Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint explained

Event:	Women’s sprint
Games:	2022 Winter
Venue:	Hualindong Ski Resort
Date:	11 February
Competitors:	89
Nations:	29
Win Value:	20:44.3
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Elvira Öberg
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Dorothea Wierer
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The Women's sprint competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 11 February, at the National Biathlon Centre,^[1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180km (110miles) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1665m (5,463feet).^[2] The event was won by Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway, who was the 2018 silver medalist in sprint. This was her first individual Olympic gold medal. Elvira Öberg of Sweden won silver, her first Olympic medal, and Dorothea Wierer of Italy bronze, her first individual Olympic medal.

Summary

The 2018 champion, Laura Dahlmeier, and the bronze medalist, Veronika Vítková, retired from competitions. Røiseland was the overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup as well as the leader in the sprint before the Olympics.

Qualification

See main article: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Results

The race was started at 17:00.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Penalties (P+S)	Deficit
	5			20:44.3	0 (0+0)
	45			21:15.2	0 (0+0)
	22			21:21.5	0 (0+0)
4	33			21:31.6	0 (0+0)
5	30			21:44.5	0 (0+0)	+1:00.2
6	7			21:49.3	2 (1+1)	+1:05.0
7	35			21:50.2	0 (0+0)	+1:05.9
8	57			21:51.8	1 (0+1)	+1:07.5
9	55			21:53.1	1 (1+0)	+1:08.8
10	4			21:59.5	0 (0+0)	+1:15.2
11	1			22:00.4	2 (1+1)	+1:16.1
12	49			22:03.9	1 (0+1)	+1:19.6
13	36			22:11.8	2 (2+0)	+1:27.5
14	18			22:12.0	1 (0+1)	+1:27.7
15	24			22:12.8	1 (0+1)	+1:28.5
16	27			22:12.9	1 (1+0)	+1:28.6
17	6			22:15.4	1 (1+0)	+1:31.1
18	38			22:15.7	0 (0+0)	+1:31.4
19	52			22:19.1	3 (1+2)	+1:34.8
20	43			22:23.7	1 (0+1)	+1:39.4
21	3			22:26.4	2 (0+2)	+1:42.1
22	9			22:29.4	2 (1+1)	+1:45.1
23	40			22:30.3	2 (1+1)	+1:46.0
24	70			22:31.6	1 (1+0)	+1:47.3
25	56			22:35.6	1 (0+1)	+1:51.3
26	16			22:36.4	4 (1+3)	+1:52.1
27	65			22:39.5	0 (0+0)	+1:55.2
28	8			22:39.8	2 (0+2)	+1:55.5
29	28			22:40.3	3 (1+2)	+1:56.0
30	73			22:41.4	2 (0+2)	+1:57.1
31	26			22:42.7	1 (1+0)	+1:58.4
32	47			22:47.6	1 (0+1)	+2:03.3
33	29			22:49.2	2 (1+1)	+2:04.9
34	81			22:54.9	2 (0+2)	+2:10.6
35	44			23:03.5	1 (1+0)	+2:19.2
36	25			23:09.1	4 (4+0)	+2:24.8
37	60			23:10.1	2 (0+2)	+2:25.8
38	59			23:10.3	4 (1+3)	+2:26.0
39	21			23:10.8	1 (0+1)	+2:26.5
40	15			23:11.7	2 (2+0)	+2:27.4
41	19			23:11.8	4 (2+2)	+2:27.5
41	37			23:11.8	4 (1+3)	+2:27.5
43	63			23:13.3	0 (0+0)	+2:29.0
44	87			23:15.3	1 (0+1)	+2:31.0
45	79			23:16.2	2 (1+1)	+2:31.9
46	10			23:16.4	3 (1+2)	+2:32.1
47	67			23:17.6	3 (0+3)	+2:33.3
48	2			23:18.4	3 (1+2)	+2:34.1
49	31			23:19.4	2 (2+0)	+2:35.1
50	62			23:20.7	3 (1+2)	+2:36.4
51	58			23:21.7	1 (0+1)	+2:37.4
52	12			23:22.6	1 (1+0)	+2:38.3
53	41			23:22.9	1 (1+0)	+2:38.6
54	17			23:24.2	2 (2+0)	+2:39.9
55	83			23:24.3	3 (1+2)	+2:40.0
56	77			23:24.4	2 (1+1)	+2:40.1
57	78			23:30.7	1 (1+0)	+2:46.4
58	68			23:30.9	2 (2+0)	+2:46.6
59	23			23:31.2	2 (1+1)	+2:46.9
60	14			23:32.5	3 (2+1)	+2:48.2
61	46			23:32.6	2 (1+1)	+2:48.3
62	64			23:33.7	1 (1+0)	+2:49.4
63	53			23:37.1	0 (0+0)	+2:52.8
64	11			23:41.1	3 (3+0)	+2:56.8
65	34			23:54.6	0 (0+0)	+3:10.3
66	89			23:55.4	3 (1+2)	+3:11.1
67	50			23:58.9	3 (1+2)	+3:14.6
68	13			24:02.0	4 (1+3)	+3:17.7
69	75			24:05.1	2 (1+1)	+3:20.8
70	71			24:10.1	4 (1+3)	+3:25.8
71	32			24:14.3	2 (1+1)	+3:30.0
72	76			24:20.7	1 (1+0)	+3:36.4
73	82			24:20.9	0 (0+0)	+3:36.6
74	85			24:21.5	1 (0+1)	+3:37.2
75	69			24:30.0	3 (1+2)	+3:45.7
76	88			24:33.1	2 (1+1)	+3:48.8
77	20			24:35.4	3 (1+2)	+3:51.1
78	66			24:39.1	1 (0+1)	+3:54.8
79	54			24:43.6	3 (3+0)	+3:59.3
80	80			24:45.9	2 (1+1)	+4:01.6
81	72			24:50.3	3 (2+1)	+4:06.0
82	39			24:57.1	5 (3+2)	+4:12.8
83	42			25:18.2	1 (1+0)	+4:33.9
84	86			25:26.4	1 (1+0)	+4:42.1
85	48			25:32.1	2 (0+2)	+4:47.8
86	51			26:04.6	4 (2+2)	+5:20.3
87	74			26:06.7	4 (4+0)	+5:22.4
88	84			26:13.2	3 (2+1)	+5:28.9
89	61			26:27.7	4 (3+1)	+5:43.4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. www.beijing2022.cn. 2021-07-18. 2021-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720142206/https://www.beijing2022.cn//en/olympics_/biathlon.htm. live.
2. Web site: Beijing . Inside IBU . International Biathlon Union . 2022-01-16 .
3. Web site: Final results. Ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 19 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220211201846/https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2122/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWSP/C73B_v1.pdf. 11 February 2022. 11 February 2022. live.