Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Biathlon - Sprint (women)

sport	biathlon
discipline	7.5 km sprint
gender	Women
Attendees	87 athletes from 27 countries
Competition location	Alpensia Biathlon Center
Competition phase	February 10, 2018
Winning time	21: 06.2 min
Medalists  Laura Dahlmeier ( GER )  Marte Olsbu ( NOR )  Veronika Vítková ( CZE )

Biathlon competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men	Mixed

The women's 7.5 km sprint race in biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on February 10, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. The venue was the Alpensia Biathlon Center . Olympic champion was Laura Dahlmeier from Germany, ahead of Norwegian Marte Olsbu and Veronika Vítková from the Czech Republic .

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). The winner was whoever had the fastest overall time at the finish. The best 60 athletes in the sprint qualified to take part in the pursuit race .

Total ascent: 85 m, maximum ascent: 40 m, height difference: 36 m
87 participants from 27 countries, all in the rating.

Results

space	sportswoman	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + S)
1	Laura Dahlmeier	Germany	21: 06.2	0 (0 + 0)
2	Marte Olsbu	Norway	21: 30.4	1 (1 + 0)
3	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	21: 32.0	1 (0 + 1)
4th	Marie Dorin-Habert	France	21: 39.3	1 (1 + 0)
5	Vanessa Hinz	Germany	21: 46.5	1 (0 + 1)
6th	Lisa Vittozzi	Italy	21: 46.7	1 (0 + 1)
7th	Hanna Öberg	Sweden	21: 47.0	1 (0 + 1)
8th	Irene Cadurisch	Switzerland	21: 51.7	1 (1 + 0)
9	Darja Domratschawa	Belarus	21: 52.4	2 (1 + 1)
10	Justine Braisaz	France	21: 54.1	2 (1 + 1)
11	Paulína Fialková	Slovakia	21: 56.8	1 (1 + 0)
12	Franziska Hildebrand	Germany	21: 59.9	1 (0 + 1)
13	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	22: 00.1	3 (2 + 1)
14th	Wita Semerenko	Ukraine	22: 00.7	1 (0 + 1)
15th	Markéta Davidová	Czech Republic	22: 03.3	1 (1 + 0)
16	Anaïs Chevalier	France	22: 15.6	2 (1 + 1)
17th	Iryna Kryuko	Belarus	22: 17.4	1 (0 + 1)
18th	Dorothea Wierer	Italy	22: 20.3	2 (0 + 2)
19th	Anaïs Bescond	France	22: 20.8	2 (0 + 2)
20th	Tatiana Akimova	OAR	22: 24.2	0 (0 + 0)
21st	Denise Herrmann	Germany	22: 25.8	2 (0 + 2)
22nd	Johanna Talihärm	Estonia	22: 27.0	1 (0 + 1)
23	Jessica Jislová	Czech Republic	22: 29.1	1 (1 + 0)
24	Tiril Eckhoff	Norway	22: 32.4	4 (3 + 1)
25th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	22: 36.4	3 (2 + 1)
26th	Lena Haecki	Switzerland	22: 39.7	3 (1 + 2)
27	Mona Brorsson	Sweden	22: 42.2	2 (1 + 1)
28	Krystyna Guzik	Poland	22: 43.3	1 (1 + 0)
29	Katharina Innerhofer	Austria	22: 51.5	1 (0 + 1)
30th	Galina Vishnevskaya	Kazakhstan	22: 52.2	2 (2 + 0)
31	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland	22: 52.4	2 (0 + 2)
32	Anna Frolina	South Korea	22: 56.9	3 (2 + 1)
33	Ulyana Kaischewa	OAR	22: 58.5	2 (1 + 1)
34	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland	23: 03.2	2 (1 + 1)
35	Elisabeth Högberg	Sweden	23: 05.9	1 (0 + 1)
36	Nadsey Skardsina	Belarus	23: 07.8	3 (2 + 1)
37	Linn Persson	Sweden	23: 11.5	3 (1 + 2)
38	Zhang Yan	China	23: 14.0	1 (1 + 0)
39	Baiba Bendika	Latvia	23: 14.6	4 (3 + 1)
40	Julia Ransomware	Canada	23: 15.0	1 (0 + 1)
41	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	23: 18.4	4 (3 + 1)
42	Fuyuko Tachizaki	Japan	23: 19.7	1 (0 + 1)
43	Eva Puskarčíková	Czech Republic	23: 19.8	3 (2 + 1)
44	Nicole Gontier	Italy	23: 20.0	3 (2 + 1)
45	Monika Hojnisz	Poland	23: 20.6	3 (1 + 2)
46	Walentyna Semerenko	Ukraine	23: 20.9	3 (2 + 1)
46	Anja Eržen	Slovenia	23: 20.9	3 (2 + 1)
48	Dunja Zdouc	Austria	23: 21.0	0 (0 + 0)
49	Sari Furuya	Japan	23: 21.5	2 (1 + 1)
50	Synnøve Solemdal	Norway	23: 23.9	3 (1 + 2)
51	Emily Dreissigacker	United States	23: 27.2	1 (0 + 1)
52	Nadseja Pissarawa	Belarus	23: 29.1	2 (0 + 2)
53	Rosanna Crawford	Canada	23: 29.2	3 (1 + 2)
54	Emma Lunder	Canada	23: 30.4	2 (0 + 2)
55	Anastasija Merkushyna	Ukraine	23: 32.3	3 (2 + 1)
56	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	23: 35.7	3 (0 + 3)
57	Megan Tandy	Canada	23: 42.8	2 (1 + 1)
58	Darja Klimina	Kazakhstan	23: 47.7	3 (2 + 1)
59	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Norway	23: 49.1	4 (2 + 2)
60	Emilija Jordanova	Bulgaria	23: 50.0	1 (1 + 0)
61	Clare Egan	United States	23: 51.6	3 (1 + 2)
62	Lisa Hauser	Austria	23: 58.9	4 (3 + 1)
63	Olga Poltoranina	Kazakhstan	23: 59.6	2 (0 + 2)
64	Mari Laukkanen	Finland	24: 00.6	5 (3 + 2)
65	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	24: 00.8	1 (1 + 0)
66	Susan Dunklee	United States	24: 13.1	5 (1 + 4)
67	Amanda Lightfoot	Great Britain	24: 15.3	3 (2 + 1)
68	Yurie Tanaka	Japan	24: 21.6	2 (1 + 1)
69	Federica Sanfilippo	Italy	24: 30.1	3 (2 + 1)
70	Tang Jialin	China	24: 30.3	3 (1 + 2)
71	Alina Raikova	Kazakhstan	24: 33.8	3 (0 + 3)
72	Daniela Kadewa	Bulgaria	24: 39.2	3 (2 + 1)
73	Iryna Varvynez	Ukraine	24: 48.1	5 (1 + 4)
74	Ivona Fialková	Slovakia	24: 48.6	5 (2 + 3)
75	Urška Poje	Slovenia	24: 52.8	4 (0 + 4)
76	Dessislawa Stoyanova	Bulgaria	24: 54.3	5 (2 + 3)
77	Laura Toivanen	Finland	24: 55.4	1 (0 + 1)
78	Ko Eun-jung	South Korea	25: 12.1	2 (1 + 1)
79	Venla Lehtonen	Finland	25: 13.7	3 (3 + 0)
80	Natalija Kočergina	Lithuania	25: 16.2	5 (1 + 4)
81	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	25: 20.0	4 (2 + 2)
82	Mun Ji-hee	South Korea	25: 26.6	6 (2 + 4)
83	Terézia Poliaková	Slovakia	25: 32.2	5 (1 + 4)
84	Milena Todorova	Bulgaria	25: 33.6	2 (1 + 1)
85	Rina Mitsuhashi	Japan	25: 53.1	5 (3 + 2)
86	Joanne Reid	United States	26: 18.8	7 (4 + 3)
87	Ekaterina Avakumova	South Korea	26: 24.9	6 (3 + 3)

Web links

• Official results of the IBU (PDF, 96 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Bottom Line - Sprint Women. (PDF, 90 kB) biathlonresults.com, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018 (English).