The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on Friday 1 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Friday 23 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.
Competition format The sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Gabriela Koukalová 377Silver: Laura Dahlmeier 372Bronze: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 337
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Denise Herrmann 19:54.8 Justine Braisaz 20:10.0 Yuliia Dzhima 20:14.4 Hochfilzendetails Darya Domracheva 22:40.2 Anastasiya Kuzmina 23:02.3 Dorothea Wierer 23:10.8 Annecydetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 20:59.6 Laura Dahlmeier 21:33.5 Vita Semerenko 21:41.0 Oberhofdetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 22:23.7 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 22:59.1 Veronika Vítková 23:03.8 Antholz-AnterselvadetailsTiril Eckhoff21:05.3(0+0)Laura Dahlmeier21:17.3(0+0)Veronika Vítková 21:25.9(0+0) KontiolahtidetailsDarya Domracheva 20:56.8 Franziska Hildebrand20:57.3(0+0)Lisa Vittozzi21:02.3(0+1) Oslo HolmenkollendetailsAnastasiya Kuzmina 21:31.8 Darya Domracheva21:40.7(0+0)Yuliia Dzhima22:01.0(0+0) TyumendetailsDarya Domracheva21:42.8(0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen21:44.0(0+0)Tiril Eckhoff22:16.1(1+0)
Standings # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT KON OSL TYU Total Women's Sprint 1 26 54 60 60 23 11 60 29 323 2 DNF 60 — 36 43 60 54 60 313 3 38 38 27 54 15 31 1 54 258 4 — 25 54 28 54 40 13 38 252 5 34 22 25 48 48 38 30 — 245 6 31 34 0 43 32 54 38 12 244 7 40 27 43 0 1 48 31 40 230 8 32 48 26 25 36 23 2 36 228 9 24 36 13 20 40 14 29 43 219 10 20 43 48 19 19 36 0 — 185 11 14 30 21 26 38 0 36 20 185 12 48 21 14 0 DNS 43 48 — 174 13 54 18 34 40 17 0 — — 163 14 60 13 40 0 31 — 0 5 149 15 25 14 23 0 30 12 16 21 141 16 0 0 0 DNS 60 22 0 48 130 17 0 0 22 27 20 24 22 7 122 18 27 8 32 17 0 32 0 3 119 19 18 7 11 0 24 34 24 — 118 20 21 19 30 38 — 8 0 0 116 21 36 28 0 — 0 20 0 31 115 22 29 15 DNS 6 13 30 17 0 110 23 0 31 9 13 0 7 16 27 103 24 0 2 0 30 0 3 40 24 99 25 0 — 0 29 21 21 11 17 99 26 0 6 28 24 0 26 — 14 98 27 9 0 15 31 18 0 23 — 96 28 28 0 — 0 27 16 10 15 96 29 30 0 0 0 0 9 20 34 93 30 17 12 — 14 11 0 9 28 91 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT KON OSL TYU Total 31 0 0 31 0 6 5 43 — 85 32 5 20 38 0 2 0 20 — 85 33 19 24 36 DNS 0 6 0 — 85 34 43 26 — 0 0 0 0 13 82 35 15 1 29 15 0 1 21 0 82 36 0 0 24 5 14 2 4 32 81 37 — 40 — 8 — 0 18 11 77 38 — DNS 20 — — 26 28 0 74 39 0 0 18 — 28 0 0 26 72 40 0 — — 4 0 17 26 25 72 41 22 16 12 21 — — — — 71 42 0 0 — 0 34 0 12 22 68 43 — — — — 0 16 34 16 66 44 0 0 0 — 4 27 32 0 63 45 0 0 17 0 26 19 0 — 62 46 3 23 19 3 10 — — — 58 47 10 6 0 22 — 18 0 — 56 48 0 32 0 0 — 0 0 23 55 49 0 0 4 23 — 0 27 0 54 50 23 29 — 0 0 — 0 0 52 51 0 11 16 2 16 0 5 — 50 52 12 0 2 32 — 0 0 — 46 53 11 — — 10 — 0 25 — 46 54 16 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 40 55 1 0 0 34 — 0 0 4 39 56 0 6 0 0 0 28 0 — 34 57 7 17 0 9 DNS 0 0 — 33 58 0 0 0 — — 29 3 — 32 59 0 0 — — — — — 30 30 60 — — — DNF 29 0 0 0 29 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT KON OSL TYU Total 61 13 0 0 16 — — — — 29 62 0 0 1 12 0 13 0 0 26 63 0 0 0 — 25 0 0 0 25 64 — — — 0 22 0 0 — 22 65 — — — — 0 — — 19 19 66 0 10 0 0 9 0 0 — 19 67 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 68 — — — 18 0 0 0 — 18 69 8 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 18 70 — — 8 0 0 0 DNS 9 17 71 2 DNS — — 12 — — — 14 72 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 — 13 73 5 0 0 — DNS — 7 — 12 74 0 0 0 11 0 0 — 0 11 75 0 0 — 1 0 10 0 0 11 76 6 — 0 0 — 4 0 0 10 77 — 9 — — — — — — 9 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 79 — 0 0 0 8 0 0 — 8 80 0 — — — — — — 8 8 81 0 0 7 DNS — 0 0 — 7 82 0 0 — 7 — 0 0 — 7 83 0 — 0 — 8 — — — 7 84 — 0 6 — 0 — 0 — 6 85 — — 0 — 0 — 6 0 6 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 87 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 88 — — 3 — — 0 — — 3 89 — — — — — — — 2 2 90 — — — — 0 DNS 0 1 1
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