Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

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Women’s sprint
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
VenueHualindong Ski Resort
Date11 February
Competitors89 from 29 nations
Winning time20:44.3
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marte Olsbu Røiseland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Elvira Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Dorothea Wierer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2018
2026 

The Women's sprint competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 11 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, [1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft). [2] The event was won by Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway, who was the 2018 silver medalist in sprint. This was her first individual Olympic gold medal. Elvira Öberg of Sweden won silver, her first Olympic medal, and Dorothea Wierer of Italy bronze, her first individual Olympic medal.

Summary

The 2018 champion, Laura Dahlmeier, and the bronze medalist, Veronika Vítková, retired from competitions. Røiseland was the overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup as well as the leader in the sprint before the Olympics.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 17:00. [3]

RankBibNameCountryTimePenalties (P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg5 Marte Olsbu Røiseland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 20:44.30 (0+0)
Silver medal icon.svg45 Elvira Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21:15.20 (0+0)+30.9
Bronze medal icon.svg22 Dorothea Wierer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21:21.50 (0+0)+37.2
433 Lisa Theresa Hauser Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21:31.60 (0+0)+47.3
530 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21:44.50 (0+0)+1:00.2
67 Kristina Reztsova Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 21:49.32 (1+1)+1:05.0
735 Anna Magnusson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21:50.20 (0+0)+1:05.9
857 Yuliia Dzhima Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21:51.81 (0+1)+1:07.5
955 Anaïs Bescond Flag of France.svg  France 21:53.11 (1+0)+1:08.8
104 Alina Stremous Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 21:59.50 (0+0)+1:15.2
111 Tiril Eckhoff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22:00.42 (1+1)+1:16.1
1249 Linn Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22:03.91 (0+1)+1:19.6
1336 Uliana Nigmatullina Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 22:11.82 (2+0)+1:27.5
1418 Paulína Fialková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 22:12.01 (0+1)+1:27.7
1524 Dzinara Alimbekava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 22:12.81 (0+1)+1:28.5
1627 Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 22:12.91 (1+0)+1:28.6
176 Milena Todorova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 22:15.41 (1+0)+1:31.1
1838 Vanessa Voigt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22:15.70 (0+0)+1:31.4
1952 Hanna Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22:19.13 (1+2)+1:34.8
2043 Irina Kazakevich Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 22:23.71 (0+1)+1:39.4
213 Katharina Innerhofer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 22:26.42 (0+2)+1:42.1
229 Denise Herrmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22:29.42 (1+1)+1:45.1
2340 Lena Häcki Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 22:30.32 (1+1)+1:46.0
2470 Anastasiya Merkushyna Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22:31.61 (1+0)+1:47.3
2556 Lucie Charvátová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22:35.61 (0+1)+1:51.3
2616 Hanna Sola Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 22:36.44 (1+3)+1:52.1
2765 Susan Dunklee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22:39.50 (0+0)+1:55.2
288 Mari Eder Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 22:39.82 (0+2)+1:55.5
2928 Julia Simon Flag of France.svg  France 22:40.33 (1+2)+1:56.0
3073 Franziska Preuß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22:41.42 (0+2)+1:57.1
3126 Jessica Jislová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 22:42.71 (1+0)+1:58.4
3247 Emma Lunder Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22:47.61 (0+1)+2:03.3
3329 Tuuli Tomingas Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 22:49.22 (1+1)+2:04.9
3481 Joanne Reid Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22:54.92 (0+2)+2:10.6
3544 Tang Jialin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23:03.51 (1+0)+2:19.2
3625 Lisa Vittozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23:09.14 (4+0)+2:24.8
3760 Deedra Irwin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23:10.12 (0+2)+2:25.8
3859 Ida Lien Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23:10.34 (1+3)+2:26.0
3921 Fuyuko Tachizaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23:10.81 (0+1)+2:26.5
4015 Iryna Petrenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 23:11.72 (2+0)+2:27.4
4119 Markéta Davidová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23:11.84 (2+2)+2:27.5
4137 Ivona Fialková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 23:11.84 (1+3)+2:27.5
4363 Johanna Talihärm Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23:13.30 (0+0)+2:29.0
4487 Susan Külm Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23:15.31 (0+1)+2:31.0
4579 Julia Schwaiger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23:16.22 (1+1)+2:31.9
4610 Clare Egan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23:16.43 (1+2)+2:32.1
4767 Svetlana Mironova Flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.svg  ROC 23:17.63 (0+3)+2:33.3
482 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Flag of France.svg  France 23:18.43 (1+2)+2:34.1
4931 Ekaterina Avvakumova Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 23:19.42 (2+0)+2:35.1
5062 Baiba Bendika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 23:20.73 (1+2)+2:36.4
5158 Suvi Minkkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23:21.71 (0+1)+2:37.4
5212 Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 23:22.61 (1+0)+2:38.3
5341 Kamila Żuk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23:22.91 (1+0)+2:38.6
5417 Amy Baserga Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 23:24.22 (2+0)+2:39.9
5583 Vanessa Hinz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23:24.33 (1+2)+2:40.0
5677 Regina Oja Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23:24.42 (1+1)+2:40.1
5778 Samuela Comola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23:30.71 (1+0)+2:46.4
5868 Tereza Voborníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23:30.92 (2+0)+2:46.6
5923 Polona Klemenčič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 23:31.22 (1+1)+2:46.9
6014 Iryna Leshchanka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23:32.53 (2+1)+2:48.2
6146 Chu Yuanmeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23:32.62 (1+1)+2:48.3
6264 Meng Fanqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23:33.71 (1+0)+2:49.4
6353 Gabrielė Leščinskaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 23:37.10 (0+0)+2:52.8
6411 Lotte Lie Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23:41.13 (3+0)+2:56.8
6534 Ukaleq Slettemark Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23:54.60 (0+0)+3:10.3
6689 Anna Mąka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23:55.43 (1+2)+3:11.1
6750 Sari Maeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23:58.93 (1+2)+3:14.6
6813 Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Flag of France.svg  France 24:02.04 (1+3)+3:17.7
6975 Kinga Zbylut Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 24:05.12 (1+1)+3:20.8
7071 Elena Kruchynkina Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 24:10.14 (1+3)+3:25.8
7132 Natalia Ushkina Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 24:14.32 (1+1)+3:30.0
7276 Henrieta Horvátová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 24:20.71 (1+0)+3:36.4
7382 Erika Jänkä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24:20.90 (0+0)+3:36.6
7485 Yurie Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24:21.51 (0+1)+3:37.2
7569 Nastassia Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24:30.03 (1+2)+3:45.7
7688 Ding Yuhuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24:33.12 (1+1)+3:48.8
7720 Megan Bankes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24:35.43 (1+2)+3:51.1
7866 Maria Zdravkova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 24:39.11 (0+1)+3:54.8
7954 Živa Klemenčič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 24:43.63 (3+0)+3:59.3
8080 Sarah Beaudry Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24:45.92 (1+1)+4:01.6
8172 Emily Dickson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24:50.33 (2+1)+4:06.0
8239 Federica Sanfilippo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:57.15 (3+2)+4:12.8
8342 Kim Seon-su Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25:18.21 (1+0)+4:33.9
8486 Daniela Kadeva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 25:26.41 (1+0)+4:42.1
8548 Dunja Zdouc Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25:32.12 (0+2)+4:47.8
8651 Alla Ghilenko Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 26:04.64 (2+2)+5:20.3
8774 Asuka Hachisuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 26:06.74 (4+0)+5:22.4
8884 Veronika Machyniaková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26:13.23 (2+1)+5:28.9
8961 Lora Hristova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 26:27.74 (3+1)+5:43.4

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