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15 kilometres, Women

Date11 February 2002 — 11:00
StatusOlympic
LocationSoldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park
Participants71 from 26 countries
FormatOne-minute penalty for each missed target.
DetailsCourse Length: 15,907 m
Height Differential: 47 m
Maximum Climb: 31 m
Shooting 1: Prone at 3.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 2: Standing at 6.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 3: Prone at 9.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 4: Standing at 12.0 km, 50 m range
Total Climbing: 515 m

The 2001 World Champion was Sweden’s Magdalena Forsberg, who was in the midst of winning her sixth consecutive overall World Cup title. This was her third Olympics, having competed in cross-country in 1992 and both biathlon and cross-country in 1998, but she had yet to win an Olympic medal, despite also having won six individual World Championships between 1997-2001. The early lead was taken by Germany’s Andrea Henkel, well-known on the World Cup circuit, but who had never won a medal in a major international. Henkel missed only one shot, equal or better than all the leaders, and she finished in 47:29.1, which would be the fifth fastest ski time. No one challenged her time until Norway’s Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée started 56th. The wife of France’s biathlon star Raphaël Poirée also missed only one target and came in less than eight seconds behind Henkel. Forsberg started 65th, and posted the third fastest ski time, but her two missed targets brought her home in third place, 39.2 seconds behind Henkel. Henkel’s gold medal was somewhat surprising but over the next six years, she would win four individual World Championships and the 2006-07 World Cup.

A few days later Forsberg would also win a bronze in the sprint. She would finish the 2001-02 World Cup season as the champion for the sixth year in a row, and retired after 2002. The greatest ever female biathlete, Magdalena Forsberg would end her career with only two bronze medals at the Olympics.

PosCompetitorNOCAdjusted TimeMissesSkiingShooting 1 MissesShooting 1Shooting 2 MissesShooting 2Shooting 3 MissesShooting 3Shooting 4 MissesShooting 4
1Andrea HenkelGER47:29.1146:29.1 (5)09:01.0 (1)119:05.0 (10)029:26.9 (5)038:42.6 (1)Gold
2Liv Grete Skjelbreid-PoiréeNOR47:37.0146:37.0 (6)08:52.9 (2)119:03.0 (9)029:29.8 (6)038:51.2 (2)Silver
3Magdalena ForsbergSWE48:08.3246:08.3 (3)09:09.9 (3)018:11.2 (2)028:19.7 (2)239:38.9 (5)Bronze
4Olga PylyovaRUS48:14.0246:14.0 (4)08:58.1 (4)018:09.2 (1)028:17.5 (1)239:40.2 (6)
5Ekaterina DafovskaBUL48:15.5147:15.5 (14)09:07.0 (5)119:21.3 (12)029:44.8 (9)039:16.9 (3)
6Volha NazaravaBLR48:29.9147:29.9 (16)09:32.2 (6)119:47.5 (19)030:09.4 (11)039:31.2 (4)
7Martina GlagowGER48:34.2147:34.2 (17)110:05.0 (30)019:30.2 (15)030:09.0 (12)039:40.0 (7)
8Svetlana IshmuratovaRUS48:45.0246:45.0 (7)110:21.2 (33)019:31.7 (16)029:47.4 (10)140:05.2 (8)
9Martina JašicováSVK48:47.5246:47.5 (8)09:11.0 (9)119:23.7 (13)029:41.8 (8)140:05.6 (9)
10Albina AkhatovaRUS49:06.1247:06.1 (10)211:11.2 (54)020:31.6 (36)030:56.0 (19)040:19.7 (11)
11Florence Baverel-RobertFRA49:10.2247:10.2 (12)09:09.8 (11)018:23.4 (3)230:40.9 (15)040:09.4 (10)
12Uschi DislGER49:43.4445:43.4 (2)08:52.8 (12)118:44.6 (5)028:52.5 (3)341:12.0 (17)
13Katja HolantiFIN49:52.3247:52.3 (21)09:21.7 (13)018:43.9 (4)130:15.4 (13)140:49.8 (12)
14Soňa MihokováSVK50:00.7347:00.7 (9)09:10.8 (14)119:24.6 (14)130:41.6 (16)141:07.5 (15)
15Sun RiboCHN50:04.7149:04.7 (29)09:46.0 (15)120:28.8 (34)031:18.0 (25)041:00.6 (14)
16Sylvie BecaertFRA50:09.0248:09.0 (23)09:24.0 (26)018:55.1 (7)029:19.7 (4)241:16.6 (19)
17Liu XianyingCHN50:09.4050:09.4 (48)010:00.1 (=27)019:51.0 (21)030:53.6 (18)040:56.3 (13)
18Katrin ApelGER50:16.7545:16.7 (1)08:48.3 (18)219:40.4 (18)029:38.7 (7)341:47.0 (24)
19Kateřina LosmanováCZE50:42.0347:42.0 (18)110:31.8 (=38)120:55.4 (42)132:17.5 (39)041:44.5 (22)
20Pavlina FilipovaBUL50:47.5347:47.5 (19)211:03.6 (53)020:31.5 (37)031:01.7 (=20)141:45.7 (23)
21Corinne NiogretFRA50:49.6149:49.6 (43)09:43.5 (21)120:21.4 (31)031:20.1 (26)041:12.2 (18)
22Ann-Elen SkjelbreidNOR50:51.1347:51.1 (20)09:18.6 (22)119:37.3 (17)131:13.0 (23)141:44.7 (21)
23Zdeňka VejnarováCZE50:54.7149:54.7 (45)09:41.8 (23)019:19.4 (11)030:25.7 (14)141:19.3 (20)
24Olena PetrovaUKR51:05.7150:05.7 (47)09:15.5 (24)018:49.3 (6)130:46.2 (17)041:09.7 (16)
25Lucija LarisiSLO51:12.1249:12.1 (33)09:31.6 (25)120:09.2 (26)031:01.7 (=20)141:59.6 (28)
26Delphyne BurletFRA51:19.2249:19.2 (34)110:31.5 (39)019:59.6 (23)131:57.0 (35)041:51.9 (26)
27Oksana YakovlievaUKR51:22.2249:22.2 (35)110:31.7 (41)020:11.1 (27)031:07.1 (22)141:59.4 (29)
28Irena ČesnekováCZE51:28.0249:28.0 (38)09:34.1 (17)018:56.6 (8)231:47.4 (32)041:55.1 (27)
29Oksana KhvostenkoUKR51:34.4051:34.4 (55)010:00.1 (=27)020:08.6 (25)031:32.8 (28)041:48.0 (25)
30Gunn Margit AndreassenNOR51:42.9348:42.9 (26)09:26.8 (7)120:02.7 (24)131:52.5 (34)142:31.1 (31)
31Rachel SteerUSA51:50.6249:50.6 (44)09:50.4 (19)120:31.9 (38)132:32.7 (41)042:32.3 (32)
32Iva KaragiozovaBUL51:59.3249:59.3 (46)110:37.9 (44)121:33.7 (46)032:37.6 (43)042:35.2 (33)
33Marcela PavkovčekováSVK52:03.7448:03.7 (22)110:24.0 (34)019:50.1 (20)333:24.9 (49)043:00.9 (35)
34Olena ZubrilovaUKR52:10.7349:10.7 (31)110:04.8 (29)120:20.5 (30)132:15.5 (38)042:30.6 (30)
35Eva HákováCZE52:11.0349:11.0 (32)110:57.2 (50)121:44.0 (48)032:20.8 (40)143:06.8 (37)
36Michela PonzaITA52:13.6250:13.6 (50)110:41.2 (46)020:28.1 (35)132:36.2 (42)042:43.9 (34)
37Olga ZaytsevaRUS52:26.2448:26.2 (24)110:26.0 (35)019:56.9 (22)131:36.0 (29)243:14.3 (38)
38Kseniya ZikunkovaBLR52:26.8349:26.8 (37)110:50.2 (48)020:24.3 (33)031:17.5 (24)243:03.0 (36)
39Linda TjørhomNOR52:34.0448:34.0 (25)110:36.2 (43)121:05.6 (43)031:41.9 (30)243:20.7 (40)
40Sanna-Leena PerunkaFIN52:48.8349:48.8 (42)110:41.3 (45)020:19.2 (29)031:25.1 (27)243:15.2 (39)
41Tadeja BrankovičSLO53:08.9449:08.9 (30)110:26.7 (36)222:01.9 (51)032:59.5 (46)143:47.7 (43)
42Hiromi SugaJPN53:10.6350:10.6 (49)111:00.3 (52)020:49.9 (40)132:48.8 (44)143:44.8 (41)
43Irina NikulchinaBUL53:16.7647:16.7 (15)312:16.4 (64)223:37.4 (62)034:06.6 (51)144:34.9 (47)
44Kong YingchaoCHN53:38.0251:38.0 (57)110:50.3 (49)020:55.9 (41)032:13.0 (36)143:45.4 (42)
45Tamami TanakaJPN53:40.4449:40.4 (40)312:50.8 (67)123:31.7 (61)034:29.0 (54)044:18.6 (46)
46Yu ShumeiCHN53:43.0548:43.0 (27)110:29.9 (37)222:01.5 (52)033:09.4 (47)244:42.3 (48)
47Katja HallerITA53:44.0251:44.0 (59)211:46.5 (59)021:53.8 (49)033:22.9 (48)043:51.4 (44)
48Outi KettunenFIN53:48.1449:48.1 (41)09:44.8 (16)120:18.8 (28)132:14.5 (37)244:12.1 (45)
49Saskia SanterITA54:14.7747:14.7 (13)211:29.7 (58)222:45.3 (56)235:01.9 (57)145:23.5 (55)
50Ryoko TakahashiJPN54:18.0450:18.0 (51)09:44.9 (20)120:22.2 (32)031:42.5 (31)344:44.2 (49)
51Liudmila LysenkaBLR54:25.4450:25.4 (52)414:05.1 (70)023:57.7 (65)035:07.5 (58)045:06.2 (51)
52Eva TofalviROU54:36.7351:36.7 (56)212:03.1 (62)022:08.5 (53)134:31.7 (55)044:49.8 (50)
53Anna MurínováSVK54:39.2549:39.2 (39)110:31.8 (=38)222:17.3 (54)235:21.2 (61)045:20.5 (53)
54Anna Stera-KustuczPOL54:47.1450:47.1 (53)211:54.1 (60)122:58.1 (57)034:19.1 (53)145:20.0 (54)
55Kristina SabasteanskiUSA55:00.9451:00.9 (54)09:54.1 (10)120:46.2 (39)031:49.5 (33)345:07.6 (52)
56Andreja GrašičSLO55:06.4847:06.4 (11)211:12.0 (56)323:21.1 (59)235:43.8 (62)146:07.9 (56)
57Dijana GrudičekSLO55:50.3748:50.3 (28)09:41.3 (8)423:23.5 (60)135:16.2 (60)246:55.9 (58)
58Ivett SzöllősiHUN56:34.8155:34.8 (65)010:48.3 (47)021:39.2 (47)033:59.5 (50)146:08.9 (57)
59Kara SalmelaUSA57:25.9849:25.9 (36)110:33.6 (42)121:08.5 (44)234:13.5 (52)448:11.4 (61)
60Yelena DubokKAZ57:32.5552:32.5 (60)010:14.1 (32)222:29.0 (55)135:14.2 (59)247:37.3 (60)
61Dana CojoceaROU57:37.0552:37.0 (61)211:56.0 (61)123:13.2 (58)034:56.0 (56)247:32.7 (59)
62Valentina CiurinaMDA58:40.8652:40.8 (62)110:58.8 (51)121:57.1 (50)336:45.1 (65)148:30.6 (62)
63Andžela BriceLAT59:20.9653:20.9 (63)111:23.9 (57)223:53.1 (64)136:40.9 (64)249:17.9 (63)
64Mami ShindoJPN59:38.6851:38.6 (58)313:04.9 (69)225:22.3 (68)238:49.9 (69)150:08.8 (64)
65Zsuzsanna BekecsHUN1-00:40.7555:40.7 (66)212:42.5 (66)225:55.3 (70)038:21.8 (68)150:23.5 (65)
66Kim Ja-YounKOR1-01:13.8754:13.8 (64)212:13.6 (63)224:56.1 (67)036:49.1 (66)350:44.9 (66)
67Claudia BarrenecheaCHI1-02:30.0359:30.0 (69)112:51.0 (68)125:44.7 (69)140:06.4 (70)051:58.2 (67)
68Despoina VavatsiGRE1-04:39.4757:39.4 (67)011:12.5 (55)224:27.8 (66)138:20.0 (67)453:49.4 (68)
69Natalia LoveceARG1-09:56.81257:56.8 (68)415:50.9 (71)229:07.9 (71)243:49.9 (71)459:22.2 (69)
DNFNathalie SanterITA– (–)312:20.7 (65)223:43.3 (63)236:27.8 (63)– (–)
DNFLiudmila AnankaBLR– (–)010:11.0 (31)121:18.3 (45)032:51.2 (45)– (–)