5 18 Aurore Jéan France 3:26.0 +3.2
6 8 Yevgeniya Shapovalova Russia 3:26.4 +3.6

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 14 Marit Bjørgen Norway 3:20.0 Q
2 6 Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway 3:20.4 +0.4 Q
3 5 Katja Višnar Slovenia 3:20.9 +0.9 LL
4 1 Mona-Liisa Malvalehto Finland 3:22.0 +2.0
5 10 Denise Herrmann Germany 3:23.1 +3.1
6 17 Charlotte Kalla Sweden 3:23.9 +3.9

Semifinal 2

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 2 Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 3:19.9 Q
2 9 Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden 3:20.4 +0.5 Q
3 16 Stina Nilsson Sweden 3:20.9 +1.0 LL
4 3 Alena Procházková Slovakia 3:22.2 +2.3
5 7 Kerttu Niskanen Finland 3:22.6 +2.7
6 23 Nicole Fessel Germany 3:24.4 +4.5

Finals

The races were held from 12:45 to 14:13.

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 14 Marit Bjørgen Norway 3:16.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 Ida Ingemarsdotter Sweden 3:18.9 +2.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Maiken Caspersen Falla Norway 3:20.4 +3.8
4 5 Katja Višnar Slovenia 3:21.2 +4.6
5 16 Stina Nilsson Sweden 3:21.5 +4.9
6 2 Justyna Kowalczyk Poland 3:22.9 +6.3