2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Sprint (women)

Biathlon 7.5 km sprint of the women of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
gold	Anastasiya Kuzmina
silver	Magdalena Neuner
bronze	Marie Dorin
Competitions
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The women's 7.5K sprint race in biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 13, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at Whistler Olympic Park . Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia became Olympic champion . The silver medal went to the German Magdalena Neuner and the bronze went to Marie Dorin from France.

Competition description

The sprint was the individual discipline with the shortest running distance. The total of 7.5 km was divided into three equally long running laps, after the first and second laps the athletes had to hit five targets twice at the shooting range. The first time the shooting was in a lying position, the second time in a standing position. For each target not hit, the athlete had to complete a 150 m penalty loop. The athletes started the race at an interval of 30 seconds (sometimes 15 seconds) and had to overcome a height difference of 200 to 300 m. The winner was whoever had the fastest overall time at the finish.

Total ascent: 84 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

89 participants from 31 countries, 87 of them in the evaluation. The best 60 athletes in the sprint qualified to take part in the pursuit race .

Results

space	sportswoman	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + S)	Difference (min)
1	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	19: 55.6	1 (1 + 0)	-
2	Magdalena Neuner	Germany	19: 57.1	1 (0 + 1)	+0: ​​01.5
3	Marie Dorin	France	20: 06.5	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​10.9
4th	Anna Frolina	Russia	20: 07.5	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​12.1
5	Elena Khrustalyova	Kazakhstan	20: 20.4	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​24.8
6th	Marie-Laure Brunet	France	20: 23.3	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​27.7
7th	Olga Saizewa	Russia	20: 23.4	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​27.8
8th	Darja Domratschawa	Belarus	20: 27.4	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​31.8
9	Ann Kristin Flatland	Norway	20: 29.7	1 (0 + 1)	+0: ​​34.1
10	Oxana Chwostenko	Ukraine	20: 38.9	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​43.3
11	Helena Jonsson	Sweden	20: 42.5	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​46.9
12	Svetlana Slepzowa	Russia	20: 43.1	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​47.5
13	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	20: 45.1	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​49.5
14th	Sandrine Bailly	France	20: 45.3	2 (1 + 1)	+0: ​​49.7
15th	Anna Maria Nilsson	Sweden	20: 45.5	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​49.9
16	Lyudmila Kalintschyk	Belarus	20: 46.1	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​50.5
17th	Olena Pidhruschna	Ukraine	20: 47.3	1 (0 + 1)	+0: ​​51.7
18th	Magda Rezlerová	Czech Republic	20: 51.0	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​55.4
19th	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	Sweden	20: 53.5	1 (1 + 0)	+0: ​​57.9
20th	Krystyna Pałka	Poland	20: 54.3	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​58.7
21st	Olga Medvedzewa	Russia	21: 01.6	1 (1 + 0)	+1: 06.0
22nd	Walentyna Semerenko	Ukraine	21: 08.3	0 (0 + 2)	+1: 12.7
23	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	21: 10.9	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 15.3
24	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	21: 11.2	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 15.6
25th	Simone Hauswald	Germany	21: 14.1	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 18.5
26th	Andrea Henkel	Germany	21: 15.7	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 20.1
27	Nadsey Skardsina	Belarus	21: 17.6	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 22.0
28	Sylvie Becaert	France	21: 21.6	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 26.0
29	Kati Wilhelm	Germany	21: 27.2	3 (2 + 1)	+1: 31.6
30th	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	21: 32.6	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 37.0
31	Song Chaoqing	China	21: 38.2	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 42.6
32	Torah Berger	Norway	21: 42.1	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 46.5
33	Wita Semerenko	Ukraine	21: 42.3	3 (0 + 3)	+1: 46.7
34	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	21: 48.9	0 (0 + 2)	+1: 53.3
35	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland	21: 49.4	3 (0 + 3)	+1: 53.8
36	Dijana Ravnikar	Slovenia	21: 49.7	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 54.1
37	Katja Haller	Italy	21: 51.0	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 55.4
38	Mihaela Purdea	Romania	21: 52.2	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 56.6
39	Jana Gereková	Slovakia	21: 54.0	3 (1 + 2)	+1: 58.4
40	Sofia Domeij	Sweden	21: 55.0	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 59.4
41	Agnieszka Cyl	Poland	21: 55.2	0 (0 + 2)	+1: 59.6
42	Michela Ponza	Italy	21: 55.7	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 00.1
43	Fuyuko Suzuki	Japan	21: 58.0	1 (1 + 0)	+2: 02.4
44	Sara Studebaker	United States	22: 05.3	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 09.7
45	Megan Tandy	Canada	22: 07.7	0 (0 + 0)	+2: 12.1
46	Karin Oberhofer	Italy	22: 08.9	3 (1 + 2)	+2: 13.3
47	Gerda Krūmiņa	Latvia	22: 09.3	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 13.7
48	Dana Plotogea	Romania	22: 12.3	0 (0 + 2)	+2: 16.7
49	Wang Chunli	China	22: 13.4	3 (3 + 0)	+2: 17.8
50	Liu Xianying	China	22: 14.6	3 (1 + 2)	+2: 19.0
51	Anna Lebedewa	Kazakhstan	22: 15.1	0 (0 + 2)	+2: 19.5
52	Natalia Levcencova	Moldova	22: 18.2	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 22.6
53	Martina Halinárová	Slovakia	22: 19.0	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 23.4
54	Eveli Saue	Estonia	22: 23.3	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 27.7
55	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	22: 23.4	4 (2 + 2)	+2: 27.8
56	Madara Līduma	Latvia	22: 23.8	4 (2 + 2)	+2: 28.2
57	Marina Lebedeva	Kazakhstan	22: 27.0	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 31.4
58	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	22: 27.3	3 (0 + 3)	+2: 31.7
59	Zdeňka Vejnarová	Czech Republic	22: 28.5	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 32.9
60	Kong Yingchao	China	22: 30.9	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 35.3
61	Nina Klenowska	Bulgaria	22: 32.4	3 (1 + 2)	+2: 36.8
62	Mun Ji-hee	South Korea	22: 34.1	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 38.5
63	Kadri Lehtla	Estonia	22: 34.2	2 (2 + 0)	+2: 38.6
64	Zina Kocher	Canada	22: 35.8	3 (1 + 2)	+2: 40.2
65	Gro Kristiansen	Norway	22: 41.0	5 (3 + 2)	+2: 45.4
66	Lyubov Filimonova	Kazakhstan	22: 44.4	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 48.8
67	Mari Laukkanen	Finland	22: 45.0	4 (3 + 1)	+2: 49.4
68	Līga Glāzere	Latvia	22: 47.7	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 52.1
69	Liv Kjersti Eikeland	Norway	22: 51.9	4 (1 + 3)	+2: 56.3
70	Veronika Zvařičová	Czech Republic	22: 52.9	0 (0 + 2)	+2: 57.3
71	Rosanna Crawford	Canada	23: 04.6	0 (0 + 0)	+3: 09.0
72	Roberta Fiandino	Italy	23: 11.6	4 (3 + 1)	+3: 16.0
73	Olga Nazarova	Belarus	23: 11.7	3 (0 + 3)	+3: 16.1
74	Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar	Slovenia	23: 13.3	4 (1 + 3)	+3: 17.7
75	Megan Imrie	Canada	23: 17.0	3 (1 + 2)	+3: 21.4
76	Laura Spector	United States	23: 18.1	2 (1 + 1)	+3: 22.5
77	Lanny Barnes	United States	23: 26.0	1 (1 + 0)	+3: 30.4
78	Žanna Juškāne	Latvia	23: 32.4	3 (1 + 2)	+3: 36.8
79	Haley Johnson	United States	23: 35.4	4 (1 + 3)	+3: 39.8
80	Lubomira Kalinova	Slovakia	23: 47.2	5 (3 + 2)	+3: 51.6
81	Sarah Murphy	New Zealand	23: 49.7	3 (2 + 1)	+3: 54.1
82	Kristel Viigipuu	Estonia	23: 57.1	0 (0 + 2)	+4: 01.5
83	Sirli Hanni	Estonia	23: 57.8	2 (2 + 0)	+4: 02.2
84	Alexandra Stoian	Romania	24: 04.6	4 (3 + 1)	+4: 09.0
85	Panagiota Tsakiri	Greece	24: 28.8	3 (1 + 2)	+4: 33.2
86	Victoria Padial Hernandez	Spain	24: 55.5	2 (1 + 1)	+4: 59.9
87	Tanja Karišik	Bosnia	25: 24.1	2 (2 + 0)	+5: 28.5
	Andrijana Stipaničić	Croatia	DNS
DSQ	Teja Gregorin (9.)	Slovenia	20: 29.2	0 (0 + 0)	+33.6

Teja Gregorin was subsequently disqualified in December 2017 because of positive doping tests.

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 1.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Gregorin, third in the Olympics, subsequently disqualified. In: RP Online. December 19, 2017, accessed March 26, 2018 .