# Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 11 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft). The event was won by Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway, who was the 2018 silver medalist in sprint. This was her first individual Olympic gold medal. Elvira Öberg of Sweden won silver, her first Olympic medal, and Dorothea Wierer of Italy bronze, her first individual Olympic medal.

## Summary

The 2018 champion, Laura Dahlmeier, and the bronze medalist, Veronika Vítková, retired from competitions. Røiseland was the overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup as well as the leader in the sprint before the Olympics.

## Results

The race was started at 17:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 5 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland | Norway | 20:44.3 | 0 (0+0) | |
| | 45 | Elvira Öberg | Sweden | 21:15.2 | 0 (0+0) | +30.9 |
| | 22 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 21:21.5 | 0 (0+0) | +37.2 |
| 4 | 33 | Lisa Theresa Hauser | Austria | 21:31.6 | 0 (0+0) | +47.3 |
| 5 | 30 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold | Norway | 21:44.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:00.2 |
| 6 | 7 | Kristina Reztsova | ROC | 21:49.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:05.0 |
| 7 | 35 | Anna Magnusson | Sweden | 21:50.2 | 0 (0+0) | +1:05.9 |
| 8 | 57 | Yuliia Dzhima | Ukraine | 21:51.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:07.5 |
| 9 | 55 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 21:53.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:08.8 |
| 10 | 4 | Alina Stremous | Moldova | 21:59.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:15.2 |
| 11 | 1 | Tiril Eckhoff | Norway | 22:00.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:16.1 |
| 12 | 49 | Linn Persson | Sweden | 22:03.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:19.6 |
| 13 | 36 | Uliana Nigmatullina | ROC | 22:11.8 | 2 (2+0) | +1:27.5 |
| 14 | 18 | Paulína Fialková | Slovakia | 22:12.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:27.7 |
| 15 | 24 | Dzinara Alimbekava | Belarus | 22:12.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:28.5 |
| 16 | 27 | Monika Hojnisz-Staręga | Poland | 22:12.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:28.6 |
| 17 | 6 | Milena Todorova | Bulgaria | 22:15.4 | 1 (1+0) | +1:31.1 |
| 18 | 38 | Vanessa Voigt | Germany | 22:15.7 | 0 (0+0) | +1:31.4 |
| 19 | 52 | Hanna Öberg | Sweden | 22:19.1 | 3 (1+2) | +1:34.8 |
| 20 | 43 | Irina Kazakevich | ROC | 22:23.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:39.4 |
| 21 | 3 | Katharina Innerhofer | Austria | 22:26.4 | 2 (0+2) | +1:42.1 |
| 22 | 9 | Denise Herrmann | Germany | 22:29.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:45.1 |
| 23 | 40 | Lena Häcki | Switzerland | 22:30.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:46.0 |
| 24 | 70 | Anastasiya Merkushyna | Ukraine | 22:31.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:47.3 |
| 25 | 56 | Lucie Charvátová | Czech Republic | 22:35.6 | 1 (0+1) | +1:51.3 |
| 26 | 16 | Hanna Sola | Belarus | 22:36.4 | 4 (1+3) | +1:52.1 |
| 27 | 65 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 22:39.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:55.2 |
| 28 | 8 | Mari Eder | Finland | 22:39.8 | 2 (0+2) | +1:55.5 |
| 29 | 28 | Julia Simon | France | 22:40.3 | 3 (1+2) | +1:56.0 |
| 30 | 73 | Franziska Preuß | Germany | 22:41.4 | 2 (0+2) | +1:57.1 |
| 31 | 26 | Jessica Jislová | Czech Republic | 22:42.7 | 1 (1+0) | +1:58.4 |
| 32 | 47 | Emma Lunder | Canada | 22:47.6 | 1 (0+1) | +2:03.3 |
| 33 | 29 | Tuuli Tomingas | Estonia | 22:49.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:04.9 |
| 34 | 81 | Joanne Reid | United States | 22:54.9 | 2 (0+2) | +2:10.6 |
| 35 | 44 | Tang Jialin | China | 23:03.5 | 1 (1+0) | +2:19.2 |
| 36 | 25 | Lisa Vittozzi | Italy | 23:09.1 | 4 (4+0) | +2:24.8 |
| 37 | 60 | Deedra Irwin | United States | 23:10.1 | 2 (0+2) | +2:25.8 |
| 38 | 59 | Ida Lien | Norway | 23:10.3 | 4 (1+3) | +2:26.0 |
| 39 | 21 | Fuyuko Tachizaki | Japan | 23:10.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:26.5 |
| 40 | 15 | Iryna Petrenko | Ukraine | 23:11.7 | 2 (2+0) | +2:27.4 |
| 41 | 19 | Markéta Davidová | Czech Republic | 23:11.8 | 4 (2+2) | +2:27.5 |
| 41 | 37 | Ivona Fialková | Slovakia | 23:11.8 | 4 (1+3) | +2:27.5 |
| 43 | 63 | Johanna Talihärm | Estonia | 23:13.3 | 0 (0+0) | +2:29.0 |
| 44 | 87 | Susan Külm | Estonia | 23:15.3 | 1 (0+1) | +2:31.0 |
| 45 | 79 | Julia Schwaiger | Austria | 23:16.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:31.9 |
| 46 | 10 | Clare Egan | United States | 23:16.4 | 3 (1+2) | +2:32.1 |
| 47 | 67 | Svetlana Mironova | ROC | 23:17.6 | 3 (0+3) | +2:33.3 |
| 48 | 2 | Justine Braisaz-Bouchet | France | 23:18.4 | 3 (1+2) | +2:34.1 |
| 49 | 31 | Ekaterina Avvakumova | South Korea | 23:19.4 | 2 (2+0) | +2:35.1 |
| 50 | 62 | Baiba Bendika | Latvia | 23:20.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:36.4 |
| 51 | 58 | Suvi Minkkinen | Finland | 23:21.7 | 1 (0+1) | +2:37.4 |
| 52 | 12 | Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko | Kazakhstan | 23:22.6 | 1 (1+0) | +2:38.3 |
| 53 | 41 | Kamila Żuk | Poland | 23:22.9 | 1 (1+0) | +2:38.6 |
| 54 | 17 | Amy Baserga | Switzerland | 23:24.2 | 2 (2+0) | +2:39.9 |
| 55 | 83 | Vanessa Hinz | Germany | 23:24.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:40.0 |
| 56 | 77 | Regina Oja | Estonia | 23:24.4 | 2 (1+1) | +2:40.1 |
| 57 | 78 | Samuela Comola | Italy | 23:30.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:46.4 |
| 58 | 68 | Tereza Voborníková | Czech Republic | 23:30.9 | 2 (2+0) | +2:46.6 |
| 59 | 23 | Polona Klemenčič | Slovenia | 23:31.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:46.9 |
| 60 | 14 | Iryna Leshchanka | Belarus | 23:32.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:48.2 |
| 61 | 46 | Chu Yuanmeng | China | 23:32.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:48.3 |
| 62 | 64 | Meng Fanqi | China | 23:33.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:49.4 |
| 63 | 53 | Gabrielė Leščinskaitė | Lithuania | 23:37.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:52.8 |
| 64 | 11 | Lotte Lie | Belgium | 23:41.1 | 3 (3+0) | +2:56.8 |
| 65 | 34 | Ukaleq Slettemark | Denmark | 23:54.6 | 0 (0+0) | +3:10.3 |
| 66 | 89 | Anna Mąka | Poland | 23:55.4 | 3 (1+2) | +3:11.1 |
| 67 | 50 | Sari Maeda | Japan | 23:58.9 | 3 (1+2) | +3:14.6 |
| 68 | 13 | Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet | France | 24:02.0 | 4 (1+3) | +3:17.7 |
| 69 | 75 | Kinga Zbylut | Poland | 24:05.1 | 2 (1+1) | +3:20.8 |
| 70 | 71 | Elena Kruchynkina | Belarus | 24:10.1 | 4 (1+3) | +3:25.8 |
| 71 | 32 | Natalia Ushkina | Romania | 24:14.3 | 2 (1+1) | +3:30.0 |
| 72 | 76 | Henrieta Horvátová | Slovakia | 24:20.7 | 1 (1+0) | +3:36.4 |
| 73 | 82 | Erika Jänkä | Finland | 24:20.9 | 0 (0+0) | +3:36.6 |
| 74 | 85 | Yurie Tanaka | Japan | 24:21.5 | 1 (0+1) | +3:37.2 |
| 75 | 69 | Nastassia Kinnunen | Finland | 24:30.0 | 3 (1+2) | +3:45.7 |
| 76 | 88 | Ding Yuhuan | China | 24:33.1 | 2 (1+1) | +3:48.8 |
| 77 | 20 | Megan Bankes | Canada | 24:35.4 | 3 (1+2) | +3:51.1 |
| 78 | 66 | Maria Zdravkova | Bulgaria | 24:39.1 | 1 (0+1) | +3:54.8 |
| 79 | 54 | Živa Klemenčič | Slovenia | 24:43.6 | 3 (3+0) | +3:59.3 |
| 80 | 80 | Sarah Beaudry | Canada | 24:45.9 | 2 (1+1) | +4:01.6 |
| 81 | 72 | Emily Dickson | Canada | 24:50.3 | 3 (2+1) | +4:06.0 |
| 82 | 39 | Federica Sanfilippo | Italy | 24:57.1 | 5 (3+2) | +4:12.8 |
| 83 | 42 | Kim Seon-su | South Korea | 25:18.2 | 1 (1+0) | +4:33.9 |
| 84 | 86 | Daniela Kadeva | Bulgaria | 25:26.4 | 1 (1+0) | +4:42.1 |
| 85 | 48 | Dunja Zdouc | Austria | 25:32.1 | 2 (0+2) | +4:47.8 |
| 86 | 51 | Alla Ghilenko | Moldova | 26:04.6 | 4 (2+2) | +5:20.3 |
| 87 | 74 | Asuka Hachisuka | Japan | 26:06.7 | 4 (4+0) | +5:22.4 |
| 88 | 84 | Veronika Machyniaková | Slovakia | 26:13.2 | 3 (2+1) | +5:28.9 |
| 89 | 61 | Lora Hristova | Bulgaria | 26:27.7 | 4 (3+1) | +5:43.4 |