Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint explained

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.^[1]

Qualification

See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. 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.^{[2] [3]}

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.^{[4] [5]} 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.^[6]

Qualifying

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	5			2:32.07	—	Q
2	6			2:32.47	+0.40	Q
3	21			2:33.17	+1.10	Q
4	15			2:34.13	+2.06	Q
5	18			2:34.16	+2.09	Q
6	22			2:34.18	+2.11	Q
7	10			2:35.00	+2.93	Q
8	24			2:35.11	+3.04	Q
9	19			2:35.18	+3.11	Q
10	13			2:35.37	+3.30	Q
11	1			2:35.57	+3.50	Q
12	14			2:35.64	+3.57	Q
13	23			2:35.81	+3.74	Q
14	25			2:35.94	+3.87	Q
15	8			2:35.98	+3.91	Q
16	17			2:36.30	+4.23	Q
17	27			2:36.55	+4.48	Q
18	11			2:36.67	+4.60	Q
19	12			2:37.03	+4.96	Q
20	16			2:37.84	+5.77	Q
21	30			2:37.96	+5.89	Q
DSQ	31			2:38.14	+6.07	Q
23	36			2:38.63	+6.56	Q
24	28			2:39.06	+6.99	Q
25	46			2:39.44	+7.37	Q
26	2			2:39.80	+7.73	Q
27	26			2:40.04	+7.97	Q
28	4			2:40.08	+8.01	Q
29	9			2:40.15	+8.08	Q
30	20			2:40.17	+8.10	Q
31	32			2:40.22	+8.15
32	39			2:40.29	+8.22
32	43			2:40.29	+8.22
34	55			2:40.55	+8.48
35	35			2:41.13	+9.06
36	37			2:41.30	+9.23
37	33			2:41.55	+9.48
38	38			2:41.75	+9.68
39	29			2:41.95	+9.88
40	34			2:42.57	+10.50
41	40			2:43.06	+10.99
42	44			2:43.31	+11.24
43	41			2:43.36	+11.29
44	42			2:43.59	+11.52
45	57			2:44.12	+12.05
46	54			2:46.37	+14.30
47	47			2:46.76	+14.69
48	45			2:47.07	+15.00
49	62			2:48.16	+16.09
50	50			2:48.64	+16.57
51	52			2:48.72	+16.65
52	3			2:48.83	+16.76
53	48			2:49.54	+17.47
54	60			2:49.66	+17.59
55	58			2:49.81	+17.74
56	49			2:50.54	+18.47
57	53			2:51.44	+19.37
58	51			2:53.22	+21.15
59	56			2:53.90	+21.83
60	67			2:54.31	+22.24
61	59			2:54.60	+22.53
62	61			2:55.24	+23.17
63	7			3:01.21	+29.14
64	65			3:02.75	+30.68
65	63			3:02.83	+30.76
66	64			3:04.72	+32.65
67	66			3:05.00	+32.93

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	1			2:33.23	—	Q
2	10			2:34.01	+0.78	Q
3	21			2:35.55	+2.32	LL
4	11			2:37.07	+3.84
5	20			2:37.95	+4.72
6	30			2:38.43	+5.20

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	7			2:37.01	—	Q
2	4			2:37.22	+0.21	Q
3	24			2:37.48	+0.47
4	14			2:37.69	+0.68
5	27			2:40.45	+3.44
6	17			2:43.61	+6.60

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	6			2:36.62	—	Q, PF
2	5			2:36.64	+0.02	Q, PF
3	15			2:37.86	+1.24
4	26			2:39.05	+2.43
5	25			2:47.52	+10.90
6	16			2:52.07	+15.45

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2			2:36.45	—	Q
2	9			2:37.21	+0.76	Q
3	12			2:38.06	+1.61
4	29			2:38.66	+2.21
DSQ	22			2:38.83	+2.38	PF
6	19			2:38.83	+2.38	PF

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	8			2:34.87	—	Q
2	3			2:35.42	+0.55	Q
3	13			2:35.65	+0.78	LL
4	18			2:35.70	+0.83
5	23			2:38.66	+3.79
6	28			2:41.20	+6.33

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	1			2:35.80	—	Q
2	4			2:36.02	+0.22	Q, PF
3	5			2:36.05	+0.25	LL, PF
4	7			2:36.32	+0.52	LL
5	10			2:36:42	+0.62
6	21			2:38.28	+2.48

Semifinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	6			2:36.66	—	Q, PF
2	9			2:36:67	+0.01	Q, PF
3	13			2:36.87	+0.21
4	8			2:36.94	+0.28
5	2			2:37.76	+1.10
6	3			2:52.27	+15.61

Final

The final was held at 17:29.^[7]

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
	1			2:35.49	—
	6			2:35.87	+0.38	PF
	4			2:35.89	+0.40	PF
4	7			2:37.31	+1.82
5	5			2:42.04	+6.55
6	9			2:47.75	+12.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results. SOOC. 11 January 2014. 20 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140320035515/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/cross-country-schedule-and-results. dead.
2. Web site: Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . December 2011 . . 10 November 2012 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/6Dj2DaqNh?url=http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/fis-sochi2014-180912.pdf# . 2013-01-16 .
3. Web site: Qualification Results . 2014-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212154536/http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/CC/3055/2014CC3055RL.pdf# . 2014-02-12 . dead .
4. Web site: IOC sanctions four Russian athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission findings. 14 July 2021.
5. News: Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes . 22 December 2017. BBC Sport.
6. News: THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DELIVERS ITS DECISIONS IN THE MATTER OF 39 RUSSIAN ATHLETES V/ THE IOC:28 APPEALS UPHELD, 11 PARTIALLY UPHELD. 2018-02-01. THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 2018-02-01. en.
7. Web site: Final Results . 2014-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212154552/http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/CC/3056/2014CC3056RL.pdf# . 2014-02-12 . dead .