| Women's 10 kilometre pursuit at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Iwakisan Sports Park | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 February 2003 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 5 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon at the 2003 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| Sprint | men | women |
| Pursuit | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
The women's 10 kilometre sprint at the 2003 Asian Winter Games was held on 5 February 2003 at the Iwakisan Sports Park, Japan.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 5 February 2003 | 13:00 | Final |
| Rank | Athlete | Start | Penalties | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | P | S | S | Total | ||||
 |  Kong Yingchao (CHN) | 0:13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 40:17.9 |
 | Liu Xianying (CHN) | 0:20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 41:16.8 |
 | Sun Ribo (CHN) | 0:55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 42:28.7 |
| 4 |  Tamami Tanaka (JPN) | 0:00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 42:34.0 |
| 5 |  Yelena Dubok (KAZ) | 0:52 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 43:36.4 |
| 6 | Kanae Suzuki (JPN) | 1:56 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 46:25.3 |
| 7 | Ikuyo Tsukidate (JPN) | 3:38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 46:40.2 |
| 8 | Viktoriya Afanasyeva (KAZ) | 2:01 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 48:23.5 |
| 9 | Liu Yuanyuan (CHN) | 1:06 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 49:21.4 |
| 10 | Sanae Takano (JPN) | 2:16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 50:14.2 |
| 11 | Olga Dudchenko (KAZ) | 3:42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 51:29.0 |
| 12 |  Kim Ja-youn (KOR) | 3:51 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 54:05.5 |
| 13 | Inna Mozhevitina (KAZ) | 3:20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 55:17.0 |
| 14 | Jung Yang-mi (KOR) | 5:00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 57:10.9 |
| 15 | Baik Mi-ra (KOR) | 5:00 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 59:48.4 |
| 16 | Dong Jung-lim (KOR) | 5:00 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1:03:37.2 |
| 17 |  Shirnengiin Bolortsetseg (MGL) | 5:00 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1:09:46.1 |
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