# Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 1 km Sprint Classic

The Women's 1 km Sprint Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Thursday, March 21.

## Visually impaired

In the cross-country skiing 1 km Sprint visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 2 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov | Russia | 3:57.47 | |
| 2 | 5 | Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich | Germany | 3:59.59 | +2.12 |
| 3 | 4 | Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin | Russia | 3:59.69 | +2.22 |
| 4 | 3 | Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova | Russia | 4:16.26 | +18.79 |
| 5 | 10 | Robbi Weldon Guide: Brian Berry | Canada | 4:19.23 | +21.76 |
| 6 | 9 | Yurie Kanuma Guide: Norio Odaira | Japan | 4:21.77 | +24.30 |
| 7 | 1 | Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Dmytro Artomin | Ukraine | 4:29.24 | +31.77 |
| 8 | 6 | Courtney Knight Guide: Andrea Bundon | Canada | 4:40.66 | +43.19 |
| 9 | 7 | Margarita Gorbounova Guide: Robert D'Arras | Canada | 4:44.19 | +46.72 |
| 10 | 11 | Nathalie Morin Guide: Stephanie Jallifier | France | 4:48.99 | +51.52 |
| 11 | 12 | Yoana Ermenkova Guide: Yordan Lebanov | Bulgaria | 6:04.17 | +2:06.70 |
| | 8 | Valentina Nevidimova Guide: Anatoly Mikhaylenko | Russia | DSQ | |

### Finals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 1 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov | Russia | 4:14.4 | |
| 2 | 4 | Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova | Russia | 4:14.5 | +0.1 |
| 3 | 5 | Robbi Weldon Guide: Brian Berry | Canada | 4:23.8 | +9.4 |
| 4 | 8 | Courtney Knight Guide: Andrea Bundon | Canada | 4:49.6 | +35.2 |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 2 | Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich | Germany | 4:25.8 | |
| 2 | 3 | Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin | Russia | 4:38.4 | +12.6 |
| 3 | 7 | Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Dmytro Artomin | Ukraine | 4:42.3 | +16.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Yurie Kanuma Guide: Norio Odaira | Japan | 4:43.7 | +17.9 |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 2 | Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich | Germany | 4:14.2 | |
| | 1 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov | Russia | 4:44.2 | +30.0 |
| | 4 | Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova | Russia | 4:54.4 | +40.2 |
| 4 | 3 | Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin | Russia | 4:58.0 | +43.8 |

## Sitting
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 11 | Mariann Vestbostad | Norway | 2:36.38 | |
| 2 | 1 | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 2:36.42 | +0.04 |
| 3 | 8 | Andrea Eskau | Germany | 2:38.35 | +1.97 |
| 4 | 2 | Olena Iurkovska | Ukraine | 2:39.89 | +3.51 |
| 5 | 4 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko | Ukraine | 2:40.94 | +4.56 |
| 6 | 5 | Liudmila Vauchok | Belarus | 2:41.03 | +4.65 |
| 7 | 7 | Irina Polyakova | Russia | 2:41.09 | +4.71 |
| 8 | 9 | Monica Bascio | United States | 2:43.73 | +7.35 |
| 9 | 12 | Maria Iovleva | Russia | 2:45.43 | +9.05 |
| 10 | 3 | Colette Bourgonje | Canada | 2:46.44 | +10.06 |
| 11 | 13 | Marianne Maiboll | Denmark | 2:47.87 | +11.49 |
| 12 | 10 | Tetyana Tymoshchenko | Ukraine | 2:54.80 | +18.42 |
| 13 | 6 | Nadiia Stefurak | Ukraine | 2:56.42 | +20.04 |
| 14 | 14 | Svetlana Yaroshevich | Russia | 3:36.46 | +1:00.08 |
| 15 | 15 | Vo-Ra-Mi Seo | South Korea | 3:46.18 | +1:09.80 |

### Finals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 4 | Olena Iurkovska | Ukraine | 2:43.8 | |
| 2 | 5 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko | Ukraine | 2:46.5 | +2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | Mariann Vestbostad | Norway | 2:50.4 | +6.6 |
| 4 | 8 | Monica Bascio | United States | 2:56.9 | +13.1 |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 2 | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 2:55.5 | |
| 2 | 6 | Liudmila Vauchok | Belarus | 2:57.5 | +2.0 |
| 3 | 3 | Andrea Eskau | Germany | 2:58.7 | +3.2 |
| 4 | 7 | Irina Polyakova | Russia | 3:02.7 | +7.2 |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 2 | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 2:58.5 | |
| | 4 | Olena Iurkovska | Ukraine | 3:00.0 | +1.5 |
| | 6 | Liudmila Vauchok | Belarus | 3:01.9 | +3.4 |
| 4 | 5 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko | Ukraine | 3:02.3 | +3.8 |

## Standing
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 14 | Shoko Ota | Japan | 4:01.58 | |
| 2 | 5 | Iuliia Batenkova | Ukraine | 4:06.11 | +4.53 |
| 3 | 1 | Anna Burmistrova | Russia | 4:07.53 | +5.95 |
| 4 | 3 | Maija Loytynoja | Finland | 4:16.90 | +15.32 |
| 5 | 13 | Larysa Varona | Belarus | 4:22.55 | +20.97 |
| 6 | 6 | Oleksandra Kononova | Ukraine | 4:25.27 | +23.69 |
| 7 | 15 | Stina Sellin | Sweden | 4:26.66 | +25.08 |
| 8 | 16 | Peng Yuanyuan | China | 4:31.38 | +29.80 |
| 9 | 12 | Jody Barber | Canada | 4:40.52 | +38.94 |
| 10 | 4 | Katarzyna Rogowiec | Poland | 4:40.90 | +39.32 |
| 11 | 7 | Momoko Dekijima | Japan | 4:46.82 | +45.24 |
| 12 | 9 | Mary Benson | Canada | 4:50.36 | +48.78 |
| 13 | 18 | Kelly Underkofler | United States | 4:51.17 | +49.61 |
| 14 | 2 | Chiara Delvittori-Valnegri | Switzerland | 4:53.93 | +52.35 |
| 15 | 10 | Anna Mayer | Poland | 5:00.79 | +59.21 |
| 16 | 11 | Paola Protopapa | Italy | 5:05.75 | +1:04.17 |
| 17 | 8 | Pamela Novaglio | Italy | 5:07.89 | +1:06.31 |
| 18 | 19 | Geng Zhaojing | China | 6:35.25 | +2:33.67 |
| | 17 | Alena Gorbunova | Russia | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 1 | Shoko Ota | Japan | 4:25.1 | |
| 2 | 5 | Larysa Varona | Belarus | 4:36.0 | +10.9 |
| 3 | 4 | Maija Loytynoja | Finland | 4:40.7 | +15.6 |
| 4 | 8 | Peng Yuanyuan | China | 4:47.1 | +22.0 |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 3 | Anna Burmistrova | Russia | 4:18.0 | |
| 2 | 6 | Oleksandra Kononova | Ukraine | 4:20.6 | +2.6 |
| 3 | 2 | Iuliia Batenkova | Ukraine | 4:21.6 | +3.6 |
| 4 | 7 | Stina Sellin | Sweden | 4:56.9 | +38.9 |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 6 | Oleksandra Kononova | Ukraine | 4:21.4 | |
| | 1 | Shoko Ota | Japan | 4:26.8 | +5.4 |
| | 3 | Anna Burmistrova | Russia | 4:31.3 | +9.9 |
| 4 | 5 | Larysa Varona | Belarus | 4:34.5 | +13.1 |