Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

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Women's individual
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
Venue Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date15 February
Competitors87 from 27 nations
Winning time41:07.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hanna Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Anastasiya Kuzmina Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg Laura Dahlmeier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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2022  

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).

DateTimeRound
15 February17:15Final

Results

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

RankBibNameCountryTimePenalties (P+S+P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg24 Hanna Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41:07.20 (0+0+0+0)
Silver medal icon.svg6 Anastasiya Kuzmina Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 41:31.92 (0+1+1+0)+24.7
Bronze medal icon.svg80 Laura Dahlmeier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41:48.41 (1+0+0+0)+41.2
473 Franziska Preuß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42:06.90 (0+0+0+0)+59.7
534 Paulína Fialková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 42:09.51 (1+0+0+0)+1:02.3
657 Monika Hojnisz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 43:02.01 (0+1+0+0)+1:54.8
769 Dorothea Wierer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 43:15.82 (0+1+0+1)+2:08.6
87 Elisa Gasparin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 43:22.41 (1+0+0+0)+2:15.2
945 Franziska Hildebrand Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 43:38.61 (0+1+0+0)+2:31.4
1032 Nadezhda Skardino Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 43:40.21 (0+0+0+1)+2:33.0
1111 Linn Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43:41.51 (1+0+0+0)+2:34.3
1268 Urška Poje Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 43:52.70 (0+0+0+0)+2:45.5
1333 Kaisa Mäkäräinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43:57.93 (1+1+1+0)+2:50.7
1460 Mona Brorsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 44:13.82 (1+0+0+1)+3:06.6
1552 Tatiana Akimova Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 44:17.62 (0+1+0+1)+3:10.4
168 Ekaterina Avvakumova Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 44:25.31 (0+0+1+0)+3:18.1
1754 Maren Hammerschmidt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 44:28.03 (1+1+0+1)+3:20.8
1815 Veronika Vítková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 44:31.53 (1+1+1+0)+3:24.3
1940 Susan Dunklee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44:33.52 (0+1+0+1)+3:26.3
2056 Yuliia Dzhima Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 44:33.92 (1+0+1+0)+3:26.7
219 Weronika Nowakowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 44:34.62 (0+0+0+2)+3:27.4
2285 Joanne Reid Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44:41.31 (0+1+0+0)+3:34.1
2336 Tiril Eckhoff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 44:41.94 (1+1+1+1)+3:34.7
2425 Uliana Kaisheva Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia 44:47.92 (0+2+0+0)+3:40.7
2544 Valentyna Semerenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 44:53.91 (0+0+0+1)+3:46.7
2659 Rosanna Crawford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 44:55.92 (2+0+0+0)+3:48.7
2728 Darya Domracheva Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 44:57.84 (0+0+1+3)+3:50.6
2842 Anaïs Chevalier Flag of France.svg  France 45:01.93 (1+1+1+0)+3:54.7
2910 Sarah Beaudry Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 45:05.61 (0+1+0+0)+3:58.4
3072 Natalija Kočergina Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 45:09.11 (0+0+1+0)+4:01.9
3127 Anaïs Bescond Flag of France.svg  France 45:10.93 (2+0+1+0)+4:03.7
3249 Lisa Vittozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45:11.83 (0+2+0+1)+4:04.6
3382 Alexia Runggaldier Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45:15.02 (0+0+1+1)+4:07.8
3443 Lena Häcki Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 45:22.54 (1+2+1+0)+4:15.3
3541 Anja Eržen Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 45:22.93 (0+0+0+3)+4:15.7
3613 Iryna Kryuko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 45:26.03 (0+2+0+1)+4:18.8
3784 Anna Magnusson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 45:27.22 (2+0+0+0)+4:20.0
3867 Nicole Gontier Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45:32.54 (1+1+1+1)+4:25.3
394 Baiba Bendika Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 45:32.84 (0+1+1+2)+4:25.6
4051 Synnøve Solemdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45:33.02 (0+1+0+1)+4:25.8
4139 Lisa Hauser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 45:35.43 (1+1+0+1)+4:28.2
4218 Mari Laukkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 46:03.74 (2+1+0+1)+4:56.5
4378 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46:14.73 (0+2+0+1)+5:07.5
4431 Eva Puskarčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 46:22.03 (1+0+2+0)+5:14.8
4570 Galina Vishnevskaya Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 46:23.43 (0+2+1+0)+5:16.2
461 Olga Poltoranina Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 46:36.52 (0+0+1+1)+5:29.3
4720 Alina Raikova Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 46:37.43 (0+1+0+2)+5:30.2
485 Célia Aymonier Flag of France.svg  France 46:40.35 (2+1+0+2)+5:33.1
4947 Laura Toivanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 46:42.63 (1+1+0+1)+5:35.4
5022 Johanna Talihärm Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 46:44.03 (1+2+0+0)+5:36.8
5176 Darya Klimina Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 46:44.43 (2+0+1+0)+5:37.2
5230 Krystyna Guzik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 46:49.54 (1+0+2+1)+5:42.3
5364 Daniela Kadeva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 46:52.73 (0+0+1+2)+5:45.5
5479 Emma Lunder Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 46:56.63 (0+1+1+1)+5:49.4
5535 Justine Braisaz Flag of France.svg  France 46:57.25 (1+2+2+0)+5:50.0
5655 Dzinara Alimbekava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 47:04.04 (1+1+1+1)+5:56.8
5766 Markéta Davidová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 47:06.75 (1+1+0+3)+5:59.5
5883 Dunja Zdouc Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 47:09.02 (1+1+0+0)+6:01.8
5938 Zhang Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 47:29.64 (1+2+0+1)+6:22.4
6048 Katharina Innerhofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 47:34.95 (2+1+0+2)+6:27.7
6150 Anna Frolina Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 47:50.45 (1+0+1+3)+6:43.2
6214 Clare Egan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48:00.84 (0+3+0+1)+6:53.6
6365 Vita Semerenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 48:03.85 (0+3+1+1)+6:56.6
6453 Ivona Fialková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 48:04.46 (1+1+1+3)+6:57.2
6537 Selina Gasparin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 48:07.45 (1+0+2+2)+7:00.2
6658 Tang Jialin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 48:12.02 (1+1+0+0)+7:04.8
6763 Emily Dreissigacker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 48:16.44 (2+1+0+1)+7:09.2
6871 Aita Gasparin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 48:26.25 (1+2+1+1)+7:19.0
6987 Suvi Minkkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48:27.74 (2+1+0+1)+7:20.5
7021 Anastasiya Merkushyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 48:42.06 (1+1+3+1)+7:34.8
712 Marte Olsbu Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 48:58.87 (1+1+3+2)+7:51.6
723 Jessica Jislová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 49:00.65 (1+1+0+3)+7:53.4
7323 Amanda Lightfoot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49:14.76 (2+1+0+3)+8:07.5
7416 Julia Ransom Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49:38.95 (1+1+2+1)+8:31.7
7562 Diana Rasimovičiūtė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 49:53.35 (1+2+0+2)+8:46.1
7661 Fuyuko Tachizaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50:06.97 (3+1+2+1)+8:59.7
7777 Stefani Popova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 50:20.35 (1+0+2+2)+9:13.1
7829 Mun Ji-hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 50:21.57 (0+3+2+2)+9:14.3
7917 Desislava Stoyanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 50:25.97 (2+2+2+1)+9:18.7
8026 Yurie Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50:28.05 (2+2+0+1)+9:20.8
8174 Asuka Hachisuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50:30.24 (1+1+1+1)+9:23.0
8246 Emilia Yordanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 50:56.36 (4+0+1+1)+9:49.1
8381 Magdalena Gwizdoń Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51:49.78 (1+2+3+2)+10:42.5
8419 Éva Tófalvi Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 52:13.77 (1+2+4+0)+11:06.5
8512 Sari Furuya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 53:11.09 (2+2+3+2)+12:03.8
8686 Jung Ju-mi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 53:32.86 (2+2+0+2)+12:25.6
8775 Terézia Poliaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54:46.310 (1+4+3+2)+13:39.1

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The women's giant slalom competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at the Yongpyong Alpine Centre at the Alpensia Sports Park in PyeongChang. Originally set to be held on 12 February 2018, winds in excess of 50 km/h forced officials to reschedule the race for 15 February 2018.

The men's 20 km individual biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 15 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The men's 10 km sprint biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 11 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was won by Arnd Peiffer, with Michal Krčmář taking silver and Dominik Windisch bronze. This was the first individual Olympic medal for both Peiffer and Windisch, whereas for Krčmář, this was the first Olympic medal.

The women's 7.5 km sprint competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 10 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The women's 10 km pursuit biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The field consisted of the top 60 finishers in the sprint event, held two days earlier, with competitors' starting times dependent on their final time in the sprint event. Laura Dahlmeier, who was the champion in the sprint, won a second title, becoming the first female biathlete to win an Olympic sprint-pursuit double. Anastasiya Kuzmina finished second, and Anaïs Bescond was third. This was Bescond's first Olympic medal.

The men's 12.5 km pursuit competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The field was the same as for the sprint event, held on the previous day, with competitors starting time dependent on their final time in the sprint event.

The men's 15 km mass start biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 18 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The women's 12.5 km mass start biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 17 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Anastasiya Kuzmina won the gold medal, the defending champion Darya Domracheva took the silver, and Tiril Eckhoff replicated her 2014 bronze medal success.

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References

  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