title: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon
  
  The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2018 at 16:15 KST at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Charlotte Kalla of Sweden finished first to win the first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Games. The defending champion Marit Bjørgen finished second. For her, this was the eleventh Olympic medal, making her the most successful female cross-country skier. Krista Pärmäkoski took bronze.
  
  ## Summary
  
  The defending champion Marit Bjørgen, as well as the silver medalist Charlotte Kalla and the bronze medalist Heidi Weng, participated in the event. After the exchange, a group of about a dozen athletes stayed ahead, and by 11 km only 9 left. Then Charlotte Kalla escaped, leaving behind Bjørgen, Krista Pärmäkoski, and Ebba Andersson chasing her. Kalla became the champion, with Bjørgen second, and Pärmäkoski third.
  
  In the nighttime victory ceremony, the medals for the event were presented by Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Roman Kumpost, FIS council member.
  
  | Medalists |
  | - |
  | Charlotte Kalla | Marit Bjørgen | Krista Pärmäkoski |
  | Sweden | Norway | Finland |
  
  ## Qualification
  
  A total of up to 310 cross-country skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard, which meant having 100 or less FIS Points in the distance classification. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the FIS Olympics Points list (two per gender maximum, overall across all events). Countries also received an additional quota (one per gender maximum) if an athlete was ranked in the top 300 of the FIS Olympics Points list. After the distribution of B standard quotas, the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.
  
  ## Competition schedule
  
  All times are (UTC+9).
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 10 February | 16:15 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  The race was started at 16:15.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | 7.5 km classic | Rank | Pitstop | 7.5 km free | Rank | Finish time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 21:23.4 | 2 | 31.8 | 18:49.7 | 1 | 40:44.9 | — |
  | | 8 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 21:23.1 | 1 | 31.0 | 18:58.6 | 2 | 40:52.7 | +7.8 |
  | | 7 | Krista Pärmäkoski | Finland | 21:27.9 | 10 | 27.9 | 18:59.2 | 3 | 40:55.0 | +10.1 |
  | 4 | 18 | Ebba Andersson | Sweden | 21:25.4 | 5 | 30.6 | 18:59.8 | 4 | 40:55.8 | +10.9 |
  | 5 | 3 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 21:29.4 | 13 | 27.9 | 19:02.3 | 5 | 40:59.6 | +14.7 |
  | 6 | 10 | Nathalie von Siebenthal | Switzerland | 21:27.1 | 8 | 30.3 | 19:05.1 | 6 | 41:02.5 | +17.6 |
  | 7 | 4 | Teresa Stadlober | Austria | 21:25.8 | 6 | 30.4 | 19:15.3 | 7 | 41:11.5 | +26.6 |
  | 8 | 12 | Natalya Nepryayeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 21:28.2 | 11 | 28.1 | 19:21.6 | 8 | 41:17.9 | +33.0 |
  | 9 | 1 | Heidi Weng | Norway | 21:23.8 | 3 | 28.1 | 19:33.7 | 9 | 41:25.6 | +40.7 |
  | 10 | 21 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 21:27.5 | 9 | 31.6 | 19:34.7 | 10 | 41:33.8 | +48.9 |
  | 11 | 2 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 21:24.3 | 4 | 28.5 | 19:50.4 | 14 | 41:43.2 | +58.3 |
  | 12 | 11 | Anastasia Sedova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 21:43.8 | 19 | 30.7 | 19:43.2 | 12 | 41:57.7 | +1:12.8 |
  | 13 | 28 | Anouk Faivre Picon | France | 21:45.5 | 20 | 31.0 | 19:47.3 | 13 | 42:03.8 | +1:18.9 |
  | 14 | 30 | Masako Ishida | Japan | 21:39.2 | 15 | 30.5 | 19:54.4 | 17 | 42:04.1 | +1:19.2 |
  | 15 | 6 | Ragnhild Haga | Norway | 21:40.2 | 16 | 33.7 | 19:53.7 | 16 | 42:07.6 | +1:22.7 |
  | 16 | 9 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 21:26.6 | 7 | 32.0 | 20:16.6 | 23 | 42:15.2 | +1:30.3 |
  | 17 | 22 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 21:28.8 | 12 | 32.3 | 20:29.7 | 25 | 42:30.8 | +1:45.9 |
  | 18 | 26 | Yuliya Belorukova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 22:02.5 | 22 | 32.6 | 20:15.9 | 22 | 42:51.0 | +2:06.1 |
  | 19 | 14 | Laura Mononen | Finland | 21:48.3 | 21 | 33.1 | 20:31.6 | 26 | 42:53.0 | +2:08.1 |
  | 20 | 35 | Victoria Carl | Germany | 21:43.6 | 18 | 29.9 | 20:40.9 | 32 | 42:54.4 | +2:09.5 |
  | 21 | 34 | Alisa Zhambalova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 22:34.9 | 28 | 32.3 | 19:51.9 | 15 | 42:59.1 | +2:14.2 |
  | 22 | 20 | Katharina Hennig | Germany | 21:40.9 | 17 | 30.4 | 20:48.9 | 36 | 43:00.2 | +2:15.3 |
  | 23 | 29 | Aurore Jéan | France | 22:20.6 | 26 | 34.6 | 20:05.6 | 19 | 43:00.8 | +2:15.9 |
  | 24 | 25 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 21:32.9 | 14 | 29.4 | 21:00.1 | 40 | 43:02.4 | +2:17.5 |
  | 25 | 16 | Stefanie Böhler | Germany | 22:19.6 | 25 | 33.2 | 20:09.8 | 20 | 43:02.6 | +2:17.7 |
  | 26 | 24 | Elisa Brocard | Italy | 22:34.5 | 27 | 30.3 | 20:12.8 | 21 | 43:17.6 | +2:32.7 |
  | 27 | 31 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 22:03.9 | 23 | 31.9 | 21:14.6 | 45 | 43:50.4 | +3:05.5 |
  | 28 | 17 | Petra Novaková | Czech Republic | 23:25.9 | 38 | 32.8 | 19:56.9 | 18 | 43:55.6 | +3:10.7 |
  | 29 | 23 | Coraline Hugue | France | 23:43.8 | 49 | 31.2 | 19:41.2 | 11 | 43:56.2 | +3:11.3 |
  | 30 | 56 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 22:51.2 | 31 | 31.3 | 20:33.8 | 29 | 43:56.3 | +3:11.4 |
  | 31 | 55 | Ewelina Marcisz | Poland | 22:50.4 | 29 | 31.5 | 20:34.8 | 30 | 43:56.7 | +3:11.8 |
  | 32 | 13 | Anna Haag | Sweden | 22:14.1 | 24 | 34.0 | 21:13.7 | 44 | 44:01.8 | +3:16.9 |
  | 33 | 53 | Cendrine Browne | Canada | 23:04.6 | 35 | 33.1 | 20:24.2 | 24 | 44:01.9 | +3:17.0 |
  | 34 | 27 | Caitlin Patterson | United States | 23:07.1 | 36 | 34.9 | 20:32.9 | 27 | 44:14.9 | +3:30.0 |
  | 35 | 38 | Sara Pellegrini | Italy | 23:03.7 | 33 | 31.9 | 20:40.7 | 31 | 44:16.3 | +3:31.4 |
  | 36 | 37 | Anna Shevchenko | Kazakhstan | 22:52.3 | 32 | 32.9 | 20:59.9 | 39 | 44:25.1 | +3:40.2 |
  | 37 | 33 | Anna Comarella | Italy | 22:50.7 | 30 | 29.1 | 21:06.1 | 41 | 44:25.9 | +3:41.0 |
  | 38 | 32 | Kateřina Beroušková | Czech Republic | 23:03.9 | 34 | 32.5 | 20:56.3 | 38 | 44:32.7 | +3:47.8 |
  | 39 | 44 | Barbara Jezeršek | Australia | 23:34.0 | 43 | 31.7 | 20:33.6 | 28 | 44:39.3 | +3:54.4 |
  | 40 | 19 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 23:29.2 | 39 | 35.0 | 20:43.0 | 33 | 44:47.2 | +4:02.3 |
  | 41 | 58 | Martyna Galewicz | Poland | 23:31.8 | 41 | 34.6 | 20:44.9 | 34 | 44:51.3 | +4:06.4 |
  | 42 | 57 | Yulia Tikhonova | Belarus | 23:29.6 | 40 | 33.3 | 20:54.2 | 37 | 44:57.1 | +4:12.2 |
  | 43 | 45 | Barbora Havlíčková | Czech Republic | 23:52.3 | 53 | 31.4 | 20:48.4 | 35 | 45:12.1 | +4:27.2 |
  | 44 | 50 | Emily Nishikawa | Canada | 23:36.0 | 44 | 32.2 | 21:08.4 | 43 | 45:16.6 | +4:31.7 |
  | 45 | 43 | Tetyana Antypenko | Ukraine | 23:32.3 | 42 | 34.9 | 21:24.0 | 49 | 45:31.2 | +4:46.3 |
  | 46 | 41 | Polina Seronosova | Belarus | 23:09.8 | 37 | 31.3 | 21:53.8 | 57 | 45:34.9 | +4:50.0 |
  | 47 | 42 | Petra Hynčicová | Czech Republic | 23:42.0 | 48 | 37.9 | 21:22.5 | 48 | 45:42.4 | +4:57.5 |
  | 48 | 61 | Anne-Marie Comeau | Canada | 23:49.7 | 51 | 36.9 | 21:16.2 | 46 | 45:42.8 | +4:57.9 |
  | 49 | 48 | Ilaria Debertolis | Italy | 23:38.7 | 46 | 41.3 | 21:24.6 | 50 | 45:44.6 | +4:59.7 |
  | 50 | 59 | Jessica Yeaton | Australia | 23:45.2 | 50 | 39.5 | 21:20.1 | 47 | 45:44.8 | +4:59.9 |
  | 51 | 52 | Li Xin | China | 23:51.7 | 52 | 38.9 | 21:31.3 | 51 | 46:01.9 | +5:17.0 |
  | 52 | 60 | Dahria Beatty | Canada | 23:58.9 | 54 | 35.4 | 21:43.0 | 55 | 46:17.3 | +5:32.4 |
  | 53 | 40 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 24:09.3 | 55 | 32.4 | 21:36.5 | 52 | 46:18.2 | +5:33.3 |
  | 54 | 46 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 24:12.1 | 56 | 37.8 | 21:38.6 | 54 | 46:28.5 | +5:43.6 |
  | 55 | 54 | Chi Chunxue | China | 24:16.1 | 57 | 35.7 | 21:47.2 | 56 | 46:39.0 | +5:54.1 |
  | 56 | 51 | Tatjana Mannima | Estonia | 24:29.4 | 58 | 35.2 | 21:37.1 | 53 | 46:41.7 | +5:56.8 |
  | 57 | 47 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | 25:05.5 | 59 | 32.2 | 21:06.8 | 42 | 46:44.5 | +5:59.6 |
  | 58 | 36 | Rosie Brennan | United States | 23:36.7 | 45 | 42.7 | 23:16.6 | 60 | 47:36.0 | +6:51.1 |
  | 59 | 49 | Manca Slabanja | Slovenia | 25:10.1 | 61 | 30.9 | 22:16.8 | 58 | 47:57.8 | +7:12.9 |
  | 60 | 62 | Annika Taylor | Great Britain | 25:08.0 | 60 | 31.5 | 22:29.6 | 59 | 48:09.1 | +7:24.2 |
  | | 39 | Valeriya Tyuleneva | Kazakhstan | 23:41.6 | 47 | 42.7 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
  | | 15 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
  