FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's sprint
The women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 24 February 2009. The Sprint qualifying began at 11:35 CET with finals at 13:30 CET. The defending world champion was Norway's Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, but she was eliminated in the qualification round at these championships. It was the first individual gold medal for Arianna Follis.Results
Qualification
Quarterfinals
Q - Qualified for next round
PF - Photo Finish
LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times
;Quarterfinal 1
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Natalya Matveyeva | | | — | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | | | | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Natalya Korostelyova | | | | LL |
| 4 | 20 | Celine Brun-Lie | | | | LL |
| 5 | 21 | Kirsi Perälä | | | | 23rd |
| 6 | 30 | Caroline Weibel | | | | 29th |
;Quarterfinal 2
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Kalla | | | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kikkan Randall | | | | Q |
| 3 | 27 | Nicole Fessel | | | | 15th |
| 4 | 17 | Miriam Gössner | | | | 19th |
| 5 | 14 | Riikka Sarasoja | | | | 20th |
| 6 | 24 | Aurore Cuinet | | | | 25th |
;Quarterfinal 3
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Marthe Kristoffersen | | | — | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Marit Bjørgen | | | | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | | | | 14th |
| 4 | 6 | Vesna Fabjan | | | | 16th |
| 5 | 16 | Kaija Udras | | | | 21st |
| 6 | 25 | Katja Višnar | | | | 26th |
;Quarterfinal 4
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Arianna Follis | | | — | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Anna Olsson | | | | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Petra Majdič | | | | 12th |
| 4 | 9 | Claudia Nystad | | | | 18th |
| 5 | 22 | Manuela Henkel | | | | 24th |
| 6 | 29 | Daria Gaiazova | | | | 28th |
;Quarterfinal 5
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Pirjo Muranen | | | — | Q |
| 2 | 13 | Alena Procházková | | | | Q |
| 3 | 23 | Magda Genuin | | | | 13th |
| 4 | 8 | Olga Vasiljonok | | | | 17th |
| 5 | 18 | Laure Barthélémy | | | | 22nd |
| 6 | 28 | Madoka Natsumi | | | | 27th |
Semifinals
;Semifinal 1
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 7 | Kikkan Randall | | 2:43.2 | — | QA |
| 2 | 1 | Natalya Matveyeva | | 2:43.7 | +0.5 | QA |
| 3 | 10 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | | 2:43.7 | +0.5 | QA LL |
| 4 | 20 | Celine Brun-Lie | | 2:46.7 | +3.5 | QB |
| 5 | 15 | Marit Bjørgen | | 2:47.0 | +3.8 | QB |
| 6 | 4 | Charlotte Kalla | | 2:47.3 | +4.1 | QB |
;Semifinal 2
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Arianna Follis | | 2:44.2 | — | QA |
| 2 | 3 | Pirjo Muranen | | 2:44.6 | +0.4 | QA |
| 3 | 12 | Anna Olsson | | 2:45.1 | +0.9 | QA LL |
| 4 | 5 | Marthe Kristoffersen | | 2:46.2 | +2.0 | QB |
| 5 | 13 | Alena Procházková | | 2:49.5 | +5.3 | QB |
| 6 | 11 | Natalya Korostelyova | | 2:51.8 | +7.6 | QB |
Finals
; Final A
; Final B
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Charlotte Kalla | | | — | 6th |
| 2 | 13 | Alena Procházková | | | | 7th |
| 3 | 5 | Marthe Kristoffersen | | | | 8th |
| 15 | Marit Bjørgen | | | | 9th |
| 11 | Natalya Korostelyova | | | | 10th |
| 20 | Celine Brun-Lie | | | | 11th |
