# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

The women's 15 kilometre pursuit at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 was held on 26 February 2011 at 11:30 CET. The defending world champion was Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk while the defending Olympic champion was Norway's Marit Bjørgen.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 2 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | 38:08.6 | |
| | 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk | Poland | 38:16.1 | +7.5 |
| | 4 | Therese Johaug | Norway | 38:17.4 | +8.8 |
| 4 | 5 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 39:02.5 | +53.9 |
| 5 | 3 | Marianna Longa | Italy | 39:17.0 | +1:08.4 |
| 6 | 17 | Maria Rydqvist | Sweden | 39:17.4 | +1:08.8 |
| 7 | 18 | Nicole Fessel | Germany | 39:17.4 | +1:08.8 |
| 8 | 7 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | Finland | 39:19.9 | +1:11.3 |
| 9 | 15 | Kristin Størmer Steira | Norway | 39:24.6 | +1:16.0 |
| 10 | 9 | Anna Haag | Sweden | 39:46.8 | +1:38.2 |
| 11 | 16 | Masako Ishida | Japan | 40:02.9 | +1:54.3 |
| 12 | 12 | Yuliya Chekalyova | Russia | 40:05.5 | +1:56.9 |
| 13 | 22 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Germany | 40:05.8 | +1:57.2 |
| 14 | 8 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Finland | 40:06.9 | +1:58.3 |
| 15 | 11 | Marthe Kristoffersen | Norway | 40:07.7 | +1:59.1 |
| 16 | 13 | Katrin Zeller | Germany | 40:11.0 | +2:02.4 |
| 17 | 14 | Valentyna Shevchenko | Ukraine | 40:37.9 | +2:29.3 |
| 18 | 20 | Riikka Sarasoja | Finland | 40:50.7 | +2:42.1 |
| 19 | 6 | Arianna Follis | Italy | 40:51.3 | +2:42.7 |
| 20 | 27 | Barbara Jezeršek | Slovenia | 40:57.1 | +2:48.5 |
| 21 | 19 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 40:58.7 | +2:50.1 |
| 22 | 31 | Ivana Janečková | Czech Republic | 41:03.0 | +2:54.4 |
| 23 | 29 | Elena Kolomina | Kazakhstan | 41:03.3 | +2:54.7 |
| 24 | 37 | Elizabeth Stephen | United States | 41:03.5 | +2:54.9 |
| 25 | 32 | Holly Brooks | United States | 41:21.5 | +3:12.9 |
| 26 | 23 | Valentina Novikova | Russia | 41:22.7 | +3:14.1 |
| 27 | 26 | Yuliya Ivanova | Russia | 41:25.9 | +3:17.3 |
| 28 | 42 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 41:33.8 | +3:25.2 |
| 29 | 50 | Oxana Yatskaya | Kazakhstan | 41:35.2 | +3:26.6 |
| 30 | 35 | Sara Lindborg | Sweden | 41:35.3 | +3:26.7 |
| 31 | 10 | Krista Lähteenmäki | Finland | 41:50.7 | +3:42.1 |
| 32 | 40 | Paulina Maciuszek | Poland | 41:51.2 | +3:42.6 |
| 33 | 28 | Kateryna Grygorenko | Ukraine | 41:54.9 | +3:46.3 |
| 34 | 33 | Eva Nývltová | Czech Republic | 42:00.0 | +3:51.4 |
| 35 | 30 | Virginia de Martin Topranin | Italy | 42:01.9 | +3:53.3 |
| 36 | 25 | Svetlana Malakhova-Shishkina | Kazakhstan | 42:02.4 | +3:53.8 |
| 37 | 49 | Lada Nesterenko | Ukraine | 42:06.6 | +3:58.0 |
| 38 | 21 | Laure Barthélémy | France | 42:33.3 | +4:24.7 |
| 39 | 34 | Aurore Jéan | France | 42:33.9 | +4:25.3 |
| 40 | 24 | Stefanie Böhler | Germany | 42:38.9 | +4:30.3 |
| 41 | 48 | Laura Rohtla | Estonia | 42:52.8 | +4:44.2 |
| 42 | 44 | Yuki Kobayashi | Japan | 43:08.1 | +4:59.5 |
| 43 | 41 | Morgan Arritola | United States | 43:09.5 | +5:00.9 |
| 44 | 36 | Svetlana Bochkareva | Russia | 43:16.7 | +5:08.1 |
| 45 | 43 | Laura Orgué | Spain | 43:39.9 | +5:31.3 |
| 46 | 46 | Mónika György | Romania | 43:40.0 | +5:31.4 |
| 47 | 47 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | 43:40.8 | +5:32.6 |
| 48 | 38 | Célia Bourgeois | France | 44:11.9 | +5:53.7 |
| 49 | 52 | Marina Matrosova | Kazakhstan | 44:12.2 | +5:54.0 |
| 50 | 45 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 45:09.9 | +6:51.7 |
| 51 | 39 | Brooke Gosling | Canada | 45:18.2 | +7:00.0 |
| 52 | 54 | Esther Bottomley | Australia | 46:32.4 | +8:14.2 |
| 53 | 53 | Rosamund Musgrave | United Kingdom | 48:11.2 | +9:53.0 |
| | 55 | Mirlene Picin | Brazil | LAP | |
| | 56 | Irina Khodiakova | Kyrgyzstan | LAP | |
| | 51 | Agnieszka Szymańczak | Poland | DNS | |