# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 was held on 24 February 2011. Sprint qualifying at 13:00 CET with finals at 15:00 CET. The defending world champion was Italy's Arianna Follis while the defending Olympic champion was Norway's Marit Bjørgen.

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 30 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:03.89 | | Q |
| 2 | 36 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 3:05.39 | +1.50 | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:05.64 | +1.75 | Q |
| 4 | 34 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 3:07.31 | +3.42 | Q |
| 5 | 29 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:07.64 | +3.75 | Q |
| 6 | 32 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 3:07.90 | +4.01 | Q |
| 7 | 18 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:07.97 | +4.08 | Q |
| 8 | 37 | Laure Barthélémy | France | 3:08.53 | +4.64 | Q |
| 9 | 25 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 3:09.75 | +5.86 | Q |
| 10 | 27 | Magda Genuin | Italy | 3:09.91 | +6.02 | Q |
| 11 | 16 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 3:10.41 | +6.52 | Q |
| 12 | 24 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:10.45 | +6.56 | Q |
| 13 | 35 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:10.49 | +6.60 | Q |
| 14 | 23 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 3:11.13 | +7.24 | Q |
| 14 | 20 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 3:11.13 | +7.24 | Q |
| 16 | 43 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 3:11.37 | +7.48 | Q |
| 17 | 55 | Silvana Bucher | Switzerland | 3:12.24 | +8.35 | Q |
| 18 | 50 | Natalya Ilyina | Russia | 3:12.27 | +8.38 | Q |
| 19 | 48 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 3:12.88 | +8.99 | Q |
| 20 | 39 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:13.32 | +9.43 | Q |
| 21 | 40 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | 3:13.49 | +9.60 | Q |
| 22 | 17 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:13.50 | +9.61 | Q |
| 23 | 44 | Chandra Crawford | Canada | 3:13.90 | +10.01 | Q |
| 24 | 9 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 3:13.95 | +10.06 | Q |
| 25 | 22 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:14.64 | +10.75 | Q |
| 26 | 21 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 3:15.03 | +11.14 | Q |
| 27 | 33 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 3:15.10 | +11.21 | Q |
| 28 | 15 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:15.19 | +11.30 | Q |
| 29 | 7 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:15.24 | +11.35 | Q |
| 30 | 31 | Hanna Brodin | Sweden | 3:15.54 | +11.65 | Q |
| 31 | 47 | Aurore Jéan | France | 3:15.61 | +11.72 | |
| 32 | 38 | Natalya Korostelyova | Russia | 3:15.83 | +11.94 | |
| 33 | 45 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 3:16.45 | +12.56 | |
| 34 | 49 | Triin Ojaste | Estonia | 3:16.70 | +12.81 | |
| 35 | 10 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 3:16.89 | +13.00 | |
| 36 | 41 | Kateřina Smutná | Austria | 3:17.19 | +13.30 | |
| 37 | 26 | Madoka Natsumi | Japan | 3:17.89 | +14.00 | |
| 38 | 28 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | 3:18.21 | +14.32 | |
| 39 | 54 | Yelena Soboleva | Russia | 3:19.55 | +15.66 | |
| 40 | 11 | Yelena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 3:20.17 | +16.28 | |
| 41 | 8 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 3:20.31 | +16.42 | |
| 42 | 51 | Lucia Anger | Germany | 3:20.55 | +16.66 | |
| 43 | 46 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:20.66 | +16.77 | |
| 44 | 6 | Esther Bottomley | Australia | 3:21.86 | +17.97 | |
| 45 | 53 | Ida Sargent | United States | 3:22.32 | +18.43 | |
| 46 | 12 | Elisa Brocard | Italy | 3:22.52 | +18.63 | |
| 47 | 2 | Ewelina Marcisz | Poland | 3:22.54 | +18.65 | |
| 48 | 57 | Tatyana Roshchina | Kazakhstan | 3:22.85 | +18.96 | |
| 49 | 3 | Agnieszka Szymańczak | Poland | 3:23.48 | +19.59 | |
| 50 | 14 | Émilie Vina | France | 3:23.97 | +20.08 | |
| 51 | 56 | Kateryna Grygorenko | Ukraine | 3:24.63 | +20.74 | |
| 52 | 60 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 3:25.30 | +21.41 | |
| 53 | 59 | Rosamund Musgrave | United Kingdom | 3:26.34 | +22.45 | |
| 54 | 1 | Anastasia Slonova | Kazakhstan | 3:26.51 | +22.62 | |
| 55 | 52 | Eva Nývltová | Czech Republic | 3:27.05 | +23.16 | |
| 56 | 4 | Piret Pormeister | Estonia | 3:27.34 | +23.45 | |
| 57 | 64 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 3:28.17 | +24.28 | |
| 58 | 58 | Teodora Malcheva | Bulgaria | 3:28.79 | +24.90 | |
| 59 | 42 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 3:28.81 | +24.92 | |
| 60 | 66 | Vita Yakymchuk | Ukraine | 3:29.67 | +25.78 | |
| 61 | 62 | Lina Kreivenaitė | Lithuania | 3:32.01 | +28.12 | |
| 62 | 63 | Mónika György | Romania | 3:32.20 | +28.31 | |
| 63 | 71 | Niviaq Chemnitz Berthelsen | Denmark | 3:32.56 | +28.67 | |
| 64 | 68 | Ingrida Ardišauskaitė | Lithuania | 3:33.54 | +29.65 | |
| 65 | 13 | Kaija Udras | Estonia | 3:33.88 | +29.99 | |
| 66 | 5 | Katarína Garajová | Slovakia | 3:37.08 | +30.19 | |
| 67 | 67 | Zoya Zaviedieieva | Ukraine | 3:38.21 | +31.32 | |
| 68 | 65 | Nina Broznić | Croatia | 3:38.36 | +31.47 | |
| 69 | 69 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | 3:38.59 | +31.70 | |
| 70 | 74 | Inga Dauškāne | Latvia | 3:39.28 | +32.39 | |
| 71 | 70 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 3:41.54 | +34.65 | |
| 72 | 84 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | 3:49.07 | +45.18 | |
| 73 | 72 | Sarah Young | United Kingdom | 3:50.77 | +46.88 | |
| 74 | 86 | Irina Khodiakova | Kyrgyzstan | 3:52.24 | +48.35 | |
| 75 | 79 | Vera Viczián | Hungary | 3:54.40 | +50.51 | |
| 76 | 82 | Rosana Kiroska | Macedonia | 3:55.96 | +52.07 | |
| 77 | 75 | Kristine Liepiņa | Latvia | 3:57.70 | +53.81 | |
| 78 | 77 | Ágnes Simon | Hungary | 4:04.44 | +1:00.55 | |
| 79 | 81 | Natālija Kovaļova | Latvia | 4:08.67 | +1:04.78 | |
| 80 | 87 | Ildikó Papp | Hungary | 4:11.74 | +1:07.85 | |
| 81 | 83 | Viktória Zámbó | Hungary | 4:21.85 | +1:17.86 | |
| 82 | 73 | Syuzanna Varosyan | Armenia | 4:25.77 | +1:21.88 | |
| 83 | 85 | Ana Angelova | Macedonia | 4:30.67 | +1:26.78 | |
| 84 | 76 | Valya Varosyan | Armenia | 4:30.74 | +1:26.85 | |
| 85 | 80 | Zane Eglīte | Latvia | 4:37.37 | +1:33.48 | |
| 86 | 78 | Olga Reshetkova | Kyrgyzstan | 4:43.84 | +1:39.95 | |
| | 61 | Brooke Gosling | Canada | DNS | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:04.8 | | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 3:04.9 | +0.1 | Q |
| 3 | 30 | Hanna Brodin | Sweden | 3:06.1 | +1.3 | LL |
| 4 | 10 | Magda Genuin | Italy | 3:06.8 | +2.0 | |
| 5 | 20 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:08.3 | +3.5 | |
| 6 | 21 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | 3:09.5 | +4.7 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 7 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:06.0 | | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 3:06.0 | | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 3:06.1 | +0.1 | LL |
| 4 | 27 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 3:06.4 | +0.4 | |
| 5 | 17 | Silvana Bucher | Switzerland | 3:08.0 | +2.0 | |
| 6 | 24 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 3:08.1 | +2.1 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 3:06.2 | | Q |
| 2 | 25 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:06.5 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 3:06.5 | +0.3 | |
| 4 | 6 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 3:06.6 | +0.4 | |
| 5 | 5 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:08.9 | +2.7 | |
| 6 | 26 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 3:11.8 | +4.6 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 3:06.6 | | Q |
| 2 | 22 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:07.3 | +0.7 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:08.4 | +1.8 | |
| 4 | 19 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 3:08.5 | +1.9 | |
| 5 | 29 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:10.5 | +3.9 | |
| 6 | 9 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 3:19.0 | +12.4 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 8 | Laure Barthélémy | France | 3:06.8 | | Q |
| 2 | 13 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:07.1 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:07.3 | +0.5 | |
| 4 | 18 | Natalja Iljina | Russia | 3:08.0 | +1.2 | |
| 5 | 28 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:11.1 | +4.3 | |
| 6 | 23 | Chandra Crawford | Canada | 3:17.8 | +11.0 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:04.3 | | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 3:04.4 | +0.1 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 3:04.6 | +0.3 | LL |
| 4 | 25 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:05.8 | +1.5 | LL |
| 5 | 4 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 3:06.1 | +1.8 | |
| 6 | 7 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:12.3 | +8.0 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 3:05.9 | | Q |
| 2 | 13 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:06.2 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Laure Barthélémy | France | 3:06.7 | +0.8 | |
| 4 | 2 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 3:06.8 | +0.9 | |
| 5 | 30 | Hanna Brodin | Sweden | 3:07.3 | +1.4 | |
| 6 | 22 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:08.0 | +2.1 | |

### Finals

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:03.9 | |
| | 11 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 3:04.1 | +0.2 |
| | 14 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 3:04.4 | +0.5 |
| 4 | 15 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 3:04.4 | +0.5 |
| 5 | 13 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:05.7 | +1.8 |
| 6 | 25 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:15.4 | +11.5 |