Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
| Women's sprint at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Pragelato |
| Dates | February 22 |
| Competitors | 66 from 28 nations |
| Medalists | |
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| Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Distance | ||
| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | women |
| 30 km | men | women |
| 50 km | men | |
| 4 × 5 km relay | women | |
| 4 × 10 km relay | men | |
| Sprint | ||
| Individual | men | women |
| Team | men | women |
The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 22 February, at Pragelato.[1] Emilie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion, but she won in the classical style, and the last free style sprint in the World Championships (in 2003) was won by Marit Bjørgen. Yuliya Chepalova is defending Olympic champion. The most recent freestyle sprint event in the World Cup, however, was won by the Russian Alyona Sidko at 30 December 2005.
Results
Qualifying
Sixty-six skiers completed the 1.1 kilometre course in the qualifying portion of the event, with the top thirty advancing to the quarterfinals.[2]
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Quarterfinals
There were five quarterfinal races, each with six skiers. The top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[2]
- Quarterfinal 1
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Beckie Scott (CAN) | 2:16.6 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Kikkan Randall (USA) | 2:17.8 | Q |
| 3 | 20 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Olga Rocheva (RUS) | 2:18.4 | |
| 4 | 30 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Stefanie Boehler (GER) | 2:18.5 | |
| 5 | 21 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Emelie Öhrstig (SWE) | 2:19.9 | |
| 6 | 11 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (FIN) | 2:20.7 |
- Quarterfinal 2
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Künzel (GER) | 2:15.5 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | 2:16.2 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Manuela Henkel (GER) | 2:16.4 | |
| 4 | 17 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 2:16.8 | |
| 5 | 27 | File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Alena Procházková (SVK) | 2:17.9 | |
| 6 | 24 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Kati Venäläinen (FIN) | 2:18.1 |
- Quarterfinal 3
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Alyona Sidko (RUS) | 2:17.7 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Petra Majdič (SLO) | 2:17.7 | Q |
| 3 | 26 | File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Laurence Rochat (SUI) | 2:18.9 | |
| 4 | 15 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Madoka Natsumi (JPN) | 2:19.9 | |
| 5 | 16 | File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Viktoria Lopatina (BLR) | 2:24.8 | |
| 6 | 25 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Natalya Matveyeva (RUS) | 2:31.4 |
- Quarterfinal 4
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Dahlberg (SWE) | 2:14.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Arianna Follis (ITA) | 2:14.7 | Q |
| 3 | 19 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Britta Norgren (SWE) | 2:15.0 | |
| 4 | 9 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sara Renner (CAN) | 2:15.6 | |
| 5 | 29 | File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Olga Vasiljonok (BLR) | 2:16.6 | |
| 6 | 22 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) | 2:16.6 |
- Quarterfinal 5
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chandra Crawford (CAN) | 2:14.2 | Q |
| 2 | 13 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Ella Gjømle (NOR) | 2:15.7 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Lina Andersson (SWE) | 2:16.0 | |
| 4 | 18 | File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Magda Genuin (ITA) | 2:17.9 | |
| 5 | 28 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Nobuko Fukuda (JPN) | 2:18.2 | |
| 6 | 23 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Hilde G. Pedersen (NOR) | 2:19.1 |
Semifinals
There were two semifinal races, each with five skiers. The top two in each semifinal advanced to the A Final, to compete for the top four places, while the third and fourth-placed finishers advanced to the B Final, for places five through eight.[2]
- Semifinal 1
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Künzel (GER) | 2:15.5 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Beckie Scott (CAN) | 2:15.8 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | 2:16.3 | |
| 4 | 6 | File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Petra Majdič (SLO) | 2:18.7 | |
| 5 | 10 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Kikkan Randall (USA) | 2:19.1 |
- Semifinal 2
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chandra Crawford (CAN) | 2:13.4 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Alyona Sidko (RUS) | 2:15.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Arianna Follis (ITA) | 2:16.2 | |
| 4 | 13 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Ella Gjømle (NOR) | 2:16.4 | |
| 5 | 12 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Dahlberg (SWE) | 2:18.9 |
Finals
Chandra Crawford finished 0.7 seconds ahead of Claudia Künzel to win the Olympic gold medal in the women's cross-country sprint.[2]
- Final A
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Gold medal icon.svg | 8 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chandra Crawford (CAN) | 2:12.3 |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg | 4 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Künzel (GER) | 2:13.0 |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg | 5 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Alyona Sidko (RUS) | 2:13.2 |
| 4 | 1 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Beckie Scott (CAN) | 2:14.7 |
- Final B
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 7 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | 2:18.1 |
| 6 | 13 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Ella Gjømle (NOR) | 2:18.2 |
| 7 | 2 | File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Arianna Follis (ITA) | 2:20.3 |
| 8 | 6 | File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Petra Majdič (SLO) | 2:21.5 |
References
- ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games: Women's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved Jun 17, 2009.