# 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on Saturday 3 December 2016 in Östersund and finished on Friday 17 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

## Competition format

The 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2015–16 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Gabriela Soukalová | 413 |
| Silver: | Marie Dorin Habert | 336 |
| Bronze: | Dorothea Wierer | 327 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Marie Dorin Habert France | 20:09.7 (0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:21.1 (0+1) | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 20:29.6 (0+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 19:51.7 (0+0) | Justine Braisaz France | 19:55.2 (0+0) | Marte Olsbu Norway | 20:13.0 (0+0) |
| Nové Město details | Tatiana Akimova Russia | 21:58.9 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 22:03.2 (0+0) | Susan Dunklee United States | 22:04.0 (0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 22:28.5 (0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 22:49.8 (0+2) | Marie Dorin Habert France | 22:52.5 (0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:51.8 (0+0) | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 21:13.8 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:21.9 (0+0) |
| World Championships details | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 19:12.6 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 19:16.6 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 19:37.7 (0+0) |
| Pyeongchang details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 20:43.7 (0+0) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 20:52.1 (0+0) | Anaïs Chevalier France | 21:25.3 (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 19:18.4 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 19:36.7 (0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 19:38.8 (0+0) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Mari Laukkanen Finland | 20:33.5 (0+0) | Justine Braisaz France | 20:41.4 (0+0) | Anaïs Bescond France | 20:56.6 (0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Gabriela Koukalová (CZE) | 48 | 36 | 28 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 20 | 28 | 43 | 377 |
| 2 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | 43 | 60 | 43 | — | 48 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 10 | 372 |
| 3 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 54 | 43 | 40 | 54 | 60 | 29 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 337 |
| 4 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 60 | 24 | 30 | 48 | 43 | 36 | DNF | 32 | 24 | 297 |
| 5 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 31 | 54 | 38 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 31 | 29 | 54 | 281 |
| 6 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 36 | 21 | 27 | — | 22 | 28 | 54 | 60 | 29 | 277 |
| 7 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 10 | 0 | 54 | 43 | 23 | 48 | 48 | 34 | 0 | 260 |
| 8 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 22 | 20 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 246 |
| 9 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 25 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 38 | 22 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 241 |
| 10 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 14 | 30 | 48 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 228 |
| 11 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 19 | 0 | 34 | 23 | 32 | — | 34 | 13 | 48 | 203 |
| 12 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | 24 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 190 |
| 13 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 20 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 38 | 7 | 28 | 188 |
| 14 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 0 | 48 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 38 | 172 |
| 15 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | 11 | 12 | 60 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 7 | — | 1 | 169 |
| 16 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 0 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 40 | DNS | 6 | 32 | 165 |
| 17 | Anna Magnusson (SWE) | 27 | 0 | 8 | — | 25 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 162 |
| 18 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 26 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
| 19 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 13 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 154 |
| 20 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 40 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 142 |
| 21 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | — | — | — | 4 | 28 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 20 | 135 |
| 22 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 43 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 130 |
| 23 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 34 | 27 | 2 | — | 16 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 129 |
| 24 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 21 | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 21 | 122 |
| 25 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 122 |
| 26 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 32 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 117 |
| 27 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 29 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 113 |
| 28 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 6 | 11 | 25 | — | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 111 |
| 29 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | — | 38 | DNS | — | 5 | 34 | — | 26 | 0 | 103 |
| 30 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 22 | 60 | 99 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 31 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 98 |
| 32 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 0 | — | 0 | 22 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 92 |
| 33 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 38 | — | DNS | 0 | 89 |
| 34 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| 35 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 87 |
| 36 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 0 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 85 |
| 37 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 12 | 26 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7 | DNS | — | — | 81 |
| 38 | Fanny Horn Birkeland (NOR) | 28 | 9 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 80 |
| 39 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 79 |
| 40 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | — | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 23 | 17 | 79 |
| 41 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 70 |
| 42 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 68 |
| 43 | Irina Starykh (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 60 |
| 44 | Darya Usanova (KAZ) | 0 | 15 | — | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 58 |
| 45 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 16 | — | 31 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 57 |
| 46 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | 4 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 50 |
| 47 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 11 | — | — | 50 |
| 48 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 5 | 48 |
| 49 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| 50 | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) | 0 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| 51 | Jana Gereková (SVK) | 0 | — | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | 44 |
| 52 | Lucie Charvátová (CZE) | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41 |
| 53 | Irina Uslugina (RUS) | — | — | — | 0 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| 54 | Olga Podchufarova (RUS) | 0 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| 55 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 56 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | DNS | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 57 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | 12 | 36 |
| 58 | Clare Egan (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 36 |
| 59 | Chardine Sloof (SWE) | — | — | 0 | 31 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 |
| 60 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| # | Name | ÖST | POK | NOV | OBE | RUH | HOC | PYE | KON | OSL | Total |
| 61 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 17 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 62 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 27 |
| 63 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | — | — | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 27 |
| 64 | Julia Ransom (CAN) | 3 | 7 | 15 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 65 | Alina Raikova (KAZ) | — | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 66 | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR) | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 22 |
| 67 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 21 |
| 68 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 18 |
| 69 | Uliana Kaisheva (RUS) | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 70 | Julia Simon (FRA) | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 16 |
| 71 | Iana Bondar (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 13 | — | DNS | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 72 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | — | — | 0 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| 73 | Victoria Slivko (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 74 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 |
| 75 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 10 |
| 76 | Anastasia Zagoruiko (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 77 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 9 | DNS | 0 | 9 |
| 78 | Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| 79 | Christina Rieder (AUT) | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 |
| 80 | Joanne Reid (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 81 | Hilde Fenne (NOR) | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 82 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | — | 0 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 83 | Anja Eržen (SLO) | 0 | 4 | DNS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 84 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 85 | Enora Latuilliere (FRA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 86 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 87 | Megan Tandy (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | DNS | — | 2 |
| 88 | Nadzeya Pisareva (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 89 | Kinga Mitoraj (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |