The women's sprint competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February, at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz. Maren Kirkeeide of Norway won the event, Océane Michelon of France won the silver medal, and her teammate Lou Jeanmonnot won bronze. For Kirkeide and Michelon these were the first Olympic medals.
Background The 2022 champion, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Elvira Öberg, and the bronze medalist, Dorothea Wierer, were competing. Prior to the Olympics, Lou Jeanmonnot was leading the total as well as sprint standings of the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet was the 2025 World champion.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 14:45.
Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit 64 20:40.8 0 (0+0) 56 20:44.6 0 (0+0) 42 21:04.5 1 (0+1) 4 55 21:20.8 1 (1+0) 5 54 21:21.4 0 (0+0) 6 62 21:30.4 0 (0+0) 7 40 21:40.9 1 (0+1) +1:00.1 8 19 21:50.1 1 (1+0) +1:09.3 9 79 21:50.2 0 (0+0) +1:09.4 10 57 21:52.6 2 (0+2) +1:11.8 11 25 21:54.1 1 (1+0) +1:13.3 12 32 21:54.8 0 (0+0) +1:14.0 13 23 21:57.3 0 (0+0) +1:16.5 14 38 22:00.0 0 (0+0) +1:19.2 15 33 22:03.5 2 (0+2) +1:22.7 16 27 22:07.6 1 (0+1) +1:26.8 16 71 22:07.6 1 (0+1) +1:26.8 18 52 22:07.8 2 (0+2) +1:27.0 19 20 22:09.8 1 (1+0) +1:29.0 20 34 22:13.1 2 (2+0) +1:32.3 21 70 22:13.6 0 (0+0) +1:32.8 22 53 22:13.7 2 (0+2) +1:32.9 23 61 22:14.3 2 (0+2) +1:33.5 24 72 22:15.4 0 (0+0) +1:34.6 25 26 22:17.5 2 (0+2) +1:36.7 26 18 22:17.8 0 (0+0) +1:37.0 27 58 22:18.7 2 (0+2) +1:37.9 28 77 22:21.0 2 (0+2) +1:40.2 29 44 22:27.0 1 (0+1) +1:46.2 30 66 22:31.2 2 (1+1) +1:50.4 31 35 Chu Yuanmeng 22:32.7 0 (0+0) +1:51.9 32 43 22:35.2 1 (0+1) +1:54.4 33 28 22:35.3 2 (0+2) +1:54.5 34 48 22:36.6 2 (0+2) +1:55.8 35 50 22:37.9 3 (2+1) +1:57.1 36 29 22:40.6 1 (0+1) +1:59.8 37 65 22:43.9 1 (1+0) +2:03.1 38 68 22:48.2 0 (0+0) +2:07.4 39 37 22:48.8 1 (0+1) +2:08.0 40 16 22:50.6 3 (1+2) +2:09.8 41 63 22:50.8 2 (0+2) +2:10.0 42 1 22:51.8 1 (0+1) +2:11.0 43 76 22:52.4 2 (1+1) +2:11.6 44 46 22:53.7 3 (2+1) +2:12.9 45 14 22:55.2 2 (0+2) +2:14.4 46 21 22:55.5 2 (0+2) +2:14.7 47 30 22:59.5 0 (0+0) +2:18.7 48 12 Meng Fanqi 22:59.8 1 (1+0) +2:19.0 49 10 23:00.2 1 (1+0) +2:19.4 50 78 23:01.2 2 (0+2) +2:20.4 51 7 23:01.8 1 (1+0) +2:21.0 52 36 23:03.4 3 (2+1) +2:22.6 53 69 23:03.5 1 (0+1) +2:22.7 54 41 23:04.6 1 (1+0) +2:23.8 55 11 23:04.9 1 (1+0) +2:24.1 56 87 23:08.5 1 (1+0) +2:27.7 57 8 23:14.0 1 (1+0) +2:33.2 58 49 23:18.3 1 (1+0) +2:37.5 59 15 23:18.9 1 (0+1) +2:38.1 60 80 23:20.3 4 (3+1) +2:39.5 61 45 23:22.6 3 (0+3) +2:41.8 62 60 23:24.4 4 (2+2) +2:43.6 63 6 23:36.1 2 (1+1) +2:55.3 64 82 23:39.9 2 (2+0) +2:59.1 65 89 23:41.8 1 (0+1) +3:01.0 66 59 23:43.2 3 (0+3) +3:02.4 67 74 23:46.7 3 (3+0) +3:05.9 68 4 23:50.6 0 (0+0) +3:09.8 69 24 23:50.9 2 (1+1) +3:10.1 70 31 23:52.2 5 (3+2) +3:11.4 71 5 24:00.3 2 (1+1) +3:19.5 72 9 24:01.9 1 (0+1) +3:21.1 73 17 24:04.2 3 (1+2) +3:23.4 74 86 24:06.3 2 (1+1) +3:25.5 75 13 24:08.8 3 (2+1) +3:28.0 76 51 24:11.3 2 (0+2) +3:30.5 77 81 24:21.4 4 (3+1) +3:40.6 78 39 24:25.7 6 (3+3) +3:44.9 79 67 24:28.7 3 (0+3) +3:47.9 80 2 24:32.0 3 (2+1) +3:51.2 81 22 24:42.1 4 (3+1) +4:01.3 82 73 24:43.2 2 (0+2) +4:02.4 83 3 24:44.2 4 (1+3) +4:03.4 84 85 24:49.9 0 (0+0) +4:09.1 85 75 24:56.1 3 (2+1) +4:15.3 86 47 24:59.0 3 (1+2) +4:18.2 87 91 25:09.8 3 (1+2) +4:29.0 88 90 25:18.5 3 (1+2) +4:37.7 89 88 25:27.8 2 (1+1) +4:47.0 90 84 25:35.9 5 (3+2) +4:55.1 91 83 25:52.3 5 (2+3) +5:11.5
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