2018 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Pursuit (Women)

sport	biathlon
discipline	10 km pursuit
gender	Women
Attendees	60 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Alpensia Biathlon Center
Competition phase	February 12, 2018
Winning time	30: 35.3 min
Medalists  Laura Dahlmeier ( GER )  Anastasiya Kuzmina ( SVK )  Anaïs Bescond ( FRA )
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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 biathlon 10 km pursuit at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on February 12, 2018 at 7:10 p.m. The venue was the Alpensia Biathlon Center . For the first time, with the German Laura Dahlmeier, the Olympic champion of the sprint race also won the pursuit. In a close duel on the home stretch against Anaïs Bescond from France, Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia won silver.

Competition description

The 60 best athletes from the previous sprint race qualified for the 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. The winner was whoever reached the finish line first.

Total ascent: 260 m, maximum ascent: 40 m, difference in altitude: 36 m
58 participants from 24 countries, all in the rating; two qualified not started.

Results

rank	Athlete	country	Start time (min)	Time (min)	Penalties (L + L + S + S)
1	Laura Dahlmeier	Germany	0:00	30: 35.3	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)
2	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	0:54	31: 04.7	4 (0 + 1 + 2 + 1)
3	Anaïs Bescond	France	1:15	31: 04.9	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
4th	Marte Olsbu	Norway	0:24	31: 42.6	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)
5	Hanna Öberg	Sweden	0:41	31: 44.2	3 (1 + 2 + 0 + 0)
6th	Denise Herrmann	Germany	1:20	31: 54.7	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)
7th	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	0:26	32: 12.6	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)
8th	Lena Haecki	Switzerland	1:34	32: 16.8	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)
9	Tiril Eckhoff	Norway	1:26	32: 23.1	5 (0 + 2 + 3 + 0)
10	Mona Brorsson	Sweden	1:36	32: 29.8	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
11	Lisa Vittozzi	Italy	0:41	32: 34.6	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)
12	Franziska Hildebrand	Germany	0:54	32: 36.5	3 (2 + 1 + 0 + 0)
13	Vanessa Hinz	Germany	0:40	32: 41.4	4 (1 + 1 + 2 + 0)
14th	Nadsey Skardsina	Belarus	2:02	32: 42.7	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
15th	Dorothea Wierer	Italy	1:14	32: 48.4	5 (2 + 2 + 1 + 0)
16	Irene Cadurisch	Switzerland	0:46	32: 52.8	4 (0 + 0 + 3 + 1)
17th	Iryna Kryuko	Belarus	1:11	32: 54.0	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)
18th	Wita Semerenko	Ukraine	0:55	32: 54.4	4 (2 + 1 + 1 + 0)
19th	Rosanna Crawford	Canada	2:23	33: 03.0	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)
20th	Galina Vishnevskaya	Kazakhstan	1:46	33: 05.9	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)
21st	Linn Persson	Sweden	2:05	33: 21.7	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)
22nd	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	1:30	33: 22.2	6 (0 + 3 + 3 + 0)
23	Jessica Jislová	Czech Republic	1:23	33: 24.3	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)
24	Anaïs Chevalier	France	1:09	33: 28.0	5 (3 + 0 + 0 + 2)
25th	Markéta Davidová	Czech Republic	0:57	33: 29.8	6 (1 + 2 + 1 + 2)
26th	Johanna Talihärm	Estonia	1:21	33: 34.7	4 (0 + 1 + 2 + 1)
27	Marie Dorin-Habert	France	0:33	33: 37.8	7 (2 + 0 + 2 + 3)
28	Julia Ransomware	Canada	2:08	33: 38.3	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)
29	Elisabeth Högberg	Sweden	2:00	33: 45.1	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)
30th	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland	1:57	33: 46.2	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)
31	Tatiana Akimova	OAR	1:18	33: 50.8	4 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2)
32	Eva Puskarčíková	Czech Republic	2:14	33: 53.8	3 (2 + 1 + 0 + 0)
33	Baiba Bendika	Latvia	2:08	33: 59.4	3 (1 + 0 + 2 + 0)
34	Justine Braisaz	France	0:48	34: 08.0	7 (0 + 2 + 1 + 4)
35	Elisa Gasparin	Switzerland	1:46	34: 11.2	5 (2 + 2 + 1 + 0)
36	Krystyna Guzik	Poland	1:37	34: 24.3	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)
37	Darja Domratschawa	Belarus	0:46	34: 26.8	6 (0 + 1 + 1 + 4)
38	Paulína Fialková	Slovakia	0:51	34: 33.6	8 (2 + 2 + 2 + 2)
39	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	2:12	34: 40.2	5 (2 + 2 + 1 + 0)
40	Katharina Innerhofer	Austria	1:45	34: 41.2	5 (1 + 2 + 0 + 2)
41	Synnøve Solemdal	Norway	2:18	34: 45.5	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)
42	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Norway	2:43	34: 56.8	4 (0 + 3 + 1 + 0)
43	Monika Hojnisz	Poland	2:14	35: 05.6	4 (1 + 1 + 2 + 0)
44	Nadseja Pissarawa	Belarus	2:23	35: 10.3	3 (2 + 0 + 0 + 1)
45	Zhang Yan	China	2:08	35: 16.7	3 (3 + 0 + 0 + 0)
46	Anastasija Merkushyna	Ukraine	2:26	35: 30.4	5 (0 + 2 + 2 + 1)
47	Emily Dreissigacker	United States	2:21	35: 36.7	4 (0 + 1 + 1 + 2)
48	Nicole Gontier	Italy	2:14	35: 37.6	7 (3 + 1 + 1 + 2)
49	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	2:30	36: 07.0	5 (1 + 2 + 2 + 0)
50	Anna Frolina	South Korea	1:51	36: 14.2	8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
51	Anja Eržen	Slovenia	2:15	36: 22.6	7 (0 + 2 + 2 + 3)
52	Ulyana Kaischewa	OAR	1:52	36: 33.6	5 (0 + 2 + 2 + 1)
53	Emma Lunder	Canada	2:24	36: 52.1	4 (0 + 1 + 1 + 2)
54	Sari Furuya	Japan	2:15	37: 02.1	5 (2 + 1 + 1 + 1)
55	Emilija Jordanova	Bulgaria	2:44	37: 04.3	6 (2 + 1 + 3 + 0)
56	Fuyuko Tachizaki	Japan	2:14	37: 07.9	7 (2 + 0 + 2 + 3)
57	Darja Klimina	Kazakhstan	2:42	38: 00.0	8 (1 + 1 + 3 + 3)
58	Dunja Zdouc	Austria	2:15	38: 39.1	8 (1 + 3 + 1 + 3)
	Walentyna Semerenko	Ukraine	2:15	DNS
	Megan Tandy	Canada	2:37

Web links

• Official results of the IBU (PDF, 94 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Bottom line - persecution of women. (PDF, 89 kB) biathlonresults.com, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018 (English).