Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

Women's individual
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Women's individual; at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date	15 February
Competitors	87 from 27 nations
Winning time	41:07.2
Medalists
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Last updated September 13, 2024

The women's 15 km individual biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1]^[2] The race was originally set to be held on 14 February 2018, but high winds forced officials to reschedule the race for the following day.^[3]

Qualification

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Round
15 February	17:15	Final

Results

The race was started at 17:15.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Penalties (P+S+P+S)	Deficit
	24	Hanna Öberg	Sweden	41:07.2	0 (0+0+0+0)	–
	6	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	41:31.9	2 (0+1+1+0)	+24.7
	80	Laura Dahlmeier	Germany	41:48.4	1 (1+0+0+0)	+41.2
4	73	Franziska Preuß	Germany	42:06.9	0 (0+0+0+0)	+59.7
5	34	Paulína Fialková	Slovakia	42:09.5	1 (1+0+0+0)	+1:02.3
6	57	Monika Hojnisz	Poland	43:02.0	1 (0+1+0+0)	+1:54.8
7	69	Dorothea Wierer	Italy	43:15.8	2 (0+1+0+1)	+2:08.6
8	7	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland	43:22.4	1 (1+0+0+0)	+2:15.2
9	45	Franziska Hildebrand	Germany	43:38.6	1 (0+1+0+0)	+2:31.4
10	32	Nadezhda Skardino	Belarus	43:40.2	1 (0+0+0+1)	+2:33.0
11	11	Linn Persson	Sweden	43:41.5	1 (1+0+0+0)	+2:34.3
12	68	Urška Poje	Slovenia	43:52.7	0 (0+0+0+0)	+2:45.5
13	33	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	43:57.9	3 (1+1+1+0)	+2:50.7
14	60	Mona Brorsson	Sweden	44:13.8	2 (1+0+0+1)	+3:06.6
15	52	Tatiana Akimova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	44:17.6	2 (0+1+0+1)	+3:10.4
16	8	Ekaterina Avvakumova	South Korea	44:25.3	1 (0+0+1+0)	+3:18.1
17	54	Maren Hammerschmidt	Germany	44:28.0	3 (1+1+0+1)	+3:20.8
18	15	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	44:31.5	3 (1+1+1+0)	+3:24.3
19	40	Susan Dunklee	United States	44:33.5	2 (0+1+0+1)	+3:26.3
20	56	Yuliia Dzhima	Ukraine	44:33.9	2 (1+0+1+0)	+3:26.7
21	9	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland	44:34.6	2 (0+0+0+2)	+3:27.4
22	85	Joanne Reid	United States	44:41.3	1 (0+1+0+0)	+3:34.1
23	36	Tiril Eckhoff	Norway	44:41.9	4 (1+1+1+1)	+3:34.7
24	25	Uliana Kaisheva	Olympic Athletes from Russia	44:47.9	2 (0+2+0+0)	+3:40.7
25	44	Valentyna Semerenko	Ukraine	44:53.9	1 (0+0+0+1)	+3:46.7
26	59	Rosanna Crawford	Canada	44:55.9	2 (2+0+0+0)	+3:48.7
27	28	Darya Domracheva	Belarus	44:57.8	4 (0+0+1+3)	+3:50.6
28	42	Anaïs Chevalier	France	45:01.9	3 (1+1+1+0)	+3:54.7
29	10	Sarah Beaudry	Canada	45:05.6	1 (0+1+0+0)	+3:58.4
30	72	Natalija Kočergina	Lithuania	45:09.1	1 (0+0+1+0)	+4:01.9
31	27	Anaïs Bescond	France	45:10.9	3 (2+0+1+0)	+4:03.7
32	49	Lisa Vittozzi	Italy	45:11.8	3 (0+2+0+1)	+4:04.6
33	82	Alexia Runggaldier	Italy	45:15.0	2 (0+0+1+1)	+4:07.8
34	43	Lena Häcki	Switzerland	45:22.5	4 (1+2+1+0)	+4:15.3
35	41	Anja Eržen	Slovenia	45:22.9	3 (0+0+0+3)	+4:15.7
36	13	Iryna Kryuko	Belarus	45:26.0	3 (0+2+0+1)	+4:18.8
37	84	Anna Magnusson	Sweden	45:27.2	2 (2+0+0+0)	+4:20.0
38	67	Nicole Gontier	Italy	45:32.5	4 (1+1+1+1)	+4:25.3
39	4	Baiba Bendika	Latvia	45:32.8	4 (0+1+1+2)	+4:25.6
40	51	Synnøve Solemdal	Norway	45:33.0	2 (0+1+0+1)	+4:25.8
41	39	Lisa Hauser	Austria	45:35.4	3 (1+1+0+1)	+4:28.2
42	18	Mari Laukkanen	Finland	46:03.7	4 (2+1+0+1)	+4:56.5
43	78	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Norway	46:14.7	3 (0+2+0+1)	+5:07.5
44	31	Eva Puskarčíková	Czech Republic	46:22.0	3 (1+0+2+0)	+5:14.8
45	70	Galina Vishnevskaya	Kazakhstan	46:23.4	3 (0+2+1+0)	+5:16.2
46	1	Olga Poltoranina	Kazakhstan	46:36.5	2 (0+0+1+1)	+5:29.3
47	20	Alina Raikova	Kazakhstan	46:37.4	3 (0+1+0+2)	+5:30.2
48	5	Célia Aymonier	France	46:40.3	5 (2+1+0+2)	+5:33.1
49	47	Laura Toivanen	Finland	46:42.6	3 (1+1+0+1)	+5:35.4
50	22	Johanna Talihärm	Estonia	46:44.0	3 (1+2+0+0)	+5:36.8
51	76	Darya Klimina	Kazakhstan	46:44.4	3 (2+0+1+0)	+5:37.2
52	30	Krystyna Guzik	Poland	46:49.5	4 (1+0+2+1)	+5:42.3
53	64	Daniela Kadeva	Bulgaria	46:52.7	3 (0+0+1+2)	+5:45.5
54	79	Emma Lunder	Canada	46:56.6	3 (0+1+1+1)	+5:49.4
55	35	Justine Braisaz	France	46:57.2	5 (1+2+2+0)	+5:50.0
56	55	Dzinara Alimbekava	Belarus	47:04.0	4 (1+1+1+1)	+5:56.8
57	66	Markéta Davidová	Czech Republic	47:06.7	5 (1+1+0+3)	+5:59.5
58	83	Dunja Zdouc	Austria	47:09.0	2 (1+1+0+0)	+6:01.8
59	38	Zhang Yan	China	47:29.6	4 (1+2+0+1)	+6:22.4
60	48	Katharina Innerhofer	Austria	47:34.9	5 (2+1+0+2)	+6:27.7
61	50	Anna Frolina	South Korea	47:50.4	5 (1+0+1+3)	+6:43.2
62	14	Clare Egan	United States	48:00.8	4 (0+3+0+1)	+6:53.6
63	65	Vita Semerenko	Ukraine	48:03.8	5 (0+3+1+1)	+6:56.6
64	53	Ivona Fialková	Slovakia	48:04.4	6 (1+1+1+3)	+6:57.2
65	37	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	48:07.4	5 (1+0+2+2)	+7:00.2
66	58	Tang Jialin	China	48:12.0	2 (1+1+0+0)	+7:04.8
67	63	Emily Dreissigacker	United States	48:16.4	4 (2+1+0+1)	+7:09.2
68	71	Aita Gasparin	Switzerland	48:26.2	5 (1+2+1+1)	+7:19.0
69	87	Suvi Minkkinen	Finland	48:27.7	4 (2+1+0+1)	+7:20.5
70	21	Anastasiya Merkushyna	Ukraine	48:42.0	6 (1+1+3+1)	+7:34.8
71	2	Marte Olsbu	Norway	48:58.8	7 (1+1+3+2)	+7:51.6
72	3	Jessica Jislová	Czech Republic	49:00.6	5 (1+1+0+3)	+7:53.4
73	23	Amanda Lightfoot	Great Britain	49:14.7	6 (2+1+0+3)	+8:07.5
74	16	Julia Ransom	Canada	49:38.9	5 (1+1+2+1)	+8:31.7
75	62	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	49:53.3	5 (1+2+0+2)	+8:46.1
76	61	Fuyuko Tachizaki	Japan	50:06.9	7 (3+1+2+1)	+8:59.7
77	77	Stefani Popova	Bulgaria	50:20.3	5 (1+0+2+2)	+9:13.1
78	29	Mun Ji-hee	South Korea	50:21.5	7 (0+3+2+2)	+9:14.3
79	17	Desislava Stoyanova	Bulgaria	50:25.9	7 (2+2+2+1)	+9:18.7
80	26	Yurie Tanaka	Japan	50:28.0	5 (2+2+0+1)	+9:20.8
81	74	Asuka Hachisuka	Japan	50:30.2	4 (1+1+1+1)	+9:23.0
82	46	Emilia Yordanova	Bulgaria	50:56.3	6 (4+0+1+1)	+9:49.1
83	81	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	51:49.7	8 (1+2+3+2)	+10:42.5
84	19	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	52:13.7	7 (1+2+4+0)	+11:06.5
85	12	Sari Furuya	Japan	53:11.0	9 (2+2+3+2)	+12:03.8
86	86	Jung Ju-mi	South Korea	53:32.8	6 (2+2+0+2)	+12:25.6
87	75	Terézia Poliaková	Slovakia	54:46.3	10 (1+4+3+2)	+13:39.1

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References

↑ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
↑ Start list
↑ O'Connor, Philip (14 February 2018). "Women's 15 km biathlon postponed due to high winds". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018.
↑ Final results

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[1] "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[2] Start list

[3] O'Connor, Philip (14 February 2018). "Women's 15 km biathlon postponed due to high winds". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018.

[4] Final results

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Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Qualification
Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
Relay	men	women	mixed
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