title: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
  
  The women's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can 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 a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.
  
  ## Results
  
      Q — qualified for next round
      LL — lucky loser
      PF — photo finish
  
  In November 2017, Yevgeniya Shapovalova, and later Natalya Matveyeva and Anastasia Dotsenko were disqualified from the event. In January 2018, Shapovalova and Matveyeva successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to disqualify them from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport. The disqualification of Dotsenko was upheld.
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  | Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 2:32.07 | — | Q |
  | 2 | 6 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 2:32.47 | +0.40 | Q |
  | 3 | 21 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 2:33.17 | +1.10 | Q |
  | 4 | 15 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 2:34.13 | +2.06 | Q |
  | 5 | 18 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 2:34.16 | +2.09 | Q |
  | 6 | 22 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 2:34.18 | +2.11 | Q |
  | 7 | 10 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 2:35.00 | +2.93 | Q |
  | 8 | 24 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 2:35.11 | +3.04 | Q |
  | 9 | 19 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 2:35.18 | +3.11 | Q |
  | 10 | 13 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 2:35.37 | +3.30 | Q |
  | 11 | 1 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 2:35.57 | +3.50 | Q |
  | 12 | 14 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 2:35.64 | +3.57 | Q |
  | 13 | 23 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 2:35.81 | +3.74 | Q |
  | 14 | 25 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 2:35.94 | +3.87 | Q |
  | 15 | 8 | Britta Johansson Norgren | Sweden | 2:35.98 | +3.91 | Q |
  | 16 | 17 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 2:36.30 | +4.23 | Q |
  | 17 | 27 | Nika Razinger | Slovenia | 2:36.55 | +4.48 | Q |
  | 18 | 11 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 2:36.67 | +4.60 | Q |
  | 19 | 12 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | Russia | 2:37.03 | +4.96 | Q |
  | 20 | 16 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 2:37.84 | +5.77 | Q |
  | 21 | 30 | Aurore Jéan | France | 2:37.96 | +5.89 | Q |
  | DSQ | 31 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 2:38.14 | +6.07 | Q |
  | 23 | 36 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 2:38.63 | +6.56 | Q |
  | 24 | 28 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 2:39.06 | +6.99 | Q |
  | 25 | 46 | Petra Novaková | Czech Republic | 2:39.44 | +7.37 | Q |
  | 26 | 2 | Ida Sargent | United States | 2:39.80 | +7.73 | Q |
  | 27 | 26 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 2:40.04 | +7.97 | Q |
  | 28 | 4 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 2:40.08 | +8.01 | Q |
  | 29 | 9 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 2:40.15 | +8.08 | Q |
  | 30 | 20 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 2:40.17 | +8.10 | Q |
  | 31 | 32 | Lucia Anger | Germany | 2:40.22 | +8.15 | |
  | 32 | 39 | Ilaria Debertolis | Italy | 2:40.29 | +8.22 | |
  | 32 | 43 | Man Dandan | China | 2:40.29 | +8.22 | |
  | 34 | 55 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 2:40.55 | +8.48 | |
  | 35 | 35 | Claudia Nystad | Germany | 2:41.13 | +9.06 | |
  | 36 | 37 | Marion Buillet | France | 2:41.30 | +9.23 | |
  | 37 | 33 | Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja | Finland | 2:41.55 | +9.48 | |
  | 38 | 38 | Karolina Grohová | Czech Republic | 2:41.75 | +9.68 | |
  | 39 | 29 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 2:41.95 | +9.88 | |
  | 40 | 34 | Celia Aymonier | France | 2:42.57 | +10.50 | |
  | 41 | 40 | Agnieszka Szymanczak | Poland | 2:43.06 | +10.99 | |
  | 42 | 44 | Rosamund Musgrave | Great Britain | 2:43.31 | +11.24 | |
  | 43 | 41 | Heidi Widmer | Canada | 2:43.36 | +11.29 | |
  | 44 | 42 | Chandra Crawford | Canada | 2:43.59 | +11.52 | |
  | 45 | 57 | Kateryna Serdyuk | Ukraine | 2:44.12 | +12.05 | |
  | 46 | 54 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 2:46.37 | +14.30 | |
  | 47 | 47 | Valiantsina Kaminskaya | Belarus | 2:46.76 | +14.69 | |
  | 48 | 45 | Triin Ojaste | Estonia | 2:47.07 | +15.00 | |
  | 49 | 62 | Timea Sara | Romania | 2:48.16 | +16.09 | |
  | 50 | 50 | Irina Khazova | Russia | 2:48.64 | +16.57 | |
  | 51 | 52 | Li Hongxue | China | 2:48.72 | +16.65 | |
  | 52 | 3 | Hanna Erikson | Sweden | 2:48.83 | +16.76 | |
  | 53 | 48 | Nathalie Schwarz | Austria | 2:49.54 | +17.47 | |
  | 54 | 60 | Teodora Malcheva | Bulgaria | 2:49.66 | +17.59 | |
  | 55 | 58 | Daniela Kotschová | Slovakia | 2:49.81 | +17.74 | |
  | 56 | 49 | Esther Bottomley | Australia | 2:50.54 | +18.47 | |
  | 57 | 53 | Tatyana Ossipova | Kazakhstan | 2:51.44 | +19.37 | |
  | 58 | 51 | Maryna Lisohor | Ukraine | 2:53.22 | +21.15 | |
  | 59 | 56 | Inga Dauškane | Latvia | 2:53.90 | +21.83 | |
  | 60 | 67 | Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | 2:54.31 | +22.24 | |
  | 61 | 59 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 2:54.60 | +22.53 | |
  | 62 | 61 | Ingrida Ardišauskaitė | Lithuania | 2:55.24 | +23.17 | |
  | 63 | 7 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 3:01.21 | +29.14 | |
  | 64 | 65 | Panagiota Tsakiri | Greece | 3:02.75 | +30.68 | |
  | 65 | 63 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | 3:02.83 | +30.76 | |
  | 66 | 64 | Ágnes Simon | Hungary | 3:04.72 | +32.65 | |
  | 67 | 66 | Kelime Çetinkaya | Turkey | 3:05.00 | +32.93 | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Quarterfinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 2:33.23 | — | Q |
  | 2 | 10 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 2:34.01 | +0.78 | Q |
  | 3 | 21 | Aurore Jéan | France | 2:35.55 | +2.32 | LL |
  | 4 | 11 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 2:37.07 | +3.84 | |
  | 5 | 20 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 2:37.95 | +4.72 | |
  | 6 | 30 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 2:38.43 | +5.20 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 2:37.01 | — | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 2:37.22 | +0.21 | Q |
  | 3 | 24 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 2:37.48 | +0.47 | |
  | 4 | 14 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 2:37.69 | +0.68 | |
  | 5 | 27 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 2:40.45 | +3.44 | |
  | 6 | 17 | Nika Razinger | Slovenia | 2:43.61 | +6.60 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 3**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 6 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 2:36.62 | — | Q, PF |
  | 2 | 5 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 2:36.64 | +0.02 | Q, PF |
  | 3 | 15 | Britta Johansson Norgren | Sweden | 2:37.86 | +1.24 | |
  | 4 | 26 | Ida Sargent | United States | 2:39.05 | +2.43 | |
  | 5 | 25 | Petra Novaková | Czech Republic | 2:47.52 | +10.90 | |
  | 6 | 16 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 2:52.07 | +15.45 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 4**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 2:36.45 | — | Q |
  | 2 | 9 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 2:37.21 | +0.76 | Q |
  | 3 | 12 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 2:38.06 | +1.61 | |
  | 4 | 29 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 2:38.66 | +2.21 | |
  | DSQ | 22 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 2:38.83 | +2.38 | PF |
  | 6 | 19 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | Russia | 2:38.83 | +2.38 | PF |
  
  **Quarterfinal 5**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 2:34.87 | — | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 2:35.42 | +0.55 | Q |
  | 3 | 13 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 2:35.65 | +0.78 | LL |
  | 4 | 18 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 2:35.70 | +0.83 | |
  | 5 | 23 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 2:38.66 | +3.79 | |
  | 6 | 28 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 2:41.20 | +6.33 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 2:35.80 | — | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 2:36.02 | +0.22 | Q, PF |
  | 3 | 5 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 2:36.05 | +0.25 | LL, PF |
  | 4 | 7 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 2:36.32 | +0.52 | LL |
  | 5 | 10 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 2:36:42 | +0.62 | |
  | 6 | 21 | Aurore Jéan | France | 2:38.28 | +2.48 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 6 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 2:36.66 | — | Q, PF |
  | 2 | 9 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 2:36:67 | +0.01 | Q, PF |
  | 3 | 13 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 2:36.87 | +0.21 | |
  | 4 | 8 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 2:36.94 | +0.28 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 2:37.76 | +1.10 | |
  | 6 | 3 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 2:52.27 | +15.61 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 17:29.
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 2:35.49 | — | |
  | | 6 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 2:35.87 | +0.38 | PF |
  | | 4 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 2:35.89 | +0.40 | PF |
  | 4 | 7 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 2:37.31 | +1.82 | |
  | 5 | 5 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 2:42.04 | +6.55 | |
  | 6 | 9 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 2:47.75 | +12.26 | |
  