# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's 10 kilometre classical

The Women's 10 kilometre classical at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 19 February 2009 at 11:30 CET. A 5 km qualifying event took place on 18 February.
Organizing Committee chair Katerina Neumannová of the Czech Republic is two-time defending champion, but retired after the 2006–07 season. The top ten finishers of the 5 km event advanced to the 10 km event on the 19th. Saarinen won her first individual gold medal as a follow-up to her relay gold medal at the previous championships in Sapporo, leading at all time marks. Longa and Kowalczyk both earned their first medals at the championships. The top three 5 km qualifiers, Smyth, Li and Kashiwabara, finished 51st, 55th, and did not start respectively.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 76 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 28:12.8 | — |
| | 74 | Marianna Longa | Italy | 28:17.0 | +4.2 |
| | 75 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 28:24.3 | +11.5 |
| 4 | 73 | Virpi Kuitunen | Finland | 28:29.9 | +17.1 |
| 5 | 69 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 28:41.8 | +29.0 |
| 6 | 71 | Kristin Størmer Steira | Norway | 28:59.1 | +46.3 |
| 7 | 66 | Pirjo Muranen | Finland | 29:17.5 | +1:04.7 |
| 8 | 59 | Masako Ishida | Japan | 29:19.9 | +1:07.1 |
| 9 | 64 | Sara Renner | Canada | 29:29.0 | +1:16.2 |
| 10 | 68 | Therese Johaug | Norway | 29:33.7 | +1:20.9 |
| 11 | 58 | Olga Rocheva | Russia | 29:39.3 | +1:26.5 |
| 12 | 44 | Anna Olsson | Sweden | 29:42.4 | +1:29.6 |
| 13 | 50 | Svetlana Malahova | Kazakhstan | 29:45.1 | +1:32.3 |
| 14 | 48 | Lina Andersson | Sweden | 29:46.3 | +1:33.5 |
| 15 | 70 | Petra Majdič | Slovenia | 29:49.4 | +1:36.6 |
| 16 | 72 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 29:51.4 | +1:38.6 |
| 17 | 57 | Alyona Sidko | Russia | 29:51.5 | +1:38.7 |
| 18 | 62 | Katrin Zeller | Germany | 29:54.2 | +1:41.4 |
| 19 | 55 | Tatyana Zhambaeva | Russia | 29:56.0 | +1:43.2 |
| 20 | 56 | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | Norway | 29:56.2 | +1:43.4 |
| 21 | 60 | Olga Tiagai | Russia | 29:57.4 | +1:44.6 |
| 22 | 54 | Seraina Mischol | Switzerland | 30:10.9 | +1:58.1 |
| 23 | 37 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 30:16.5 | +2:03.7 |
| 24 | 63 | Kateřina Smutná | Austria | 30:19.8 | +2:07.0 |
| 25 | 46 | Kamila Rajdlová | Czech Republic | 30:20.5 | +2:07.7 |
| 26 | 41 | Kikkan Randall | United States | 30:25.5 | +2:12.7 |
| 27 | 40 | Karin Moroder | Italy | 30:32.2 | +2:19.4 |
| 28 | 49 | Alena Sannikova | Belarus | 30:47.4 | +2:34.6 |
| 29 | 43 | Kornelia Marek | Poland | 30:49.1 | +2:36.3 |
| 30 | 24 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 30:49.2 | +2:36.4 |
| 31 | 11 | Li Hongxue | China | 30:49.5 | +2:36.7 |
| 32 | 67 | Stefanie Böhler | Germany | 30:54.5 | +2:41.7 |
| 33 | 39 | Lada Nesterenko | Ukraine | 30:56.1 | +2:43.3 |
| 34 | 29 | Olga Vasiljonok | Belarus | 30:57.6 | +2:44.8 |
| 35 | 53 | Laura Orgué | Spain | 30:58.6 | +2:45.8 |
| 36 | 28 | Vita Yakymchuk | Ukraine | 30:59.9 | +2:47.1 |
| 37 | 51 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 31:02.1 | +2:49.3 |
| 38 | 32 | Hanna Brodin | Sweden | 31:09.7 | +2:56.9 |
| 39 | 36 | Elena Antonova | Kazakhstan | 31:11.4 | +2:58.6 |
| 40 | 35 | Morgan Arritola | United States | 31:17.2 | +3:04.4 |
| 41 | 42 | Tatjana Mannima | Estonia | 31:18.9 | +3:06.1 |
| 42 | 52 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 31:21.8 | +3:09.0 |
| 43 | 38 | Ivana Janečková | Czech Republic | 31:25.7 | +3:12.9 |
| 44 | 19 | Madoka Natsumi | Japan | 31:30.0 | +3:17.2 |
| 45 | 26 | Eva Skalníková | Czech Republic | 31:31.5 | +3:18.7 |
| 46 | 23 | Shayla Swanson | Canada | 31:36.0 | +3:23.2 |
| 47 | 31 | Katherine Calder | New Zealand | 31:42.0 | +3:29.2 |
| 48 | 21 | Perianne Jones | Canada | 31:43.0 | +3:30.2 |
| 49 | 27 | Veronica Cavallar | Italy | 31:47.2 | +3:34.4 |
| 50 | 47 | Eloide Bourgeois Pin | France | 31:51.3 | +3:38.5 |
| 51 | 7 | Morgan Smyth | United States | 31:54.1 | +3:41.3 |
| 52 | 25 | Caroline Weibel | France | 31:56.8 | +3:44.0 |
| 53 | 22 | Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia | 32:08.3 | +3:55.5 |
| 54 | 30 | Kaija Udras | Estonia | 32:10.9 | +3:58.1 |
| 55 | 6 | Xin Li | China | 32:20.8 | +4:08.0 |
| 56 | 34 | Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová | Czech Republic | 32:23.2 | +4:10.4 |
| 57 | 14 | Laura Valaas | United States | 32:23.4 | +4:10.6 |
| 58 | 33 | Laura Rohtla | Estonia | 32:26.1 | +4:13.3 |
| 59 | 10 | Martyna Galewicz | Poland | 32:34.7 | +4:21.9 |
| 60 | 17 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 32:36.3 | +4:23.5 |
| 61 | 16 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 32:40.2 | +4:27.4 |
| 62 | 4 | Yincui E | China | 33:02.9 | +4:50.1 |
| 63 | 12 | Chae-Won Lee | South Korea | 33:13.5 | +5:00.7 |
| 64 | 15 | Aimee Watson | Australia | 33:26.8 | +5:14.0 |
| 65 | 13 | Mónika György | Romania | 33:36.0 | +5:23.2 |
| 66 | 1 | Song Bo | China | 34:01.6 | +5:48.8 |
| 67 | 18 | Antonia Grigorova | Bulgaria | 34:29.6 | +6:16.8 |
| 68 | 3 | Fiona Hughes | United Kingdom | 34:36.6 | +6:23.8 |
| 69 | 20 | Kelime Çetinkaya | Turkey | 35:02.6 | +6:49.8 |
| 70 | 9 | Katarina Johansen | Slovakia | 35:03.2 | +6:50.4 |
| 71 | 2 | Anrea Fancy | New Zealand | 35:49.2 | +7:36.4 |
| — | 45 | Aurore Cuinet | France | DNF | — |
| — | 8 | Michito Kashiwabara | Japan | DNS | — |
| — | 61 | Karine Laurent Philippot | France | DNS | — |
| — | 65 | Anna Haag | Sweden | DNS | — |