The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on Wednesday 30 November 2016 in Östersund and finished on Wednesday 15 February 2017 at the World Championships in Hochfilzen. The defending titlist was Dorothea Wierer of Italy.
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.
Competition format The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2015–16 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Dorothea Wierer 154Silver: Marie Dorin Habert 152Bronze: Gabriela Soukalová 128
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Laura Dahlmeier 46:14.0 Anaïs Bescond 46:29.8 Darya Yurkevich 47:31.3 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Laura Dahlmeier 44:48.7 Anaïs Chevalier 44:52.5 Alexia Runggaldier 45:34.7 World Championshipsdetails Laura Dahlmeier 41:30.1 Gabriela Koukalová 41:54.8 Alexia Runggaldier 43:15.7
Standings # Name ÖST ANT HOC Total Women's Individual 1 60 60 60 180 2 31 38 34 103 3 0 48 48 96 4 24 17 54 95 5 28 24 31 83 6 0 40 36 76 7 27 34 15 76 8 21 21 32 74 9 0 30 43 73 10 26 28 18 72 11 17 26 26 69 12 36 31 0 67 13 22 43 1 66 14 8 54 3 65 15 40 23 0 63 16 16 32 10 58 17 29 29 0 58 18 54 DSQ 0 54 19 48 0 6 54 20 38 16 — 54 21 0 25 24 49 22 0 36 11 47 23 10 10 25 45 24 43 — — 43 25 — 13 30 43 26 — 14 28 42 27 — — 40 40 28 34 6 0 40 29 0 0 38 38 30 30 7 — 37 # Name ÖST ANT HOC Total 31 25 12 0 37 32 18 19 0 37 33 0 5 29 34 34 32 0 0 32 35 20 11 0 31 36 7 — 21 28 37 0 0 27 27 38 — 27 0 27 39 0 0 23 23 40 23 — — 23 41 — 1 22 23 42 — 22 — 22 43 2 0 20 22 44 — 20 0 20 45 1 0 19 20 46 19 0 0 19 47 0 18 0 18 48 0 0 17 17 49 0 0 16 16 50 15 0 0 15 51 — 15 0 15 52 14 0 — 14 53 — 0 14 14 54 0 — 13 13 55 13 — — 13 56 12 0 0 12 57 0 — 12 12 58 3 2 7 12 59 11 0 0 11 60 0 9 0 9 # Name ÖST ANT HOC Total 61 9 — 0 9 62 0 0 9 9 63 0 8 0 8 64 0 0 8 8 65 6 0 0 6 66 5 0 0 5 67 0 0 5 5 68 0 0 4 4 69 4 0 0 4 70 — 4 0 4 71 — 3 — 3 72 — — 2 2
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