# 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Saturday 23 March 2019 in Holmenkollen. It was won by Dorothea Wierer of Italy, with the defending titlist, Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia, finishing third.

## Competition format

The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

## 2017–18 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Anastasiya Kuzmina | 301 |
| Silver: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 280 |
| Bronze: | Laura Dahlmeier | 271 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Pokljuka details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 29:16.9 (0+0+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 29:58.2 (0+0+0+0) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 30:16.1 (0+0+0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:53.1 (1+0+1+1) | Paulína Fialková Slovakia | 30:54.6 (0+0+1+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 30:55.9 (2+0+1+1) |
| Nové Město details | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 29:53.5 (0+0+1+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 29:53.7 (0+0+0+1) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 29:58.2 (0+0+0+1) |
| Oberhof details | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 32:32.9 (0+1+1+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 32:47.4 (2+1+1+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 33:00.8 (2+1+2+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 29:20.1 (1+0+0+1) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 29:26.1 (0+0+1+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 29:36.3 (1+0+0+1) |
| Salt Lake City details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 28:03.4 (0+0+1+1) | Franziska Hildebrand Germany | 28:07.6 (0+0+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 28:19.9 (2+0+1+0) |
| World Championships details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 31:45.9 (0+0+2+0) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 32:17.3 (0+0+2+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 32:17.5 (0+0+1+0) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 28:25.9 (0+0+0+0) | Denise Herrmann Germany | 30:08.7 (1+0+0+1) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 30:27.0 (0+0+0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | POK | HOC | NOV | OBE | ANT | SLC | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 54 | 48 | 54 | 40 | 60 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 328 |
| 2 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 40 | 11 | 60 | 29 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 312 |
| 3 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 5 | 40 | 32 | 54 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 60 | 309 |
| 4 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 43 | 38 | 43 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 31 | — | 301 |
| 5 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 60 | 60 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 48 | 24 | 34 | 286 |
| 6 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | — | 15 | 15 | 32 | 18 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 254 |
| 7 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | — | 26 | 48 | 34 | 17 | — | 40 | 48 | 213 |
| 8 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 18 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 54 | 19 | 22 | 185 |
| 9 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 32 | 18 | 30 | 38 | — | 14 | 14 | 36 | 182 |
| 10 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | 25 | 23 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 54 | 38 | 176 |
| 11 | Clare Egan (USA) | 38 | — | 21 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 173 |
| 12 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 28 | 16 | 31 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 27 | — | 171 |
| 13 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 21 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 28 | — | 30 | 167 |
| 14 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | — | — | 40 | — | 54 | — | 48 | 21 | 163 |
| 15 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 20 | 43 | 25 | 11 | DNS | 36 | DNS | 24 | 159 |
| 16 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 36 | 29 | 18 | 31 | 34 | — | 8 | — | 156 |
| 17 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 48 | 54 | 24 | 9 | 13 | — | DNS | 6 | 154 |
| 18 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | 0 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 152 |
| 19 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 11 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 150 |
| 20 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 8 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 22 | 18 | — | 16 | 147 |
| 21 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 24 | 21 | 16 | 27 | 5 | — | 22 | 26 | 141 |
| 22 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 16 | 28 | 34 | 48 | DNF | 6 | DNS | — | 132 |
| 23 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 25 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 16 | — | 36 | — | 125 |
| 24 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 0 | 30 | 26 | — | DNS | — | 20 | 40 | 116 |
| 25 | Julia Simon (FRA) | 27 | 31 | 8 | DNS | 31 | 19 | — | — | 116 |
| 26 | Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS) | 31 | 23 | — | 28 | — | — | 32 | — | 114 |
| 27 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 1 | 27 | DNF | — | 0 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 113 |
| 28 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 2 | 13 | 0 | 36 | — | 16 | 17 | 23 | 107 |
| 29 | Irina Starykh (RUS) | 34 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 28 | — | 0 | — | 98 |
| 30 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 12 | 20 | 38 | — | 15 | 5 | — | — | 90 |
| # | Name | POK | HOC | NOV | OBE | ANT | SLC | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) | 15 | — | — | 21 | 26 | 24 | 0 | — | 86 |
| 32 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | 13 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 1 | — | 15 | 84 |
| 33 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | 0 | — | — | 0 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 84 |
| 34 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 4 | — | 19 | 22 | 6 | — | 26 | 0 | 77 |
| 35 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 | DNS | 25 | DNS | — | 74 |
| 36 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | — | — | — | 18 | — | 26 | — | 27 | 71 |
| 37 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 19 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | 69 |
| 38 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 63 |
| 39 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 6 | DNS | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 60 |
| 40 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 23 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 12 | 0 | 59 |
| 41 | Anna Magnusson (SWE) | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 57 |
| 42 | Margarita Vasileva (RUS) | 26 | — | — | 23 | — | DSQ | — | — | 49 |
| 43 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | 22 | 0 | — | 5 | 21 | — | — | — | 48 |
| 44 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | — | — | 17 | — | — | 12 | — | 19 | 48 |
| 45 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | DNF | DNS | 36 | — | DNS | — | 3 | 5 | 44 |
| 46 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| 47 | Tuuli Tomingas (EST) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 40 |
| 48 | Kamila Zuk (POL) | — | 0 | — | 0 | DNS | 34 | 5 | — | 39 |
| 49 | Anna Weidel (GER) | 30 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| 50 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | — | DNS | 10 | 15 | — | — | — | 11 | 36 |
| 51 | Joanne Reid (USA) | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 52 | Caroline Colombo (FRA) | — | — | — | — | 19 | 10 | — | 3 | 32 |
| 53 | Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) | — | 4 | — | 14 | — | — | 6 | 8 | 32 |
| 54 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 31 |
| 55 | Uliana Kaisheva (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | 0 | 30 |
| 56 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) | 7 | 1 | — | — | DNS | — | 1 | 20 | 29 |
| 57 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 58 | Kinga Zbylut (POL) | 0 | — | 22 | 6 | — | DNS | — | — | 28 |
| 59 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 17 | — | 0 | — | — | 9 | DNS | — | 26 |
| 60 | Larisa Kuklina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | 12 | 26 |
| # | Name | POK | HOC | NOV | OBE | ANT | SLC | ÖST | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | LAP | 17 | 25 |
| 62 | Thekla Brun-Lie (NOR) | — | — | — | 0 | — | 4 | — | 18 | 22 |
| 63 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | LAP | — | — | 10 | 19 |
| 64 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 65 | Johanna Talihärm (EST) | — | — | — | 10 | — | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 66 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | LAP | — | 15 |
| 67 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 14 | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| 68 | Elena Kruchinkina (BLR) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 69 | Karoline Offigstad Knotten (NOR) | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 70 | Sari Maeda (JPN) | — | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 11 | — | 13 |
| 71 | Irina Kruchinkina (BLR) | LAP | — | 0 | 12 | — | — | 0 | — | 12 |
| 72 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | 4 | — | 12 |
| 73 | Lucie Charvátová (CZE) | — | — | 7 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 11 |
| 74 | Zhang Yan (CHN) | DNS | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | — | 10 | — | 10 |
| 75 | Yelizaveta Belchenko (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 10 |
| 76 | Valeriia Vasnetcova (RUS) | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | — | DNS | — | — | 10 |
| 77 | Regina Oja (EST) | 0 | — | 0 | — | 3 | 7 | — | 0 | 10 |
| 79 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | 9 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 9 |
| 79 | Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg (NOR) | 0 | DNS | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 80 | Janina Hettich (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 |
| 81 | Viktoria Slivko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 |
| 82 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | LAP | — | 0 | — | 4 |
| 83 | Christina Rieder (AUT) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 0 | 2 |
| 83 | Sarah Beaudry (CAN) | — | — | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 |
| 84 | Hanna Sola (BLR) | — | — | — | 3 | — | DNS | — | — | 3 |
| 86 | Megan Bankes (CAN) | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | LAP | 0 | 2 |
| 87 | Ingela Andersson (SWE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |