# 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and finished on March 19, 2016, in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland finished on the 4th place. Gabriela Soukalová of the Czech Republic won the title.

## Competition format

The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

## 2014–15 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 348 |
| Silver: | Darya Domracheva | 347 |
| Bronze: | Valj Semerenko | 255 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:45.1 (1+0+1+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 30:47.0 (0+0+1+0) | Franziska Hildebrand Germany | 30:48.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 28:23.3 (0+0+0+1) | Maren Hammerschmidt Germany | 28:36.6 (0+0+1+1) | Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic | 28:41.8 (0+0+0+1) |
| Pokljuka details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:08.9 (0+0+0+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 30:26.9 (0+0+0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 31:04.1 (0+0+0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 32:35.9 (0+0+1+0) | Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic | 32:43.2 (0+0+0+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 33:29.5 (0+1+0+1) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Ekaterina Yurlova Russia | 30:07.3 (1+0+0+0) | Selina Gasparin Switzerland | 30:19.3 (1+0+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 30:25.3 (0+0+2+1) |
| Presque Isle details | Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic | 31:24.6 (0+0+3+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 31:58.6 (0+1+2+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 32:03.4 (1+0+4+0) |
| World Championships details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:49.2 (0+0+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 31:37.5 (0+1+1+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 31:46.5 (0+0+2+1) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:06.7 (1+0+1+0) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 30:08.2 (0+0+0+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 30:12.4 (0+0+1+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | RUH | ANT | PRE | WCH | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Gabriela Soukalová (CZE) | 40 | 48 | 43 | 54 | 36 | 60 | 30 | 43 | 354 |
| 2 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 54 | 34 | 30 | 48 | 48 | 32 | 54 | 48 | 348 |
| 3 | Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA) | 43 | 29 | 54 | 40 | 15 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 331 |
| 4 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 60 | 18 | 48 | 28 | 20 | 54 | 36 | 60 | 324 |
| 5 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | – | 60 | 60 | 60 | – | – | 60 | 25 | 265 |
| 6 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 48 | 43 | 29 | 32 | 14 | – | 43 | 28 | 237 |
| 7 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 31 | 23 | – | 31 | 27 | 36 | 40 | 36 | 224 |
| 8 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 34 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 28 | 38 | 34 | DNF | 217 |
| 9 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 38 | 30 | 40 | – | – | 27 | 38 | 40 | 213 |
| 10 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 32 | 40 | 7 | 43 | 43 | – | 24 | – | 189 |
| 11 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) | – | 27 | 6 | 20 | 60 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 187 |
| 12 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | – | 10 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 31 | 19 | 181 |
| 13 | Juliya Dzhyma (UKR) | 13 | 38 | 19 | 34 | DNS | 0 | 32 | 32 | 168 |
| 14 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) | 26 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 168 |
| 15 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | – | 25 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 161 |
| 16 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 12 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 159 |
| 17 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 17 | 21 | – | 11 | 40 | 43 | DNS | 22 | 144 |
| 18 | Olga Podchufarova (RUS) | 14 | 36 | 27 | 30 | 34 | DNS | – | – | 141 |
| 19 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 36 | – | 12 | 22 | 12 | – | 25 | 34 | 141 |
| 20 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 27 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 140 |
| 21 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 28 | – | 9 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 123 |
| 22 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 15 | 31 | 22 | DNS | 23 | — | 0 | 26 | 117 |
| 23 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 9 | 54 | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 112 |
| 24 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | 54 | 15 | — | 21 | 105 |
| 25 | Fanny Horn Birkeland (NOR) | 7 | 32 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 22 | 38 | 105 |
| 26 | Lucie Charvatová (CZE) | – | 19 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 105 |
| 27 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 19 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 4 | – | – | 97 |
| 28 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 21 | – | 16 | 38 | — | — | 18 | 0 | 93 |
| 29 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 29 | 12 | 38 | 12 | — | — | — | 0 | 91 |
| 30 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | – | – | 0 | – | 30 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 86 |
| 31 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 82 |
| 32 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) | – | 3 | 21 | 19 | 29 | DNS | 4 | 5 | 81 |
| 33 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | 30 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | — | 0 | 80 |
| 34 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 25 | – | 12 | 8 | 80 |
| 35 | Olga Abramova (UKR) | 24 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 9 | — | — | – | 79 |
| 36 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | – | – | – | 0 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 70 |
| 37 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | – | – | 11 | 24 | 32 | – | – | – | 67 |
| 38 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) | 11 | 22 | – | 7 | – | 25 | – | 2 | 67 |
| 39 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 23 | 8 | 18 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 0 | 67 |
| 40 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 0 | DNS | – | – | 7 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 62 |
| 41 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) | – | – | 17 | – | DNS | 14 | 27 | 0 | 58 |
| 42 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 0 | 14 | 20 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 55 |
| 43 | Jana Gereková (SVK) | 20 | 4 | – | 27 | 0 | DNS | 0 | – | 51 |
| 44 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | 25 | 24 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 49 |
| 45 | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR) | – | – | – | – | DNS | 34 | – | 14 | 48 |
| 46 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | – | 13 | 2 | 18 | – | 9 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 47 | Célia Aymonier (FRA) | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 30 | – | 0 | 41 |
| 48 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 18 | 6 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 14 | – | 38 |
| 49 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) | – | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | – | – | 37 |
| 50 | Hilde Fenne (NOR) | – | 2 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | 36 |
| 51 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 19 | 16 | DNS | 35 |
| 52 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | – | – | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – | 18 | 35 |
| 53 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 28 | – | 6 | 34 |
| 54 | Julia Ransom (CAN) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | – | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| 55 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | 19 | – | 1 | – | 28 |
| 56 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 13 | – | 24 |
| 57 | Éva Tófalvi (ROU) | 22 | DNS | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 22 |
| 58 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | – | 0 | 5 | 17 | – | – | 0 | – | 22 |
| 59 | Hannah Dreissigacker (USA) | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 5 | – | 22 |
| 60 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | 4 | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | – | – | 21 |
| 61 | Anastasia Zagoruiko (RUS) | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | 13 | 21 |
| 62 | Clare Egan (USA) | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | – | – | 18 |
| 63 | Ingela Andersson (SWE) | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 64 | Yan Zhang (CHN) | 0 | – | 8 | 9 | – | – | 0 | – | 17 |
| 65 | Megan Tandy (CAN) | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 |
| 66 | Weronika Nowakowska (POL) | 0 | 15 | – | 0 | – | DNS | – | – | 15 |
| 67 | Darya Yurkevich (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 15 |
| 68 | Federica Sanfilippo (UKR) | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | – | DNS | 0 | – | 14 |
| 69 | Darya Usanova (KAZ) | 8 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 6 | DNS | 14 |
| 70 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR) | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 72 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 73 | Coline Varcin (FRA) | 6 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | 10 |
| 74 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | – | 0 | 9 |
| 75 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 7 | – | 7 |
| 76 | Marine Bolliet (FRA) | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 77 | Luise Kummer (GER) | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | 6 |
| 78 | Nadiia Bielkina (UKR) | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| 79 | Desislava Stoyanova (BUL) | – | DNS | – | – | 5 | DNS | 0 | – | 5 |
| 80 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 81 | Emilia Yordanova (BUL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| 82 | Irene Cadurisch (SUI) | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 2 |
| 83 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 |
| 84 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 85 | Iana Bondar (UKR) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 |