# Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The women’s sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. Jonna Sundling of Sweden became the Olympic champion. Her compatriot, Maja Dahlqvist, won the silver medal, and Jessie Diggins of the United States the bronze. For Sundling and Dahlquist, this was the first Olympic medal, and for Diggins, the first individual Olympic medal.

## Summary

The 2018 champion, Stina Nilsson, switched to biathlon and was not available to defend her title. The silver medalist, Maiken Caspersen Falla, and the bronze medalist, Yuliya Stupak, qualified for the Olympics. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Natalya Nepryayeva, and the sprint leader was Dahlqvist. Sundling was the 2021 World Champion in individual sprint.
The medals for the competition were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC Member, Olympian, and 1 Gold, 2 Gold, Hungary; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Mats Årjes, FIG Council Member; Sweden.

## Results
### Qualifying

The qualifying was held at 16:00.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 8 | Jonna Sundling | Sweden | 3:09.03 | | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Rosie Brennan | United States | 3:14.83 | +5.80 | Q |
| 3 | 20 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:15.65 | +6.62 | Q |
| 4 | 40 | Yuliya Stupak | ROC | 3:17.01 | +7.98 | Q |
| 5 | 18 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:17.72 | +8.69 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Maja Dahlqvist | Sweden | 3:18.05 | +9.02 | Q |
| 7 | 16 | Tiril Udnes Weng | Norway | 3:18.17 | +9.14 | Q |
| 8 | 41 | Sofie Krehl | Germany | 3:18.93 | +9.90 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | Anna Dyvik | Sweden | 3:19.15 | +10.12 | Q |
| 10 | 39 | Victoria Carl | Germany | 3:19.89 | +10.86 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Emma Ribom | Sweden | 3:19.99 | +10.96 | Q |
| 12 | 51 | Veronika Stepanova | ROC | 3:20.41 | +11.38 | Q |
| 13 | 29 | Jasmin Kähärä | Finland | 3:20.43 | +11.40 | Q |
| 14 | 30 | Julia Kern | United States | 3:20.69 | +11.66 | Q |
| 15 | 46 | Kateřina Janatová | Czech Republic | 3:20.80 | +11.77 | Q |
| 16 | 14 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:20.86 | +11.83 | Q |
| 17 | 33 | Alina Meier | Switzerland | 3:20.88 | +11.85 | Q |
| 18 | 36 | Jasmi Joensuu | Finland | 3:21.05 | +12.02 | Q |
| 19 | 22 | Mathilde Myhrvold | Norway | 3:21.24 | +12.21 | Q |
| 20 | 12 | Natalya Nepryayeva | ROC | 3:21.76 | +12.73 | Q |
| 21 | 25 | Pia Fink | Germany | 3:22.09 | +13.06 | Q |
| 22 | 43 | Tereza Beranová | Czech Republic | 3:22.20 | +13.17 | Q |
| 23 | 32 | Lotta Udnes Weng | Norway | 3:22.26 | +13.23 | Q |
| 24 | 44 | Katri Lylynperä | Finland | 3:22.62 | +13.59 | Q |
| 25 | 26 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 3:22.84 | +13.81 | Q |
| 26 | 24 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:22.93 | +13.90 | Q |
| 27 | 34 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:23.03 | +14.00 | Q |
| 28 | 11 | Dahria Beatty | Canada | 3:23.54 | +14.51 | Q |
| 29 | 45 | Lucia Scardoni | Italy | 3:23.61 | +14.58 | Q |
| 30 | 37 | Caterina Ganz | Italy | 3:24.13 | +15.10 | Q |
| 31 | 42 | Léna Quintin | France | 3:24.19 | +15.16 | |
| 32 | 31 | Patrīcija Eiduka | Latvia | 3:24.32 | +15.29 | |
| 33 | 21 | Petra Hynčicová | Czech Republic | 3:24.51 | +15.48 | |
| 34 | 27 | Lisa Unterweger | Austria | 3:24.83 | +15.80 | |
| 35 | 50 | Cendrine Browne | Canada | 3:24.85 | +15.82 | |
| 36 | 9 | Ma Qinghua | China | 3:25.05 | +16.02 | |
| 37 | 38 | Coletta Rydzek | Germany | 3:25.09 | +16.06 | |
| 38 | 13 | Chi Chunxue | China | 3:25.31 | +16.28 | |
| 39 | 1 | Izabela Marcisz | Poland | 3:25.62 | +16.59 | |
| 40 | 68 | Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt | Canada | 3:25.92 | +16.89 | |
| 41 | 48 | Mariel Merlii Pulles | Estonia | 3:27.71 | +18.68 | |
| 42 | 17 | Monika Skinder | Poland | 3:27.93 | +18.90 | |
| 43 | 19 | Hannah Halvorsen | United States | 3:29.13 | +20.10 | |
| 44 | 15 | Zuzana Holíková | Czech Republic | 3:29.63 | +20.60 | |
| 45 | 35 | Hristina Matsokina | ROC | 3:29.64 | +20.61 | |
| 46 | 28 | Eva Urevc | Slovenia | 3:30.43 | +21.40 | |
| 47 | 47 | Cristina Pittin | Italy | 3:30.64 | +21.61 | |
| 48 | 52 | Kaidy Kaasiku | Estonia | 3:31.54 | +22.51 | |
| 49 | 49 | Anja Weber | Switzerland | 3:31.60 | +22.57 | |
| 50 | 3 | Weronika Kaleta | Poland | 3:32.28 | +23.25 | |
| 51 | 64 | Nadezhda Stepashkina | Kazakhstan | 3:32.56 | +23.53 | |
| 52 | 66 | Jessica Yeaton | Australia | 3:32.85 | +23.82 | |
| 53 | 54 | Vedrana Malec | Croatia | 3:33.12 | +24.09 | |
| 54 | 67 | Maryna Antsybor | Ukraine | 3:33.80 | +24.77 | |
| 55 | 53 | Anita Klemenčič | Slovenia | 3:34.12 | +25.09 | |
| 56 | 23 | Dinigeer Yilamujiang | China | 3:34.55 | +25.52 | |
| 57 | 65 | Barbora Klementová | Slovakia | 3:34.87 | +25.84 | |
| 58 | 61 | Laura Leclair | Canada | 3:35.31 | +26.28 | |
| 59 | 57 | Anja Mandeljc | Slovenia | 3:35.90 | +26.87 | |
| 60 | 62 | Angelina Shuryga | Kazakhstan | 3:35.93 | +26.90 | |
| 61 | 70 | Karen Chanloung | Thailand | 3:36.00 | +26.97 | |
| 62 | 55 | Keidy Kaasiku | Estonia | 3:36.82 | +27.79 | |
| 63 | 5 | Alena Procházková | Slovakia | 3:36.84 | +27.81 | |
| 64 | 59 | Aveli Uustalu | Estonia | 3:37.10 | +28.07 | |
| 65 | 60 | Casey Wright | Australia | 3:39.22 | +30.19 | |
| 66 | 7 | Jialin Bayani | China | 3:39.27 | +30.24 | |
| 67 | 56 | Kseniya Shalygina | Kazakhstan | 3:41.55 | +32.52 | |
| 68 | 58 | Irina Bykova | Kazakhstan | 3:42.70 | +33.67 | |
| 69 | 69 | Viktoriya Olekh | Ukraine | 3:42.78 | +33.75 | |
| 70 | 63 | Valiantsina Kaminskaya | Ukraine | 3:44.10 | +35.07 | |
| 71 | 72 | Tena Hadžić | Croatia | 3:45.60 | +36.57 | |
| 72 | 73 | Kristína Sivoková | Slovakia | 3:46.25 | +37.22 | |
| 73 | 75 | Samanta Krampe | Latvia | 3:46.66 | +37.63 | |
| 74 | 71 | Kristrún Guðnadóttir | Iceland | 3:49.59 | +40.56 | |
| 75 | 79 | Han Da-som | South Korea | 3:51.34 | +42.31 | |
| 76 | 74 | Kitija Auziņa | Latvia | 3:51.60 | +42.57 | |
| 77 | 81 | Lee Eui-jin | South Korea | 3:52.05 | +43.02 | |
| 78 | 77 | Tímea Lőrincz | Romania | 3:55.15 | +46.12 | |
| 79 | 84 | Ariunsanaagiin Enkhtuul | Mongolia | 3:58.25 | +49.22 | |
| 80 | 89 | Katya Galstyan | Armenia | 4:00.48 | +51.45 | |
| 81 | 85 | Estere Volfa | Latvia | 4:03.36 | +54.33 | |
| 82 | 78 | Eglė Savickaitė | Lithuania | 4:03.60 | +54.57 | |
| 83 | 76 | Nahiara Díaz | Argentina | 4:05.46 | +56.43 | |
| 84 | 87 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | 4:05.60 | +56.57 | |
| 85 | 80 | Ayşenur Duman | Turkey | 4:08.47 | +59.44 | |
| 86 | 86 | Ieva Dainytė | Lithuania | 4:10.99 | +1:01.96 | |
| 87 | 88 | Nefeli Tita | Greece | 4:14.48 | +1:05.45 | |
| 88 | 90 | Eduarda Ribera | Brazil | 4:14.53 | +1:05.50 | |
| 89 | 83 | Maria Ntanou | Greece | 4:19.66 | +1:10.63 | |
| 90 | 91 | Sanja Kusmuk | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:27.99 | +1:18.96 | |
| | 82 | Lee Chae-won | South Korea | Did not start | Did not start | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jonna Sundling | Sweden | 3:15.48 | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rosie Brennan | United States | 3:17.90 | +2.42 | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:18.60 | +3.12 | LL |
| 4 | 4 | Yuliya Stupak | ROC | 3:18.65 | +3.17 | |
| 5 | 28 | Dahria Beatty | Canada | 3:18.73 | +3.25 | |
| 6 | 30 | Caterina Ganz | Italy | 3:24.04 | +8.56 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Maja Dahlqvist | Sweden | 3:21.03 | | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Tiril Udnes Weng | Norway | 3:21.31 | +0.28 | Q |
| 3 | 20 | Natalya Nepryayeva | ROC | 3:21.34 | +0.31 | |
| 4 | 22 | Tereza Beranová | Czech Republic | 3:22.59 | +1.56 | |
| 5 | 27 | Laurien van der Graaff | Switzerland | 3:24.32 | +3.29 | |
| 6 | 25 | Greta Laurent | Italy | 3:26.96 | +5.93 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:16.51 | | Q |
| 2 | 16 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:16.88 | +0.37 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Victoria Carl | Germany | 3:18.26 | +1.75 | LL |
| 4 | 9 | Anna Dyvik | Sweden | 3:19.00 | +2.49 | |
| 5 | 24 | Katri Lylynperä | Finland | 3:24.29 | +7.78 | |
| 6 | 29 | Lucia Scardoni | Italy | 3:27.07 | +10.56 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:16.30 | | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Emma Ribom | Sweden | 3:18.44 | +2.14 | Q |
| 3 | 21 | Pia Fink | Germany | 3:19.72 | +3.42 | |
| 4 | 15 | Kateřina Janatová | Czech Republic | 3:20.12 | +3.82 | |
| 5 | 23 | Lotta Udnes Weng | Norway | 3:21.21 | +4.91 | |
| 6 | 18 | Jasmi Joensuu | Finland | 3:49.93 | +33.63 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 12 | Veronika Stepanova | ROC | 3:18.09 | | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Sofie Krehl | Germany | 3:18.37 | +0.28 | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Alina Meier | Switzerland | 3:21.12 | +3.03 | |
| 4 | 14 | Julia Kern | United States | 3:21.68 | +3.59 | |
| 5 | 19 | Mathilde Myhrvold | Norway | 3:24.62 | +6.53 | |
| 6 | 13 | Jasmin Kähärä | Finland | 3:30.52 | +12.43 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jonna Sundling | Sweden | 3:11.94 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:12.61 | +0.67 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Maja Dahlqvist | Sweden | 3:12.94 | +1.00 | LL |
| 4 | 2 | Rosie Brennan | United States | 3:13.29 | +1.35 | LL |
| 5 | 7 | Tiril Udnes Weng | Norway | 3:14.29 | +2.35 | |
| 6 | 26 | Anamarija Lampič | Slovenia | 3:19.26 | +7.32 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | Emma Ribom | Sweden | 3:15.22 | | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:15.63 | +0.41 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | Veronika Stepanova | ROC | 3:16.22 | +1.00 | |
| 4 | 16 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | 3:16.41 | +1.19 | |
| 5 | 10 | Victoria Carl | Germany | 3:16.83 | +1.61 | |
| 6 | 8 | Sofie Krehl | Germany | 3:21.32 | +6.10 | |

### Final

The final was held at 19:59.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Jonna Sundling | Sweden | 3:09.68 | |
| | 6 | Maja Dahlqvist | Sweden | 3:12.56 | +2.88 |
| | 5 | Jessie Diggins | United States | 3:12.84 | +3.16 |
| 4 | 2 | Rosie Brennan | United States | 3:14.17 | +4.49 |
| 5 | 3 | Nadine Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:16.89 | +7.21 |
| 6 | 11 | Emma Ribom | Sweden | 3:20.79 | +11.11 |