| Date | 19 February 1992 — 14:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Les Saisies | |
| Participants | 68 from 20 countries | |
| Format | One-minute penalty for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 15,085 m Height Differential: 63 m Maximum Climb: 59 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: 553 m | |
The winner of the women’s sprint, held eight days before this event, was Anfisa Reztsova of the Unified Team. A former Olympic cross-country skier, she also posted the fastest ski time in this event, more than a minute ahead of France’s Anne Briand-Bouthiaux, but Reztsova’s nine missed targets out of 20, which was worse than all but three biathletes in the event, dropped her down to 26th place. But no biathlete shot cleanly in the 15 km. The winner was German Antje Misersky, who had only the eighth best skiing time, but missed only one target to win the gold medal. Misersky had been second to Reztsova in the sprint. France’s Delphine Heymann-Burlet was on target for the gold medal until the final shooting round, when she missed two shots, and dropped back to sixth despite the third best ski time. The bronze medal went to Canada’s Myriam Bédard, which was a surprise and was Canada’s first ever Nordic medal at the Winter Olympics.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Adjusted Time | Misses | Skiing | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 3 Misses | Shooting 4 Misses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Antje Misersky |  GER | 51:47.2 | 1 | 50:47.2 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Gold | ||
| 2 | 67 | Svetlana Pechorskaya |  EUN | 51:58.5 | 1 | 50:58.5 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Silver | ||
| 3 | 32 | Myriam Bédard |  CAN | 52:15.0 | 2 | 50:15.0 (5) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 20 | Véronique Claudel |  FRA | 52:21.2 | 2 | 50:21.2 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 53 | Nadezhda Aleksieva |  BUL | 52:30.2 | 1 | 51:30.2 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 6 | 61 | Delphyne Burlet | FRA | 53:00.8 | 3 | 50:00.8 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Corinne Niogret | FRA | 53:06.6 | 2 | 51:06.6 (12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 8 | 52 | Nathalie Santer |  ITA | 53:10.3 | 3 | 50:10.3 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 9 | 66 | Elin Kristiansen |  NOR | 53:19.6 | 2 | 51:19.6 (13) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 1 | Signe Trosten | NOR | 53:24.5 | 2 | 51:24.5 (16) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 11 | 6 | Krista Lepik |  EST | 53:51.4 | 1 | 52:51.4 (28) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | 35 | Inger Björkbom |  SWE | 53:52.8 | 1 | 52:52.8 (29) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 13 | 19 | Petra Schaaf | GER | 53:56.3 | 3 | 50:56.3 (9) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 58 | Tuija Sikiö |  FIN | 54:03.0 | 1 | 53:03.0 (31) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 15 | 62 | Inga Kesper | GER | 54:42.3 | 3 | 51:42.3 (=18) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 54 | Mariya Manolova | BUL | 55:10.6 | 3 | 52:10.6 (23) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 17 | 28 | Iva Shkodreva | BUL | 55:22.4 | 4 | 51:22.4 (15) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 18 | 27 | Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo | NOR | 55:59.4 | 5 | 50:59.4 (11) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 19 | 47 | Anne Briand | FRA | 56:05.1 | 7 | 49:05.1 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 20 | 21 | Halina Pitoń |  POL | 56:07.2 | 4 | 52:07.2 (22) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 13 | Sviatlana Paramihina | EUN | 56:15.2 | 4 | 52:15.2 (25) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 22 | 51 | Yelena Golovina | EUN | 56:17.9 | 2 | 54:17.9 (40) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 48 | Jiřína Adamičková |  TCH | 56:21.8 | 3 | 53:21.8 (35) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 24 | 49 | Uschi Disl | GER | 56:40.2 | 6 | 50:40.2 (7) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 25 | 15 | Silvana Blagoeva | BUL | 56:42.3 | 5 | 51:42.3 (=18) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 26 | 23 | Anfisa Reztsova | EUN | 56:52.6 | 9 | 47:52.6 (1) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 27 | 41 | Åse Idland | NOR | 57:05.0 | 4 | 53:05.0 (33) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 28 | 42 | Kazimiera Strolienė |  LTU | 57:20.0 | 6 | 51:20.0 (14) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 29 | 11 | Catarina Eklund | SWE | 57:31.2 | 2 | 55:31.2 (52) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 30 | 37 | Song Aiqin |  CHN | 57:31.3 | 5 | 52:31.3 (27) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 31 | 8 | Mari Lampinen | FIN | 57:44.8 | 6 | 51:44.8 (20) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 32 | 45 | Kerryn Pethybridge |  AUS | 57:49.7 | 2 | 55:49.7 (55) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 33 | 30 | Mia Stadig | SWE | 57:54.5 | 3 | 54:54.5 (46) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 34 | 34 | Nancy Bell-Johnstone |  USA | 57:55.2 | 5 | 52:55.2 (30) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 35 | 39 | Yoshiko Mikami |  JPN | 57:55.8 | 3 | 54:55.8 (48) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 36 | 50 | Eveli Peterson | EST | 58:03.1 | 5 | 53:03.1 (32) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 37 | 22 | Terhi Markkanen | FIN | 58:08.9 | 4 | 54:08.9 (39) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 38 | 12 | Siegrid Pallhuber | ITA | 58:27.3 | 4 | 54:27.3 (42) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 39 | 31 | Jelena Poljakova | EST | 58:30.1 | 5 | 53:30.1 (36) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 40 | 29 | Sandra Paintin | AUS | 58:55.3 | 3 | 55:55.3 (56) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 41 | 40 | Adina Şotropa |  ROU | 58:58.6 | 7 | 51:58.6 (21) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 42 | 5 | Patrice Anderson | USA | 58:59.6 | 2 | 56:59.6 (62) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 43 | 33 | Jana Kulhavá | TCH | 59:09.8 | 6 | 53:09.8 (34) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 44 | 17 | Brigitta Bereczki |  HUN | 59:18.2 | 5 | 54:18.2 (41) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 45 | 46 | Johanna Saarinen | FIN | 59:27.0 | 3 | 56:27.0 (60) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 46 | 38 | Agata Suszka | POL | 59:30.2 | 6 | 53:30.2 (37) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 47 | 63 | Beth Coats | USA | 59:36.1 | 2 | 57:36.1 (65) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 48 | 68 | Monica Jauca | ROU | 59:44.2 | 5 | 54:44.2 (44) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 49 | 14 | Liu Giulan | CHN | 59:55.4 | 5 | 54:55.4 (47) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 50 | 55 | Lise Meloche | CAN | 1-00:10.4 | 5 | 55:10.4 (50) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 51 | 25 | Mihaela Cârstoi | ROU | 1-00:29.2 | 8 | 52:29.2 (26) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 52 | 36 | Yvonne Visser | CAN | 1-00:38.2 | 5 | 55:38.2 (53) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 53 | 56 | Erica Carrara | ITA | 1-00:58.8 | 4 | 56:58.8 (61) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 54 | 7 | Jane Isakson | CAN | 1-01:06.5 | 4 | 57:06.5 (63) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 55 | 43 | Joan Smith | USA | 1-01:15.2 | 5 | 56:15.2 (59) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 56 | 60 | Gabriela Sůvová | TCH | 1-02:22.4 | 7 | 55:22.4 (51) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 57 | 24 | Monika Schwingshackl | ITA | 1-02:39.5 | 8 | 54:39.5 (43) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 58 | 44 | Beatrix Holéczy | HUN | 1-02:56.4 | 4 | 58:56.4 (66) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 59 | 3 | Krystyna Liberda | POL | 1-02:57.2 | 8 | 54:57.2 (49) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 60 | 10 | Petra Nosková | TCH | 1-02:57.6 | 7 | 55:57.6 (57) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 61 | 64 | Wang Jinping | CHN | 1-03:01.1 | 7 | 56:01.1 (58) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 62 | 57 | Zofia Kiełpińska | POL | 1-03:15.1 | 11 | 52:15.1 (24) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 63 | 26 | María Giró |  ARG | 1-03:18.0 | 6 | 57:18.0 (64) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 64 | 59 | Anna Hermansson | SWE | 1-03:49.0 | 9 | 54:49.0 (45) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 65 | 18 | Wang Jinfen | CHN | 1-03:53.0 | 10 | 53:53.0 (38) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 66 | 65 | Anna Bozsik | HUN | 1-05:47.0 | 10 | 55:47.0 (54) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Kathalin Czifra | HUN | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 4 | Daniela Gârbacea | ROU | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – | – |
