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

The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 16 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
Uschi Disl was the defending World Champion at the sprint, while Kati Wilhelm won the sprint at the trial event in 2005, despite shooting two penalty laps. Wilhelm was also the defending Olympic champion, and entered the games leading the sprint World Cup ahead of Disl and Russian Svetlana Ishmouratova.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Penalties | Deficit |
| | Florence Baverel-Robert | France | 22:31.4 | 0 | — |
| | Anna Carin Olofsson | Sweden | 22:33.8 | 1 | +0:02.4 |
| | Lilia Efremova | Ukraine | 22:38.0 | 0 | +0:06.6 |
| 4 | Albina Akhatova | Russia | 22:40.2 | 0 | +0:08.8 |
| 5 | Olena Zubrilova | Belarus | 22:40.5 | 0 | +0:09.1 |
| 6 | Sandrine Bailly | France | 22:43.0 | 2 | +0:11.6 |
| 7 | Kati Wilhelm | Germany | 22:49.8 | 1 | +0:18.4 |
| 8 | Olga Nazarova | Belarus | 22:53.2 | 0 | +0:21.8 |
| 9 | Olga Zaytseva | Russia | 23:05.8 | 0 | +0:34.4 |
| 10 | Svetlana Ishmouratova | Russia | 23:10.3 | 1 | +0:38.9 |
| 11 | Liu Xianying | China | 23:17.5 | 1 | +0:46.1 |
| 12 | Liv Grete Poirée | Norway | 23:20.0 | 2 | +0:48.6 |
| 13 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 23:27.2 | 1 | +0:55.8 |
| 14 | Delphyne Peretto | France | 23:31.2 | 0 | +0:59.8 |
| 14 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 23:31.2 | 0 | +0:59.8 |
| 16 | Martina Halinarova | Slovakia | 23:32.8 | 0 | +1:01.4 |
| 17 | Martina Glagow | Germany | 23:35.9 | 1 | +1:04.5 |
| 18 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 23:48.1 | 1 | +1:16.7 |
| 19 | Linda Tjorhom | Norway | 23:48.5 | 1 | +1:17.1 |
| 20 | Magdalena Gwizdon | Poland | 23:54.7 | 1 | +1:23.3 |
| 21 | Sun Ribo | China | 23:57.6 | 2 | +1:26.2 |
| 22 | Katrin Apel | Germany | 24:04.9 | 2 | +1:33.5 |
| 23 | Tora Berger | Norway | 24:05.8 | 1 | +1:34.4 |
| 24 | Kong Yingchao | China | 24:07.0 | 1 | +1:35.6 |
| 25 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 24:07.3 | 1 | +1:35.9 |
| 26 | Nathalie Santer | Italy | 24:09.5 | 2 | +1:38.1 |
| 27 | Sona Mihokova | Slovakia | 24:09.9 | 1 | +1:38.5 |
| 28 | Madara Liduma | Latvia | 24:11.0 | 2 | +1:39.6 |
| 29 | Marcela Pavkovcekova | Slovakia | 24:11.1 | 0 | +1:39.7 |
| 30 | Sylvie Becaert | France | 24:12.9 | 0 | +1:41.5 |
| 31 | Tadeja Brankovič | Slovenia | 24:14.1 | 2 | +1:42.7 |
| 32 | Lenka Faltusova | Czech Republic | 24:16.9 | 0 | +1:45.5 |
| 33 | Ekaterina Dafovska | Bulgaria | 24:23.2 | 2 | +1:51.8 |
| 34 | Uschi Disl | Germany | 24:29.1 | 3 | +1:57.7 |
| 35 | Rachel Steer | United States | 24:29.6 | 1 | +1:58.2 |
| 36 | Irina Nikoultchina | Bulgaria | 24:30.0 | 4 | +1:58.6 |
| 37 | Ekaterina Ivanova | Belarus | 24:30.8 | 4 | +1:59.4 |
| 38 | Anna Murinova | Slovakia | 24:32.1 | 1 | +2:00.7 |
| 39 | Katerina Holubcova | Czech Republic | 24:33.3 | 1 | +2:01.9 |
| 40 | Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen | Norway | 24:34.0 | 1 | +2:02.6 |
| 41 | Natalia Levtchenkova | Moldova | 24:34.2 | 1 | +2:02.8 |
| 42 | Ludmilla Ananko | Belarus | 24:36.1 | 1 | +2:04.7 |
| 43 | Zdenka Vejnarova | Czech Republic | 24:46.4 | 2 | +2:15.0 |
| 44 | Olena Petrova | Ukraine | 24:52.2 | 2 | +2:20.8 |
| 45 | Alexandra Rusu | Romania | 24:52.5 | 0 | +2:21.1 |
| 46 | Pavlina Filipova | Bulgaria | 24:53.3 | 2 | +2:21.9 |
| 47 | Eveli Saue | Estonia | 24:55.4 | 1 | +2:24.0 |
| 48 | Dana Elena Plotogea | Romania | 25:01.7 | 1 | +2:30.3 |
| 49 | Oksana Khvostenko | Ukraine | 25:10.1 | 1 | +2:38.7 |
| 50 | Nina Lemesh | Ukraine | 25:13.5 | 2 | +2:42.1 |
| 51 | Ikuyo Tsukidate | Japan | 25:17.0 | 1 | +2:45.6 |
| 52 | Anna Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 25:21.8 | 2 | +2:50.4 |
| 53 | Katja Haller | Italy | 25:22.6 | 1 | +2:51.2 |
| 54 | Hou Yuxia | China | 25:25.8 | 5 | +2:54.4 |
| 55 | Dijana Grudiček | Slovenia | 25:28.6 | 3 | +2:57.2 |
| 56 | Magdalena Nykiel | Poland | 25:32.2 | 1 | +3:00.8 |
| 57 | Saskia Santer | Italy | 25:42.6 | 3 | +3:11.2 |
| 58 | Radka Popova | Bulgaria | 26:01.1 | 2 | +3:29.7 |
| 59 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 26:02.5 | 3 | +3:31.1 |
| 60 | Anzela Brice | Latvia | 26:03.1 | 3 | +3:31.7 |
| 61 | Magda Rezlerova | Czech Republic | 26:06.7 | 2 | +3:35.3 |
| 62 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 26:11.1 | 4 | +3:39.7 |
| 63 | Katarzyna Ponikwia | Poland | 26:17.3 | 1 | +3:45.9 |
| 64 | Kanae Meguro | Japan | 26:19.9 | 4 | +3:48.5 |
| 65 | Tamami Tanaka | Japan | 26:20.6 | 5 | +3:49.2 |
| 66 | Sandra Keith | Canada | 26:20.7 | 3 | +3:49.3 |
| 67 | Emma Fowler | Great Britain | 26:22.9 | 1 | +3:51.5 |
| 68 | Elena Gorohova | Moldova | 26:23.9 | 2 | +3:52.5 |
| 69 | Tomomi Otaka | Japan | 26:28.7 | 3 | +3:57.3 |
| 70 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 26:38.3 | 4 | +4:06.9 |
| 71 | Tracey Barnes | United States | 26:47.9 | 2 | +4:16.5 |
| 72 | Linda Savlaka | Latvia | 26:54.6 | 1 | +4:23.2 |
| 73 | Martine Albert | Canada | 27:04.4 | 2 | +4:33.0 |
| 74 | Gerda Krumina | Latvia | 27:30.5 | 3 | +4:59.1 |
| 75 | Sarah Konrad | United States | 27:30.6 | 8 | +4:59.2 |
| 76 | Marie Pierre Parent | Canada | 27:31.1 | 2 | +4:59.7 |
| 77 | Mihaela Purdea | Romania | 27:32.7 | 4 | +5:01.3 |
| 78 | Aleksandra Vasiljević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28:10.9 | 1 | +5:39.5 |
| 79 | Petra Starčević | Croatia | 28:11.9 | 2 | +5:40.5 |
| 80 | Carolyn Treacy | United States | 28:18.7 | 4 | +5:47.3 |
| 81 | Valentina Ciurina | Moldova | 30:04.2 | 4 | +7:32.8 |
| 82 | Zsofia Gottschall | Hungary | 31:09.1 | 6 | +8:37.7 |
| 83 | Veronica Isbej | Chile | 33:52.0 | 4 | +11:20.6 |
| — | Olga Pyleva | Russia | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |