2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Pursuit (Women)

sport	biathlon
discipline	10 km pursuit
gender	Women
Attendees	58 athletes from 22 countries
Competition location	Centro Olimpico Biathlon
Competition phase	February 18, 2006
Winning time	36: 43.6 min
Medalists  Kati Wilhelm ( GER )  Martina Glagow ( GER )  Albina Achatowa ( RUS )
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Biathlon competitions at the 2006 Winter Olympics
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The 10 km pursuit of women in biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on February 18, 2006 at 12:30 in the Centro Olimpico Biathlon . Kati Wilhelm was Olympic champion ahead of Martina Glagow , both from Germany. The bronze medal went to the Russian Albina Achatowa .

Competition description

The 60 best athletes from the previous sprint race qualified for the 10 km pursuit race. The winner of the sprint went into the race first, the other athletes started with the time gap they had at the finish of the sprint. Five laps of equal length had to be completed, after the first four the athletes had to hit five targets each in the order lying-lying-standing-standing at the shooting range. For each target not hit, the athlete had to complete a 150 m penalty loop. In total, there was a difference in altitude of 200 to 400 m. The winner was whoever reached the finish line first.

Total ascent: 340 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 41 m
58 participants from 22 countries, 41 of them in the evaluation.

Results

space	Athlete	country	Start time	Total time (min)	Penalties (L + L + S + S)	Difference (min)
1	Kati Wilhelm	Germany	0:18	36: 43.6	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	-
2	Martina Glagow	Germany	1:05	37: 57.2	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+1: 13.6
3	Albina Akhatova	Russia	0:09	38: 05.0	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+1: 21.4
4th	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	Russia	0:39	38: 29.0	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+1: 45.4
5	Michela Ponza	Italy	0:56	38: 51.7	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 08.1
6th	Liv Grete Poirée	Norway	0:49	39: 03.4	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 19.8
7th	Wolha Nasarawa	Belarus	0:22	3 9: 09.7	3 (0 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+2: 26.1
8th	Lilia Yefremova	Ukraine	0:07	39: 09.8	3 (0 + 1 + 2 + 0)	+2: 26.2
9	Liu Xianying	China	0:46	39: 25.3	3 (0 + 2 + 1 + 0)	+2: 41.7
10	Uschi Disl	Germany	1:58	39: 30.8	4 (2 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 47.2
11	Katrin Apel	Germany	1:34	39: 38.9	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+2: 55.3
12	Sandrine Bailly	France	0:12	39: 39.4	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+2: 55.8
13	Florence Baverel-Robert	France	0:00	39: 57.6	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+3: 14.0
14th	Anna Carin Olofsson	Sweden	0:02	40: 06.1	7 (1 + 2 + 1 + 3)	+3: 22.5
15th	Linda Tjørhom	Norway	1:17	40: 19.8	3 (0 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+3: 36.2
16	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia	1:00	40: 20.1	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+3: 36.5
17th	Kong Yingchao	China	1:36	40: 41.9	3 (0 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+3: 58.3
18th	Torah Berger	Norway	1:34	40: 44.8	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+4: 01.2
19th	Olga Saizewa	Russia	0:34	40: 49.0	5 (1 + 2 + 2 + 0)	+4: 05.4
20th	Madara Līduma	Latvia	1:40	40: 50.8	6 (1 + 0 + 3 + 2)	+4: 07.2
21st	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	1:23	41: 12.6	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+4: 29.0
22nd	Sun Ribo	China	1:26	41: 28.8	7 (0 + 0 + 3 + 4)	+4: 45.2
23	Natalia Levcencova	Moldova	2:03	41: 36.1	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 52.5
24	Kateřina Holubcová	Czech Republic	2:02	41: 37.5	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+4: 53.9
25th	Alena Subrylawa	Belarus	0:09	41: 42.9	8 (1 + 3 + 1 + 3)	+4: 59.3
26th	Delphyne Peretto	France	1:00	41: 52.8	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+5: 09.2
27	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	1:17	41: 56.3	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+5: 12.7
28	Ekaterina Dafowska	Bulgaria	1:52	42: 07.6	6 (0 + 1 + 3 + 2)	+5: 24.0
29	Ekaterina Vinogradova	Belarus	2:00	42: 15.5	7 (0 + 2 + 4 + 1)	+5: 31.9
30th	Irina Nikultschina	Bulgaria	1:59	42: 26.8	7 (1 + 0 + 3 + 3)	+5: 43.2
31	Tadeja Brankovič	Slovenia	1:43	42: 42.1	5 (1 + 1 + 1 + 2)	+5: 58.5
32	Pavlina Filipova	Bulgaria	2:22	43: 04.5	6 (0 + 1 + 2 + 3)	+6: 20.9
33	Dana Plotogea	Romania	2:30	43: 11.0	3 (1 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+6: 27.4
34	Sylvie Becaert	France	1:42	43: 17.1	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+6: 33.5
35	Zdeňka Vejnarová	Czech Republic	2:15	43: 17.7	4 (0 + 3 + 0 + 1)	+6: 34.1
36	Lenka Faltusová	Czech Republic	1:46	43: 22.5	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+6: 38.9
37	Krystyna Pałka	Poland	1:36	43: 26.5	5 (2 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+6: 42.9
38	Nathalie Santer	Italy	1:38	43: 31.6	8 (3 + 1 + 3 + 1)	+6: 48.0
39	Rachel Steer	United States	1:58	43: 32.8	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+6: 49.2
40	Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen	Norway	2:02	43: 41.5	6 (2 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+6: 57.9
41	Nina Lemesch	Ukraine	2:42	43: 48.6	5 (1 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+7: 05.0
	Martina Halinárová	Slovakia	1:01	LAP	8 (2 + 3 + 2 + 1)	LAP
	Soňa Mihoková	Slovakia	1:39	LAP	8 (3 + 3 + 1 + 1)	LAP
	Marcela Pavkovčeková	Slovakia	1:40	LAP	5 (2 + 1 + 1 + 1)	LAP
	Alexandra Rusu	Romania	2:21	LAP	4 (2 + 0 + 0 + 2)	LAP
	Eveli Saue	Estonia	2:24	LAP	7 (1 + 1 + 3 + 2)	LAP
	Oxana Chwostenko	Ukraine	LAP	LAP	4 (1 + 1 + 2 + 0)	LAP
	Ikuyo Tsukidate	Japan	2:46	LAP	7 (2 + 1 + 1 + 3)	LAP
	Anna Lebedewa	Kazakhstan	2:50	LAP	6 (2 + 2 + 2 + 0)	LAP
	Dijana Grudiček	Slovenia	2:57	LAP	8 (2 + 0 + 4 + 2)	LAP
	Magdalena Nykiel	Poland	3:01	LAP	5 (0 + 3 + 1 + 1)	LAP
	Saskia Santer	Italy	3:11	LAP	7 (0 + 1 + 4 + 2)	LAP
	Radka Popova	Bulgaria	3:30	LAP	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	LAP
	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	3:31	LAP	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	LAP
	Andžela Brice	Latvia	3:32	LAP	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	LAP
	Anna Murínová	Slovakia	2:01	DNF	4 (2 + 2 + +)	DNF
	Lyudmila Ananka	Belarus	2:05	DNF	8 (2 + 3 + 3 +)	DNF
	Katja Haller	Italy	2:51	DNF	6 (3 + 1 + 2 +)	DNF
	Olena Petrova	Ukraine	2:21	DNS
	Hou Yuxia	China	2:54	DNS

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 788 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018