2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women Explained

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on 1 December 2019 in Östersund and will finished on 13 March 2020 in Kontiolahti. The defending champion Anastasiya Kuzmina retired after the 2018-19 season.

Competition format

The 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 . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2018–19 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Anastasiya Kuzmina	371
Silver:	Dorothea Wierer	330
Bronze:	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	326

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Östersund details	Dorothea Wierer	19:48.5	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	19:57.1	Markéta Davidová	20:00.4
Hochfilzen details	Dorothea Wierer	21:26.5	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	21:32.4	Svetlana Mironova	21:44.8
Le Grand-Bornand details	Tiril Eckhoff	20:27.0	Justine Braisaz	20:33.2	Markéta Davidová	20:47.5
Oberhof details	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	22:04.9	Denise Herrmann	22:38.0	Julia Simon	22:52.3
Ruhpolding details	Tiril Eckhoff	18:55.5	Hanna Öberg	19:25.2	Dorothea Wierer	19:32.3
World Championships details	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	21:13.1	Susan Dunklee	21:19.9	Lucie Charvátová	21:34.4
Nové Město details	Denise Herrmann	18:51.0	Anaïs Bescond	19:18.2	Markéta Davidová	19:50.0
Kontiolahti details	Denise Herrmann	20:00.5	Franziska Preuß	20:20.6	Tiril Eckhoff	20:32.8
Oslo	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

Standings

	Name	ÖST	HOC	LGB	OBE	RUH	ANT	NOV	KON	OSL	Total ^[1]
1		38	0	40	54	22	40	60	60	—	314
2		60	60	19	43	48	36	17	22	—	305
3		1	34	60	40	60	0	40	48	—	283
4		54	36	—	60	38	60	—	—	—	248
5		30	40	27	20	54	23	38	13	—	245
6		43	0	29	—	27	34	28	54	—	215
7		0	18	26	21	32	38	36	43	—	214
8		48	6	48	18	0	4	48	40	—	212
9		24	23	34	48	36	0	16	30	—	211
10		0	43	31	38	40	25	14	0	—	191
11		16	54	38	7	9	0	16	32	—	172
12		0	16	54	13	19	9	31	24	—	166
13		11	38	20	0	26	48	2	18	—	163
14		21	DNF	0	34	24	13	32	38	—	162
15		29	14	12	8	21	28	34	0	—	146
16		26	48	43	22	0	3	—	0	—	142
17		27	30	28	—	6	24	26	0	—	141
18		20	31	0	10	2	21	54	0	—	138
19		6	0	0	26	34	27	13	20	—	126
20		13	25	25	32	31	0	—	0	—	126
21		17	32	0	16	0	5	29	27	—	126
22		32	1	0	15	0	26	19	28	—	121
23		0	28	0	30	8	1	27	23	—	117
24		36	17	7	31	0	22	0	0	—	113
25		23	0	13	11	5	0	25	36	—	113
26		9	0	0	27	16	54	6	—	—	112
27		18	4	16	29	0	0	43	0	—	110
28		—	29	32	5	1	43	0	0	—	110
29		40	20	0	14	14	0	18	0	—	106
30		19	12	21	0	30	8	0	16	—	106
	Name	ÖST	HOC	LGB	OBE	RUH	ANT	NOV	KON	OSL	Total
31		34	21	30	0	17	0	0	0	—	102
32		0	15	23	—	4	20	30	0	—	92
33		0	0	15	23	0	16	0	31	—	85
34		7	5	0	0	18	29	0	26	—	85
35		31	0	0	0	7	30	0	11	—	79
36		14	10	0	0	0	32	0	21	—	77
37		0	0	5	36	0	6	24	5	—	76
38		0	8	36	28	0	0	0	—	—	72
39		22	9	0	24	DNS	17	0	0	—	72
40		0	0	8	0	0	31	11	19	—	69
41		—	0	3	25	12	19	9	0	—	68
42		10	0	—	6	25	0	0	25	—	66
43		0	0	—	—	3	18	10	29	—	60
44		0	0	14	0	0	11	21	14	—	60
45		0	11	0	0	43	0	4	DNS	—	58
46		28	0	0	17	0	0	0	3	—	48
47		3	0	0	9	13	15	8	—	—	48
48		25	0	0	0	20	0	0	2	—	47
49		4	20	22	0	0	0	0	—	—	46
50		2	0	2	3	0	—	0	34	—	41
51		0	27	0	0	0	0	0	12	—	39
52		0	0	0	0	0	14	23	—	—	37
53		—	—	—	0	28	—	7	1	—	36
54		0	26	0	DNS	0	—	0	8	—	34
55		—	2	17	—	15	—	—	—	—	34
56		0	0	10	0	23	0	—	—	—	33
57		0	0	4	0	0	0	22	7	—	33
58		0	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	—	30
59		5	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	—	30
60		—	—	—	0	29	—	0	0	—	29
	Name	ÖST	HOC	LGB	OBE	RUH	ANT	NOV	KON	OSL	Total
61		0	—	0	—	—	—	20	9	—	29
62		—	0	9	4	11	—	—	4	—	28
63		15	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	—	25
64		0	22	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	22
65		0	0	0	0	10	0	5	6	—	21
66		—	—	18	2	0	0	0	0	—	20
67		0	0	0	19	0	0	—	0	—	19
68		0	—	—	0	0	0	1	17	—	18
69		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	15
70		0	13	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	13
71		—	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	—	12
72		0	0	0	—	—	0	12	—	—	12
73		12	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
74		—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	12
75		0	0	11	—	0	—	—	—	—	11
76		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	10
77		8	0	0	DNS	0	0	—	—	—	8
78		0	0	0	0	0	7	—	—	—	7
78		0	7	0	0	—	0	—	0	—	7
80		0	—	0	—	0	2	3	0	—	5
81		—	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	4

Notes and References

1. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1920/BT/SWRL/SWSP.pdf Women's Sprint standings