# Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint event of the Biathlon World Championships 2016 was held on 5 March 2016.

## Results

The race was started at 14:30 CET.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 42 | Tiril Eckhoff | Norway | 21:10.8 | 0 (0+0) | |
| | 20 | Marie Dorin Habert | France | 21:25.8 | 0 (0+0) | +15.0 |
| | 48 | Laura Dahlmeier | Germany | 21:30.6 | 1 (1+0) | +19.8 |
| 4 | 33 | Gabriela Soukalová | Czech Republic | 21:48.6 | 1 (1+0) | +37.8 |
| 5 | 31 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 21:49.0 | 0 (0+0) | +38.2 |
| 6 | 32 | Mona Brorsson | Sweden | 21:54.7 | 0 (0+0) | +43.9 |
| 7 | 51 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 21:56.8 | 0 (0+0) | +46.0 |
| 8 | 19 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 21:59.0 | 1 (0+1) | +48.2 |
| 9 | 10 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 21:59.3 | 1 (0+1) | +48.5 |
| 10 | 11 | Franziska Hildebrand | Germany | 22:01.7 | 0 (0+0) | +50.9 |
| 11 | 69 | Marte Olsbu | Norway | 22:03.6 | 2 (1+1) | +52.8 |
| 12 | 22 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 22:04.9 | 1 (1+0) | +54.1 |
| 13 | 71 | Iryna Varvynets | Ukraine | 22:05.8 | 0 (0+0) | +55.0 |
| 14 | 49 | Franziska Preuß | Germany | 22:15.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:05.1 |
| 15 | 30 | Tang Jialin | China | 22:17.9 | 0 (0+0) | +1:07.1 |
| 16 | 52 | Olena Pidhrushna | Ukraine | 22:19.1 | 1 (0+1) | +1:08.3 |
| 16 | 56 | Lisa Hauser | Austria | 22:19.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:08.3 |
| 18 | 82 | Hannah Dreissigacker | United States | 22:28.8 | 0 (0+0) | +1:18.0 |
| 19 | 46 | Ekaterina Yurlova | Russia | 22:30.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:19.9 |
| 20 | 79 | Lisa Vittozzi | Italy | 22:30.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:20.0 |
| 21 | 90 | Lena Häcki | Switzerland | 22:33.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:22.5 |
| 22 | 76 | Ingela Andersson | Sweden | 22:34.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:23.5 |
| 23 | 68 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 22:37.1 | 1 (0+1) | +1:26.3 |
| 24 | 43 | Galina Vishnevskaya | Kazakhstan | 22:37.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:26.6 |
| 25 | 77 | Justine Braisaz | France | 22:37.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:27.1 |
| 26 | 93 | Anaïs Chevalier | France | 22:38.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:28.1 |
| 27 | 15 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 22:39.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:28.2 |
| 28 | 14 | Tatiana Akimova | Russia | 22:40.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:29.2 |
| 29 | 35 | Rosanna Crawford | Canada | 22:44.8 | 1 (1+0) | +1:34.0 |
| 30 | 16 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 22:46.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:35.3 |
| 31 | 59 | Yuliia Dzhima | Ukraine | 22:46.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:35.6 |
| 32 | 54 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 22:50.5 | 1 (1+0) | +1:39.7 |
| 33 | 75 | Lucie Charvátová | Czech Republic | 22:54.7 | 3 (1+2) | +1:43.9 |
| 34 | 58 | Linn Persson | Sweden | 22:55.7 | 2 (1+1) | +1:44.9 |
| 34 | 91 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 22:55.7 | 1 (1+0) | +1:44.9 |
| 36 | 24 | Karin Oberhofer | Italy | 22:56.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:45.4 |
| 37 | 85 | Susanne Hoffmann | Austria | 23:01.2 | 0 (0+0) | +1:50.4 |
| 38 | 78 | Daria Virolaynen | Russia | 23:01.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:50.5 |
| 39 | 88 | Terézia Poliaková | Slovakia | 23:03.6 | 0 (0+0) | +1:52.8 |
| 40 | 25 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 23:05.7 | 2 (0+2) | +1:54.9 |
| 41 | 95 | Jessica Jislová | Czech Republic | 23:06.9 | 0 (0+0) | +1:56.1 |
| 42 | 2 | Fanny Horn Birkeland | Norway | 23:07.8 | 3 (1+2) | +1:57.0 |
| 43 | 63 | Ivona Fialková | Slovakia | 23:09.5 | 2 (1+1) | +1:58.7 |
| 44 | 50 | Monika Hojnisz | Poland | 23:10.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:59.3 |
| 45 | 38 | Zhang Yan | China | 23:14.4 | 1 (1+0) | +2:03.6 |
| 46 | 83 | Irene Cadurisch | Switzerland | 23:15.7 | 1 (0+1) | +2:04.9 |
| 47 | 1 | Fuyuko Tachizaki | Japan | 23:19.6 | 2 (2+0) | +2:08.8 |
| 47 | 81 | Emilia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 23:19.6 | 0 (0+0) | +2:08.8 |
| 49 | 57 | Paulina Fialková | Slovakia | 23:24.5 | 3 (1+2) | +2:13.7 |
| 50 | 23 | Julia Ransom | Canada | 23:25.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:14.6 |
| 50 | 44 | Federica Sanfilippo | Italy | 23:25.4 | 3 (0+3) | +2:14.6 |
| 52 | 27 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 23:26.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:16.0 |
| 53 | 89 | Anna Magnusson | Sweden | 23:27.4 | 1 (1+0) | +2:16.6 |
| 54 | 80 | Anja Eržen | Slovenia | 23:28.3 | 2 (0+2) | +2:17.5 |
| 55 | 8 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 23:29.4 | 3 (3+0) | +2:18.6 |
| 56 | 28 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 23:32.0 | 2 (1+1) | +2:21.2 |
| 57 | 74 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 23:34.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:23.4 |
| 58 | 66 | Dunja Zdouc | Austria | 23:35.7 | 2 (1+1) | +2:24.9 |
| 59 | 45 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 23:35.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:25.0 |
| 60 | 9 | Krystyna Guzik | Poland | 23:38.0 | 3 (1+2) | +2:27.2 |
| 61 | 17 | Vanessa Hinz | Germany | 23:40.4 | 4 (2+2) | +2:29.6 |
| 62 | 13 | Meril Beilmann | Estonia | 23:41.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:30.3 |
| 63 | 96 | Annelies Cook | United States | 23:42.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:32.0 |
| 64 | 53 | Celia Aymonier | France | 23:43.7 | 4 (1+3) | +2:32.9 |
| 65 | 18 | Olga Podchufarova | Russia | 23:47.1 | 2 (0+2) | +2:36.3 |
| 66 | 26 | Iryna Kryuko | Belarus | 23:47.3 | 2 (0+2) | +2:36.5 |
| 67 | 6 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 23:48.3 | 3 (2+1) | +2:37.5 |
| 68 | 67 | Anna Kistanova | Kazakhstan | 23:54.0 | 3 (2+1) | +2:43.2 |
| 69 | 84 | Natalija Paulauskaitė | Lithuania | 23:55.2 | 1 (1+0) | +2:44.4 |
| 70 | 37 | Emőke Szőcs | Hungary | 24:08.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:58.0 |
| 71 | 87 | Sarah Beaudry | Canada | 24:09.6 | 2 (0+2) | +2:58.8 |
| 72 | 60 | Luminița Pișcoran | Romania | 24:10.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:59.8 |
| 73 | 34 | Aita Gasparin | Switzerland | 24:13.2 | 3 (2+1) | +3:02.4 |
| 74 | 41 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 24:15.7 | 1 (0+1) | +3:04.9 |
| 75 | 65 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Poland | 24:29.5 | 4 (2+2) | +3:18.7 |
| 76 | 72 | Wang Xuelan | China | 24:30.9 | 3 (1+2) | +3:20.1 |
| 77 | 92 | Hanna Sola | Belarus | 24:31.0 | 3 (1+2) | +3:20.2 |
| 78 | 3 | Baiba Bendika | Latvia | 24:32.8 | 3 (2+1) | +3:22.0 |
| 78 | 61 | Yurie Tanaka | Japan | 24:32.8 | 3 (1+2) | +3:22.0 |
| 80 | 12 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 24:35.7 | 4 (2+2) | +3:24.9 |
| 81 | 7 | Amanda Lightfoot | Great Britain | 24:38.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:27.8 |
| 82 | 64 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 24:38.8 | 5 (2+3) | +3:28.0 |
| 83 | 62 | Rina Suzuki | Japan | 24:56.4 | 2 (0+2) | +3:45.6 |
| 84 | 47 | Clare Egan | United States | 24:58.3 | 1 (0+1) | +3:47.5 |
| 85 | 73 | Hwang Hye-suk | South Korea | 25:02.6 | 0 (0+0) | +3:51.8 |
| 86 | 29 | Christina Rieder | Austria | 25:05.4 | 2 (2+0) | +3:54.6 |
| 87 | 36 | Natalija Kočergina | Lithuania | 25:05.9 | 5 (2+3) | +3:55.1 |
| 88 | 21 | Mun Ji-hee | South Korea | 25:11.3 | 3 (1+2) | +4:00.5 |
| 89 | 70 | Grete Gaim | Estonia | 25:12.0 | 2 (1+1) | +4:01.2 |
| 90 | 5 | Victoria Padial | Spain | 25:21.1 | 2 (1+1) | +4:10.3 |
| 91 | 4 | Gabrielė Leščinskaitė | Lithuania | 25:30.2 | 2 (1+1) | +4:19.4 |
| 92 | 55 | Ko Eun-jung | South Korea | 26:14.8 | 4 (2+2) | +5:04.0 |
| 93 | 86 | Florina Cîrstea | Romania | 26:16.0 | 4 (1+3) | +5:05.2 |
| 94 | 39 | Sanna Markkanen | Finland | 26:19.7 | 4 (2+2) | +5:08.9 |
| 95 | 40 | Žanna Juškāne | Latvia | 26:47.6 | 4 (3+1) | +5:36.8 |
| 96 | 94 | Stefani Popova | Bulgaria | 27:23.7 | 6 (3+3) | +6:12.9 |