# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's sprint

The women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 24 February 2009. The Sprint qualifying began at 11:35 CET with finals at 13:30 CET. The defending world champion was Norway's Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, but she was eliminated in the qualification round at these championships. It was the first individual gold medal for Arianna Follis.

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 23 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 2:47.42 | — | Q |
| 2 | 26 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | 2:47.92 | +0.50 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 2:48.57 | +1.15 | Q |
| 4 | 18 | Marthe Kristoffersen | Norway | 2:48.82 | +1.40 | Q |
| 5 | 22 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 2:49.71 | +2.29 | Q |
| 6 | 38 | Kikkan Randall | USA | 2:50.19 | +2.77 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Olga Vasiljonok | Belarus | 2:50.50 | +3.08 | Q |
| 8 | 41 | Claudia Nystad | Germany | 2:50.55 | +3.13 | Q |
| 9 | 24 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 2:50.61 | +3.19 | Q |
| 10 | 42 | Natalya Korostelyova | Russia | 2:50.73 | +3.31 | Q |
| 11 | 40 | Anna Olsson | Sweden | 2:50.79 | +3.37 | Q |
| 12 | 37 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 2:51.89 | +4.47 | Q |
| 13 | 12 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | 2:51.92 | +4.50 | Q |
| 14 | 39 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 2:51.97 | +4.55 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Kaija Udras | Estonia | 2:51.98 | +4.56 | Q |
| 16 | 95 | Miriam Gössner | Germany | 2:51.99 | +4.57 | Q |
| 17 | 43 | Laure Barthélémy | France | 2:52.32 | +4.90 | Q |
| 18 | 29 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 2:52.35 | +4.93 | Q |
| 19 | 30 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 2:52.37 | +4.95 | Q |
| 20 | 31 | Kirsi Perälä | Finland | 2:52.46 | +5.04 | Q |
| 21 | 17 | Manuela Henkel | Germany | 2:52.83 | +5.41 | Q |
| 22 | 21 | Magda Genuin | Italy | 2:53.13 | +5.71 | Q |
| 23 | 14 | Aurore Cuinet | France | 2:53.32 | +5.90 | Q |
| 24 | 15 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 2:53.36 | +5.94 | Q |
| 25 | 34 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | 2:53.37 | +5.95 | Q |
| 26 | 25 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 2:53.58 | +6.16 | Q |
| 27 | 19 | Madoka Natsumi | Japan | 2:54.06 | +6.64 | Q |
| 28 | 4 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 2:54.26 | +6.84 | Q |
| 29 | 7 | Caroline Weibel | France | 2:54.27 | +6.85 | Q |
| 30 | 3 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 2:54.34 | +6.92 | |
| 31 | 59 | Vita Yakymchuk | Ukraine | 2:54.38 | +6.96 | |
| 32 | 8 | Elisa Brocard | Italy | 2:55.50 | +8.08 | |
| 33 | 9 | Kaili Sirge | Estonia | 2:55.54 | +8.12 | |
| 34 | 20 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 2:55.76 | +8.34 | |
| 35 | 27 | Natalya Naryshkina | Russia | 2:56.00 | +8.58 | |
| 36 | 45 | Triin Ojaste | Estonia | 2:56.22 | +8.80 | |
| 37 | 16 | Seraina Mischol | Switzerland | 2:56.31 | +8.89 | |
| 38 | 35 | Britta Johansson Norgren | Sweden | 2:56.33 | +8.91 | |
| 39 | 32 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 2:56.35 | +8.93 | |
| 39 | 60 | Elizabeth Stephen | USA | 2:56.35 | +8.93 | |
| 41 | 46 | Laura Valaas | USA | 2:56.71 | +9.29 | |
| 42 | 2 | Viktoria Lopatina | Belarus | 2:57.41 | +9.99 | |
| 43 | 36 | Alyona Sidko | Russia | 2:57.46 | +10.04 | |
| 44 | 11 | Nobuko Fukuda | Japan | 2:57.75 | +10.33 | |
| 45 | 67 | Michito Kashiwabara | Japan | 2:57.85 | +10.43 | |
| 46 | 5 | Eva Nývltová | Czech Republic | 2:57.92 | +10.50 | |
| 47 | 49 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 2:59.02 | +11.60 | |
| 48 | 28 | Karin Moroder | Italy | 2:59.06 | +11.64 | |
| 49 | 64 | Song Bo | China | 2:59.26 | +11.84 | |
| 50 | 57 | Helena Erbenová | Czech Republic | 2:59.40 | +11.98 | |
| 51 | 48 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 2:59.49 | +12.07 | |
| 52 | 47 | Morgan Smyth | USA | 2:59.87 | +12.45 | |
| 53 | 55 | Irina Terentjeva | Lithuania | 3:00.51 | +13.09 | |
| 54 | 13 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 3:00.52 | +13.10 | |
| 55 | 52 | Dandan Man | China | 3:01.14 | +13.72 | |
| 56 | 56 | Katarina Garajova | Slovakia | 3:01.69 | +14.27 | |
| 57 | 54 | Yingcui E | China | 3:02.19 | +14.77 | |
| 58 | 50 | Esther Bottomley | Australia | 3:02.68 | +15.26 | |
| 59 | 58 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 3:03.02 | +15.60 | |
| 60 | 62 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 3:03.64 | +16.22 | |
| 61 | 66 | Kateryna Grygorenko | Ukraine | 3:03.76 | +16.34 | |
| 62 | 44 | Shayla Swanson | Canada | 3:04.14 | +16.72 | |
| 63 | 61 | Tatyana Roshchina | Kazakhstan | 3:05.16 | +17.74 | |
| 64 | 63 | Katherine Calder | New Zealand | 3:05.29 | +17.87 | |
| 65 | 53 | Barbara Jezeršek | Slovenia | 3:05.50 | +18.08 | |
| 66 | 51 | Kornelia Marek | Poland | 3:06.23 | +18.81 | |
| 67 | 72 | Teodora Malcheva | Bulgaria | 3:08.31 | +20.89 | |
| 68 | 69 | Mónika György | Romania | 3:09.38 | +21.96 | |
| 69 | 68 | Dina Ussina | Kazakhstan | 3:10.97 | +23.55 | |
| 70 | 81 | Olga Reshetkova | Kyrgyzstan | 3:11.68 | +24.26 | |
| 71 | 73 | Lada Nesterenko | Ukraine | 3:12.62 | +25.20 | |
| 72 | 71 | Katarina Johansen | Slovakia | 3:12.67 | +25.25 | |
| 73 | 70 | Kelime Çetinkaya | Turkey | 3:13.79 | +26.37 | |
| 74 | 75 | Antonia Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | 3:14.71 | +27.29 | |
| 75 | 79 | Chae-Won Lee | South Korea | 3:14.96 | +27.54 | |
| 76 | 84 | Jaquelin Mourao | Brazil | 3:17.17 | +29.75 | |
| 77 | 77 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 3:18.29 | +30.87 | |
| 78 | 82 | Anete Brice | Latvia | 3:19.26 | +31.84 | |
| 79 | 76 | Andrea Fancy | New Zealand | 3:22.52 | +35.10 | |
| 80 | 74 | Sarah Young | United Kingdom | 3:22.94 | +35.52 | |
| 81 | 90 | Vera Viczián | Hungary | 3:23.09 | +35.67 | |
| 82 | 80 | Maria Danou | Greece | 3:25.51 | +38.09 | |
| 83 | 88 | Rosana Kiroska | Macedonia | 3:29.20 | +41.78 | |
| 84 | 96 | Alexandra Camenșcic | Moldova | 3:29.22 | +41.80 | |
| 85 | 78 | Fiona Hughes | United Kingdom | 3:29.62 | +42.20 | |
| 86 | 93 | Tanja Karišik | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:33.35 | +45.93 | |
| 87 | 94 | Kitti Szoelloesi | Hungary | 3:33.88 | +46.46 | |
| 88 | 92 | Julia Zamyatina | Kyrgyzstan | 3:39.99 | +52.57 | |
| 89 | 83 | Erdene-Ochiryn Ochirsüren | Mongolia | 3:51.81 | +1:04.39 | |
| 90 | 85 | Belma Smrkovic | Serbia | 3:52.37 | +1:04.95 | |
| 91 | 87 | Mirlene Picin | Brazil | 3:54.56 | +1:07.14 | |
| 92 | 89 | Ana Angelova | Macedonia | 3:59.20 | +1:11.78 | |
| 93 | 86 | Otgontsetseg Chinbat | Mongolia | 4:11.52 | +1:24.10 | |
| 94 | 97 | Qristine Khachatryan | Armenia | 4:20.05 | +1:32.63 | |
| 95 | 91 | Bhuwneshwari Thakur | India | 4:58.24 | +2:10.82 | |
| — | 65 | Laura Orgué | Spain | DNS | DNS | |
| — | 33 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | DSQ | DSQ | |

### Quarterfinals

Q - Qualified for next round PF - Photo Finish LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | — | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Natalya Korostelyova | Russia | | LL |
| 4 | 20 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | | LL |
| 5 | 21 | Kirsi Perälä | Finland | | 23rd |
| 6 | 30 | Caroline Weibel | France | | 29th |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kikkan Randall | USA | | Q |
| 3 | 27 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | | 15th |
| 4 | 17 | Miriam Gössner | Germany | | 19th |
| 5 | 14 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | | 20th |
| 6 | 24 | Aurore Cuinet | France | | 25th |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Marthe Kristoffersen | Norway | — | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | | 14th |
| 4 | 6 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | | 16th |
| 5 | 16 | Kaija Udras | Estonia | | 21st |
| 6 | 25 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | | 26th |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Arianna Follis | Italy | — | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Anna Olsson | Sweden | | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | | 12th |
| 4 | 9 | Claudia Nystad | Germany | | 18th |
| 5 | 22 | Manuela Henkel | Germany | | 24th |
| 6 | 29 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | | 28th |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | — | Q |
| 2 | 13 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | | Q |
| 3 | 23 | Magda Genuin | Italy | | 13th |
| 4 | 8 | Olga Vasiljonok | Belarus | | 17th |
| 5 | 18 | Laure Barthélémy | France | | 22nd |
| 6 | 28 | Madoka Natsumi | Japan | | 27th |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 7 | Kikkan Randall | USA | 2:43.2 | — | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 2:43.7 | +0.5 | QA |
| 3 | 10 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 2:43.7 | +0.5 | QA LL |
| 5 | 15 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 2:47.0 | +3.8 | QB |
| 6 | 4 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 2:47.3 | +4.1 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 2:44.2 | — | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | 2:44.6 | +0.4 | QA |
| 3 | 12 | Anna Olsson | Sweden | 2:45.1 | +0.9 | QA LL |
| 4 | 5 | Marthe Kristoffersen | Norway | 2:46.2 | +2.0 | QB |
| 5 | 13 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 2:49.5 | +5.3 | QB |
| 6 | 11 | Natalya Korostelyova | Russia | 2:51.8 | +7.6 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final A

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| | 2 | Arianna Follis | Italy | | — | 1st |
| | 7 | Kikkan Randall | USA | | | 2nd |
| | 3 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | | | 3rd |
| 4 | 10 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | | | 4th |
| 5 | 12 | Anna Olsson | Sweden | | | 5th |
| — | 1 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

#### Final B

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | — | 6th |
| 2 | 13 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | | 7th |
| 3 | 5 | Marthe Kristoffersen | Norway | | 8th |
| 4 | 15 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | | 9th |
| 5 | 11 | Natalya Korostelyova | Russia | | 10th |
| 6 | 20 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | | 11th |