Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

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]

Women's biathlon individual at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Nozawa Onsen
Dates	9 February
Competitors	64 from 29 nations
Winning time	54:52.0
Medalists
Ekaterina Dafovska  Bulgaria Olena Petrova  Ukraine Uschi Disl  Germany

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Result	Penalties	Deficit
	18	Ekaterina Dafovska	Bulgaria	54:52.0	1 (0+0+1+0)	–
	35	Olena Petrova	Ukraine	55:09.8	1 (1+0+0+0)	+17.8
	26	Uschi Disl	Germany	55:17.9	1 (0+0+0+1)	+25.9
4	30	Pavlina Filipova	Bulgaria	55:18.1	1 (0+0+0+1)	+26.1
5	41	Andreja Grašič	Slovenia	56:01.0	4 (1+0+1+2)	+1:09.0
6	51	Ryoko Takahashi	Japan	56:17.4	3 (1+0+1+1)	+1:25.4
7	32	Albina Akhatova	Russia	56:21.7	1 (0+0+0+1)	+1:29.7
8	7	Annette Sikveland	Norway	56:38.7	3 (0+0+2+1)	+1:46.7
9	21	Yu Shumei	China	56:41.3	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:49.3
10	52	Martina Zellner	Germany	56:46.3	4 (1+2+1+0)	+1:54.3
11	22	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	56:48.6	1 (0+0+1+0)	+1:56.6
12	62	Svetlana Paramygina	Belarus	56:53.4	2 (0+0+2+0)	+2:01.4
13	57	Olga Melnik	Russia	57:10.8	2 (0+0+2+0)	+2:18.8
14	43	Magdalena Forsberg	Sweden	57:16.9	3 (0+1+2+0)	+2:24.9
15	50	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	Norway	57:21.2	5 (0+3+1+1)	+2:29.2
16	64	Corinne Niogret	France	57:51.1	1 (0+0+0+1)	+2:59.1
17	40	Anna Stera	Poland	57:56.0	2 (0+0+0+2)	+3:04.0
18	46	Nathalie Santer	Italy	58:01.0	4 (2+1+1+0)	+3:09.0
19	38	Nataliya Ryzhenkova	Belarus	58:03.5	3 (0+2+1+0)	+3:11.5
20	19	Anne Briand-Bouthiaux	France	58:13.1	3 (0+0+0+3)	+3:21.1
21	49	Sun Ribo	China	58:19.2	6 (2+2+0+2)	+3:27.2
22	28	Irina Tananayko	Belarus	58:25.4	1 (0+1+0+0)	+3:33.4
23	47	Lyudmila Guryeva	Kazakhstan	58:42.8	4 (1+0+2+1)	+3:50.8
24	14	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Ukraine	58:45.9	3 (1+1+1+0)	+3:53.9
25	29	Ieva Cederštrēma	Latvia	58:54.4	1 (0+0+1+0)	+4:02.4
26	33	Soňa Mihoková	Slovakia	59:20.8	3 (1+1+0+1)	+4:28.8
27	44	Petra Behle-Schaaf	Germany	59:29.7	1 (0+0+1+0)	+4:37.7
28	3	Olena Zubrilova	Ukraine	59:43.0	2 (2+0+0+0)	+4:51.0
29	23	Mami Honma	Japan	59:59.3	4 (0+0+0+4)	+5:07.3
30	53	Irena Česneková	Czech Republic	1:00:09.0	3 (1+0+1+1)	+5:17.0
31	5	Galina Kukleva	Russia	1:00:29.2	6 (1+2+3+0)	+5:37.2
32	39	Mari Lampinen	Finland	1:00:55.2	5 (0+2+0+3)	+6:03.2
33	11	Olga Romasko	Russia	1:00:58.8	3 (3+0+0+0)	+6:06.8
34	20	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	Norway	1:01:00.3	7 (2+1+1+3)	+6:08.3
35	60	Lucija Larisi	Slovenia	1:01:05.8	6 (1+1+2+2)	+6:13.8
36	16	Tadeja Brankovič	Slovenia	1:01:19.1	8 (3+2+2+1)	+6:27.1
37	48	Hiromi Seino	Japan	1:01:21.9	7 (3+0+2+2)	+6:29.9
38	6	Jiřína Pelcová	Czech Republic	1:01:26.3	3 (1+1+0+1)	+6:34.3
39	2	Katja Beer	Germany	1:01:26.4	4 (0+1+2+1)	+6:34.4
40	63	Gunn Margit Andreassen	Norway	1:01:28.5	5 (0+1+3+1)	+6:36.5
41	8	Nataliya Permyakova	Belarus	1:01:33.5	3 (1+2+0+0)	+6:41.5
42	56	Agata Suszka	Poland	1:01:35.4	6 (2+0+2+2)	+6:43.4
43	45	Kerryn Rim	Australia	1:01:38.1	4 (0+3+0+1)	+6:46.1
44	36	Kateřina Losmanová	Czech Republic	1:01:48.9	1 (1+0+0+0)	+6:56.9
45	24	Katja Holanti	Finland	1:01:50.9	3 (0+1+0+2)	+6:58.9
46	17	Martina Schwarzbacherová	Slovakia	1:01:56.5	5 (2+1+2+0)	+7:04.5
47	59	Valentina Tserbe-Nessina	Ukraine	1:01:58.8	4 (0+3+1+0)	+7:06.8
48	54	Anna Murínová	Slovakia	1:02:06.7	2 (0+1+1+0)	+7:14.7
49	58	Maria Schylander	Sweden	1:02:35.0	4 (1+1+0+2)	+7:43.0
50	31	Myriam Bédard	Canada	1:02:44.1	3 (1+0+1+1)	+7:52.1
51	15	Halina Pitoń	Poland	1:02:45.0	6 (2+0+2+2)	+7:53.0
52	1	Eva-Karin Westin	Sweden	1:03:00.5	2 (1+1+0+0)	+8:08.5
53	13	Eva Háková	Czech Republic	1:03:25.4	6 (2+2+1+1)	+8:33.4
54	55	Inna Sheshkil	Kazakhstan	1:03:27.7	7 (2+2+2+1)	+8:35.7
55	25	Stacey Wooley	United States	1:03:57.3	2 (1+1+0+0)	+9:05.3
56	61	Kara Salmela	United States	1:04:43.7	5 (1+0+3+1)	+9:51.7
57	34	Anna Bozsik	Hungary	1:05:41.1	6 (2+3+1+0)	+10:49.1
58	27	Éva Szemcsák	Hungary	1:05:51.8	5 (0+1+3+1)	+10:59.8
59	9	Christelle Gros	France	1:06:33.8	7 (2+1+1+3)	+11:41.8
60	10	Nikki Keddie	Canada	1:08:46.5	5 (1+1+1+2)	+13:54.5
61	42	Ntala Skinner	United States	1:09:09.0	3 (1+0+0+2)	+14:17.0
62	4	Elena Gorohova	Moldova	1:09:18.1	9 (3+0+2+4)	+14:26.1
63	37	Florence Baverel	France	1:09:42.8	4 (0+0+1+3)	+14:50.8
64	12	Kristina Brounéus	Sweden	1:09:51.1	5 (0+2+2+1)	+14:59.1

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References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2013.

External links

• Sports-Reference.com - Women's 15 km Individual