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
Marit Bjørgen    Norway   Ida Ingemarsdotter    Sweden   Maiken Caspersen Falla    Norway

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy
Cross-country skiing
Individual
Sprint	men	women
Interval start	15 km men	10 km women
Pursuit	30 km men	15 km women
Mass start	50 km men	30 km women
Team
Team sprint	men	women
Relay	4×10 km men	4×5 km women
Nordic combined
Normal hill	Individual	Team
Large hill	Individual	Team sprint
Ski jumping
Men
Normal hill	Individual
Large hill	Individual	Team
Women
Normal hill	Individual
Mixed
Normal hill		Team

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.^[1]

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	Malvalehto, Mona-LiisaMona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	3:24.01		Q
2	15	Kowalczyk, JustynaJustyna Kowalczyk	Poland	3:24.44	+0.43	Q
3	8	Prochazkova, AlenaAlena Procházková	Slovakia	3:24.69	+0.68	Q
4	18	Kyllonen, AnneAnne Kyllönen	Finland	3:25.24	+1.23	Q
5	13	Visnar, KatjaKatja Višnar	Slovenia	3:25.45	+1.44	Q
6	30	Falla, Maiken CaspersenMaiken Caspersen Falla	Norway	3:26.51	+2.50	Q
7	27	Niskanen, KerttuKerttu Niskanen	Finland	3:27.01	+3.00	Q
8	21	Shapovalova, YevgeniyaYevgeniya Shapovalova	Russia	3:27.18	+3.17	Q
9	31	Ingemarsdotter, IdaIda Ingemarsdotter	Sweden	3:27.51	+3.50	Q
10	12	Herrmann, DeniseDenise Herrmann	Germany	3:28.01	+4.00	Q
11	14	Smutna, KaterinaKaterina Smutna	Austria	3:28.26	+4.25	Q
12	16	Lahteenmaki, KristaKrista Lähteenmäki	Finland	3:28.35	+4.34	Q
12	26	Jacobsen, Astrid UhrenholdtAstrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Norway	3:28.35	+4.34	Q
14	22	Bjorgen, MaritMarit Bjørgen	Norway	3:29.62	+5.61	Q
15	6	Matveyeva, NatalyaNatalya Matveyeva	Russia	3:30.03	+6.02	Q
16	10	Nilsson, StinaStina Nilsson	Sweden	3:30.13	+6.12	Q
17	20	Kalla, CharlotteCharlotte Kalla	Sweden	3:30.41	+6.40	Q
17	33	Jean, AuroreAurore Jéan	France	3:30.41	+6.40	Q
19	24	Dotsenko, AnastasiaAnastasia Dotsenko	Russia	3:30.70	+6.69	Q
20	11	Pajala, MagdalenaMagdalena Pajala	Sweden	3:31.13	+7.12	Q
21	17	Kolb, HannaHanna Kolb	Germany	3:31.22	+7.21	Q
22	34	Fabjan, VesnaVesna Fabjan	Slovenia	3:31.67	+7.66	Q
23	9	Fessel, NicoleNicole Fessel	Germany	3:31.91	+7.90	Q
24	23	Ostberg, Ingvild FlugstadIngvild Flugstad Østberg	Norway	3:32.45	+8.44	Q
25	1	Ivanova, JuliaJulia Ivanova	Russia	3:32.53	+8.52	Q
26	35	Graaff, LaurienLaurien van der Graaff	Switzerland	3:33.15	+9.14	Q
27	29	Brun-Lie, CelineCeline Brun-Lie	Norway	3:33.42	+9.41	Q
28	32	Randall, KikkanKikkan Randall	United States	3:33.67	+9.66	Q
29	39	Ojaste, TriinTriin Ojaste	Estonia	3:34.70	+10.69	Q
30	38	Caldwell, SophieSophie Caldwell	United States	3:34.81	+10.80	Q
31	5	Laurent, GretaGreta Laurent	Italy	3:34.93	+10.92
32	3	Bjornsen, SadieSadie Bjornsen	United States	3:34.96	+10.95
33	19	Sargent, IdaIda Sargent	United States	3:35.43	+11.42
34	44	Grohova, KarolinaKarolina Grohová	Czech Republic	3:36.90	+12.89
35	40	Vrabcova-Nyvltova, EvaEva Vrabcová-Nyvltová	Czech Republic	3:37.38	+13.37
36	41	Aymonier, CeliaCelia Aymonier	France	3:37.61	+13.60
37	4	Cebasek, AlenkaAlenka Čebašek	Slovenia	3:37.71	+13.70
38	2	Ringwald, SandraSandra Ringwald	Germany	3:37.79	+13.78
39	45	Muschet, KerstinKerstin Muschet	Austria	3:38.30	+14.29
40	49	Szymanczak, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Szymanczak	Poland	3:38.74	+14.73
41	52	Man Dandan	China	3:38.86	+14.85
42	25	Gaiazova, DariaDaria Gaiazova	Canada	3:39.02	+15.01
43	7	Vuerich, GaiaGaia Vuerich	Italy	3:39.27	+15.26
44	43	Pormeister, PiretPiret Pormeister	Estonia	3:39.95	+15.94
45	47	Kaminskaya, ValiantsinaValiantsina Kaminskaya	Belarus	3:39.98	+15.97
46	37	Gruber, BettinaBettina Gruber	Switzerland	3:40.50	+16.49
47	51	Baudin, FrancescaFrancesca Baudin	Italy	3:40.55	+16.54
48	28	Jones, PeriannePerianne Jones	Canada	3:41.73	+17.72
49	46	Dupont, AndreaAndrea Dupont	Canada	3:42.49	+18.48
50	76	Antypenko, TetyanaTetyana Antypenko	Ukraine	3:42.81	+18.80
51	54	Charvatova, LucieLucie Charvatová	Czech Republic	3:44.93	+20.92
52	58	Schutzova, SandraSandra Schützová	Czech Republic	3:45.10	+21.09
53	50	Razinger, NikaNika Razinger	Slovenia	3:45.87	+21.86
54	78	Kubinska, KorneliaKornelia Kubinska	Poland	3:45.93	+21.92
55	42	Debertolis, IlariaIlaria Debertolis	Italy	3:46.13	+22.12
56	57	Maciuszek, PaulinaPaulina Maciuszek	Poland	3:46.53	+22.52
57	48	Nishikawa, EmilyEmily Nishikawa	Canada	3:46.88	+22.87
58	72	Li Hongxue	China	3:47.02	+23.01
59	53	Musgrave, RosamundRosamund Musgrave	Great Britain	3:47.07	+23.06
60	61	Stoyan, AnnaAnna Stoyan	Kazakhstan	3:48.66	+24.65
61	55	Bottomley, EstherEsther Bottomley	Australia	3:48.86	+24.85
62	65	Yatskaya, OxanaOxana Yatskaya	Kazakhstan	3:50.69	+26.68
63	74	Klementova, BarboraBarbora Klementová	Slovakia	3:51.60	+27.59
64	66	Lanchakova, ViktoriyaViktoriya Lanchakova	Kazakhstan	3:52.05	+28.04
65	80	Shevchenko, AnnaAnna Shevchenko	Kazakhstan	3:52.38	+28.37
66	62	Kotschova, DanielaDaniela Kotschová	Slovakia	3:52.80	+28.79
67	56	Vahtra, KaijaKaija Vahtra	Estonia	3:53.14	+29.13
68	59	Bronzic, NinaNina Broznić	Croatia	3:53.30	+29.29
69	70	Grygorenko, KaterynaKateryna Grygorenko	Ukraine	3:53.82	+29.81
70	64	Li Xin	China	3:56.66	+31.65
71	75	Daushkane, IngaInga Daushkane	Latvia	3:57.63	+33.62
72	68	Malec, VedranaVedrana Malec	Croatia	3:57.90	+33.89
73	63	Ardisauskaite, IngridaIngrida Ardišauskaitė	Lithuania	4:00.98	+36.97
74	67	Young, SarahSarah Young	Great Britain	4:01.24	+37.23
75	101	Demineva, NadezhdaNadezhda Demineva	Kyrgyzstan	4:01.46	+37.45
76	69	Malcheva, TeodoraTeodora Malcheva	Bulgaria	4:01.83	+37.82
77	83	Leletko, IrynaIryna Leletko	Ukraine	4:02.31	+38.30
78	60	Sara, TimeeaTimeea Sara	Romania	4:04.02	+40.01
79	98	Szocs, EmokeEmőke Szőcs	Hungary	4:06.53	+42.52
80	79	Trnka, AnnaAnna Trnka	Australia	4:10.60	+46.59
81	71	Grigorova-Burgova, AntoniyaAntoniya Grigorova-Burgova	Bulgaria	4:11.88	+47.87
82	73	Petersone, VinetaVineta Pētersone	Latvia	4:16.71	+52.70
83	93	Schlor, SigneSigne Schlør	Denmark	4:17.77	+53.76
84	95	Miuzhniece, AndaAnda Miuzhniece	Latvia	4:18.57	+54.56
85	84	Grimmer, LescinskaLescinska Grimmer	Australia	4:20.33	+56.32
86	88	Simon, AgnesAgnes Simon	Hungary	4:24.14	+1:00.13
87	94	Papp, IldikoIldikó Papp	Hungary	4:26.38	+1:02.37
88	82	Varosyan, SyuzannaSyuzanna Varosyan	Armenia	4:28.40	+1:04.39
89	87	Mkhitaryan, AnnaAnna Mkhitaryan	Armenia	4:30.80	+1:06.79
90	90	Kovalova, NatalijaNatalija Kovalova	Latvia	4:36.05	+1:12.04
91	96	Galstyan, KatyaKatya Galstyan	Armenia	4:39.54	+1:15.53
92	91	Zambo, ViktoriaViktória Zámbó	Hungary	4:46.68	+1:22.67
93	86	Varosyan, ValyaValya Varosyan	Armenia	4:52.65	+1:28.64
94	92	Boumpa, MariaMaria Boumpa	Greece	4:58.12	+1:34.11
95	99	Camenscic, AlexandraAlexandra Camenscic	Moldova	5:09.94	+1:45.93
96	77	Rezasoultani, FarzanehFarzaneh Rezasoultani	Iran	5:40.36	+2:16.35
97	102	Cravcenco, DoinaDoina Cravcenco	Moldova	5:52.97	+2:28.96
98	103	Berghii, AnnaAnna Berghii	Moldova	5:54.58	+2:30.57
99	89	Savoji Asl, GolnazGolnaz Savoji Asl	Iran	5:56.51	+2:32.50
100	100	Ciobanu, DumitritaDumitrita Ciobanu	Moldova	6:01.25	+2:37.24
101	97	Kiashemshaki, AzadehAzadeh Kiashemshaki	Iran	6:05.15	+2:41.14
	81	Tsakiri, PanagiotaPanagiota Tsakiri	Greece	DNS
	85	Guo Liping	China	DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	10	Herrmann, DeniseDenise Herrmann	Germany	3:24.4		Q
2	1	Malvalehto, Mona-LiisaMona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	3:25.5	+1.1	Q
3	11	Smutna, KaterinaKaterina Smutna	Austria	3:25.6	+1.2
4	30	Caldwell, SophieSophie Caldwell	United States	3:26.3	+1.9
5	21	Kolb, HannaHanna Kolb	Germany	3:27.3	+2.9
6	20	Pajala, MagdalenaMagdalena Pajala	Sweden	3:28.0	+3.6

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	14	Bjorgen, MaritMarit Bjørgen	Norway	3:20.9		Q
2	17	Kalla, CharlotteCharlotte Kalla	Sweden	3:22.1	+1.2	Q
3	7	Niskanen, KerttuKerttu Niskanen	Finland	3:22.4	+1.5	LL
4	24	Ostberg, Ingvild FlugstadIngvild Flugstad Østberg	Norway	3:22.5	+1.6
5	27	Brun-Lie, CelineCeline Brun-Lie	Norway	3:24.7	+3.8
6	4	Kyllonen, AnneAnne Kyllönen	Finland	3:27.0	+6.1

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	16	Nilsson, StinaStina Nilsson	Sweden	3:21.8		Q
2	5	Visnar, KatjaKatja Višnar	Slovenia	3:22.1	+0.3	Q
3	6	Falla, Maiken CaspersenMaiken Caspersen Falla	Norway	3:22.2	+0.4	LL
4	25	Ivanova, JuliaJulia Ivanova	Russia	3:24.3	+2.5
5	15	Matveyeva, NatalyaNatalya Matveyeva	Russia	3:25.8	+4.0
6	26	Graaff, LaurienLaurien van der Graaff	Switzerland	3:33.3	+11.5

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Kowalczyk, JustynaJustyna Kowalczyk	Poland	3:20.4		Q
2	9	Ingemarsdotter, IdaIda Ingemarsdotter	Sweden	3:21.2	+0.8	Q
3	19	Dotsenko, AnastasiaAnastasia Dotsenko	Russia	3:23.8	+3.4
4	12	Jacobsen, Astrid UhrenholdtAstrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Norway	3:25.4	+5.0
5	29	Ojaste, TriinTriin Ojaste	Estonia	3:29.0	+8.6
6	22	Fabjan, VesnaVesna Fabjan	Slovenia	3:30.5	+10.1

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	3	Prochazkova, AlenaAlena Procházková	Slovakia	3:22.8		Q
2	23	Fessel, NicoleNicole Fessel	Germany	3:22.9	+0.1	Q
3	13	Lahteenmaki, KristaKrista Lähteenmäki	Finland	3:23.6	+0.8
4	28	Randall, KikkanKikkan Randall	United States	3:25.1	+2.3
5	18	Jean, AuroreAurore Jéan	France	3:26.0	+3.2
6	8	Shapovalova, YevgeniyaYevgeniya Shapovalova	Russia	3:26.4	+3.6

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	14	Bjorgen, MaritMarit Bjørgen	Norway	3:20.0		Q
2	6	Falla, Maiken CaspersenMaiken Caspersen Falla	Norway	3:20.4	+0.4	Q
3	5	Visnar, KatjaKatja Višnar	Slovenia	3:20.9	+0.9	LL
4	1	Malvalehto, Mona-LiisaMona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	3:22.0	+2.0
5	10	Herrmann, DeniseDenise Herrmann	Germany	3:23.1	+3.1
6	17	Kalla, CharlotteCharlotte Kalla	Sweden	3:23.9	+3.9

Semifinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Kowalczyk, JustynaJustyna Kowalczyk	Poland	3:19.9		Q
2	9	Ingemarsdotter, IdaIda Ingemarsdotter	Sweden	3:20.4	+0.5	Q
3	16	Nilsson, StinaStina Nilsson	Sweden	3:20.9	+1.0	LL
4	3	Prochazkova, AlenaAlena Procházková	Slovakia	3:22.2	+2.3
5	7	Niskanen, KerttuKerttu Niskanen	Finland	3:22.6	+2.7
6	23	Fessel, NicoleNicole Fessel	Germany	3:24.4	+4.5

Finals

The races were held from 12:45 to 14:13.^[2]

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
	14	Bjorgen, MaritMarit Bjørgen	Norway	3:16.6
	9	Ingemarsdotter, IdaIda Ingemarsdotter	Sweden	3:18.9	+2.3
	6	Falla, Maiken CaspersenMaiken Caspersen Falla	Norway	3:20.3	+3.7
4	5	Visnar, KatjaKatja Višnar	Slovenia	3:21.2	+4.6
5	16	Nilsson, StinaStina Nilsson	Sweden	3:21.5	+4.9
6	2	Kowalczyk, JustynaJustyna Kowalczyk	Poland	3:22.9	+6.3

References

1. Start list
2. Results