| | Event type
7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women
| Date | 16 February 2006 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Cesana San Sicario | |
| Participants | 83 from 28 countries | |
| Format | Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 7,500 m Height Differential: 48 m Maximum Climb: 13 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.5 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 5.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 249 m | |
The defending champion was Kati Wilhelm who was also leading the World Cup in the 2005-06 season. But she would not shoot cleanly and dropped down to seventh place. Most of the top finishers had clean shooting rounds, as the event had one of the closest finishes in Olympic biathlon history. Although Wilhelm was seventh, she was only 18.4 seconds behind the winner, France’s Florence Baverel-Robert. Baverel-Robert had been around for a long time, winning relay medals at the 1995 and 1996 World Championships, and an individual pursuit bronze at the 2000 Worlds, but she was only 23rd in the 2005-06 World Cup rankings. The silver was even more surprising, going to Swede Anna-Carin Olofsson. She had been a cross-country skier through 2002, but her best finish at the Salt Lake City Olympics was 30th in the 15 km, and she switched to biathlon in 2003.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Misses | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Baverel-Robert |  FRA | 22:31.4 | 0 | 0 | 7:58.3 (1) | 0 | 15:49.0 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Anna-Carin Olofsson |  SWE | 22:33.8 | 1 | 1 | 8:25.7 (21) | 0 | 16:05.1 (6) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Liliya Yefremova |  UKR | 22:38.0 | 0 | 0 | 8:01.7 (3) | 0 | 15:50.8 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Albina Akhatova |  RUS | 22:40.2 | 0 | 0 | 7:58.8 (2) | 0 | 15:44.2 (1) | |||
| 5 | Alena Zubrilava |  BLR | 22:40.5 | 0 | 0 | 8:07.2 (6) | 0 | 15:55.3 (4) | |||
| 6 | Sandrine Bailly | FRA | 22:43.0 | 2 | 1 | 8:19.9 (16) | 1 | 16:19.4 (8) | |||
| 7 | Kati Wilhelm |  GER | 22:49.8 | 1 | 0 | 8:13.2 (12) | 1 | 16:19.1 (9) | |||
| 8 | Volha Nazarava | BLR | 22:53.2 | 0 | 0 | 8:14.5 (13) | 0 | 16:08.1 (7) | |||
| 9 | Olga Zaytseva | RUS | 23:05.8 | 0 | 0 | 8:02.2 (4) | 0 | 15:59.2 (5) | |||
| 10 | Svetlana Ishmuratova | RUS | 23:10.3 | 1 | 0 | 8:06.8 (5) | 1 | 16:22.4 (11) | |||
| 11 | Liu Xianying |  CHN | 23:17.5 | 1 | 1 | 9:00.2 (54) | 0 | 16:50.1 (19) | |||
| 12 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée |  NOR | 23:20.0 | 2 | 1 | 8:12.0 (11) | 1 | 16:24.5 (12) | |||
| 13 | Michela Ponza |  ITA | 23:27.2 | 1 | 0 | 8:18.7 (15) | 1 | 16:35.2 (13) | |||
| =14 | Delphine Peretto | FRA | 23:31.2 | 0 | 0 | 8:09.0 (=7) | 0 | 16:21.9 (10) | |||
| =14 | Teja Gregorin |  SLO | 23:31.2 | 0 | 0 | 8:25.8 (22) | 0 | 16:36.5 (14) | |||
| 16 | Martina Halinárová |  SVK | 23:32.8 | 0 | 0 | 8:33.4 (33) | 0 | 16:38.2 (15) | |||
| 17 | Martina Glagow | GER | 23:35.9 | 1 | 0 | 8:20.9 (17) | 1 | 16:54.1 (21) | |||
| 18 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė |  LTU | 23:48.1 | 1 | 0 | 8:18.4 (14) | 1 | 16:45.5 (17) | |||
| 19 | Linda Tjørhom | NOR | 23:48.5 | 1 | 0 | 8:12.2 (9) | 1 | 16:40.4 (16) | |||
| 20 | Magdalena Gwizdoń |  POL | 23:54.7 | 1 | 0 | 8:09.0 (=7) | 1 | 16:46.6 (18) | |||
| 21 | Sun Ribo | CHN | 23:57.6 | 2 | 1 | 8:42.5 (39) | 1 | 17:08.3 (30) | |||
| 22 | Katrin Apel | GER | 24:04.9 | 2 | 1 | 8:44.4 (40) | 1 | 17:14.7 (32) | |||
| 23 | Tora Berger | NOR | 24:05.8 | 1 | 0 | 8:28.0 (=27) | 1 | 16:58.6 (=22) | |||
| 24 | Kong Yingchao | CHN | 24:07.0 | 1 | 0 | 8:20.4 (18) | 1 | 17:02.3 (26) | |||
| 25 | Krystyna Pałka | POL | 24:07.3 | 1 | 0 | 8:25.3 (24) | 1 | 17:03.0 (27) | |||
| 26 | Nathalie Santer | ITA | 24:09.5 | 2 | 1 | 8:48.6 (48) | 1 | 17:13.5 (31) | |||
| 27 | Soňa Mihoková | SVK | 24:09.9 | 1 | 0 | 8:29.6 (29) | 1 | 16:58.6 (=22) | |||
| 28 | Madara Līduma |  LAT | 24:11.0 | 2 | 2 | 9:19.7 (65) | 0 | 17:19.3 (35) | |||
| 29 | Marcela Pavkovčeková | SVK | 24:11.1 | 0 | 0 | 8:28.5 (26) | 0 | 16:58.8 (24) | |||
| 30 | Sylvie Becaert | FRA | 24:12.9 | 0 | 0 | 8:25.6 (23) | 0 | 17:01.8 (25) | |||
| 31 | Tadeja Brankovič | SLO | 24:14.1 | 2 | 1 | 8:45.9 (=41) | 1 | 17:19.7 (36) | |||
| 32 | Lenka Faltusová |  CZE | 24:16.9 | 0 | 0 | 8:28.0 (=27) | 0 | 16:52.1 (20) | |||
| 33 | Ekaterina Dafovska |  BUL | 24:23.2 | 2 | 0 | 8:22.7 (20) | 2 | 17:22.8 (37) | |||
| 34 | Uschi Disl | GER | 24:29.1 | 3 | 1 | 8:35.9 (34) | 2 | 17:41.1 (44) | |||
| 35 | Rachel Steer |  USA | 24:29.6 | 1 | 1 | 9:15.9 (61) | 0 | 17:29.0 (39) | |||
| 36 | Irina Nikulchina | BUL | 24:30.0 | 4 | 2 | 8:57.9 (52) | 2 | 17:44.2 (47) | |||
| 37 | Katsiaryna Ivanova | BLR | 24:30.8 | 4 | 4 | 9:50.0 (73) | 0 | 17:46.7 (49) | |||
| 38 | Anna Murínová | SVK | 24:32.1 | 1 | 1 | 8:41.0 (36) | 0 | 17:04.6 (28) | |||
| 39 | Kateřina Holubcová | CZE | 24:33.3 | 1 | 0 | 8:35.1 (35) | 1 | 17:24.9 (38) | |||
| 40 | Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen | NOR | 24:34.0 | 1 | 1 | 9:08.0 (58) | 0 | 17:18.6 (34) | |||
| 41 | Natalia Levcencova |  MDA | 24:34.2 | 1 | 0 | 8:45.9 (=41) | 1 | 17:32.7 (41) | |||
| 42 | Liudmila Ananka | BLR | 24:36.1 | 1 | 0 | 8:21.7 (19) | 1 | 17:07.2 (29) | |||
| 43 | Zdeňka Vejnarová | CZE | 24:46.4 | 2 | 0 | 8:26.6 (25) | 2 | 17:30.8 (40) | |||
| 44 | Olena Petrova | UKR | 24:52.2 | 2 | 0 | 8:31.1 (=31) | 2 | 17:44.5 (48) | |||
| 45 | Alexandra Rusu |  ROU | 24:52.5 | 0 | 0 | 8:49.9 (49) | 0 | 17:15.4 (33) | |||
| 46 | Pavlina Filipova | BUL | 24:53.3 | 2 | 1 | 8:47.2 (44) | 1 | 17:41.0 (45) | |||
| 47 | Eveli Saue |  EST | 24:55.4 | 1 | 0 | 8:48.9 (47) | 1 | 17:42.7 (46) | |||
| 48 | Dana Plotogea | ROU | 25:01.7 | 1 | 0 | 8:42.3 (37) | 1 | 17:38.7 (43) | |||
| 49 | Oksana Khvostenko | UKR | 25:10.1 | 1 | 0 | 8:47.6 (46) | 1 | 17:51.2 (53) | |||
| 50 | Nina Lemesh | UKR | 25:13.5 | 2 | 2 | 9:26.1 (69) | 0 | 17:50.3 (52) | |||
| 51 | Ikuyo Tsukidate |  JPN | 25:17.0 | 1 | 0 | 8:47.1 (=43) | 1 | 17:49.7 (51) | |||
| 52 | Anna Lebedeva |  KAZ | 25:21.8 | 2 | 1 | 9:16.5 (62) | 1 | 18:07.9 (55) | |||
| 53 | Katja Haller | ITA | 25:22.6 | 1 | 0 | 8:30.3 (30) | 1 | 17:37.4 (42) | |||
| 54 | Hou Yuxia | CHN | 25:25.8 | 5 | 0 | 8:12.3 (10) | 5 | 18:28.2 (60) | |||
| 55 | Dijana Grudiček | SLO | 25:28.6 | 3 | 1 | 8:57.7 (53) | 2 | 18:12.8 (56) | |||
| 56 | Magdalena Nykiel | POL | 25:32.2 | 1 | 1 | 9:01.6 (55) | 0 | 17:47.8 (50) | |||
| 57 | Saskia Santer | ITA | 25:42.6 | 3 | 2 | 9:34.7 (70) | 1 | 18:22.7 (57) | |||
| 58 | Radka Popova | BUL | 26:01.1 | 2 | 0 | 8:31.1 (=31) | 2 | 18:06.0 (54) | |||
| 59 | Andreja Mali | SLO | 26:02.5 | 3 | 1 | 9:02.2 (56) | 2 | 18:28.5 (59) | |||
| 60 | Andžela Brice | LAT | 26:03.1 | 3 | 0 | 8:47.1 (=43) | 3 | 18:33.3 (62) | |||
| 61 | Magda Rezlerová | CZE | 26:06.7 | 2 | 2 | 9:41.1 (72) | 0 | 18:43.6 (66) | |||
| 62 | Zina Kocher |  CAN | 26:11.1 | 4 | 1 | 8:52.2 (50) | 3 | 19:09.7 (68) | |||
| 63 | Katarzyna Ponikwia | POL | 26:17.3 | 1 | 1 | 9:21.0 (66) | 0 | 18:23.5 (58) | |||
| 64 | Kanae Meguro | JPN | 26:19.9 | 4 | 3 | 10:09.6 (75) | 1 | 19:09.0 (69) | |||
| 65 | Tamami Tanaka | JPN | 26:20.6 | 5 | 3 | 10:10.8 (76) | 2 | 19:13.9 (72) | |||
| 66 | Sandra Keith | CAN | 26:20.7 | 3 | 0 | 8:42.9 (38) | 3 | 18:39.8 (63) | |||
| 67 | Emma Fowler |  GBR | 26:22.9 | 1 | 0 | 9:18.5 (64) | 1 | 18:41.5 (64) | |||
| 68 | Elena Gorohova | MDA | 26:23.9 | 2 | 0 | 8:54.5 (51) | 2 | 18:41.2 (65) | |||
| 69 | Tomomi Otaka | JPN | 26:28.7 | 3 | 1 | 9:13.2 (60) | 2 | 18:50.0 (67) | |||
| 70 | Eva Tofalvi | ROU | 26:38.3 | 4 | 1 | 9:17.8 (63) | 3 | 19:22.6 (73) | |||
| 71 | Tracy Barnes | USA | 26:47.9 | 2 | 2 | 10:15.9 (77) | 0 | 19:09.3 (70) | |||
| 72 | Linda Savļaka | LAT | 26:54.6 | 1 | 1 | 9:23.1 (68) | 0 | 18:32.9 (61) | |||
| 73 | Martine Albert | CAN | 27:04.4 | 2 | 0 | 9:11.1 (59) | 2 | 19:30.6 (74) | |||
| 74 | Gerda Krūmiņa | LAT | 27:30.5 | 3 | 2 | 9:54.0 (74) | 1 | 19:37.7 (76) | |||
| 75 | Sarah Konrad | USA | 27:30.6 | 8 | 4 | 10:25.9 (79) | 4 | 20:34.9 (80) | |||
| 76 | Marie-Pierre Parent | CAN | 27:31.1 | 2 | 0 | 9:02.0 (57) | 2 | 19:13.2 (71) | |||
| 77 | Mihaela Purdea | ROU | 27:32.7 | 4 | 1 | 9:22.0 (67) | 3 | 19:32.2 (75) | |||
| 78 | Aleksandra Vasiljević |  BIH | 28:10.9 | 1 | 1 | 10:24.4 (78) | 0 | 20:04.6 (78) | |||
| 79 | Petra Starčević |  CRO | 28:11.9 | 2 | 2 | 11:03.8 (81) | 0 | 20:32.6 (79) | |||
| 80 | Carolyn Treacy | USA | 28:18.7 | 4 | 1 | 9:35.0 (71) | 3 | 20:04.0 (77) | |||
| 81 | Valentina Ciurina | MDA | 30:04.2 | 4 | 2 | 10:59.1 (80) | 2 | 21:57.2 (81) | |||
| 82 | Zsófia Gottschall |  HUN | 31:09.1 | 6 | 3 | 11:50.3 (83) | 3 | 23:05.4 (82) | |||
| 83 | Verónica Isbej |  CHI | 33:52.0 | 4 | 1 | 11:38.6 (82) | 3 | 24:17.1 (83) |