Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon

The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2018 at 16:15 KST at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2] Charlotte Kalla of Sweden finished first to win the first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Games.[3] The defending champion Marit Bjørgen finished second. For her, this was the eleventh Olympic medal, making her the most successful female cross-country skier. Krista Pärmäkoski took bronze.

Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Dates10 February
Competitors61 from 23 nations
Winning time40:44.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Charlotte Kalla Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Marit Bjørgen Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Krista Pärmäkoski Finland
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Summary

The defending champion Marit Bjørgen, as well as the silver medalist Charlotte Kalla and the bronze medalist Heidi Weng, participated in the event. After the exchange, a group of about a dozen athletes stayed ahead, and by 11 km only 9 left. Then Charlotte Kalla escaped, leaving behind Bjørgen, Krista Pärmäkoski, and Ebba Andersson chasing her. Kalla became the champion, with Bjørgen second, and Pärmäkoski third.

In the nighttime victory ceremony, the medals for the event were presented by Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Roman Kumpost, FIS council member.

Medalists
Charlotte KallaMarit BjørgenKrista Pärmäkoski
 Sweden  Norway  Finland

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 in the distance classification. 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.[4]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
10 February16:15Final

Results

The race was started at 16:15.[5]

RankBibNameCountry7.5 km classicRankPitstop7.5 km freeRankFinish timeDeficit
5Charlotte Kalla  Sweden21:23.4231.818:49.7140:44.9
8Marit Bjørgen  Norway21:23.1131.018:58.6240:52.7+7.8
7Krista Pärmäkoski  Finland21:27.91027.918:59.2340:55.0+10.1
418Ebba Andersson  Sweden21:25.4530.618:59.8440:55.8+10.9
53Jessie Diggins  United States21:29.41327.919:02.3540:59.6+14.7
610Nathalie von Siebenthal  Switzerland21:27.1830.319:05.1641:02.5+17.6
74Teresa Stadlober  Austria21:25.8630.419:15.3741:11.5+26.6
812Natalya Nepryayeva  Olympic Athletes from Russia21:28.21128.119:21.6841:17.9+33.0
91Heidi Weng  Norway21:23.8328.119:33.7941:25.6+40.7
1021Stina Nilsson  Sweden21:27.5931.619:34.71041:33.8+48.9
112Ingvild Flugstad Østberg  Norway21:24.3428.519:50.41441:43.2+58.3
1211Anastasia Sedova  Olympic Athletes from Russia21:43.81930.719:43.21241:57.7+1:12.8
1328Anouk Faivre Picon  France21:45.52031.019:47.31342:03.8+1:18.9
1430Masako Ishida  Japan21:39.21530.519:54.41742:04.1+1:19.2
156Ragnhild Haga  Norway21:40.21633.719:53.71642:07.6+1:22.7
169Kerttu Niskanen  Finland21:26.6732.020:16.62342:15.2+1:30.3
1722Justyna Kowalczyk  Poland21:28.81232.320:29.72542:30.8+1:45.9
1826Yuliya Belorukova  Olympic Athletes from Russia22:02.52232.620:15.92242:51.0+2:06.1
1914Laura Mononen  Finland21:48.32133.120:31.62642:53.0+2:08.1
2035Victoria Carl  Germany21:43.61829.920:40.93242:54.4+2:09.5
2134Alisa Zhambalova  Olympic Athletes from Russia22:34.92832.319:51.91542:59.1+2:14.2
2220Katharina Hennig  Germany21:40.91730.420:48.93643:00.2+2:15.3
2329Aurore Jéan  France22:20.62634.620:05.61943:00.8+2:15.9
2425Johanna Matintalo  Finland21:32.91429.421:00.14043:02.4+2:17.5
2516Stefanie Böhler  Germany22:19.62533.220:09.82043:02.6+2:17.7
2624Elisa Brocard  Italy22:34.52730.320:12.82143:17.6+2:32.7
2731Nadine Fähndrich  Switzerland22:03.92331.921:14.64543:50.4+3:05.5
2817Petra Novaková  Czech Republic23:25.93832.819:56.91843:55.6+3:10.7
2923Coraline Hugue  France23:43.84931.219:41.21143:56.2+3:11.3
3056Sylwia Jaśkowiec  Poland22:51.23131.320:33.82943:56.3+3:11.4
3155Ewelina Marcisz  Poland22:50.42931.520:34.83043:56.7+3:11.8
3213Anna Haag  Sweden22:14.12434.021:13.74444:01.8+3:16.9
3353Cendrine Browne  Canada23:04.63533.120:24.22444:01.9+3:17.0
3427Caitlin Patterson  United States23:07.13634.920:32.92744:14.9+3:30.0
3538Sara Pellegrini  Italy23:03.73331.920:40.73144:16.3+3:31.4
3637Anna Shevchenko  Kazakhstan22:52.33232.920:59.93944:25.1+3:40.2
3733Anna Comarella  Italy22:50.73029.121:06.14144:25.9+3:41.0
3832Kateřina Beroušková  Czech Republic23:03.93432.520:56.33844:32.7+3:47.8
3944Barbara Jezeršek  Australia23:34.04331.720:33.62844:39.3+3:54.4
4019Kikkan Randall  United States23:29.23935.020:43.03344:47.2+4:02.3
4158Martyna Galewicz  Poland23:31.84134.620:44.93444:51.3+4:06.4
4257Yulia Tikhonova  Belarus23:29.64033.320:54.23744:57.1+4:12.2
4345Barbora Havlíčková  Czech Republic23:52.35331.420:48.43545:12.1+4:27.2
4450Emily Nishikawa  Canada23:36.04432.221:08.44345:16.6+4:31.7
4543Tetyana Antypenko  Ukraine23:32.34234.921:24.04945:31.2+4:46.3
4641Polina Seronosova  Belarus23:09.83731.321:53.85745:34.9+4:50.0
4742Petra Hynčicová  Czech Republic23:42.04837.921:22.54845:42.4+4:57.5
4861Anne-Marie Comeau  Canada23:49.75136.921:16.24645:42.8+4:57.9
4948Ilaria Debertolis  Italy23:38.74641.321:24.65045:44.6+4:59.7
5059Jessica Yeaton  Australia23:45.25039.521:20.14745:44.8+4:59.9
5152Li Xin  China23:51.75238.921:31.35146:01.9+5:17.0
5260Dahria Beatty  Canada23:58.95435.421:43.05546:17.3+5:32.4
5340Maryna Antsybor  Ukraine24:09.35532.421:36.55246:18.2+5:33.3
5446Elena Kolomina  Kazakhstan24:12.15637.821:38.65446:28.5+5:43.6
5554Chi Chunxue  China24:16.15735.721:47.25646:39.0+5:54.1
5651Tatjana Mannima  Estonia24:29.45835.221:37.15346:41.7+5:56.8
5747Lee Chae-won  South Korea25:05.55932.221:06.84246:44.5+5:59.6
5836Rosie Brennan  United States23:36.74542.723:16.66047:36.0+6:51.1
5949Manca Slabanja  Slovenia25:10.16130.922:16.85847:57.8+7:12.9
6062Annika Taylor  Great Britain25:08.06031.522:29.65948:09.1+7:24.2
39Valeriya Tyuleneva  Kazakhstan23:41.64742.7DNF
15Nicole Fessel  GermanyDNS

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