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7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women

Date15 February 1998 — 13:00
StatusOlympic
LocationNozawa Onsen Resort, Nozawa Onsen
Participants64 from 24 countries
FormatPenalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target.
DetailsCourse Length: 7,500 m
Height Differential: 68 m
Maximum Climb: 25 m
Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range
Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range
Total Climbing: 260 m

The world champion in 1996 and 1997 was Olga Romasko of Belarus. But the two favorites were Germany’s Uschi Disl and Sweden’s Magdalena Forsberg. Disl had been third in the seasonal World Cup in the last two seasons, while Forsberg had won in 1996-97. In 1997-98 they were again 1-2 in the World Cup coming into Nagano. But both Romasko and Forsberg would miss three targets and eventually finish 17th and 27th respectively. Germany’s Katrin Apel started second, missed one target, and her 23:32.4 would lead for about half the race. But the 33rd starter was Russian Galina Kukleva, who finished in 23:08.0, also missing one target. Disl was two starters behind and was right on Kukleva’s pace throughout. As she crossed the line, she fell forward and Kukleva, who was watching closely, helped her up. When they looked at the scoreboard, Disl had just missed the gold, finishing 7/10ths behind Kukleva, with Apel’s time holding on for the gold.

Disl was in the midst of a great career. From 1992-2005 she won eight World Championships and 19 medals at the Worlds. She eventually won nine Olympic medals, including two golds in the relay in 1998 and 2002, but never won an individual Olympic gold. Apel would also win numerous international medals, with three golds and nine medals at the World Championships, and four Olympic medals, including two relay golds. For Kukleva, Nagano was the highlight of her career, as she added a relay silver to her gold medal in this race. She would win six World Championship medals in her career with one individual silver in the 2000 mass start event.

PosCompetitorNOCTimeMissesShooting 1 MissesShooting 1Shooting 2 MissesShooting 2
1Galina KuklevaRUS23:08.0118:18.0 (15)016:35.1 (1)Gold
2Uschi DislGER23:08.7107:55.3 (1)116:38.0 (2)Silver
3Katrin ApelGER23:32.4107:58.3 (4)116:51.1 (3)Bronze
4Soňa MihokováSVK23:42.3108:03.9 (6)116:51.9 (4)
5Yu ShumeiCHN23:44.0008:19.2 (16)016:53.0 (5)
6Anna SteraPOL23:53.1218:23.8 (20)117:06.8 (12)
7Martina SchwarzbacherováSVK23:54.5118:24.9 (21)017:06.7 (11)
8Mari LampinenFIN23:55.2008:15.7 (=9)016:58.1 (8)
9Anna MurínováSVK23:56.7008:15.7 (=9)016:57.5 (7)
10Nathalie SanterITA23:59.6118:36.0 (30)017:06.0 (10)
11Olena PetrovaUKR24:04.5118:22.9 (19)017:03.0 (9)
12Andreja GrašičSLO24:05.2107:57.4 (3)116:56.3 (6)
13Albina AkhatovaRUS24:06.4218:18.1 (13)117:13.3 (13)
14Emmanuelle ClaretFRA24:08.7108:02.8 (5)117:14.9 (14)
15Annette SikvelandNOR24:09.5218:27.6 (23)117:18.4 (18)
16Petra BehleGER24:09.9228:51.9 (39)017:17.0 (17)
17Magdalena ForsbergSWE24:19.5307:56.6 (2)317:25.3 (21)
18Margarita DulovaKAZ24:21.7108:15.8 (10)117:14.6 (15)
19Tetiana Vodop'ianovaUKR24:23.3008:26.6 (22)017:15.5 (16)
20Inna SheshkilKAZ24:32.9108:17.6 (12)117:38.9 (22)
21Nina LemeshUKR24:39.8108:19.9 (17)117:24.3 (=19)
22Iryna TananaikaBLR24:42.5008:35.1 (29)017:24.3 (=19)
23Liv Grete SkjelbreidNOR24:44.0328:56.4 (45)117:47.3 (27)
24Sviatlana ParamihinaBLR24:50.0208:13.0 (8)217:42.9 (24)
25Corinne NiogretFRA24:54.7218:47.1 (35)117:47.5 (25)
26Eva HákováCZE24:58.6118:56.1 (46)017:48.2 (28)
27Olga RomaskoRUS25:03.6329:14.6 (55)118:11.9 (=36)
28Natallia MarozBLR25:04.7008:39.1 (31)017:42.7 (23)
29Ekaterina DafovskaBUL25:06.7208:20.2 (18)217:47.1 (26)
30Martina ZellnerGER25:09.8229:14.1 (54)017:59.6 (31)
31Eva TofalviROU25:10.3218:52.4 (40)118:06.3 (34)
32Myriam BédardCAN25:11.3008:35.2 (28)017:49.3 (29)
33Kristina SabasteanskiUSA25:12.2119:04.8 (49)018:12.2 (38)
34Ieva CederštremaLAT25:12.7218:55.1 (44)118:08.0 (35)
35Jiřína PelcováCZE25:14.5108:28.7 (24)117:53.1 (30)
36Tadeja BrankovičSLO25:20.1328:54.5 (43)118:11.9 (=36)
37Ann-Elen SkjelbreidNOR25:22.8418:34.1 (27)318:24.2 (42)
38Michelle CollardCAN25:26.1008:43.8 (33)018:03.1 (33)
39Sun RiboCHN25:29.0318:59.3 (47)218:22.7 (=40)
40Irena NovotnáCZE25:30.4318:50.5 (38)218:21.4 (39)
41Pavlina FilipovaBUL25:34.8318:53.1 (41)218:34.4 (47)
42Halina GuńkaPOL25:39.0539:21.5 (56)218:44.3 (51)
43Florence BaverelFRA25:39.6108:32.6 (25)118:00.7 (32)
44Anna VolkovaRUS25:42.7408:07.9 (7)418:42.7 (50)
45Agata SuszkaPOL25:45.1308:18.7 (14)318:40.5 (49)
46Katja HolantiFIN25:46.2229:10.4 (52)018:28.0 (44)
47Kerryn RimAUS25:49.1218:53.7 (42)118:25.6 (43)
48Deborah NordykeUSA25:50.5208:32.4 (26)218:31.9 (45)
49Iryna MerkushinaUKR25:58.6318:49.7 (37)218:36.4 (48)
50Kristina BrounéusSWE26:05.3218:46.6 (34)118:22.7 (=40)
51Eva-Karin WestinSWE26:07.8119:12.2 (53)018:32.8 (46)
52Natallia RyzhankovaBLR26:10.5418:43.4 (32)318:55.9 (52)
53Hiromi SeinoJPN26:13.54410:10.9 (61)019:04.2 (53)
54Anne Briand-BouthiauxFRA26:16.1539:40.8 (59)219:07.6 (54)
55Ryoko TakahashiJPN26:34.2529:02.4 (48)319:19.0 (57)
56Gunn Margit AndreassenNOR26:36.2439:48.9 (60)119:17.5 (55)
57Kateřina LosmanováCZE26:51.7319:08.4 (50)219:18.6 (56)
58Stacey WooleyUSA27:03.0319:09.6 (51)219:31.2 (58)
59Lucija LarisiSLO27:14.9418:47.9 (36)319:33.1 (59)
60Maria SchylanderSWE27:46.9429:37.0 (58)219:58.3 (60)
61Mie TakedaJPN28:10.16410:46.5 (64)220:41.8 (62)
62Elena GorohovaMDA28:21.5529:35.0 (57)320:38.9 (61)
63Bernadett DiraHUN28:48.95310:15.4 (63)220:50.6 (63)
64Zsuzsanna BekecsHUN29:50.36310:15.2 (62)321:43.8 (64)