Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.

Women's sprint at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Soldier Hollow
Dates	19 February 2002
Competitors	58 from 24 nations
Medalists
Yuliya Chepalova  Russia Evi Sachenbacher  Germany Anita Moen  Norway
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Fifty-eight skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitorai advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skiers each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position:

Results

Q — qualified for next round

Qualifying

58 competitors started the qualification race.^[1][2]

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	10	Kateřina Neumannová	Czech Republic	3:12.76		Q
2	13	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	3:13.03	+0.27	Q
3	2	Evi Sachenbacher	Germany	3:13.81	+1.05	Q
4	16	Anita Moen	Norway	3:14.13	+1.37	Q
5	6	Beckie Scott	Canada	3:14.62	+1.86	Q
6	19	Elina Pienimäki	Finland	3:14.79	+2.03	Q
7	18	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	3:15.75	+2.99	Q
8	4	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	3:16.11	+3.35	Q
9	3	Claudia Künzel	Germany	3:16.41	+3.65	Q
10	7	Manuela Henkel	Germany	3:16.89	+4.13	Q
11	9	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Norway	3:17.10	+4.34	Q
12	27	Yelena Burukhina	Russia	3:17.26	+4.50	Q
13	23	Anke Reschwamm Schulze	Germany	3:17.45	+4.69	Q
14	26	Sara Renner	Canada	3:18.07	+5.31	Q
15	5	Lyubov Yegorova	Russia	3:18.46	+5.70	Q
16	30	Madoka Natsumi	Japan	3:18.78	+6.02	Q
17	21	Sabina Valbusa	Italy	3:19.22	+6.46
18	15	Kati Sundqvist	Finland	3:19.23	+6.47
19	20	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	Norway	3:19.79	+7.03
20	1	Nina Gavrylyuk	Russia	3:20.02	+7.26
21	12	Vibeke Skofterud	Norway	3:20.21	+7.45
22	8	Magda Genuin	Italy	3:20.28	+7.52
23	25	Kaisa Varis	Finland	3:20.52	+7.76
24	35	Viktoria Lopatina	Belarus	3:20.59	+7.83
25	14	Kristina Šmigun	Estonia	3:20.94	+8.18
26	11	Karin Moroder	Italy	3:21.92	+9.16
27	24	Andrea Huber	Switzerland	3:22.18	+9.42
28	17	Lina Andersson	Sweden	3:22.65	+9.89
29	32	Iryna Terelya	Ukraine	3:23.47	+10.71
30	51	Jaime Fortier	Canada	3:23.98	+11.22
31	29	Milaine Thériault	Canada	3:24.41	+11.65
32	33	Natasa Lacen	Slovenia	3:24.90	+12.14
33	22	Anna Dahlberg	Sweden	3:25.32	+12.56
34	31	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia	3:25.64	+12.88
35	34	Elin Ek	Sweden	3:25.93	+13.17
36	28	Riitta-Liisa Lassila	Finland	3:27.16	+14.40
37	44	Anna-Carin Olofsson	Sweden	3:28.07	+15.31
38	39	Tessa Benoit	United States	3:28.35	+15.59
39	38	Nobuko Fukuda	Japan	3:28.38	+15.62
40	49	Hou Yuxia	China	3:28.71	+15.95
41	40	Vita Yakymchuk	Ukraine	3:28.94	+16.18
42	36	Helena Balatková	Czech Republic	3:29.23	+16.47
43	53	Ilona Bublová	Czech Republic	3:29.35	+16.59
44	41	Kikkan Randall	United States	3:30.27	+17.51
45	43	Nataliya Sviridova-Kalinovskaya	Belarus	3:31.83	+19.07
46	42	Aelin Peterson	United States	3:34.05	+21.29
47	47	Tomomi Otaka	Japan	3:34.14	+21.38
48	48	Irina Terentjeva	Lithuania	3:34.18	+21.42
48	45	Kristina Joder	United States	3:34.18	+21.42
50	46	Luan Zhengrong	China	3:35.21	+22.45
51	37	Natalya Issachenko	Kazakhstan	3:39.09	+26.33
52	52	Lee Chun-ja	South Korea	3:41.06	+28.30
53	55	Daria Starostina	Kazakhstan	3:41.69	+28.93
54	50	Zsofia Gottschall	Hungary	3:42.98	+30.22
55	56	Elena Gorohova	Moldova	3:43.82	+31.06
56	58	Kelime Çetinkaya	Turkey	4:00.50	+47.74
57	57	Katerina Balkaba	Greece	4:06.99	+54.23
58	54	Margarit Nikolyan	Armenia	4:13.5	+1:00.79

Quarterfinal

The 16 competitors who advanced to the final rounds received new bibs which indicated their ranking in the qualification.^[3][4]

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	9	Claudia Künzel	Germany	3:15.1	—	Q
2	8	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	3:16.2	+1.1	Q
3	16	Madoka Natsumi	Japan	3:17.5	+2.4
4	1	Kateřina Neumannová	Czech Republic	3:18.9	+3.8

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	5	Beckie Scott	Canada	3:15.8	—	Q
2	4	Anita Moen	Norway	3:15.9	+0.1	Q
3	13	Anke Reschwam Schulze	Germany	3:15.9	+0.1
4	12	Yelena Burukhina	Russia	3:19.3	+3.5

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	7	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	3:14.8	—	Q
2	2	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	3:14.9	+0.1	Q
3	15	Lyubov Yegorova	Russia	3:16.0	+1.2
4	10	Manuela Henkel	Germany	3:16.3	+1.5

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	3	Evi Sachenbacher	Germany	3:40.2	—	Q
2	14	Sara Renner	Canada	3:42.4	+2.2	Q
3	11	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Norway	3:44.2	+4.0	ADV
4	6	Elina Pienimäki	Finland	4:01.5	+21.3

Semifinalai

Semifinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	4	Anita Moen	Norway	3:23.8	—	QA
2	9	Claudia Künzel	Germany	3:24.5	+0.7	QA
3	8	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	3:25.3	+1.5	QB
4	5	Beckie Scott	Canada	3:25.4	+1.6	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	3:18.2	—	QA
2	3	Evi Sachenbacher	Germany	3:18.5	+0.3	QA
3	11	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Norway	3:19.4	+1.2	QB
4	7	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	3:19.8	+1.6	QB
5	14	Sara Renner	Canada	3:20.0	+1.8

Finalai

Final B

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
5	5	Beckie Scott	Canada	3:24.9	—
6	11	Maj Helen Sorkmo	Norway	3:25.5	+0.6
7	7	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	3:25.9	+1.0
8	8	Gabriella Paruzzi	Italy	3:26.1	+1.2

Final A

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
	2	Yuliya Chepalova	Russia	3:10.6	—
	3	Evi Sachenbacher	Germany	3:12.2	+1.6
	4	Anita Moen	Norway	3:12.7	+2.1
4	9	Claudia Künzel	Germany	3:13.3	+2.7