# Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

The Women's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 13 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets won at this track at the pre-Olympic trial event in 2005, when she finished in a time of 50:47.9 with one penalty minute, while Andrea Henkel was the defending World and Olympic champion. Henkel had not won a 15 km World Cup race apart from these two wins in the Championships, however, and Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson was the World Cup leader before the Games.
Russia's Olga Pyleva originally placed second in the race, but was found to be in violation of anti-doping rules when she tested positive for carphedon, and she was then disqualified.

## Results

The race was held at 12:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Result | Penalties | Deficit |
| | 15 | Svetlana Ishmouratova | Russia | 49:24.1 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | – |
| | 32 | Martina Glagow | Germany | 50:34.9 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +1:10.8 |
| | 26 | Albina Akhatova | Russia | 50:55.0 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +1:30.9 |
| 4 | 10 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 51:46.3 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +2:22.2 |
| 5 | 35 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 51:50.7 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +2:26.6 |
| 6 | 38 | Sandrine Bailly | France | 51:58.2 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +2:34.1 |
| 7 | 13 | Olga Nazarova | Belarus | 51:59.6 | 2 (2+0+0+0) | +2:35.5 |
| 8 | 31 | Natalia Levchenkova | Moldova | 52:11.7 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +2:47.6 |
| 9 | 27 | Liv Grete Poirée | Norway | 52:22.0 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | +2:57.9 |
| 10 | 5 | Madara Līduma | Latvia | 52:27.2 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +3:03.1 |
| 11 | 47 | Ekaterina Dafovska | Bulgaria | 52:45.1 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +3:21.0 |
| 12 | 18 | Uschi Disl | Germany | 52:49.7 | 5 (0+2+0+3) | +3:25.6 |
| 13 | 40 | Tora Berger | Norway | 52:53.4 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +3:29.3 |
| 14 | 9 | Olena Zubrilova | Belarus | 52:55.6 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +3:31.5 |
| 15 | 42 | Anna Carin Olofsson | Sweden | 52:55.8 | 5 (1+3+0+1) | +3:31.7 |
| 16 | 6 | Kati Wilhelm | Germany | 52:59.0 | 5 (0+0+3+2) | +3:34.9 |
| 17 | 12 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 53:01.4 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +3:37.3 |
| 18 | 39 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 53:03.7 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | +3:39.6 |
| 19 | 24 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 53:04.3 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +3:40.2 |
| 20 | 34 | Oksana Khvostenko | Ukraine | 53:22.5 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +3:58.4 |
| 21 | 77 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 53:46.0 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +4:21.9 |
| 22 | 25 | Marcela Pavkovčeková | Slovakia | 53:52.8 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | +4:28.7 |
| 23 | 3 | Liu Xianying | China | 53:55.6 | 5 (1+3+0+1) | +4:31.5 |
| 24 | 8 | Sylvie Becaert | France | 53:59.0 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +4:34.9 |
| 25 | 51 | Kong Yingchao | China | 54:03.5 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +4:39.4 |
| 26 | 36 | Florence Baverel-Robert | France | 54:14.1 | 5 (4+0+1+0) | +4:50.0 |
| 27 | 46 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 54:18.8 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | +4:54.7 |
| 28 | 57 | Irina Nikoultchina | Bulgaria | 54:29.3 | 6 (1+2+2+1) | +5:05.2 |
| 29 | 37 | Olena Petrova | Ukraine | 54:35.6 | 3 (0+2+0+1) | +5:11.5 |
| 30 | 63 | Dijana Grudiček | Slovenia | 55:01.3 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | +5:37.2 |
| 31 | 60 | Yin Qiao | China | 55:06.2 | 4 (2+1+0+1) | +5:42.1 |
| 32 | 54 | Tamami Tanaka | Japan | 55:10.5 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | +5:46.4 |
| 33 | 7 | Magdalena Gwizdon | Poland | 55:17.5 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +5:53.4 |
| 34 | 49 | Martina Halinárová | Slovakia | 55:17.7 | 4 (2+1+0+1) | +5:53.6 |
| 35 | 28 | Anna Bogaliy | Russia | 55:18.4 | 5 (0+2+1+2) | +5:54.3 |
| 36 | 58 | Lilia Efremova | Ukraine | 55:28.0 | 5 (2+2+0+1) | +6:03.9 |
| 37 | 30 | Kanae Meguro | Japan | 55:28.4 | 5 (0+3+1+1) | +6:04.3 |
| 38 | 76 | Barbara Ertl | Italy | 55:30.0 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +6:05.9 |
| 39 | 22 | Tadeja Brankovič | Slovenia | 55:38.9 | 6 (0+2+1+3) | +6:14.8 |
| 40 | 69 | Delphyne Peretto | France | 55:40.5 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +6:16.4 |
| 41 | 53 | Rachel Steer | United States | 55:48.3 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +6:24.2 |
| 42 | 29 | Sandra Keith | Canada | 55:56.3 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +6:32.2 |
| 43 | 21 | Pavlina Filipova | Bulgaria | 56:07.7 | 5 (1+0+1+3) | +6:43.6 |
| 44 | 50 | Ekaterina Ivanova | Belarus | 56:09.7 | 6 (3+0+2+1) | +6:45.6 |
| 45 | 48 | Katerina Holubcova | Czech Republic | 56:17.9 | 4 (0+0+3+1) | +6:53.8 |
| 46 | 80 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 56:22.6 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +6:58.5 |
| 47 | 67 | Soňa Mihoková | Slovakia | 56:29.5 | 5 (1+0+3+1) | +7:05.4 |
| 48 | 61 | Anzela Brice | Latvia | 56:30.5 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +7:06.4 |
| 49 | 19 | Anna Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 56:46.5 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +7:22.4 |
| 50 | 17 | Linda Tjørhom | Norway | 56:47.8 | 6 (2+2+0+2) | +7:23.7 |
| 51 | 43 | Saskia Santer | Italy | 56:52.1 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | +7:28.0 |
| 52 | 62 | Nathalie Santer | Italy | 57:08.4 | 6 (0+2+1+3) | +7:44.3 |
| 53 | 20 | Zdenka Vejnarova | Czech Republic | 57:14.3 | 6 (4+1+1+0) | +7:50.2 |
| 54 | 78 | Nina Kadeva | Bulgaria | 57:15.0 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | +7:50.9 |
| 55 | 66 | Ikuyo Tsukidate | Japan | 57:20.4 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +7:56.3 |
| 56 | 79 | Katarzyna Ponikwia | Poland | 57:32.7 | 4 (2+1+1+0) | +8:08.6 |
| 57 | 2 | Tracey Barnes | United States | 57:58.0 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +8:33.9 |
| 58 | 23 | Hou Yuxia | China | 58:35.7 | 9 (1+2+2+4) | +9:11.6 |
| 59 | 75 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 58:37.2 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | +9:13.1 |
| 60 | 11 | Gunn Margit Andreassen | Norway | 59:04.3 | 6 (0+0+1+5) | +9:40.2 |
| 61 | 65 | Magda Rezlerová | Czech Republic | 59:18.0 | 6 (1+2+3+0) | +9:53.9 |
| 62 | 64 | Sarah Konrad | United States | 59:33.1 | 10 (2+2+4+2) | +10:09.0 |
| 63 | 41 | Linda Savļaka | Latvia | 59:44.3 | 3 (3+0+0+0) | +10:20.2 |
| 64 | 73 | Lanny Barnes | United States | 59:46.2 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +10:22.1 |
| 65 | 56 | Martine Albert | Canada | 59:52.1 | 5 (2+0+0+3) | +10:28.0 |
| 66 | 1 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 1:00:04.4 | 8 (3+2+1+2) | +10:40.3 |
| 67 | 71 | Irena Česneková | Czech Republic | 1:00:08.0 | 7 (3+0+2+2) | +10:43.9 |
| 68 | 70 | Alexandra Rusu | Romania | 1:00:13.7 | 5 (1+3+0+1) | +10:49.6 |
| 69 | 82 | Tomomi Otaka | Japan | 1:00:22.2 | 6 (1+2+2+1) | +10:58.1 |
| 70 | 72 | Gerda Krumina | Latvia | 1:00:26.1 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | +11:02.0 |
| 71 | 68 | Magdalena Grzywa | Poland | 1:00:41.3 | 7 (2+0+3+2) | +11:17.2 |
| 72 | 45 | Dana Elena Plotogea | Romania | 1:00:45.5 | 7 (2+1+2+2) | +11:21.4 |
| 73 | 14 | Eveli Saue | Estonia | 1:00:53.6 | 5 (3+1+0+1) | +11:29.5 |
| 74 | 4 | Aleksandra Vasiljević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:01:11.8 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +11:47.7 |
| 75 | 81 | Mihaela Purdea | Romania | 1:02:11.5 | 7 (3+2+2+0) | +12:47.4 |
| 76 | 59 | Kseniya Zikunkova | Belarus | 1:02:17.5 | 8 (1+2+2+3) | +12:53.4 |
| 77 | 74 | Marie-Pierre Parent | Canada | 1:02:57.1 | 4 (0+3+0+1) | +13:33.0 |
| 78 | 52 | Emma Fowler | Great Britain | 1:03:38.9 | 7 (0+3+1+3) | +14:14.8 |
| 79 | 16 | Petra Starčević | Croatia | 1:06:49.6 | 8 (4+1+1+2) | +17:25.5 |
| 80 | 33 | Zsofia Gottschall | Hungary | 1:08:17.3 | 8 (1+3+1+3) | +18:53.2 |
| 81 | 55 | Verónica Isbej | Chile | 1:14:55.3 | 7 (2+2+1+2) | +25:31.2 |
| DSQ | 44 | Olga Pyleva | Russia | 50:09.6 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +45.5 |