# Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's individual sprint classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at 20:00 KST at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The sprint distance was 1.2km.

## Qualification

A total of up to 310 cross-country skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard, which meant having 100 or less FIS Points or meeting the B standard, which meant 120 or less FIS points in the sprint classification. Countries not meeting the A standard were allowed to enter a maximum of one B standard athlete per gender. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the FIS Olympics Points list (two per gender maximum, overall across all events). Countries also received an additional quota (one per gender maximum) if an athlete was ranked in the top 300 of the FIS Olympics Points list. After the distribution of B standard quotas, the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.

## Results

    Q — qualified for next round
    LL — lucky loser
    PF — photo finish

### Qualifying

The qualifying was started at 17:30.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 12 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:08.74 | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:09.13 | +0.39 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Krista Pärmäkoski | Finland | 3:12.30 | +3.56 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:12.54 | +3.80 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:15.24 | +6.50 | Q |
| 6 | 19 | Natalya Nepryayeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:15.65 | +6.91 | Q |
| 7 | 15 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:15.76 | +7.02 | Q |
| 8 | 22 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:16.06 | +7.32 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:16.12 | +7.38 | Q |
| 10 | 16 | Heidi Weng | Norway | 3:16.28 | +7.54 | Q |
| 11 | 9 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:16.57 | +7.83 | Q |
| 12 | 18 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:17.06 | +8.32 | Q |
| 13 | 8 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:17.35 | +8.61 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Anna Dyvik | Sweden | 3:17.99 | +9.25 | Q |
| 15 | 10 | Yuliya Belorukova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:18.26 | +9.52 | Q |
| 16 | 13 | Sandra Ringwald | Germany | 3:18.43 | +9.69 | Q |
| 17 | 11 | Kathrine Harsem | Norway | 3:18.48 | +9.74 | Q |
| 18 | 20 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 3:19.01 | +10.27 | Q |
| 19 | 34 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 3:19.04 | +10.30 | Q |
| 20 | 24 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:19.42 | +10.68 | Q |
| 21 | 17 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:19.62 | +10.88 | Q |
| 22 | 30 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:20.00 | +11.26 | Q |
| 23 | 49 | Kateřina Beroušková | Czech Republic | 3:20.09 | +11.35 | Q |
| 24 | 26 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:20.48 | +11.74 | Q |
| 25 | 42 | Katharina Hennig | Germany | 3:22.64 | +13.90 | Q |
| 26 | 28 | Elisabeth Schicho | Germany | 3:23.26 | +14.52 | Q |
| 27 | 46 | Anna Shevchenko | Kazakhstan | 3:23.27 | +14.53 | Q |
| 28 | 29 | Lucia Scardoni | Italy | 3:23.32 | +14.58 | Q |
| 29 | 2 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 3:23.38 | +14.64 | Q |
| 30 | 25 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 3:24.02 | +15.28 | Q |
| 31 | 31 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:24.61 | +15.87 | |
| 32 | 23 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 3:25.54 | +16.80 | |
| 33 | 21 | Ida Sargent | United States | 3:25.80 | +17.06 | |
| 34 | 44 | Emily Nishikawa | Canada | 3:26.75 | +18.01 | |
| 35 | 45 | Yulia Tikhonova | Belarus | 3:27.19 | +18.45 | |
| 36 | 14 | Hanna Kolb | Germany | 3:27.84 | +19.10 | |
| 37 | 47 | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | Poland | 3:27.94 | +19.20 | |
| 38 | 37 | Ewelina Marcisz | Poland | 3:28.11 | +19.37 | |
| 39 | 50 | Tatjana Mannima | Estonia | 3:28.57 | +19.83 | |
| 40 | 40 | Anastasia Kirillova | Belarus | 3:28.98 | +20.24 | |
| 41 | 38 | Polina Seronosova | Belarus | 3:29.44 | +20.70 | |
| 42 | 33 | Dahria Beatty | Canada | 3:29.77 | +21.03 | |
| 43 | 36 | Karolína Grohová | Czech Republic | 3:30.91 | +22.17 | |
| 44 | 39 | Alisa Zhambalova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:31.53 | +22.79 | |
| 45 | 52 | Petra Hynčicová | Czech Republic | 3:32.03 | +23.29 | |
| 46 | 27 | Aurore Jéan | France | 3:32.45 | +23.71 | |
| 47 | 43 | Valiantsina Kaminskaya | Belarus | 3:32.80 | +24.06 | |
| 48 | 35 | Jessica Yeaton | Australia | 3:33.01 | +24.27 | |
| 49 | 59 | Li Xin | China | 3:33.61 | +24.87 | |
| 50 | 32 | Lisa Unterweger | Austria | 3:34.29 | +25.55 | |
| 51 | 48 | Cendrine Browne | Canada | 3:34.30 | +25.56 | |
| 52 | 41 | Nika Razinger | Slovenia | 3:35.11 | +26.37 | |
| 53 | 64 | Barbora Klementová | Slovakia | 3:38.00 | +29.26 | |
| 54 | 57 | Tetyana Antypenko | Ukraine | 3:38.56 | +29.82 | |
| 55 | 56 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 3:39.22 | +30.48 | |
| 56 | 58 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 3:40.17 | +31.43 | |
| 57 | 60 | Chi Chunxue | China | 3:42.70 | +33.96 | |
| 58 | 63 | Aimee Watson | Australia | 3:44.87 | +36.13 | |
| 59 | 53 | Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean | Togo | 3:45.93 | +37.19 | |
| 60 | 61 | Valeriya Tyuleneva | Kazakhstan | 3:47.27 | +38.53 | |
| 61 | 62 | Tímea Lőrincz | Romania | 3:48.84 | +40.10 | |
| 62 | 51 | Patrīcija Eiduka | Latvia | 3:49.70 | +40.96 | |
| 63 | 55 | Casey Wright | Australia | 3:49.80 | +41.06 | |
| 64 | 54 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 3:54.76 | +46.02 | |
| 65 | 67 | Gabrijela Skender | Croatia | 3:56.23 | +47.49 | |
| 66 | 66 | Antoniya Grigorova | Bulgaria | 3:59.77 | +51.03 | |
| 67 | 65 | Ju Hye-ri | South Korea | 4:11.92 | +1:03.18 | |
| 68 | 68 | Samaneh Beyrami Baher | Iran | 4:47.91 | +1:39.17 | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:10.90 | — | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Krista Pärmäkoski | Finland | 3:11.97 | +1.07 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:12.46 | +1.56 | LL |
| 4 | 17 | Kathrine Harsem | Norway | 3:14.87 | +3.97 | |
| 5 | 30 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 3:19.18 | +8.28 | |
| 6 | 27 | Anna Shevchenko | Kazakhstan | 3:23.56 | +12.66 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:11.98 | — | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:12.39 | +0.41 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | Sweden | 3:14.58 | +2.60 | |
| 4 | 5 | Katja Višnar | Slovenia | 3:20.49 | +8.51 | |
| 5 | 28 | Lucia Scardoni | Italy | 3:22.49 | +10.51 | |
| 6 | 29 | Alenka Čebašek | Slovenia | 3:30.87 | +18.89 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:11.08 | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:11.24 | +0.16 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Sandra Ringwald | Germany | 3:13.76 | +2.68 | |
| 4 | 20 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:14.82 | +3.74 | |
| 5 | 24 | Kerttu Niskanen | Finland | 3:19.84 | +8.76 | |
| 6 | 23 | Kateřina Beroušková | Czech Republic | 3:27.43 | +16.35 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Yuliya Belorukova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:14.29 | — | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Heidi Weng | Norway | 3:15.68 | +1.39 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Sadie Bjornsen | United States | 3:16.75 | +2.46 | |
| 4 | 19 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 3:16.92 | +2.63 | |
| 5 | 18 | Gaia Vuerich | Italy | 3:21.65 | +7.36 | |
| 6 | 26 | Elisabeth Schicho | Germany | 3:24.26 | +9.97 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 6 | Natalya Nepryayeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:11.78 | — | Q |
| 2 | 21 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:12.15 | +0.37 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | Anna Dyvik | Sweden | 3:13.09 | +1.31 | LL |
| 4 | 13 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | 3:14.87 | +3.09 | |
| 5 | 22 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:17.47 | +5.69 | |
| 6 | 25 | Katharina Hennig | Germany | 3:19.55 | +7.77 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:10.52 | — | Q, PF |
| 2 | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:10.55 | +0.03 | Q, PF |
| 3 | 4 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:11.14 | +0.62 | LL |
| 4 | 12 | Sophie Caldwell | United States | 3:11.32 | +0.80 | |
| 5 | 3 | Krista Pärmäkoski | Finland | 3:12.04 | +1.52 | |
| 6 | 14 | Anna Dyvik | Sweden | 3:15.77 | +5.25 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Yuliya Belorukova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:10.12 | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:10.72 | +0.60 | Q, PF |
| 3 | 6 | Natalya Nepryayeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:10.72 | +0.60 | LL, PF |
| 4 | 11 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:13.95 | +3.83 | |
| 5 | 21 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:15.65 | +5.53 | |
| 6 | 10 | Heidi Weng | Norway | 3:16.22 | +6.10 | |

### Final

The final was held at 21:24.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Stina Nilsson | Sweden | 3:03.84 | — |
| | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:06.87 | +3.03 |
| | 15 | Yuliya Belorukova | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:07.21 | +3.37 |
| 4 | 6 | Natalya Nepryayeva | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:12.98 | +9.14 |
| 5 | 4 | Hanna Falk | Sweden | 3:15.00 | +11.16 |
| 6 | 7 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:15.07 | +11.23 |