Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

Women's biathlon sprint
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueSoldier Hollow
DatesFebruary 13
Competitors74 from 27 nations
Winning time20:41.4
Medalists
   Germany
   Germany
   Sweden
Biathlon at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Individual   men   women
Sprint   men   women
Pursuit   men   women
Relay   men   women

The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February, at Soldier Hollow. Competitors raced over two 2.5 kilometre loops and one 3.0 kilometre loop of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over an 150 metre penalty loop.[1]

Results

Two of the medalists from the women's Individual race were also strong challengers in the sprint, led by Magdalena Forsberg, the five-time defending World Cup overall champion, as well as the defending World Cup winner in the sprint. Kati Wilhelm was the defending world champion and Galina Kukleva was defending champion from the Nagano Games.[2] The test event at Soldier Hollow in 2001 saw Uschi Disl take the win, ahead of Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée and individual champion Andrea Henkel.[3] Entering the Olympics, the sprint World Cup standings were closely contested, with Disl, Olena Zubrilova, Forsberg, Olga Pyleva and Wilhelm separated by just 7 points. Skjelbreid-Poirée was further behind, but was coming in on a winning streak, having taken each of the last two World Cup sprints.[1]

Henkel, the first of the above to go out, was unable to recapture her shooting form from two days before, missing once on each shoot, and finishing well back, in 25th. Her team-mate Wilhelm, starting shortly behind her, had no such problems, shooting clear and leading at each of the time checks. France's Florence Baverel-Robert also shot clear, but ended up 45 seconds behind Wilhelm. Pyleva and 1998 Olympic individual champion Ekaterina Dafovska were with in 7 seconds of Wilhelm after the first shoot, but both lost out on the second shoot, Pyleva missing once and finishing 8th, while Dafovska missed twice and ended up 15th.[4]

Disl was also close to Wilhelm after the first shoot, but missed a shot on the second, leaving her too much to make up. She did cut into Wilhelm's time on the final loop, but not by enough, coming in 15.6 seconds behind. Kukleva was close to Wilhelm's time after the first shoot, but fell back, despite hitting all her shots, ending up nearly a minute behind. Skjelbreid-Poirée came the closest to catching Wilhelm at the first time check, finishing the lap just 4 seconds behind the German, but missed a shot on the second loop, and slumped behind after that, finishing 43 seconds back. Forsberg lost her chance for gold on the first round of shooting, missing one, and while she shot clear on the second opportunity, she continued to lose time. However, she did just manage to edge Skjelbreid-Poirée for the bronze medal.[4][5]

Rank Name Country Time Penalties Deficit
1st Kati Wilhelm Germany 20:41.4 0 -
2nd Uschi Disl Germany 20:57.0 1 00:15.6
3rd Magdalena Forsberg Sweden 21:20.4 1 00:39.0
4 Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée Norway 21:24.1 1 00:42.7
5 Florence Baverel-Robert France 21:27.9 0 00:46.5
6 Galina Kukleva Russia 21:32.1 0 00:50.7
7 Sandrine Bailly France 21:35.7 1 00:54.3
8 Olga Pyleva Russia 21:44.2 1 01:02.8
9 Corinne Niogret France 21:50.3 0 01:08.9
10 Andreja Grašič Slovenia 21:55.6 1 01:14.2
11 Irina Nikulchina Bulgaria 21:57.0 2 01:15.6
12 Katrin Apel Germany 22:01.7 3 01:20.3
13 Martina Jašicová Slovakia 22:11.9 0 01:30.5
14 Olga Nazarova Belarus 22:14.9 1 01:33.5
15 Ekaterina Dafovska Bulgaria 22:17.7 2 01:36.3
16 Gunn Margit Andreassen Norway 22:19.7 1 01:38.3
17 Pavlina Filipova Bulgaria 22:20.6 1 01:39.2
18 Anna Bogaly-Titovets Russia 22:25.8 2 01:44.4
19 Svetlana Ishmuratova Russia 22:27.3 2 01:45.9
20 Yu Shumei China 22:29.9 1 01:48.5
21 Soňa Mihoková Slovakia 22:32.1 1 01:50.7
22 Irena Novotná-Česneková Czech Republic 22:33.5 0 01:52.1
23 Delphyne Heymann-Burlet France 22:37.7 1 01:56.3
24 Sanna-Leena Perunka Finland 22:39.9 1 01:58.5
25 Andrea Henkel Germany 22:41.1 2 01:59.7
26 Lucija Larisi Slovenia 22:44.7 1 02:03.3
27 Andreja Mali Slovenia 22:45.5 1 02:04.1
28 Ryoko Takahashi Japan 22:58.3 2 02:16.9
29 Tamami Tanaka Japan 23:00.0 2 02:18.6
30 Hiromi Seino-Suga Japan 23:03.5 2 02:22.1
31 Tetiana Vodop'ianova Ukraine 23:03.8 2 02:22.4
32 Magda Rezlerová Czech Republic 23:05.0 2 02:23.6
33 Yelena Khrustalyova Belarus 23:06.6 2 02:25.2
34 Eva Háková Czech Republic 23:09.4 1 02:28.0
35 Anna Murínová Slovakia 23:10.0 1 02:28.6
36 Saskia Santer Italy 23:11.2 2 02:29.8
37 Outi Kettunen Finland 23:11.3 1 02:29.9
38 Ann Elen Skjelbreid Norway 23:14.2 3 02:32.8
39 Kateřina Losmanová-Holubcová Czech Republic 23:14.6 2 02:33.2
40 Nathalie Santer Italy 23:14.7 3 02:33.3
41 Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva Bulgaria 23:18.0 1 02:36.6
42 Liu Xianying China 23:18.9 1 02:37.5
43 Anna Stera-Kustucz Poland 23:24.6 0 02:43.2
44 Yevgeniya Kutsepalova Belarus 23:26.5 1 02:45.1
45 Mami Shindo-Honma Japan 23:36.8 2 02:55.4
46 Michela Ponza Italy 23:36.9 2 02:55.5
47 Nina Lemesh Ukraine 23:37.4 1 02:56.0
48 Olena Petrova Ukraine 23:40.9 2 02:59.5
49 Kara Salmela United States 23:44.1 3 03:02.7
50 Andrea Nahrgang United States 23:48.7 1 03:07.3
51 Valentina Ciurina Moldova 23:49.7 1 03:08.3
52 Katja Holanti Finland 24:07.2 4 03:25.8
53 Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen Norway 24:12.7 4 03:31.3
54 Anita Nyman Finland 24:17.0 4 03:35.6
55 Dana Plotogea-Cojocea Romania 24:17.3 1 03:35.9
56 Kong Yingchao China 24:30.2 3 03:48.8
57 Sun Ribo China 24:32.4 3 03:51.0
58 Andžela Brice Latvia 24:32.5 1 03:51.1
59 Olena Zubrilova Ukraine 24:33.2 4 03:51.8
60 Rachel Steer United States 24:41.7 3 04:00.3
61 Eva Tofalvi Romania 24:43.7 3 04:02.3
62 Yelena Dubok Kazakhstan 24:50.1 1 04:08.7
63 Tadeja Brankovič Slovenia 25:14.0 5 04:32.6
64 Tatiana Kutlíková Slovakia 25:18.3 5 04:36.9
65 Kseniya Zikunkova Belarus 25:21.5 5 04:40.1
66 Diana Rasimovičiūtė Lithuania 25:41.4 3 05:00.0
67 Zsuzsanna Bekecs Hungary 25:42.1 1 05:00.7
68 Siegrid Pallhuber Italy 26:20.9 4 05:39.5
69 Kim Ja-Youn South Korea 26:45.2 3 06:03.8
70 Despoina Vavatsi Greece 27:11.3 2 06:29.9
71 Ivett Szöllősi Hungary 27:17.6 4 06:36.2
72 Alexandra Rusu-Stoian Romania 27:20.0 6 06:38.6
73 Natalia Lovece Argentina 29:33.2 8 08:51.8
74 Claudia Barrenechea Chile 30:15.1 5 09:33.7

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  2. "IBU Biathlon Guide 2012/13" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. November 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  3. 2001 World Cup 7 - 7.5 km Sprint Results from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 6 February 2013
  4. 1 2 http://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0102/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWSP/BT_O77B_1.0.pdf[ - Competition Analysis, Women's 7.5 km Sprint - SLOC]
  5. "German double in 7.5K sprint". CNNSI.com. AP. February 13, 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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