Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's individual
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The Women's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting four times, twice prone and twice standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.[1]
| Women's biathlon individual at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nozawa Onsen | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 9 February 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 54:52.0 | ||||||||||||
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Results
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Result | Penalties | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18 | Ekaterina Dafovska |  Bulgaria | 54:52.0 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | – |
 | 35 | Olena Petrova |  Ukraine | 55:09.8 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +17.8 |
 | 26 | Uschi Disl |  Germany | 55:17.9 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +25.9 |
| 4 | 30 | Pavlina Filipova | Bulgaria | 55:18.1 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +26.1 |
| 5 | 41 | Andreja Grašič |  Slovenia | 56:01.0 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | +1:09.0 |
| 6 | 51 | Ryoko Takahashi |  Japan | 56:17.4 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +1:25.4 |
| 7 | 32 | Albina Akhatova |  Russia | 56:21.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:29.7 |
| 8 | 7 | Annette Sikveland |  Norway | 56:38.7 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +1:46.7 |
| 9 | 21 | Yu Shumei |  China | 56:41.3 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +1:49.3 |
| 10 | 52 | Martina Zellner | Germany | 56:46.3 | 4 (1+2+1+0) | +1:54.3 |
| 11 | 22 | Éva Tófalvi |  Romania | 56:48.6 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +1:56.6 |
| 12 | 62 | Svetlana Paramygina |  Belarus | 56:53.4 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +2:01.4 |
| 13 | 57 | Olga Melnik | Russia | 57:10.8 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +2:18.8 |
| 14 | 43 | Magdalena Forsberg |  Sweden | 57:16.9 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | +2:24.9 |
| 15 | 50 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | Norway | 57:21.2 | 5 (0+3+1+1) | +2:29.2 |
| 16 | 64 | Corinne Niogret |  France | 57:51.1 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +2:59.1 |
| 17 | 40 | Anna Stera |  Poland | 57:56.0 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +3:04.0 |
| 18 | 46 | Nathalie Santer |  Italy | 58:01.0 | 4 (2+1+1+0) | +3:09.0 |
| 19 | 38 | Nataliya Ryzhenkova | Belarus | 58:03.5 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | +3:11.5 |
| 20 | 19 | Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | France | 58:13.1 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | +3:21.1 |
| 21 | 49 | Sun Ribo | China | 58:19.2 | 6 (2+2+0+2) | +3:27.2 |
| 22 | 28 | Irina Tananayko | Belarus | 58:25.4 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +3:33.4 |
| 23 | 47 | Lyudmila Guryeva |  Kazakhstan | 58:42.8 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +3:50.8 |
| 24 | 14 | Tetyana Vodopyanova | Ukraine | 58:45.9 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +3:53.9 |
| 25 | 29 | Ieva Cederštrēma |  Latvia | 58:54.4 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +4:02.4 |
| 26 | 33 | Soňa Mihoková |  Slovakia | 59:20.8 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +4:28.8 |
| 27 | 44 | Petra Behle | Germany | 59:29.7 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +4:37.7 |
| 28 | 3 | Olena Zubrilova | Ukraine | 59:43.0 | 2 (2+0+0+0) | +4:51.0 |
| 29 | 23 | Mami Honma | Japan | 59:59.3 | 4 (0+0+0+4) | +5:07.3 |
| 30 | 53 | Irena Novotná |  Czech Republic | 1:00:09.0 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +5:17.0 |
| 31 | 5 | Galina Kukleva | Russia | 1:00:29.2 | 6 (1+2+3+0) | +5:37.2 |
| 32 | 39 | Mari Lampinen |  Finland | 1:00:55.2 | 5 (0+2+0+3) | +6:03.2 |
| 33 | 11 | Olga Romasko | Russia | 1:00:58.8 | 3 (3+0+0+0) | +6:06.8 |
| 34 | 20 | Ann Elen Skjelbreid | Norway | 1:01:00.3 | 7 (2+1+1+3) | +6:08.3 |
| 35 | 60 | Lucija Larisi | Slovenia | 1:01:05.8 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | +6:13.8 |
| 36 | 16 | Tadeja Brankovič | Slovenia | 1:01:19.1 | 8 (3+2+2+1) | +6:27.1 |
| 37 | 48 | Hiromi Seino | Japan | 1:01:21.9 | 7 (3+0+2+2) | +6:29.9 |
| 38 | 6 | Jiřína Pelcová | Czech Republic | 1:01:26.3 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +6:34.3 |
| 39 | 2 | Katja Beer | Germany | 1:01:26.4 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | +6:34.4 |
| 40 | 63 | Gunn Margit Andreassen | Norway | 1:01:28.5 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | +6:36.5 |
| 41 | 8 | Nataliya Permyakova | Belarus | 1:01:33.5 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | +6:41.5 |
| 42 | 56 | Agata Suszka | Poland | 1:01:35.4 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | +6:43.4 |
| 43 | 45 | Kerryn Rim |  Australia | 1:01:38.1 | 4 (0+3+0+1) | +6:46.1 |
| 44 | 36 | Kateřina Losmanová | Czech Republic | 1:01:48.9 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +6:56.9 |
| 45 | 24 | Katja Holanti | Finland | 1:01:50.9 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +6:58.9 |
| 46 | 17 | Martina Schwarzbacherová | Slovakia | 1:01:56.5 | 5 (2+1+2+0) | +7:04.5 |
| 47 | 59 | Valentina Tserbe-Nessina | Ukraine | 1:01:58.8 | 4 (0+3+1+0) | +7:06.8 |
| 48 | 54 | Anna Murínová | Slovakia | 1:02:06.7 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +7:14.7 |
| 49 | 58 | Maria Schylander | Sweden | 1:02:35.0 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | +7:43.0 |
| 50 | 31 | Myriam Bédard |  Canada | 1:02:44.1 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +7:52.1 |
| 51 | 15 | Halina Pitoń | Poland | 1:02:45.0 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | +7:53.0 |
| 52 | 1 | Eva-Karin Westin | Sweden | 1:03:00.5 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +8:08.5 |
| 53 | 13 | Eva Háková | Czech Republic | 1:03:25.4 | 6 (2+2+1+1) | +8:33.4 |
| 54 | 55 | Inna Sheshkil | Kazakhstan | 1:03:27.7 | 7 (2+2+2+1) | +8:35.7 |
| 55 | 25 | Stacey Wooley |  United States | 1:03:57.3 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +9:05.3 |
| 56 | 61 | Kara Salmela | United States | 1:04:43.7 | 5 (1+0+3+1) | +9:51.7 |
| 57 | 34 | Anna Bozsik |  Hungary | 1:05:41.1 | 6 (2+3+1+0) | +10:49.1 |
| 58 | 27 | Éva Szemcsák | Hungary | 1:05:51.8 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | +10:59.8 |
| 59 | 9 | Christelle Gros | France | 1:06:33.8 | 7 (2+1+1+3) | +11:41.8 |
| 60 | 10 | Nikki Keddie | Canada | 1:08:46.5 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | +13:54.5 |
| 61 | 42 | Ntala Skinner | United States | 1:09:09.0 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +14:17.0 |
| 62 | 4 | Elena Gorohova |  Moldova | 1:09:18.1 | 9 (3+0+2+4) | +14:26.1 |
| 63 | 37 | Florence Baverel | France | 1:09:42.8 | 4 (0+0+1+3) | +14:50.8 |
| 64 | 12 | Kristina Brounéus | Sweden | 1:09:51.1 | 5 (0+2+2+1) | +14:59.1 |