FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 – Women's sprint
# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint event of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 was held on 19 February 2015.

## Results

### Qualification

The qualification was held at 13:00.

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:24.89 | | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:25.13 | +0.24 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes | Norway | 3:25.40 | +0.51 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:25.54 | +0.65 | Q |
| 5 | 18 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:26.08 | +1.19 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:27.43 | +2.54 | Q |
| 7 | 28 | Sandra Ringwald | Germany | 3:27.69 | +2.80 | Q |
| 8 | 22 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:27.71 | +2.82 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 3:28.23 | +3.34 | Q |
| 10 | 10 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:28.91 | +4.02 | Q |
| 11 | 14 | Magdalena Pajala | Sweden | 3:29.64 | +4.75 | Q |
| 12 | 25 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:30.23 | +5.34 | Q |
| 13 | 13 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:30.26 | +5.37 | Q |
| 14 | 38 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:30.40 | +5.51 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:31.09 | +6.20 | Q |
| 16 | 34 | Francesca Baudin | Italy | 3:31.76 | +6.87 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | Russia | 3:31.94 | +7.05 | Q |
| 18 | 19 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 3:32.35 | +7.46 | Q |
| 19 | 21 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:32.44 | +7.55 | Q |
| 20 | 29 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 3:32.60 | +7.71 | Q |
| 21 | 16 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:32.76 | +7.87 | Q |
| 22 | 12 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 3:32.81 | +7.92 | Q |
| 23 | 17 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:32.95 | +8.06 | Q |
| 24 | 32 | Célia Aymonier | France | 3:33.22 | +8.33 | Q |
| 25 | 30 | Yuliya Romanova | Russia | 3:34.22 | +9.33 | Q |
| 26 | 15 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:34.36 | +9.47 | Q |
| 27 | 24 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 3:34.47 | +9.58 | Q |
| 28 | 31 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 3:34.79 | +9.90 | Q |
| 29 | 1 | Ida Sargent | United States | 3:36.53 | +11.64 | Q |
| 30 | 39 | Ewelina Marcisz | Poland | 3:36.71 | +11.82 | Q |
| 31 | 20 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 3:36.96 | +12.07 | |
| 32 | 33 | Kateřina Smutná | Austria | 3:37.31 | +12.42 | |
| 33 | 36 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 3:38.37 | +13.48 | |
| 34 | 23 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 3:38.70 | +13.81 | |
| 35 | 45 | Kornelia Kubińska | Poland | 3:39.35 | +14.46 | |
| 36 | 9 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 3:39.75 | +14.86 | |
| 37 | 35 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:39.88 | +14.99 | |
| 38 | 26 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 3:39.95 | +15.06 | |
| 39 | 37 | Victoria Carl | Germany | 3:41.17 | +16.28 | |
| 40 | 46 | Kateryna Serdyuk | Ukraine | 3:43.91 | +19.02 | |
| 41 | 47 | Anna Stoyan | Kazakhstan | 3:43.98 | +19.09 | |
| 42 | 27 | Nika Razinger | Slovenia | 3:44.26 | +19.37 | |
| 43 | 40 | Karolína Grohová | Czech Republic | 3:44.43 | +19.54 | |
| 44 | 41 | Piret Pormeister | Estonia | 3:50.52 | +25.63 | |
| 45 | 42 | Rosamund Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:51.04 | +26.15 | |
| 46 | 43 | Heidi Raju | Estonia | 3:51.20 | +26.31 | |
| 47 | 49 | Anna Shevchenko | Kazakhstan | 3:51.30 | +26.41 | |
| 48 | 56 | Barbora Klementová | Slovakia | 3:52.27 | +27.38 | |
| 49 | 50 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 3:52.53 | +27.64 | |
| 50 | 48 | Esther Bottomley | Australia | 3:55.75 | +30.86 | |
| 51 | 44 | Jessica Yeaton | Australia | 3:56.35 | +31.46 | |
| 52 | 51 | Viktoriya Lanchakova | Kazakhstan | 3:57.48 | +32.59 | |
| 53 | 52 | Ina Lukonina | Belarus | 4:01.23 | +36.34 | |
| 54 | 60 | Chi Chunxue | China | 4:06.50 | +41.61 | |
| 55 | 55 | Timea Sara | Romania | 4:08.48 | +43.59 | |
| 56 | 54 | Li Xin | China | 4:11.37 | +46.48 | |
| 57 | 59 | Anna Trnka | Australia | 4:13.12 | +48.23 | |
| 58 | 57 | Sarah Hale | Great Britain | 4:13.33 | +48.44 | |
| 59 | 66 | Anda Muižniece | Latvia | 4:15.97 | +51.08 | |
| 60 | 58 | Antoniya Grigorova | Bulgaria | 4:18.37 | +53.48 | |
| 61 | 69 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | 4:19.67 | +54.78 | |
| 62 | 62 | Xanthea Dewez | Australia | 4:21.46 | +56.57 | |
| 63 | 73 | Enkhbayar Ariuntungalag | Mongolia | 4:24.11 | +59.22 | |
| 64 | 63 | Vineta Pētersone | Latvia | 4:32.90 | +1:08.01 | |
| 65 | 64 | Anna Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 4:39.92 | +1:15.03 | |
| 66 | 93 | Ildikó Papp | Hungary | 4:45.42 | +1:20.53 | |
| 67 | 78 | Jadambaa Khaliunaa | Mongolia | 4:50.04 | +1:25.15 | |
| 68 | 72 | Neda Bukovskyte | Lithuania | 4:50.46 | +1:25.57 | |
| 69 | 81 | Melina Meyer Magulas | Greece | 4:55.55 | +1:30.66 | |
| 70 | 94 | Ágnes Simon | Hungary | 5:00.27 | +1:35.38 | |
| 71 | 75 | Petya Stoycheva | Bulgaria | 5:00.85 | +1:35.96 | |
| 72 | 67 | Katya Galstyan | Armenia | 5:01.89 | +1:37.00 | |
| 73 | 77 | Yvonne Mrzljak | Croatia | 5:02.72 | +1:37.83 | |
| 74 | 91 | Tzvetelina Pavlova | Bulgaria | 5:05.50 | +1:40.61 | |
| 75 | 68 | Laima Klauža | Latvia | 5:06.13 | +1:41.24 | |
| 76 | 85 | Vaska Blagoeva | Bulgaria | 5:06.76 | +1:41.87 | |
| 77 | 89 | Martyna Biliūnaitė | Lithuania | 5:13.43 | +1:48.54 | |
| 78 | 71 | Silvija Adamonytė | Lithuania | 5:14.67 | +1:49.76 | |
| 79 | 76 | Ugnė Kastanauskaitė | Lithuania | 5:17.34 | +1:52.45 | |
| 80 | 95 | Viktória Zámbó | Hungary | 5:26.77 | +2:01.86 | |
| 81 | 70 | Lilit Tonoyan | Armenia | 5:28.98 | +2:04.09 | |
| 82 | 92 | Fanni Juhász | Hungary | 5:29.56 | +2:04.67 | |
| 83 | 87 | Doina Cravcenco | Moldova | 5:37.66 | +2:12.77 | |
| 84 | 83 | Haykanush Yeritsyan | Armenia | 5:42.13 | +2:17.24 | |
| 85 | 61 | Samaneh Beirami Baher | Iran | 5:47.07 | +2:22.18 | |
| 86 | 82 | Rosana Kirsoka | Macedonia | 5:56.40 | +2:31.51 | |
| 87 | 88 | Alexandra Camenșcic | Moldova | 6:00.49 | +2:35.60 | |
| 88 | 74 | Georgia Nimpiti | Greece | 6:17.34 | +2:52.45 | |
| 89 | 65 | Farzaneh Rezasoltani | Iran | 6:20.17 | +2:55.28 | |
| 90 | 80 | Kunduz Abdykadyrova | Kyrgyzstan | 6:31.88 | +3:06.99 | |
| 91 | 86 | Dumitrita Ciobanu | Moldova | 7:40.78 | +4:15.89 | |
| 92 | 90 | Alina Lukianova | Kyrgyzstan | 8:04.08 | +4:39.19 | |
| 93 | 84 | Juliana Tcaciova | Moldova | 8:39.62 | +5:14.73 | |
| 94 | 79 | Makeleta Stephan | Tonga | 10:54.67 | +7:29.78 | |
| | 53 | Ekaterina Rudakova | Belarus | DNS | | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were started at 15:15.

**Quarterfinal 1**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:29.55 | | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:31.23 | +1.68 | Q |
| 3 | 21 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:31.75 | +2.20 | q |
| 4 | 20 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 3:37.55 | +8.00 | |
| 5 | 30 | Ewelina Marcisz | Poland | 3:38.85 | +9.30 | |
| 6 | 11 | Magdalena Pajala | Sweden | 3:41.34 | +11.79 | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:31.06 | | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:32.32 | +1.26 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Sandra Ringwald | Germany | 3:38.06 | +7.00 | |
| 4 | 27 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 3:38.12 | +7.06 | |
| 5 | 17 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | Russia | 3:39.51 | +8.45 | |
| 6 | 24 | Célia Aymonier | France | 3:45.58 | +14.52 | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:29.33 | | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:30.15 | +0.84 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Francesca Baudin | Italy | 3:35.83 | +6.50 | |
| 4 | 26 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:38.84 | +9.51 | |
| 5 | 25 | Yuliya Romanova | Russia | 3:47.10 | +17.77 | |
| | 15 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | DSQ | | |

**Quarterfinal 4**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:32.62 | | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:34.11 | +1.49 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 3:34.55 | +1.93 | |
| 4 | 19 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:37.70 | +5.08 | |
| 5 | 22 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 3:38.22 | +5.60 | |
| 6 | 29 | Ida Sargent | United States | 3:41.18 | +8.56 | |

**Quarterfinal 5**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:29.36 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes | Norway | 3:30.29 | +0.93 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:31.82 | +2.46 | q |
| 4 | 18 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 3:32.87 | +3.51 | |
| 5 | 28 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 3:36.24 | +6.88 | |
| 6 | 23 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:38.06 | +8.70 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 16:25.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:28.90 | | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:29.55 | +0.65 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:29.75 | +0.85 | q |
| 4 | 14 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:34.86 | +5.96 | |
| 5 | 10 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:35.70 | +6.80 | |
| 6 | 13 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:45.16 | +16.26 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:28.86 | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:29.27 | +0.41 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes | Norway | 3:29.94 | +1.08 | q |
| 4 | 21 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:34.20 | +5.34 | |
| 5 | 12 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:34.72 | +5.86 | |
| 6 | 8 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:41.05 | +12.19 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:00.

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 6 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:26.63 | |
| | 5 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:27.05 | +0.42 |
| | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:27.62 | +0.99 |
| 4 | 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:28.06 | +1.43 |
| 5 | 3 | Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes | Norway | 3:32.73 | +6.10 |
| 6 | 4 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:37.10 | +10.47 |
