# Biathlon World Championships 2011 – Women's sprint

The women's sprint competition of the Biathlon World Championships 2011 was held on March 5, 2011 at 18:00 local time. 103 athletes participated.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Penalties (P+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 5 | Magdalena Neuner | Germany | 0 (0+0) | 20:31.2 | 0.0 |
| | 48 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 0 (0+0) | 20:43.4 | +12.2 |
| | 7 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | 1 (0+1) | 21:11.2 | +40.0 |
| 4 | 56 | Olga Zaitseva | Russia | 0 (0+0) | 21:18.9 | +47.7 |
| 5 | 17 | Helena Ekholm | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 21:32.2 | +1:01.0 |
| 6 | 14 | Ekaterina Yurlova | Russia | 0 (0+0) | 21:47.5 | +1:16.3 |
| 7 | 32 | Tora Berger | Norway | 2 (1+1) | 21:54.2 | +1:23.0 |
| 8 | 16 | Marie Dorin | France | 0 (0+0) | 22:02.9 | +1:31.7 |
| 9 | 46 | Miriam Gössner | Germany | 2 (1+1) | 22:06.9 | +1:35.7 |
| 10 | 50 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 22:09.6 | +1:38.4 |
| 11 | 47 | Anna Carin Zidek | Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 22:12.7 | +1:41.5 |
| 12 | 6 | Anna Maria Nilsson | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 22:17.1 | +1:45.9 |
| 13 | 20 | Agnieszka Cyl | Poland | 0 (0+0) | 22:17.8 | +1:46.6 |
| 14 | 36 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 0 (0+0) | 22:21.3 | +1:50.1 |
| 15 | 13 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 0 (0+0) | 22:21.7 | +1:50.5 |
| 16 | 49 | Jana Gerekova | Slovakia | 1 (0+1) | 22:22.2 | +1:51.0 |
| 17 | 44 | Vita Semerenko | Ukraine | 2 (1+1) | 22:28.0 | +1:56.8 |
| 18 | 38 | Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar | Slovenia | 1 (0+1) | 22:29.1 | +1:57.9 |
| 19 | 35 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 2 (1+1) | 22:32.1 | +2:00.9 |
| 20 | 87 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets | Russia | 1 (0+1) | 22:33.1 | +2:01.9 |
| 21 | 86 | Inna Suprun | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 22:35.7 | +2:04.5 |
| 22 | 1 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 1 (1+0) | 22:37.1 | +2:05.9 |
| 23 | 85 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn | Norway | 0 (0+0) | 22:37.8 | +2:06.6 |
| 24 | 26 | Gabriela Soukalová | Czech Republic | 1 (0+1) | 22:40.8 | +2:09.6 |
| 25 | 31 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 3 (1+2) | 22:44.7 | +2:13.5 |
| 26 | 68 | Kathrin Hitzer | Germany | 2 (2+0) | 22:47.6 | +2:16.4 |
| 27 | 92 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 1 (0+1) | 23:03.0 | +2:31.8 |
| 28 | 28 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 1 (1+0) | 23:07.1 | +2:35.9 |
| 29 | 10 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 1 (0+1) | 23:14.1 | +2:42.9 |
| 30 | 29 | Olena Pidhrushna | Ukraine | 3 (1+2) | 23:17.9 | +2:46.7 |
| 31 | 51 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 1 (0+1) | 23:20.2 | +2:49.0 |
| 32 | 30 | Ramona Düringer | Austria | 3 (0+3) | 23:20.3 | +2:49.1 |
| 33 | 24 | Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland | Norway | 2 (0+2) | 23:26.4 | +2:55.2 |
| 33 | 74 | Sophie Boilley | France | 2 (1+1) | 23:26.4 | +2:55.2 |
| 35 | 9 | Marina Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 1 (1+0) | 23:27.2 | +2:56.0 |
| 36 | 25 | Itsuka Owada | Japan | 1 (0+1) | 23:27.5 | +2:56.3 |
| 37 | 53 | Wang Chunli | China | 0 (0+0) | 23:27.7 | +2:56.5 |
| 38 | 55 | Anais Bescond | France | 2 (0+2) | 23:30.2 | +2:59.0 |
| 39 | 57 | Katja Haller | Italy | 1 (1+0) | 23:31.8 | +3:00.6 |
| 40 | 63 | Fuyuko Suzuki | Japan | 0 (0+0) | 23:32.3 | +3:01.1 |
| 41 | 23 | Eveli Saue | Estonia | 1 (0+1) | 23:32.7 | +3:01.5 |
| 42 | 59 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 2 (1+1) | 23:34.7 | +3:03.5 |
| 43 | 11 | Marie-Laure Brunet | France | 2 (2+0) | 23:38.7 | +3:07.5 |
| 44 | 64 | Anna Karin Strömstedt | Sweden | 4 (3+1) | 23:40.1 | +3:08.9 |
| 45 | 42 | Emilia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 1 (1+0) | 23:49.5 | +3:18.3 |
| 46 | 95 | Anastasia Tokareva | Russia | 1 (1+0) | 23:52.4 | +3:21.2 |
| 47 | 18 | Sara Studebaker | United States | 3 (1+2) | 23:56.6 | +3:25.4 |
| 48 | 76 | Karin Oberhofer | Italy | 1 (0+1) | 24:03.3 | +3:32.1 |
| 49 | 61 | Liudmila Kalinchik | Belarus | 3 (1+2) | 24:05.3 | +3:34.1 |
| 50 | 2 | Ekaterina Vinogradova | Armenia | 3 (2+1) | 24:10.9 | +3:39.7 |
| 51 | 102 | Inna Mozhevitina | Kazakhstan | 1 (0+1) | 24:11.9 | +3:40.7 |
| 52 | 21 | Laure Soulie | Andorra | 0 (0+0) | 24:12.7 | +3:41.5 |
| 53 | 62 | Amanda Lightfoot | Great Britain | 2 (0+2) | 24:16.8 | +3:45.6 |
| 54 | 8 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 3 (1+2) | 24:22.3 | +3:51.1 |
| 54 | 45 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 3 (1+2) | 24:22.3 | +3:51.1 |
| 56 | 99 | Annalies Cook | United States | 2 (1+1) | 24:26.1 | +3:54.9 |
| 57 | 78 | Olga Poltoranina | Kazakhstan | 1 (0+1) | 24:28.7 | +3:57.5 |
| 58 | 83 | Sarianna Repo | Finland | 0 (0+0) | 24:29.1 | +3:57.9 |
| 59 | 19 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 3 (2+1) | 24:32.2 | +4:01.0 |
| 60 | 39 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 5 (2+3) | 24:34.5 | +4:03.3 |
| 61 | 84 | Barbora Tomešová | Czech Republic | 2 (1+1) | 24:34.9 | +4:03.7 |
| 62 | 101 | Daria Yurlova | Estonia | 2 (1+1) | 24:37.0 | +4:05.8 |
| 63 | 60 | Elisa Gasparin | Switzerland | 2 (1+1) | 24:39.1 | +4:07.9 |
| 64 | 70 | Nadzeya Pisareva | Belarus | 2 (1+1) | 24:40.2 | +4:09.0 |
| 65 | 67 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 4 (3+1) | 24:47.0 | +4:15.8 |
| 66 | 27 | Nina Klenovska | Bulgaria | 3 (2+1) | 24:47.6 | +4:16.4 |
| 67 | 43 | Elena Khrustaleva | Kazakhstan | 2 (0+2) | 24:48.2 | +4:17.0 |
| 68 | 80 | Monika Hojnisz | Poland | 3 (2+1) | 24:48.7 | +4:17.5 |
| 69 | 34 | Tang Jialin | China | 5 (3+2) | 24:52.9 | +4:21.7 |
| 70 | 100 | Zdeňka Vejnarová | Czech Republic | 3 (1+2) | 24:53.8 | +4:22.6 |
| 71 | 71 | Haley Johnson | United States | 4 (2+2) | 24:58.8 | +4:27.6 |
| 72 | 22 | Madara Līduma | Latvia | 4 (1+3) | 24:59.1 | +4:27.9 |
| 73 | 37 | Mun Ji-hee | South Korea | 3 (0+3) | 25:04.3 | +4:33.1 |
| 74 | 82 | Martina Chrapánová | Slovakia | 4 (1+3) | 25:05.0 | +4:33.8 |
| 75 | 94 | Paulina Bobak | Poland | 2 (1+1) | 25:15.2 | +4:44.0 |
| 76 | 41 | Iris Waldhuber | Austria | 4 (1+3) | 25:21.7 | +4:50.5 |
| 77 | 54 | Žanna Juškāne | Latvia | 3 (2+1) | 25:26.8 | +4:55.6 |
| 78 | 40 | Laura Spector | United States | 5 (3+2) | 25:29.8 | +4:58.6 |
| 79 | 81 | Kristel Viigipuu | Estonia | 3 (2+1) | 25:37.3 | +5:06.1 |
| 80 | 93 | Wang Yue | China | 3 (1+2) | 25:39.8 | +5:08.6 |
| 81 | 88 | Natsuko Abe | Japan | 4 (1+3) | 25:48.1 | +5:16.9 |
| 82 | 65 | Réka Ferencz | Romania | 4 (3+1) | 25:54.1 | +5:22.9 |
| 83 | 98 | Nerys Jones | Great Britain | 3 (3+0) | 25:56.0 | +5:24.8 |
| 84 | 52 | Sarah Murphy | New Zealand | 3 (0+3) | 25:56.6 | +5:25.4 |
| 85 | 79 | Niya Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 5 (1+4) | 26:01.8 | +5:30.6 |
| 86 | 72 | Xu Yinghui | China | 2 (1+1) | 26:03.4 | +5:32.2 |
| 87 | 97 | Naoko Azegami | Japan | 5 (2+3) | 26:08.8 | +5:37.6 |
| 88 | 77 | Fay Potton | Great Britain | 2 (1+1) | 26:14.7 | +5:43.5 |
| 89 | 89 | Luminiţa Piscoran | Romania | 5 (2+3) | 26:28.4 | +5:57.2 |
| 90 | 33 | Adele Walker | Great Britain | 6 (4+2) | 26:35.6 | +6:04.4 |
| 91 | 66 | Martina Halinárová | Slovakia | 5 (4+1) | 26:40.8 | +6:09.6 |
| 92 | 58 | Aliona Sosunova | Lithuania | 3 (1+2) | 26:42.7 | +6:11.5 |
| 93 | 73 | Chu Kyoung-mi | South Korea | 3 (1+2) | 26:52.6 | +6:21.4 |
| 94 | 96 | Sanna Markkanen | Finland | 6 (3+3) | 26:53.8 | +6:22.6 |
| 95 | 90 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 5 (2+3) | 26:57.6 | +6:26.4 |
| 96 | 12 | Kim Seo-ra | South Korea | 3 (3+0) | 27:05.6 | +6:34.4 |
| 97 | 69 | Natalija Kočergina | Lithuania | 4 (3+1) | 27:44.8 | +7:13.6 |
| 98 | 103 | Natália Prekopová | Slovakia | 5 (3+2) | 28:10.9 | +7:39.7 |
| 99 | 3 | Tanja Karisik | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 (2+2) | 28:37.6 | +8:06.4 |
| 100 | 75 | Anete Brice | Latvia | 5 (1+4) | 29:03.6 | +8:32.4 |
| 101 | 15 | Alexandra Camenşcic | Moldova | 5 (3+2) | 30:12.7 | +9:41.5 |
| | 91 | Jo In-hee | South Korea | (1+) | DNF | |
| | 4 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 1 (0+1) | DSQ | |