The Women's 12.5 kilometre biathlon mass start competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 25 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
Germany's Martina Glagow led the World Cup standings before the Olympics, while Norway's Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen was the reigning World Champion at the event.
Results
The race was held at 12:00.Final results Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+P+S+S) Deficit 5 Anna Carin Olofsson 40:36.51 (0+0+0+1) 3 Kati Wilhelm 40:55.31 (0+0+1+0) 8 Uschi Disl 41:18.43 (1+0+1+1) 4 Martina Glagow 41:33.62 (1+0+1+0) 2 Florence Baverel-Robert 41:40.52 (1+1+0+0) +1:04.0 14 Olga Nazarova 41:50.51 (0+0+1+0) +1:14.0 16 Liu Xianying 41:57.22 (0+0+1+1) +1:20.7 21 Ekaterina Dafovska 42:09.43 (1+1+0+1) +1:32.9 6 Albina Akhatova 42:19.52 (2+0+0+0) +1:43.0 10 9 Sandrine Bailly 42:21.54 (0+1+2+1) +1:45.0 11 19 Michela Ponza 42:21.61 (0+1+0+0) +1:45.1 12 1 Svetlana Ishmouratova 42:33.54 (2+0+2+0) +1:57.0 13 12 Andrea Henkel 42:41.53 (1+0+2+0) +2:05.0 14 13 Linda Tjørhom 42:46.53 (0+0+2+1) +2:10.0 15 10 Olga Zaitseva 42:58.31 (0+0+1+0) +2:21.8 16 15 Olena Zubrilova 43:12.34 (2+0+0+2) +2:35.8 17 7 Lilia Efremova 43:21.06 (1+2+2+1) +2:44.5 18 11 Liv Grete Poirée 43:43.84 (1+0+2+1) +3:07.3 19 20 Teja Gregorin 43:51.44 (1+2+0+1) +3:14.9 20 25 Madara Liduma 43:52.75 (1+2+1+1) +3:16.2 21 26 Natalia Levtchenkova 44:21.82 (1+1+0+0) +3:45.3 22 30 Sun Ribo 44:29.37 (2+2+3+0) +3:52.8 23 27 Kong Yingchao 44:45.03 (2+1+0+0) +4:08.5 24 18 Natalia Guseva 44:55.15 (2+3+0+0) +4:18.6 25 24 Tora Berger 45:23.23 (1+1+1+0) +4:46.7 26 22 Sylvie Becaert 45:38.46 (1+1+2+2) +5:01.9 27 28 Delphyne Peretto 45:39.95 (3+0+0+2) +5:03.4 28 17 Hou Yuxia 45:40.110 (3+1+2+4) +5:03.6 29 29 Magdalena Gwizdon 45:59.55 (0+2+2+1) +5:23.0 30 23 Krystyna Pałka 46:31.53 (1+2+0+0) +5:55.0
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