| Event: | Women's biathlon individual |
| Games: | 1998 Winter |
| Venue: | Nozawa Onsen |
| Dates: | 9 February |
| Competitors: | 64 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 54:52.0 |
| Gold: | Ekaterina Dafovska |
| Goldnoc: | BUL |
| Silver: | Olena Petrova |
| Silvernoc: | UKR |
| Bronze: | Uschi Disl |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 1994 |
| Next: | 2002 |
The Women's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting four times, twice prone and twice standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.[1]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Result | data-sort-type=number | Penalties ! | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 54:52.0 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | |||||
| 35 | 55:09.8 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | |||||
| 26 | 55:17.9 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | |||||
| 30 | 55:18.1 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | |||||
| 41 | 56:01.0 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | +1:09.0 | ||||
| 51 | 56:17.4 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +1:25.4 | ||||
| 32 | 56:21.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:29.7 | ||||
| 7 | 56:38.7 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +1:46.7 | ||||
| 21 | 56:41.3 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +1:49.3 | ||||
| 10 | 52 | 56:46.3 | 4 (1+2+1+0) | +1:54.3 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 56:48.6 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +1:56.6 | |||
| 12 | 62 | 56:53.4 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +2:01.4 | |||
| 13 | 57 | 57:10.8 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +2:18.8 | |||
| 14 | 43 | 57:16.9 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | +2:24.9 | |||
| 15 | 50 | 57:21.2 | 5 (0+3+1+1) | +2:29.2 | |||
| 16 | 64 | 57:51.1 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +2:59.1 | |||
| 17 | 40 | 57:56.0 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +3:04.0 | |||
| 18 | 46 | 58:01.0 | 4 (2+1+1+0) | +3:09.0 | |||
| 19 | 38 | 58:03.5 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | +3:11.5 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 58:13.1 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | +3:21.1 | |||
| 21 | 49 | 58:19.2 | 6 (2+2+0+2) | +3:27.2 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 58:25.4 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +3:33.4 | |||
| 23 | 47 | 58:42.8 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +3:50.8 | |||
| 24 | 14 | 58:45.9 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +3:53.9 | |||
| 25 | 29 | 58:54.4 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +4:02.4 | |||
| 26 | 33 | 59:20.8 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +4:28.8 | |||
| 27 | 44 | 59:29.7 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +4:37.7 | |||
| 28 | 3 | 59:43.0 | 2 (2+0+0+0) | +4:51.0 | |||
| 29 | 23 | 59:59.3 | 4 (0+0+0+4) | +5:07.3 | |||
| 30 | 53 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +5:17.0 | ||||
| 31 | 5 | 6 (1+2+3+0) | +5:37.2 | ||||
| 32 | 39 | 5 (0+2+0+3) | +6:03.2 | ||||
| 33 | 11 | 3 (3+0+0+0) | +6:06.8 | ||||
| 34 | 20 | 7 (2+1+1+3) | +6:08.3 | ||||
| 35 | 60 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | +6:13.8 | ||||
| 36 | 16 | 8 (3+2+2+1) | +6:27.1 | ||||
| 37 | 48 | 7 (3+0+2+2) | +6:29.9 | ||||
| 38 | 6 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +6:34.3 | ||||
| 39 | 2 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | +6:34.4 | ||||
| 40 | 63 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | +6:36.5 | ||||
| 41 | 8 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | +6:41.5 | ||||
| 42 | 56 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | +6:43.4 | ||||
| 43 | 45 | Kerryn Rim | 4 (0+3+0+1) | +6:46.1 | |||
| 44 | 36 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +6:56.9 | ||||
| 45 | 24 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +6:58.9 | ||||
| 46 | 17 | 5 (2+1+2+0) | +7:04.5 | ||||
| 47 | 59 | 4 (0+3+1+0) | +7:06.8 | ||||
| 48 | 54 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +7:14.7 | ||||
| 49 | 58 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | +7:43.0 | ||||
| 50 | 31 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +7:52.1 | ||||
| 51 | 15 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | +7:53.0 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +8:08.5 | ||||
| 53 | 13 | 6 (2+2+1+1) | +8:33.4 | ||||
| 54 | 55 | 7 (2+2+2+1) | +8:35.7 | ||||
| 55 | 25 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +9:05.3 | ||||
| 56 | 61 | 5 (1+0+3+1) | +9:51.7 | ||||
| 57 | 34 | 6 (2+3+1+0) | |||||
| 58 | 27 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | |||||
| 59 | 9 | 7 (2+1+1+3) | |||||
| 60 | 10 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | |||||
| 61 | 42 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | |||||
| 62 | 4 | 9 (3+0+2+4) | |||||
| 63 | 37 | 4 (0+0+1+3) | |||||
| 64 | 12 | 5 (0+2+2+1) |