# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

The Women's 15 kilometre pursuit at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 21 February 2009 at 13:00 CET.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 2 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 40:55.3 | — |
| | 6 | Kristin Størmer Steira | Norway | 40:57.0 | +1.7 |
| | 1 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 41:03.3 | +8.0 |
| 4 | 3 | Marianna Longa | Italy | 41:16.8 | +21.5 |
| 5 | 9 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 41:39.5 | +44.2 |
| 6 | 10 | Therese Johaug | Norway | 42:19.2 | +1:23.9 |
| 7 | 8 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 42:25.3 | +1:30.0 |
| 8 | 14 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 42:25.9 | +1:30.6 |
| 9 | 7 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 42:30.6 | +1:35.3 |
| 10 | 19 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Germany | 42:34.4 | +1:39.1 |
| 11 | 44 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 42:34.5 | +1:39.2 |
| 12 | 15 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva | Russia | 42:46.6 | +1:51.3 |
| 13 | 4 | Virpi Kuitunen | Finland | 42:49.2 | +1:53.9 |
| 14 | 22 | Masako Ishida | Japan | 42:51.4 | +1:56.1 |
| 15 | 38 | Elizabeth Stephen | United States | 42:52.3 | +1:57.0 |
| 16 | 24 | Antonella Confortola Wyatt | Italy | 42:53.5 | +1:58.2 |
| 17 | 18 | Katrin Zeller | Germany | 42:59.7 | +2:04.4 |
| 18 | 20 | Karine Laurent Philippot | France | 43:05.4 | +2:10.1 |
| 19 | 5 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 43:12.4 | +2:17.1 |
| 20 | 37 | Kamila Rajdlová | Czech Republic | 43:18.7 | +2:23.4 |
| 21 | 13 | Sara Renner | Canada | 43:22.9 | +2:27.6 |
| 22 | 35 | Alena Sannikova | Belarus | 43:23.2 | +2:27.9 |
| 23 | 12 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | 43:30.2 | +2:34.9 |
| 24 | 32 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | 43:32.4 | +2:37.1 |
| 25 | 58 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 43:32.9 | +2:37.6 |
| 26 | 34 | Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina | Kazakhstan | 43:35.1 | +2:39.8 |
| 27 | 23 | Olga Rocheva | Russia | 43:37.4 | +2:42.1 |
| 28 | 21 | Sabina Valbusa | Italy | 43:47.7 | +2:52.4 |
| 29 | 68 | Hongxue Li | China | 43:48.5 | +2:53.2 |
| 30 | 28 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 43:49.9 | +2:54.6 |
| 31 | 45 | Morgan Arritola | United States | 43:51.3 | +2:56.0 |
| 32 | 43 | Ivana Janečková | Czech Republic | 43:59.0 | +3:03.7 |
| 33 | 30 | Olga Zavyalova | Russia | 44:04.8 | +3:09.5 |
| 34 | 29 | Coraline Hugue | France | 44:15.6 | +3:20.3 |
| 35 | 27 | Natalya Korostelyova | Russia | 44:22.0 | +3:26.7 |
| 36 | 25 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 44:24.4 | +3:29.1 |
| 37 | 53 | Vita Yakymchuk | Ukraine | 44:25.9 | +3:30.6 |
| 38 | 51 | Olga Vasiljonok | Belarus | 44:32.0 | +3:36.7 |
| 39 | 40 | Kornelia Marek | Poland | 44:32.7 | +3:37.4 |
| 40 | 42 | Lada Nesterenko | Ukraine | 44:39.5 | +3:44.2 |
| 41 | 46 | Helena Erbenová | Czech Republic | 45:13.5 | +4:18.2 |
| 42 | 36 | Cécile Storti | France | 45:13.9 | +4:18.6 |
| 43 | 67 | Ekaterina Rudakova | Belarus | 45:15.2 | +4:19.9 |
| 44 | 54 | Tatyana Roshchina | Kazakhstan | 45:18.8 | +4:23.5 |
| 45 | 41 | Tatjana Mannima | Estonia | 45:32.9 | +4:37.6 |
| 46 | 63 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 45:33.8 | +4:38.5 |
| 47 | 59 | Shayla Swanson | Canada | 45:39.2 | +4:43.9 |
| 48 | 47 | Barbara Jezeršek | Slovenia | 45:55.2 | +4:59.9 |
| 49 | 57 | Eva Skalníková | Czech Republic | 46:00.5 | +5:05.2 |
| 50 | 49 | Hanna Brodin | Sweden | 46:01.8 | +5:06.5 |
| 51 | 52 | Zoya Obiukh | Ukraine | 46:18.9 | +5:23.6 |
| 52 | 39 | Laure Barthélémy | France | 46:28.1 | +5:32.8 |
| 53 | 55 | Nobuko Fukuda | Japan | 46:28.3 | +5:33.0 |
| 54 | 62 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 46:47.4 | +5:52.1 |
| 55 | 50 | Katherine Calder | New Zealand | 46:55.8 | +6:00.5 |
| 56 | 69 | Xin Li | China | 47:18.0 | +6:22.7 |
| 57 | 64 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 47:30.0 | +6:34.7 |
| 58 | 56 | Caitlin Compton | United States | 47:35.3 | +6:40.0 |
| 59 | 65 | Aimee Watson | Australia | 47:48.7 | +6:53.4 |
| 60 | 48 | Laura Rohtla | Estonia | 49:13.2 | +8:17.9 |
| 61 | 74 | Maria Danou | Greece | LAP | LAP |
| 62 | 76 | Otgontsetseg Chinbat | Mongolia | LAP | LAP |
| 63 | 77 | Julia Zamyatina | Kyrgyzstan | LAP | LAP |
| 64 | 75 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | LAP | LAP |
| 65 | 73 | Olga Reshetkova | Kyrgyzstan | LAP | LAP |
| 66 | 70 | Fiona Hughes | United Kingdom | LAP | LAP |
| 67 | 71 | Sarah Young | United Kingdom | LAP | LAP |
| 68 | 66 | Mónika György | Romania | LAP | LAP |
| 69 | 61 | Antonia Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | LAP | LAP |
| — | 26 | Yuliya Chepalova | Russia | DSQ | DSQ |
| — | 16 | Claudia Nystad | Germany | DNF | DNF |
| — | 17 | Kateřina Smutná | Austria | DNF | DNF |
| — | 31 | Seraina Mischol | Switzerland | DNF | DNF |
| — | 60 | Kelime Çetinkaya | Turkey | DNF | DNF |
| — | 72 | Dandan Man | China | DNF | DNF |
| — | 11 | Stefanie Böhler | Germany | DNS | DNS |
| — | 33 | Maria Rydqvist | Sweden | DNS | DNS |