FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 – Women's sprint

Qualification

73 competitors started the qualification race.^[1]

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	35	Emelie Öhrstig	Sweden	2:17.72	—	Q
2	20	Lina Andersson	Sweden	2:19.96	+2.24	Q
3	36	Anna Dahlberg	Sweden	2:20.41	+2.69	Q
4	32	Ella Gjømle	Norway	2:21.68	+3.96	Q
5	40	Beckie Scott	Canada	2:21.95	+4.23	Q
6	23	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	2:22.29	+4.57	Q
7	33	Alena Sidko	Russia	2:22.85	+5.13	Q
8	37	Virpi Kuitunen	Finland	2:23.00	+5.28	Q
9	31	Claudia Künzel	Germany	2:23.10	+5.38	Q
10	41	Guro Strøm Solli	Norway	2:23.42	+5.70	Q
11	25	Manuela Henkel	Germany	2:23.44	+5.72	Q
12	27	Sara Renner	Canada	2:23.48	+5.76	Q
13	39	Viola Bauer	Germany	2:23.71	+5.99	Q
14	38	Petra Majdic	Slovenia	2:24.11	+6.39	Q
15	34	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Finland	2:24.16	+6.44	Q
	16	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	DSQ		Q
16	28	Marit Bjørgen	Norway	2:24.82	+7.10
17	47	Alena Prochazkova	Slovakia	2:25.45	+7.73
18	26	Stephanie Böhler	Germany	2:25.66	+7.94
19	13	Oxana Yatskaya	Kazakhstan	2:26.04	+8.32
20	18	Larisa Kurkina	Russia	2:26.18	+8.46
21	12	Milaine Theriault	Canada	2:26.48	+8.76
22	29	Kirsi Välimaa	Finland	2:26.54	+8.82
23	43	Wendy Kay Wagner	United States	2:26.59	+8.87
24	42	Christina Kelder	Italy	2:26.64	+8.92
25	14	Elin Ek	Sweden	2:26.70	+8.98
26	71	Elena Antonova	Kazakhstan	2:26.80	+9.08
27	57	Kine Beate Bjørnås	Norway	2:27.36	+9.64
28	24	Natalia Korosteleva	Russia	2:27.67	+9.95
29	5	Kikkan Randall	United States	2:28.36	+10.64
30	7	Elodie Bourgeois Pin	France	2:28.71	+10.99
31	19	Madoka Natsumi	Japan	2:28.78	+11.06
32	17	Olga Savialova	Russia	2:29.62	+11.90
33	22	Seraina Mischol	Switzerland	2:29.77	+12.05
34	46	Vesna Fabjan	Slovenia	2:30.30	+12.58
35	11	Nobuko Fukuda	Japan	2:30.55	+12.83
36	48	Elena Kolomina	Kazakhstan	2:30.94	+13.22
37	21	Vibeke Skofterud	Norway	2:30.95	+13.23
38	2	Silja Suija	Estonia	2:31.60	+13.88
39	9	Olga Vasiljonok	Belarus	2:31.85	+14.13
40	55	Helena Erbenova	Czech Republic	2:32.00	+14.28
...	...	...	...	...	...
71	72	Franziska Becskehazy	Brazil	4:24.31	+2:06.59
	68	Meri Hakobyan	Armenia

Quarterfinals

Q - Qualified for next round
PF - Photo Finish

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	1	Emelie Öhrstig	Sweden	2:16.6	—	Q
2	8	Virpi Kuitunen	Finland	2:17.2	+0.6	Q
3	16	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	2:18.5	+1.9	DSQ
4	9	Claudia Künzel	Germany	2:18.8	+2.2	14th

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	13	Viola Bauer	Germany	2:17.5	—	Q
2	12	Sara Renner	Canada	2:19.0	+1.5	Q
3	4	Ella Gjømle	Norway	2:20.0	+2.5	9th
4	5	Beckie Scott	Canada	2:20.8	+3.3	12th

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Lina Andersson	Sweden	2:17.9	—	Q
2	15	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Finland	2:18.3	+0.4	Q PF
3	10	Guro Strøm Solli	Norway	2:18.4	+0.5	10th PF
4	7	Alena Sidko	Russia	2:19.8	+1.9	13th

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	3	Anna Dahlberg	Sweden	2:18.3	—	Q
2	6	Mona-Lisa Malvalehto	Finland	2:18.6	+0.3	Q
3	11	Manuela Henkel	Germany	2:20.0	+1.7	11th
4	14	Petra Majdic	Slovenia	2:21.3	+3.0	15th

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	1	Emelie Öhrstig	Sweden	2:18.3	—	QA
2	12	Sara Renner	Canada	2:19.1	+0.8	QA
3	13	Viola Bauer	Germany	2:19.9	+1.6	QB
4	8	Virpi Kuitunen	Finland	2:20.6	+2.3	QB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Lina Andersson	Sweden	2:17.8	—	QA
2	3	Anna Dahlberg	Sweden	2:18.0	+0.2	QA
3	6	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	2:20.3	+2.5	QB
4	15	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Finland	2:21.3	+3.5	QB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
	1	Emelie Öhrstig	Sweden	2:15.5	—	1st
	2	Lina Andersson	Sweden	2:16.8	+1.3	2nd PF
	12	Sara Renner	Canada	2:16.9	+1.4	3rd PF
4	3	Anna Dahlberg	Sweden	2:17.9	+2.4	4th

Final B

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	8	Virpi Kuitunen	Finland	2:21.3	—	5th PF
2	13	Viola Bauer	Germany	2:21.3	+0.0	6th PF
3	6	Mona-Liisa Malvalehto	Finland	2:22.1	+0.8	7th
4	15	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Finland	2:22.5	+1.2	8th