The women's pursuit competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February, at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz. Lisa Vittozzi of Italy won the event, Maren Kirkeeide of Norway, the winner of sprint who started first, won the silver medal, and Suvi Minkkinen of Finland won bronze. Vittozzi's medal was the first gold medal of Italy in biathlon, and Minkkinen won her first Olympic medal.
Background The pursuit is contingent on the results of the sprint held on the previous day. Maren Kirkeeide, the winner of the sprint, will start first, followed by the silver medalist Océane Michelon in 4 seconds and the bronze medalist Lou Jeanmonnot in 24 seconds. The 2022 champion, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, and the bronze medalist, Tiril Eckhoff, retired from competitions. The 2022 silver medalist, Elvira Öberg, finished the 27th in sprint and will start 1:38 behind Kirkeeide. Prior to the Olympics, Jeanmonnot was leading the total standings of the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup, and Suvi Minkkinen was leading the pursuit standings. Minkkinen will start 50 seconds behind Kirkeeide. The 2025 World champion was Franziska Preuß, who will start one minute behind Kirkeeide.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 14:45.
Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Penalties (P+P+S+S) Deficit 5 0:41 30:11.8 0 (0+0+0+0) 1 0:00 30:40.6 3 (0+1+0+2) 6 0:50 30:46.1 0 (0+0+0+0) 4 3 0:24 31:01.2 3 (0+1+1+1) 5 2 0:04 31:08.9 4 (2+0+1+1) 6 7 1:00 31:19.8 2 (0+0+0+2) +1:08.0 7 11 1:13 31:24.0 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:12.2 8 18 1:27 31:31.5 2 (1+0+0+1) +1:19.7 9 44 2:13 31:42.1 1 (0+1+0+0) +1:30.3 10 22 1:33 31:47.2 2 (0+0+2+0) +1:35.4 11 16 1:27 31:49.9 1 (0+0+1+0) +1:38.1 12 8 1:09 31:53.6 3 (1+1+1+0) +1:41.8 13 41 2:10 31:56.8 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:45.0 14 4 0:40 31:57.0 3 (0+0+1+2) +1:45.2 15 14 1:19 32:16.2 2 (0+1+0+1) +2:04.4 16 28 1:40 32:28.5 3 (2+0+0+1) +2:16.7 17 35 1:57 32:29.4 3 (2+0+1+0) +2:17.6 18 19 1:29 32:30.5 2 (0+0+0+2) +2:18.7 19 12 1:14 32:31.5 3 (1+1+0+1) +2:19.7 20 17 1:27 32:31.9 2 (0+2+0+0) +2:20.1 21 9 1:09 32:36.6 3 (1+1+0+1) +2:24.8 22 37 2:03 32:49.7 2 (1+0+1+0) +2:37.9 23 27 1:38 32:49.9 5 (1+2+0+2) +2:38.1 24 13 1:17 32:53.4 5 (1+2+0+2) +2:41.6 25 40 2:10 32:54.1 3 (0+1+1+1) +2:42.3 26 43 2:12 32:56.2 2 (0+0+1+1) +2:44.4 27 29 1:46 33:08.5 3 (0+0+1+2) +2:56.7 28 25 1:37 33:08.7 5 (1+1+1+2) +2:56.9 29 30 1:50 33:08.9 4 (0+0+1+3) +2:57.1 30 32 1:54 33:10.5 3 (1+0+1+1) +2:58.7 31 31 Chu Yuanmeng 1:52 33:21.4 1 (0+1+0+0) +3:09.6 32 21 1:33 33:23.6 4 (2+1+0+1) +3:11.8 33 33 1:55 33:26.6 3 (1+0+1+1) +3:14.8 34 20 1:32 33:35.4 5 (0+2+2+1) +3:23.6 35 47 2:19 33:51.5 4 (1+1+2+0) +3:39.7 36 23 1:34 33:57.1 7 (1+2+3+1) +3:45.3 37 26 1:37 34:00.6 5 (2+0+3+0) +3:48.8 38 51 2:21 34:01.5 2 (0+1+0+1) +3:49.7 39 48 Meng Fanqi 2:19 34:01.6 1 (0+0+0+1) +3:49.8 40 45 2:14 34:03.3 3 (0+0+2+1) +3:51.5 41 52 2:23 34:06.4 4 (0+1+1+2) +3:54.6 42 15 1:23 34:17.2 7 (2+2+1+2) +4:05.4 43 24 1:35 34:21.4 3 (0+1+1+1) +4:09.6 44 55 2:24 34:25.3 3 (0+2+0+1) +4:13.5 45 54 2:24 34:33.9 3 (1+0+0+2) +4:22.1 46 10 1:12 34:34.9 9 (3+0+3+3) +4:23.1 47 39 2:08 34:35.0 3 (2+0+0+1) +4:23.2 48 42 2:11 34:45.4 5 (0+2+2+1) +4:33.6 49 36 2:00 34:45.6 5 (1+1+2+1) +4:33.8 50 46 2:15 34:51.1 7 (1+2+2+2) +4:39.3 51 50 2:20 34:53.6 5 (1+2+2+0) +4:41.8 52 53 2:23 35:07.3 4 (1+1+2+0) +4:55.5 53 38 2:07 35:08.1 4 (0+1+0+3) +4:56.3 54 60 2:40 35:18.5 6 (1+1+2+2) +5:06.7 55 58 2:38 35:33.0 2 (1+0+1+0) +5:21.2 56 59 2:38 36:13.4 3 (2+0+1+0) +6:01.6 57 49 2:19 36:31.3 5 (1+2+1+1) +6:19.5 58 56 2:28 36:43.0 6 (1+2+2+1) +6:31.2 57 2:33 Did not finish 34 1:56 Did not start
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