# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Women's sprint

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.
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 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 3:24.01 | | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:24.44 | +0.43 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:24.69 | +0.68 | Q |
| 4 | 18 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 3:25.24 | +1.23 | Q |
| 5 | 13 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:25.45 | +1.44 | Q |
| 6 | 30 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:26.51 | +2.50 | Q |
| 7 | 27 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:27.01 | +3.00 | Q |
| 8 | 21 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | Russia | 3:27.18 | +3.17 | Q |
| 9 | 31 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:27.51 | +3.50 | Q |
| 10 | 12 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:28.01 | +4.00 | Q |
| 11 | 14 | Katerina Smutna | Austria | 3:28.26 | +4.25 | Q |
| 12 | 16 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 3:28.35 | +4.34 | Q |
| 12 | 26 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 3:28.35 | +4.34 | Q |
| 14 | 22 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:29.62 | +5.61 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 3:30.03 | +6.02 | Q |
| 16 | 10 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:30.13 | +6.12 | Q |
| 17 | 20 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 3:30.41 | +6.40 | Q |
| 17 | 33 | Aurore Jéan | France | 3:30.41 | +6.40 | Q |
| 19 | 24 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 3:30.70 | +6.69 | Q |
| 20 | 11 | Magdalena Pajala | Sweden | 3:31.13 | +7.12 | Q |
| 21 | 17 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 3:31.22 | +7.21 | Q |
| 22 | 34 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 3:31.67 | +7.66 | Q |
| 23 | 9 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 3:31.91 | +7.90 | Q |
| 24 | 23 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:32.45 | +8.44 | Q |
| 25 | 1 | Yuliya Ivanova | Russia | 3:32.53 | +8.52 | Q |
| 26 | 35 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:33.15 | +9.14 | Q |
| 27 | 29 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:33.42 | +9.41 | Q |
| 28 | 32 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 3:33.67 | +9.66 | Q |
| 29 | 39 | Triin Ojaste | Estonia | 3:34.70 | +10.69 | Q |
| 30 | 38 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:34.81 | +10.80 | Q |
| 31 | 5 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 3:34.93 | +10.92 | |
| 32 | 3 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:34.96 | +10.95 | |
| 33 | 19 | Ida Sargent | United States | 3:35.43 | +11.42 | |
| 34 | 44 | Karolina Grohová | Czech Republic | 3:36.90 | +12.89 | |
| 35 | 40 | Eva Vrabcová-Nyvltová | Czech Republic | 3:37.38 | +13.37 | |
| 36 | 41 | Célia Aymonier | France | 3:37.61 | +13.60 | |
| 37 | 4 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 3:37.71 | +13.70 | |
| 38 | 2 | Sandra Ringwald | Germany | 3:37.79 | +13.78 | |
| 39 | 45 | Kerstin Muschet | Austria | 3:38.30 | +14.29 | |
| 40 | 49 | Agnieszka Szymanczak | Poland | 3:38.74 | +14.73 | |
| 41 | 52 | Man Dandan | China | 3:38.86 | +14.85 | |
| 42 | 25 | Daria Gaiazova | Canada | 3:39.02 | +15.01 | |
| 43 | 7 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 3:39.27 | +15.26 | |
| 44 | 43 | Piret Pormeister | Estonia | 3:39.95 | +15.94 | |
| 45 | 47 | Valiantsina Kaminskaya | Belarus | 3:39.98 | +15.97 | |
| 46 | 37 | Bettina Gruber | Switzerland | 3:40.50 | +16.49 | |
| 47 | 51 | Francesca Baudin | Italy | 3:40.55 | +16.54 | |
| 48 | 28 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 3:41.73 | +17.72 | |
| 49 | 46 | Andrea Dupont | Canada | 3:42.49 | +18.48 | |
| 50 | 76 | Tetyana Antypenko | Ukraine | 3:42.81 | +18.80 | |
| 51 | 54 | Lucie Charvatová | Czech Republic | 3:44.93 | +20.92 | |
| 52 | 58 | Sandra Schützová | Czech Republic | 3:45.10 | +21.09 | |
| 53 | 50 | Nika Razinger | Slovenia | 3:45.87 | +21.86 | |
| 54 | 78 | Kornelia Kubińska | Poland | 3:45.93 | +21.92 | |
| 55 | 42 | Ilaria Debertolis | Italy | 3:46.13 | +22.12 | |
| 56 | 57 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 3:46.53 | +22.52 | |
| 57 | 48 | Emily Nishikawa | Canada | 3:46.88 | +22.87 | |
| 58 | 72 | Li Hongxue | China | 3:47.02 | +23.01 | |
| 59 | 53 | Rosamund Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:47.07 | +23.06 | |
| 60 | 61 | Anna Stoyan | Kazakhstan | 3:48.66 | +24.65 | |
| 61 | 55 | Esther Bottomley | Australia | 3:48.86 | +24.85 | |
| 62 | 65 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 3:50.69 | +26.68 | |
| 63 | 74 | Barbora Klementová | Slovakia | 3:51.60 | +27.59 | |
| 64 | 66 | Viktoriya Lanchakova | Kazakhstan | 3:52.05 | +28.04 | |
| 65 | 80 | Anna Shevchenko | Kazakhstan | 3:52.38 | +28.37 | |
| 66 | 62 | Daniela Kotschová | Slovakia | 3:52.80 | +28.79 | |
| 67 | 56 | Kaija Vahtra | Estonia | 3:53.14 | +29.13 | |
| 68 | 59 | Nina Broznić | Croatia | 3:53.30 | +29.29 | |
| 69 | 70 | Kateryna Grygorenko | Ukraine | 3:53.82 | +29.81 | |
| 70 | 64 | Li Xin | China | 3:56.66 | +31.65 | |
| 71 | 75 | Inga Daushkane | Latvia | 3:57.63 | +33.62 | |
| 72 | 68 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 3:57.90 | +33.89 | |
| 73 | 63 | Ingrida Ardišauskaitė | Lithuania | 4:00.98 | +36.97 | |
| 74 | 67 | Sarah Young | Great Britain | 4:01.24 | +37.23 | |
| 75 | 101 | Nadezhda Demineva | Kyrgyzstan | 4:01.46 | +37.45 | |
| 76 | 69 | Teodora Malcheva | Bulgaria | 4:01.83 | +37.82 | |
| 77 | 83 | Iryna Leletko | Ukraine | 4:02.31 | +38.30 | |
| 78 | 60 | Timeea Sara | Romania | 4:04.02 | +40.01 | |
| 79 | 98 | Emőke Szőcs | Hungary | 4:06.53 | +42.52 | |
| 80 | 79 | Anna Trnka | Australia | 4:10.60 | +46.59 | |
| 81 | 71 | Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | 4:11.88 | +47.87 | |
| 82 | 73 | Vineta Pētersone | Latvia | 4:16.71 | +52.70 | |
| 83 | 93 | Signe Schlør | Denmark | 4:17.77 | +53.76 | |
| 84 | 95 | Anda Miuzhniece | Latvia | 4:18.57 | +54.56 | |
| 85 | 84 | Lescinska Grimmer | Australia | 4:20.33 | +56.32 | |
| 86 | 88 | Ágnes Simon | Hungary | 4:24.14 | +1:00.13 | |
| 87 | 94 | Ildikó Papp | Hungary | 4:26.38 | +1:02.37 | |
| 88 | 82 | Syuzanna Varosyan | Armenia | 4:28.40 | +1:04.39 | |
| 89 | 87 | Anna Mkhitaryan | Armenia | 4:30.80 | +1:06.79 | |
| 90 | 90 | Natalija Kovalova | Latvia | 4:36.05 | +1:12.04 | |
| 91 | 96 | Katya Galstyan | Armenia | 4:39.54 | +1:15.53 | |
| 92 | 91 | Viktória Zámbó | Hungary | 4:46.68 | +1:22.67 | |
| 93 | 86 | Valya Varosyan | Armenia | 4:52.65 | +1:28.64 | |
| 94 | 92 | Maria Boumpa | Greece | 4:58.12 | +1:34.11 | |
| 95 | 99 | Alexandra Camenșcic | Moldova | 5:09.94 | +1:45.93 | |
| 96 | 77 | Farzaneh Rezasoltani | Iran | 5:40.36 | +2:16.35 | |
| 97 | 102 | Doina Cravcenco | Moldova | 5:52.97 | +2:28.96 | |
| 98 | 103 | Anna Berghii | Moldova | 5:54.58 | +2:30.57 | |
| 99 | 89 | Golnaz Savoji Asl | Iran | 5:56.51 | +2:32.50 | |
| 100 | 100 | Dumitrita Ciobanu | Moldova | 6:01.25 | +2:37.24 | |
| 101 | 97 | Azadeh Kiashemshaki | Iran | 6:05.15 | +2:41.14 | |
| | 81 | Panagiota Tsakiri | Greece | DNS | | |
| | 85 | Guo Liping | China | DNS | | |

## Quarterfinals
### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 10 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:24.4 | | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 3:25.5 | +1.1 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Kateřina Smutná | Austria | 3:25.6 | +1.2 | |
| 4 | 30 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:26.3 | +1.9 | |
| 5 | 21 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 3:27.3 | +2.9 | |
| 6 | 20 | Magdalena Pajala | Sweden | 3:28.0 | +3.6 | |

### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 14 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:20.9 | | Q |
| 2 | 17 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 3:22.1 | +1.2 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:22.4 | +1.5 | LL |
| 4 | 24 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:22.5 | +1.6 | |
| 5 | 27 | Celine Brun-Lie | Norway | 3:24.7 | +3.8 | |
| 6 | 4 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 3:27.0 | +6.1 | |

### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 16 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:21.8 | | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:22.1 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:22.2 | +0.4 | LL |
| 4 | 25 | Yuliya Ivanova | Russia | 3:24.3 | +2.5 | |
| 5 | 15 | Natalya Matveyeva | Russia | 3:25.8 | +4.0 | |
| 6 | 26 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:33.3 | +11.5 | |

### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:20.4 | | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:21.2 | +0.8 | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Anastasia Dotsenko | Russia | 3:23.8 | +3.4 | |
| 4 | 12 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 3:25.4 | +5.0 | |
| 5 | 29 | Triin Ojaste | Estonia | 3:29.0 | +8.6 | |
| 6 | 22 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 3:30.5 | +10.1 | |

### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:22.8 | | Q |
| 2 | 23 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 3:22.9 | +0.1 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 3:23.6 | +0.8 | |
| 4 | 28 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 3:25.1 | +2.3 | |
| 5 | 18 | Aurore Jéan | France | 3:26.0 | +3.2 | |
| 6 | 8 | Yevgeniya Shapovalova | Russia | 3:26.4 | +3.6 | |

## Semifinals
### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 14 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:20.0 | | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:20.4 | +0.4 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:20.9 | +0.9 | LL |
| 4 | 1 | Mona-Liisa Malvalehto | Finland | 3:22.0 | +2.0 | |
| 5 | 10 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 3:23.1 | +3.1 | |
| 6 | 17 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 3:23.9 | +3.9 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:19.9 | | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:20.4 | +0.5 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:20.9 | +1.0 | LL |
| 4 | 3 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:22.2 | +2.3 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:22.6 | +2.7 | |
| 6 | 23 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 3:24.4 | +4.5 | |

## Finals

The races were held from 12:45 to 14:13.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 14 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 3:16.6 | |
| | 9 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:18.9 | +2.3 |
| | 6 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:20.4 | +3.8 |
| 4 | 5 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:21.2 | +4.6 |
| 5 | 16 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:21.5 | +4.9 |
| 6 | 2 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:22.9 | +6.3 |