Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle
# Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre freestyle

The women's 30 kilometre mass start freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 22 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Three Norwegian athletes, Marit Bjørgen, Therese Johaug, and Kristin Størmer Steira, took the lead from 1 km on and skied in the group, never being threatened by other competitors. At the finish line, Bjørgen won gold, Johaug finished second, and Størmer Steira was third. This is the first gold for Norway in women's 30 km race, and the first clean sweep in Olympic cross country skiing since 1992. For Bjørgen, this was the sixth Winter Olympic gold medal, which, together with Lidiya Skoblikova and Lyubov Yegorova, made her a woman with the largest number of Winter Olympics gold medals won. Størmer Steira won her first individual Olympic medal. The defending 2010 champion Justyna Kowalczyk did not finish.

## 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 January 20, 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.

## Results

The race started at 13:30.

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 2 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 1:11:05.2 | — |
| | 1 | Therese Johaug | Norway | 1:11:07.8 | +2.6 |
| | 10 | Kristin Størmer Steira | Norway | 1:11:28.8 | +23.6 |
| 4 | 5 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 1:12:26.9 | +1:21.7 |
| 5 | 13 | Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová | Czech Republic | 1:12:27.1 | +1:21.9 |
| 6 | 20 | Aurore Jéan | France | 1:12:27.5 | +1:22.3 |
| 7 | 21 | Coraline Hugue | France | 1:12:29.5 | +1:24.3 |
| 8 | 25 | Emma Wikén | Sweden | 1:12:31.6 | +1:26.4 |
| 9 | 31 | Seraina Boner | Switzerland | 1:12:35.0 | +1:29.8 |
| 10 | 37 | Laura Orgué | Spain | 1:12:37.3 | +1:32.1 |
| 11 | 24 | Anna Haag | Sweden | 1:12:40.1 | +1:34.9 |
| 12 | 15 | Katrin Zeller | Germany | 1:12:41.4 | +1:36.2 |
| 13 | 34 | Elisa Brocard | Italy | 1:12:42.0 | +1:36.8 |
| 14 | 28 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 1:12:42.6 | +1:37.4 |
| 15 | 29 | Natalya Zhukova | Russia | 1:12:56.7 | +1:51.5 |
| 16 | 30 | Debora Agreiter | Italy | 1:12:58.5 | +1:53.3 |
| 17 | 26 | Anouk Faivre Picon | France | 1:13:29.4 | +2:24.2 |
| 18 | 7 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 1:13:37.6 | +2:32.4 |
| 19 | 4 | Heidi Weng | Norway | 1:13:46.1 | +2:40.9 |
| 20 | 33 | Teresa Stadlober | Austria | 1:13:50.1 | +2:44.9 |
| 21 | 9 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 1:13:52.5 | +2:47.3 |
| 22 | 48 | Li Hongxue | China | 1:14:01.5 | +2:56.3 |
| 23 | 12 | Masako Ishida | Japan | 1:14:09.0 | +3:03.8 |
| 24 | 11 | Liz Stephen | United States | 1:14:11.8 | +3:06.6 |
| 25 | 19 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | 1:14:51.6 | +3:46.4 |
| 26 | 32 | Holly Brooks | United States | 1:14:58.3 | +3:53.1 |
| 27 | 16 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 1:15:10.7 | +4:05.5 |
| 28 | 22 | Irina Khazova | Russia | 1:15:19.2 | +4:14.0 |
| 29 | 35 | Barbara Jezeršek | Slovenia | 1:15:35.8 | +4:30.6 |
| 30 | 44 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 1:15:47.6 | +4:42.4 |
| 31 | 6 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 1:16:18.5 | +5:13.3 |
| 32 | 41 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 1:16:22.7 | +5:17.5 |
| 33 | 52 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | 1:16:38.2 | +5:33.0 |
| 34 | 40 | Petra Novaková | Czech Republic | 1:17:49.6 | +6:44.4 |
| 35 | 49 | Kateryna Grygorenko | Ukraine | 1:17:53.0 | +6:47.8 |
| 36 | 18 | Sara Lindborg | Sweden | 1:18:03.9 | +6:58.7 |
| 37 | 14 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 1:18:13.0 | +7:07.8 |
| 38 | 39 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 1:18:44.7 | +7:39.5 |
| 39 | 38 | Alena Sannikova | Belarus | 1:18:46.3 | +7:41.1 |
| 40 | 53 | Kornelia Kubińska | Poland | 1:19:57.7 | +8:52.5 |
| 41 | 36 | Ilaria Debertolis | Italy | 1:20:22.2 | +9:17.0 |
| 42 | 50 | Klara Moravcová | Czech Republic | 1:20:56.4 | +9:51.2 |
| 43 | 54 | Brittany Webster | Canada | 1:21:05.5 | +10:00.3 |
| 44 | 46 | Emily Nishikawa | Canada | 1:21:38.6 | +10:33.4 |
| 45 | 43 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 1:21:50.0 | +10:44.8 |
| 46 | 42 | Amanda Ammar | Canada | 1:22:03.7 | +10:58.5 |
| 47 | 47 | Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | 1:23:05.6 | +12:00.4 |
| 48 | 45 | Tatyana Osipova | Kazakhstan | 1:23:52.6 | +12:47.4 |
| 49 | 51 | Heidi Widmer | Canada | 1:24:11.5 | +13:06.3 |
| 50 | 56 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 1:24:13.4 | +13:08.2 |
| 51 | 57 | Aimee Watson | Australia | 1:34:00.1 | +22:54.9 |
| DSQ | 27 | Marina Piller | Italy | 1:14:44.7 | +3:39.5 |
| DSQ | 17 | Yuliya Ivanova | Russia | 1:15:22.1 | +4:16.9 |
| DSQ | 8 | Yuliya Chekalyova | Russia | 1:15:46.6 | +4:41.4 |
| | 3 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| | 23 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| | 55 | Teodora Malcheva | Bulgaria | Did not finish | Did not finish |
