# 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on Wednesday 30 November 2016 in Östersund and finished on Wednesday 15 February 2017 at the World Championships in Hochfilzen. The defending titlist was Dorothea Wierer of Italy.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.

## Competition format

The 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2015–16 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Dorothea Wierer | 154 |
| Silver: | Marie Dorin Habert | 152 |
| Bronze: | Gabriela Soukalová | 128 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 46:14.0 (0+0+1+1) | Anaïs Bescond France | 46:29.8 (0+0+0+1) | Darya Yurkevich Belarus | 47:31.3 (0+0+0+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 44:48.7 (1+1+0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 44:52.5 (0+1+0+0) | Alexia Runggaldier Italy | 45:34.7 (0+1+0+0) |
| World Championships details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 41:30.1 (1+0+0+0) | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 41:54.8 (1+0+0+0) | Alexia Runggaldier Italy | 43:15.7 (0+0+0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | ANT | HOC | Total |
| 1 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 180 |
| 2 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 31 | 38 | 34 | 103 |
| 3 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | 0 | 48 | 48 | 96 |
| 4 | Gabriela Koukalová (CZE) | 24 | 17 | 54 | 95 |
| 5 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 28 | 24 | 31 | 83 |
| 6 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 0 | 40 | 36 | 76 |
| 7 | Olga Podchufarova (RUS) | 27 | 34 | 15 | 76 |
| 8 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 21 | 21 | 32 | 74 |
| 9 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 0 | 30 | 43 | 73 |
| 10 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 26 | 28 | 18 | 72 |
| 11 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 17 | 26 | 26 | 69 |
| 12 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 36 | 31 | 0 | 67 |
| 13 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 22 | 43 | 1 | 66 |
| 14 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 8 | 54 | 3 | 65 |
| 15 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 40 | 23 | 0 | 63 |
| 16 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 16 | 32 | 10 | 58 |
| 17 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | 29 | 29 | 0 | 58 |
| 18 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 54 | DSQ | 0 | 54 |
| 19 | Darya Yurkevich (BLR) | 48 | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| 20 | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) | 38 | 16 | — | 54 |
| 21 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 0 | 25 | 24 | 49 |
| 22 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 0 | 36 | 11 | 47 |
| 23 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 10 | 10 | 25 | 45 |
| 24 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 43 | — | — | 43 |
| 25 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) | — | 13 | 30 | 43 |
| 26 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | — | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 27 | Ekaterina Avvakumova (KOR) | — | — | 40 | 40 |
| 28 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 34 | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| 29 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 0 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 30 | Yuliya Zhuravok (UKR) | 30 | 7 | — | 37 |
| # | Name | ÖST | ANT | HOC | Total |
| 31 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 25 | 12 | 0 | 37 |
| 32 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 18 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 33 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 0 | 5 | 29 | 34 |
| 34 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 35 | Anna Magnusson (SWE) | 20 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 36 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) | 7 | — | 21 | 28 |
| 37 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 38 | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR) | — | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| 39 | Julia Ransom (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 40 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) | 23 | — | — | 23 |
| 41 | Zhang Yan (CHN) | — | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| 42 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | 22 | — | 22 |
| 43 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | 20 | 22 |
| 44 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | — | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 45 | Clare Egan (USA) | 1 | 0 | 19 | 20 |
| 46 | Fabienne Hartweger (AUT) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 47 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 48 | Emilia Yordanova (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 49 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 50 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 51 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | — | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 52 | Darya Usanova (KAZ) | 14 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 53 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | — | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | — | 13 | 13 |
| 55 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 13 | — | — | 13 |
| 56 | Joanne Reid (USA) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 57 | Alina Raikova (KAZ) | 0 | — | 12 | 12 |
| 58 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 59 | Anna Kistanova (KAZ) | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 60 | Lucie Charvátová (CZE) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| # | Name | ÖST | ANT | HOC | Total |
| 61 | Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 9 | — | 0 | 9 |
| 62 | Amanda Lightfoot (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 63 | Megan Tandy (CAN) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 64 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 65 | Sari Furuya (JPN) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 66 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 67 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 68 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 69 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 70 | Sanna Markkanen (FIN) | — | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 71 | Chardine Sloof (SWE) | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| 72 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | — | — | 2 | 2 |