Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's ski cross explained

Event:	Women's ski cross
Games:	2014 Winter
Venue:	Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates:	21 February 2014
Competitors:	28
Nations:	12
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The women's ski cross event in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia took place on 21 February 2014.^[1]

Maria Komissarova of Russia, who qualified for the event, had broken her spine on 15 February while training in Sochi and had to be operated on the spot.^[2] She was flown to Munich for further treatment the following day.

Results

The event was started at 11:45.^[3]

Seeding

Rank	Bib	Time	Difference	Notes
1	13	1:21.45	-	Q
2	8	1:21.46	+0.01	Q
3	6	1:21.56	+0.11	Q
4	16	1:22.21	+0.76	Q
5	4	1:22.33	+0.88	Q
6	14	1:22.37	+0.92	Q
7	17	1:22.46	+1.01	Q
8	12	1:22.52	+1.07	Q
9	18	1:22.95	+1.50	Q
10	3	1:23.28	+1.83	Q
11	20	1.23.47	+2.02	Q
12	15	1:23.85	+2.40	Q
13	11	1:24.10	+2.65	Q
14	27	1:24.21	+2.76	Q
15	10	1:24.24	+2.79	Q
16	1	1:24.61	+3.16	Q
17	9	1:24.62	+3.17	Q
18	5	1:24.86	+3.41	Q
19	7	1:25.20	+3.75	Q
20	26	1:25.96	+4.51	Q
21	21	1:25.99	+4.54	Q
22	22	1:26.61	+5.16	Q
23	2	1:26.88	+5.43	Q
24	23	1:28.30	+6.85	Q
25	19	1:38.51	+17.06	Q
26	25	1:59.84	+38.39	Q
27	24			Q
28	29			Q

Elimination round

1/8 finals

The 32 seeds advanced to the 1/8 finals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.

Heat 1

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	1	Q
2	16	Q
3	17

Heat 2

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	8	Q
2	9	Q
3	24
4	25	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	12	Q
2	28	Q
3	5
4	21	DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	4	Q
2	13	Q
3	20

Heat 5

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	3	Q
2	14	Q
3	19

Heat 6

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	6	Q
2	11	Q
3	27
4	22

Heat 7

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	10	Q
2	26	Q
3	23
4	7

Heat 8

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	2	Q
2	18	Q
3	15

Quarterfinals

The top 2 from each heat of the 1/8 round advanced to the 1/4 round. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing.

Heat 1

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	1	Q
2	16	Q
3	9	DNF
4	8	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	13	Q
2	4	Q
3	12
4	28	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	3	Q
2	11	Q
3	14
4	6	DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	2	Q
2	10	Q
3	26
4	18	DNF

Semifinals

The top 2 from each heat of the 1/4 round advanced to the semifinals. From here, they participated in four-person elimination races, with the top two from each race advancing to the final and the third and fourth entering a classification race.

Heat 1

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	4	BF
2	1	BF
3	13	SF
4	16	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Bib	Notes
1	3	BF
2	2	BF
3	11	SF
4	10	SF

Finals

Small Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
5	10
6	13
7	11
8	16

Big Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Notes
	3
	1
	4
4	2

Notes and References

Web site: Freestyle Skiing Schedule and Results. SOOC. January 11, 2014. January 29, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129055810/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/freestyle-skiing-schedule-and-results. dead.
News: Sochi 2014: Maria Komissarova has surgery after breaking spine. 15 February 2014. BBC Sport. 17 February 2014.
http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2014/FS/8018/2014FS8018FRL.pdf Final Results