# Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Women's pursuit

The Women's pursuit event of the Biathlon World Championships 2016 was held on 6 March 2016. The fastest 60 athletes of the sprint competition participated over a course of 10 km.

## Results

The race was started at 15:45 CET.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Start | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 3 | Laura Dahlmeier | Germany | 0:20 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 30:49.2 | |
| | 5 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 0:38 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 31:37.5 | +48.3 |
| | 2 | Marie Dorin Habert | France | 0:15 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | 31:46.5 | +57.3 |
| 4 | 10 | Franziska Hildebrand | Germany | 0:51 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 31:51.0 | +1:01.8 |
| 5 | 16 | Olena Pidhrushna | Ukraine | 1:08 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 32:07.8 | +1:18.6 |
| 6 | 14 | Franziska Preuß | Germany | 1:05 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 32:08.2 | +1:19.0 |
| 7 | 9 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 0:49 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | 32:29.2 | +1:40.0 |
| 8 | 7 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 0:46 | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 32:31.7 | +1:42.5 |
| 9 | 31 | Yuliia Dzhima | Ukraine | 1:36 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 32:37.4 | +1:48.2 |
| 10 | 8 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 0:48 | 4 (0+1+3+0) | 32:41.7 | +1:52.5 |
| 11 | 4 | Gabriela Soukalová | Czech Republic | 0:38 | 5 (2+2+0+1) | 32:45.3 | +1:56.1 |
| 12 | 12 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 0:54 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | 32:46.6 | +1:57.4 |
| 13 | 20 | Lisa Vittozzi | Italy | 1:20 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 32:47.1 | +1:57.9 |
| 14 | 13 | Iryna Varvynets | Ukraine | 0:55 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 32:48.0 | +1:58.8 |
| 15 | 26 | Anaïs Chevalier | France | 1:28 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 32:50.3 | +2:01.1 |
| 16 | 11 | Marte Olsbu | Norway | 0:53 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | 33:03.4 | +2:14.2 |
| 17 | 1 | Tiril Eckhoff | Norway | 0:00 | 7 (1+1+1+4) | 33:17.7 | +2:28.5 |
| 18 | 33 | Lucie Charvátová | Czech Republic | 1:44 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 33:24.1 | +2:34.9 |
| 19 | 42 | Fanny Horn Birkeland | Norway | 1:57 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 33:25.1 | +2:35.9 |
| 20 | 17 | Lisa Hauser | Austria | 1:08 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 33:29.8 | +2:40.6 |
| 21 | 19 | Ekaterina Yurlova | Russia | 1:20 | 3 (0+0+3+0) | 33:39.8 | +2:50.6 |
| 22 | 25 | Justine Braisaz | France | 1:27 | 3 (2+0+0+1) | 33:39.8 | +2:50.6 |
| 23 | 49 | Paulina Fialková | Slovakia | 2:14 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 33:55.9 | +3:06.7 |
| 24 | 35 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 1:45 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 33:58.0 | +3:08.8 |
| 25 | 24 | Galina Vishnevskaya | Kazakhstan | 1:27 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | 34:00.4 | +3:11.2 |
| 26 | 28 | Tatiana Akimova | Russia | 1:29 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 34:02.2 | +3:13.0 |
| 27 | 29 | Rosanna Crawford | Canada | 1:34 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | 34:04.1 | +3:14.9 |
| 28 | 58 | Dunja Zdouc | Austria | 2:25 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 34:05.4 | +3:16.2 |
| 29 | 44 | Monika Hojnisz | Poland | 1:59 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 34:08.3 | +3:19.1 |
| 30 | 55 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 2:19 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 34:10.3 | +3:21.1 |
| 31 | 36 | Karin Oberhofer | Italy | 1:45 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | 34:20.6 | +3:31.4 |
| 32 | 22 | Ingela Andersson | Sweden | 1:24 | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 34:24.4 | +3:35.2 |
| 33 | 21 | Lena Häcki | Switzerland | 1:23 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 34:26.9 | +3:37.7 |
| 34 | 15 | Tang Jialin | China | 1:07 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 34:27.3 | +3:38.1 |
| 35 | 27 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 1:28 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 34:28.9 | +3:39.7 |
| 36 | 18 | Hannah Dreissigacker | United States | 1:18 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | 34:32.4 | +3:43.2 |
| 37 | 38 | Daria Virolaynen | Russia | 1:51 | 5 (0+1+1+3) | 35:00.9 | +4:11.7 |
| 38 | 48 | Emilia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 2:09 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | 35:06.0 | +4:16.8 |
| 39 | 6 | Mona Brorsson | Sweden | 0:44 | 7 (3+2+0+3) | 35:07.3 | +4:18.1 |
| 40 | 34 | Linn Persson | Sweden | 1:45 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | 35:17.4 | +4:28.2 |
| 41 | 37 | Susanne Hoffmann | Austria | 1:50 | 3 (1+0+2+0) | 35:23.4 | +4:34.2 |
| 42 | 50 | Julia Ransom | Canada | 2:15 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | 35:27.4 | +4:38.2 |
| 43 | 32 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 1:40 | 6 (2+2+2+0) | 35:42.1 | +4:52.9 |
| 44 | 47 | Fuyuko Tachizaki | Japan | 2:09 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | 35:46.7 | +4:57.5 |
| 45 | 52 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 2:16 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | 35:53.6 | +5:04.4 |
| 46 | 40 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 1:55 | 6 (3+1+1+1) | 36:12.2 | +5:23.0 |
| 47 | 30 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 1:35 | 7 (2+0+3+2) | 36:13.0 | +5:23.8 |
| 48 | 41 | Jessica Jislová | Czech Republic | 1:56 | 6 (0+0+3+3) | 36:14.0 | +5:24.8 |
| 49 | 56 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 2:21 | 5 (2+2+0+1) | 36:14.1 | +5:24.9 |
| 50 | 51 | Federica Sanfilippo | Italy | 2:15 | 7 (1+0+3+3) | 36:33.5 | +5:44.3 |
| 51 | 46 | Irene Cadurisch | Switzerland | 2:05 | 6 (0+4+1+1) | 36:43.8 | +5:54.6 |
| 52 | 23 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 1:26 | 8 (1+3+3+1) | 36:49.6 | +6:00.4 |
| 53 | 43 | Ivona Fialková | Slovakia | 1:59 | 7 (2+2+2+1) | 36:50.2 | +6:01.0 |
| 54 | 59 | Andreja Mali | Slovenia | 2:25 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | 36:59.8 | +6:10.6 |
| 55 | 54 | Anja Eržen | Slovenia | 2:18 | 7 (2+2+1+2) | 37:02.6 | +6:13.4 |
| 56 | 57 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 2:23 | 6 (2+2+1+1) | 37:19.2 | +6:30.0 |
| 57 | 53 | Anna Magnusson | Sweden | 2:17 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | 37:21:5 | +6:32.3 |
| 58 | 39 | Terézia Poliaková | Slovakia | 1:53 | 6 (4+0+0+2) | 37:32.7 | +6:43.5 |
| 59 | 45 | Zhang Yan | China | 2:04 | 5 (2+2+1+0) | 38:04.5 | +7:15.3 |
| — | 60 | Krystyna Guzik | Poland | 2:27 | DNS | DNS | DNS |