| Women's biathlon sprint at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Birkebeineren Ski Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 69 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 26:08.8 | ||||||||||||
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| Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Individual | men | women |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February, at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop. [1]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 56 | Myriam Bédard |  Canada | 26:08.8 | 2 (0+2) | — |
 | 55 | Svetlana Paramygina |  Belarus | 26:09.9 | 2 (2+0) | +1.1 |
 | 10 | Valentina Tserbe |  Ukraine | 26:10.0 | 0 (0+0) | +1.2 |
| 4 | 62 | Inna Sheshkil |  Kazakhstan | 26:13.9 | 2 (0+2) | +5.1 |
| 5 | 4 | Petra Schaaf |  Germany | 26:33.6 | 2 (2+0) | +24.8 |
| 6 | 33 | Irina Kokuyeva | Belarus | 26:38.4 | 2 (0+2) | +29.6 |
| 7 | 67 | Nathalie Santer |  Italy | 26:38.8 | 3 (1+2) | +30.0 |
| 8 | 50 | Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm | Germany | 26:46.5 | 3 (3+0) | +37.7 |
| 9 | 65 | Eva Háková |  Czech Republic | 26:48.2 | 1 (1+0) | +39.4 |
| 10 | 69 | Elin Kristiansen |  Norway | 26:53.5 | 0 (0+0) | +44.7 |
| 11 | 30 | Iva Karagiozova |  Bulgaria | 27:00.6 | 0 (0+0) | +51.8 |
| 12 | 41 | Soňa Mihoková |  Slovakia | 27:03.8 | 2 (1+1) | +55.0 |
| 13 | 24 | Uschi Disl | Germany | 27:04.1 | 2 (1+1) | +55.3 |
| 14 | 46 | Olena Ohurtsova | Ukraine | 27:06.8 | 2 (1+1) | +58.0 |
| 15 | 66 | Martina Jašicová | Slovakia | 27:11.6 | 2 (1+1) | +1:02.8 |
| 16 | 64 | Mari Lampinen |  Finland | 27:14.5 | 2 (2+0) | +1:05.7 |
| 17 | 6 | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid | Norway | 27:17.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:08.9 |
| 18 | 47 | Andreja Grašič |  Slovenia | 27:17.9 | 3 (2+1) | +1:09.1 |
| 19 | 9 | Nadezhda Talanova |  Russia | 27:18.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:09.3 |
| 20 | 13 | Véronique Claudel |  France | 27:28.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:19.4 |
| 21 | 57 | Kerryn Pethybridge-Rim |  Australia | 27:32.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:23.5 |
| 22 | 20 | Annette Sikveland | Norway | 27:32.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:24.0 |
| 23 | 63 | Song Aiqin |  China | 27:33.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:24.7 |
| 24 | 38 | Joan Smith |  United States | 27:39.1 | 2 (0+2) | +1:30.3 |
| 24 | 43 | Tuija Sikiö | Finland | 27:39.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:30.3 |
| 26 | 27 | Antje Harvey | Germany | 27:46.5 | 3 (0+3) | +1:37.7 |
| 27 | 31 | Corinne Niogret | France | 27:48.1 | 3 (2+1) | +1:39.3 |
| 28 | 35 | Ieva Cederštre-ma-Volfa |  Latvia | 27:52.6 | 3 (1+2) | +1:43.8 |
| 29 | 59 | Ekaterina Dafovska | Bulgaria | 27:54.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:45.6 |
| 30 | 49 | Anne Briand | France | 28:00.8 | 4 (4+0) | +1:52.0 |
| 31 | 53 | Eveli Peterson |  Estonia | 28:03.8 | 1 (1+0) | +1:55.0 |
| 32 | 48 | Anfisa Reztsova | Russia | 28:09.8 | 7 (2+5) | +2:01.0 |
| 33 | 58 | Maryna Skolota | Ukraine | 28:11.3 | 3 (2+1) | +2:02.5 |
| 34 | 26 | Iveta Knížková | Czech Republic | 28:18.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:09.5 |
| 35 | 5 | Emmanuelle Claret | France | 28:19.7 | 5 (1+4) | +2:10.9 |
| 36 | 22 | Tuija Vuoksiala | Finland | 28:23.2 | 3 (2+1) | +2:14.4 |
| 37 | 44 | Lise Meloche | Canada | 28:25.0 | 1 (1+0) | +2:16.2 |
| 38 | 17 | Nataliya Permyakova | Belarus | 28:26.9 | 4 (2+2) | +2:18.1 |
| 39 | 25 | Luiza Noskova | Russia | 28:27.8 | 5 (3+2) | +2:19.0 |
| 40 | 29 | Sandra Paintin | Australia | 28:31.1 | 1 (0+1) | +2:22.3 |
| 41 | 37 | Wang Jinfen | China | 28:36.1 | 5 (3+2) | +2:27.3 |
| 42 | 7 | Lyubov Belyakova | Russia | 28:37.0 | 2 (2+0) | +2:28.2 |
| 43 | 11 | Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan |  Romania | 28:37.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:28.3 |
| 44 | 34 | Yoshiko Honda-Mikami |  Japan | 28:37.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:28.5 |
| 45 | 18 | Gillian Hamilton | Canada | 28:43.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:34.2 |
| 46 | 45 | Anna Bozsik |  Hungary | 29:04.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:55.6 |
| 47 | 39 | Hildegunn Fossen | Norway | 29:16.2 | 4 (2+2) | +3:07.4 |
| 48 | 54 | Kazimiera Strolienė |  Lithuania | 29:16.6 | 4 (2+2) | +3:07.8 |
| 49 | 15 | Jiřína Adamičková-Pelcová | Czech Republic | 29:23.0 | 3 (0+3) | +3:14.2 |
| 50 | 1 | Lyudmila Lysenko | Belarus | 29:24.0 | 3 (2+1) | +3:15.2 |
| 51 | 61 | Beth Coats | United States | 29:24.3 | 3 (3+0) | +3:15.5 |
| 52 | 14 | Mariya Manolova | Bulgaria | 29:26.7 | 2 (0+2) | +3:17.9 |
| 52 | 16 | Joan Guetschow | United States | 29:26.7 | 4 (1+3) | +3:17.9 |
| 54 | 12 | María Giro |  Argentina | 29:31.9 | 1 (0+1) | +3:23.1 |
| 55 | 42 | Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa | Romania | 29:34.8 | 3 (2+1) | +3:26.0 |
| 56 | 23 | Jelena Poljakova-Všivtseva | Estonia | 29:35.3 | 3 (3+0) | +3:26.5 |
| 57 | 52 | Halina Pitoń |  Poland | 29:39.2 | 4 (2+2) | +3:30.4 |
| 58 | 36 | Krista Lepik | Estonia | 29:40.1 | 5 (2+3) | +3:31.3 |
| 59 | 51 | Catarina Eklund |  Sweden | 29:44.6 | 2 (2+0) | +3:35.8 |
| 60 | 19 | Eva-Karin Westin | Sweden | 29:50.4 | 2 (2+0) | +3:41.6 |
| 61 | 3 | Pirjo Aalto | Finland | 29:59.2 | 3 (0+3) | +3:50.4 |
| 62 | 21 | Anna Stera-Kustucz | Poland | 30:04.5 | 3 (2+1) | +3:55.7 |
| 63 | 8 | Gabriela Suvová | Czech Republic | 30:25.8 | 4 (2+2) | +4:17.0 |
| 64 | 2 | Mary Ostergren | United States | 30:35.6 | 4 (3+1) | +4:26.8 |
| 65 | 60 | Brigitta Bereczki | Hungary | 30:42.4 | 4 (0+4) | +4:33.6 |
| 66 | 68 | Yevgeniya Roppel |  Kyrgyzstan | 31:08.0 | 3 (1+2) | +4:59.2 |
| 67 | 32 | Christina Eklund | Sweden | 31:10.0 | 5 (4+1) | +5:01.2 |
| 68 | 28 | Zofia Kiełpińska | Poland | 31:11.1 | 7 (4+3) | +5:02.3 |
| 69 | 40 | Elena Gorohova |  Moldova | 35:04.1 | 7 (4+3) | +8:55.3 |
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