The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday 3 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Saturday 24 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.
Competition format The pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.
2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Laura Dahlmeier 405Silver: Gabriela Koukalová 384Bronze: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 368
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Denise Herrmann 30:02.7 Justine Braisaz 30:28.5 Marte Olsbu 30:50.7 Hochfilzendetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 34:31.2 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 34:41.4 Darya Domracheva 34:43.0 Annecydetails Laura Dahlmeier 30:09.9 Anastasiya Kuzmina 30:23.9 Lisa Vittozzi 30:41.7 Oberhofdetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 30:49.5 Dorothea Wierer 31:53.9 Vita Semerenko 31:59.7 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Laura Dahlmeier 29:45.0 Dorothea Wierer 30:02.3 Darya Domracheva 30:05.2 Oslo HolmenkollendetailsDarya Domracheva 30:37.4(1+0+1+0)Anastasiya Kuzmina30:46.6(0+2+2+0)Susan Dunklee 31:06.9(1+0+1+0) TyumendetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 30:52.7(0+1+1+0)Anaïs Bescond30:52.9(0+0+0+1)Laura Dahlmeier31:10.2(0+0+0+1)
Standings # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT OSL TYU Total Women's Pursuit 1 5 60 54 60 30 54 39 301 2 36 54 31 40 40 19 60 280 3 — 31 60 36 60 36 48 271 4 28 43 30 54 54 30 25 264 5 — 48 — 38 48 60 43 237 6 17 28 29 31 34 23 54 216 7 60 16 40 25 29 13 14 197 8 43 20 48 5 32 9 34 191 9 34 29 25 23 21 31 13 176 10 30 21 28 29 27 17 6 158 11 23 25 34 48 24 — — 154 12 21 30 3 27 36 32 — 149 13 54 6 36 32 5 — — 133 14 48 40 0 — — 22 21 131 15 27 27 26 DNS 28 21 — 129 16 40 1 21 22 17 24 3 128 17 20 38 DNS 28 — 40 126 18 29 DNS — 13 25 26 26 119 19 6 13 6 30 23 27 12 117 20 — 7 2 34 14 38 20 115 21 15 — 0 20 31 16 31 113 22 31 15 — — 38 1 24 109 23 38 22 — 19 DNS 29 DNS 108 24 8 11 43 10 22 12 — 106 25 DNS 10 18 0 26 25 22 101 26 12 17 27 43 — DNS DNS 99 27 — 18 19 26 13 10 11 97 28 19 32 22 21 — — DNS 94 29 0 — 17 — 43 0 30 90 30 — — 38 — DNS 48 — 86 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT OSL TYU Total 31 — 4 0 3 8 43 27 85 32 25 23 32 — — — — 80 33 16 19 13 16 — 5 — 69 34 22 34 — 0 12 0 0 68 35 32 — 11 24 — — — 67 36 — 24 — 15 — 18 8 65 37 0 — — 17 — 11 36 64 38 14 36 5 8 0 — — 63 39 1 — 15 14 — 28 0 58 40 11 3 24 9 — DNF 9 56 41 0 — 16 18 11 7 — 52 42 — — — — — 34 16 50 43 — 9 — — — — 40 49 44 — DNF 0 — 19 2 28 49 45 24 — 0 — 0 0 23 47 46 13 8 20 1 — — — 42 47 0 0 12 0 20 6 — 38 48 — 14 23 — — DNF — 37 49 — — 4 — — 14 19 37 50 18 — 14 4 — 0 — 36 51 — 26 — 0 7 — — 33 52 — — — — — — 32 32 53 26 5 — 0 — 0 — 31 54 — — — — — — 29 29 55 10 — — — 18 — — 28 56 0 DNS — 7 0 20 0 27 57 — — 8 — 0 0 18 26 58 0 0 10 — — 15 — 25 59 9 0 9 2 — 0 — 20 60 0 0 — — — — 17 17 # Name ÖST HOC ANN OBE ANT OSL TYU Total 61 — — — — 16 — — 16 62 0 — — — 15 — — 15 63 — — — — — — 15 15 64 0 0 — 11 — 0 4 15 65 2 — 0 0 6 0 7 15 66 — — — — 0 3 10 13 67 — — 0 12 — — 0 12 68 — 12 0 — — — — 12 69 — — 0 — 10 0 0 10 70 — — 1 0 9 — — 10 71 — — — — 0 8 0 8 72 0 0 7 — — — — 7 73 7 — — — — — — 7 74 0 DNS — 6 — — — 6 75 — — 0 — — — 5 5 76 0 — — 0 — 4 — 4 77 4 0 0 0 — — 0 4 78 — 0 — — 4 — — 4 79 — — — 0 3 — — 3 80 3 — — — — — — 3 81 — — — 0 — — 2 2 82 — 0 0 — 2 — — 2 83 0 2 DNS — — 0 — 2 84 — — 0 — 0 — 1 1 85 — 0 — 0 1 — 0 1
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