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.
Results Rank Bib Name Country Result Penalties Deficit 18 Ekaterina Dafovska 54:52.0 1 (0+0+1+0) 35 Olena Petrova 55:09.8 1 (1+0+0+0) 26 Uschi Disl 55:17.9 1 (0+0+0+1) 30 Pavlina Filipova 55:18.1 1 (0+0+0+1) 41 Andreja Grašič 56:01.0 4 (1+0+1+2) +1:09.0 51 Ryoko Takahashi 56:17.4 3 (1+0+1+1) +1:25.4 32 Albina Akhatova 56:21.7 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:29.7 7 Annette Sikveland 56:38.7 3 (0+0+2+1) +1:46.7 21 Yu Shumei 56:41.3 2 (0+1+1+0) +1:49.3 10 52 Martina Zellner 56:46.3 4 (1+2+1+0) +1:54.3 11 22 Éva Tófalvi 56:48.6 1 (0+0+1+0) +1:56.6 12 62 Svetlana Paramygina 56:53.4 2 (0+0+2+0) +2:01.4 13 57 Olga Melnik 57:10.8 2 (0+0+2+0) +2:18.8 14 43 Magdalena Forsberg 57:16.9 3 (0+1+2+0) +2:24.9 15 50 Liv Grete Skjelbreid 57:21.2 5 (0+3+1+1) +2:29.2 16 64 Corinne Niogret 57:51.1 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:59.1 17 40 Anna Stera 57:56.0 2 (0+0+0+2) +3:04.0 18 46 Nathalie Santer 58:01.0 4 (2+1+1+0) +3:09.0 19 38 Nataliya Ryzhenkova 58:03.5 3 (0+2+1+0) +3:11.5 20 19 Anne Briand-Bouthiaux 58:13.1 3 (0+0+0+3) +3:21.1 21 49 Sun Ribo 58:19.2 6 (2+2+0+2) +3:27.2 22 28 Irina Tananayko 58:25.4 1 (0+1+0+0) +3:33.4 23 47 Lyudmila Guryeva 58:42.8 4 (1+0+2+1) +3:50.8 24 14 Tetyana Vodopyanova 58:45.9 3 (1+1+1+0) +3:53.9 25 29 Ieva Cederštrēma 58:54.4 1 (0+0+1+0) +4:02.4 26 33 Soňa Mihoková 59:20.8 3 (1+1+0+1) +4:28.8 27 44 Petra Behle 59:29.7 1 (0+0+1+0) +4:37.7 28 3 Olena Zubrilova 59:43.0 2 (2+0+0+0) +4:51.0 29 23 Mami Honma 59:59.3 4 (0+0+0+4) +5:07.3 30 53 Irena Novotná 3 (1+0+1+1) +5:17.0 31 5 Galina Kukleva 6 (1+2+3+0) +5:37.2 32 39 Mari Lampinen 5 (0+2+0+3) +6:03.2 33 11 Olga Romasko 3 (3+0+0+0) +6:06.8 34 20 Ann Elen Skjelbreid 7 (2+1+1+3) +6:08.3 35 60 Lucija Larisi 6 (1+1+2+2) +6:13.8 36 16 Tadeja Brankovič 8 (3+2+2+1) +6:27.1 37 48 Hiromi Seino 7 (3+0+2+2) +6:29.9 38 6 Jiřína Pelcová 3 (1+1+0+1) +6:34.3 39 2 Katja Beer 4 (0+1+2+1) +6:34.4 40 63 Gunn Margit Andreassen 5 (0+1+3+1) +6:36.5 41 8 Nataliya Permyakova 3 (1+2+0+0) +6:41.5 42 56 Agata Suszka 6 (2+0+2+2) +6:43.4 43 45 Kerryn Rim 4 (0+3+0+1) +6:46.1 44 36 Kateřina Losmanová 1 (1+0+0+0) +6:56.9 45 24 Katja Holanti 3 (0+1+0+2) +6:58.9 46 17 Martina Schwarzbacherová 5 (2+1+2+0) +7:04.5 47 59 Valentina Tserbe-Nessina 4 (0+3+1+0) +7:06.8 48 54 Anna Murínová 2 (0+1+1+0) +7:14.7 49 58 Maria Schylander 4 (1+1+0+2) +7:43.0 50 31 Myriam Bédard 3 (1+0+1+1) +7:52.1 51 15 Halina Pitoń 6 (2+0+2+2) +7:53.0 52 1 Eva-Karin Westin 2 (1+1+0+0) +8:08.5 53 13 Eva Háková 6 (2+2+1+1) +8:33.4 54 55 Inna Sheshkil 7 (2+2+2+1) +8:35.7 55 25 Stacey Wooley 2 (1+1+0+0) +9:05.3 56 61 Kara Salmela 5 (1+0+3+1) +9:51.7 57 34 Anna Bozsik 6 (2+3+1+0) 58 27 Éva Szemcsák 5 (0+1+3+1) 59 9 Christelle Gros 7 (2+1+1+3) 60 10 Nikki Keddie 5 (1+1+1+2) 61 42 Ntala Skinner 3 (1+0+0+2) 62 4 Elena Gorohova 9 (3+0+2+4) 63 37 Florence Baverel 4 (0+0+1+3) 64 12 Kristina Brounéus 5 (0+2+2+1)
References
External links Sports-Reference.com - Women's 15 km Individual