Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

The Women's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at Soldier Hollow. 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 XIX Olympic Winter Games
VenueSoldier Hollow
Dates11 February
Competitors71 from 26 nations
Winning time47:29.1
Medalists
Andrea Henkel  Germany
Liv Grete Poirée  Norway
Magdalena Forsberg  Sweden

Results

The Biathlon World Cup test event in 2001 was won by Magdalena Forsberg, who shot clear and won by more than a minute from Martina Zellner, a German who was not selected for her national team for the 2002 Games.[2] Forsberg was also the defending world champion and World Cup champion in the distance[3] , and led the World Cup in the discipline, having won two of the three Individual races earlier in the season.[1] However despite a long history of success, she had never won an Olympic medal.[4] Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée won the other event of the season, at Antholz,[1] while Ekaterina Dafovska was the defending Olympic champion.[3]

The 25-year-old Andrea Henkel started before some of her more heralded competition, but recovered well after missing a shot on her second loop, making all ten of her remaining shots to add just the single minute to her ski time. Katrin Apel and Uschi Disl each beat Henkel's time going into the final shoot, despite missing shots earlier, but both missed three times on the final shoot, ending up outside the top 10. Olga Pyleva set the fastest times after the second and third shoots, leading Henkel by more than a minute, but sent two wide on the last shoot, and ended up 45 seconds behind the leading German. Defending champion Ekaterina Dafovska missed one shot in the race, like Henkel, but her ski speed wasn't enough to get close to a medal.[5]

Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée had an identical shooting line to Henkel, and while she was ahead of the German on the first two shoots, she fell behind on ski time, and ended up seven seconds back in second, well ahead of Pyleva, then in bronze position. The final serious challenge was from Magdalena Forsberg, who had won many World Championships, but did not have an Olympic medal. Forsberg was well over a minute clear of Henkel and Poirée as she approached the final shoot, but missed twice, losing any chance at gold. She did manage to get in for bronze, displacing Pyleva.[4][5]

The race was started at 11:00.[6]

RankBibNameCountryResultPenaltiesDeficit
26Andrea Henkel Germany47:29.11 (0+1+0+0)
56Liv Grete Poirée Norway47:37.01 (0+1+0+0)+7.9
65Magdalena Forsberg Sweden48:08.32 (0+0+0+2)+39.2
443Olga Pyleva Russia48:14.02 (0+0+0+2)+44.9
548Ekaterina Dafovska Bulgaria48:15.51 (0+1+0+0)+46.4
644Olga Nazarova Belarus48:29.91 (0+1+0+0)+1:00.8
741Martina Glagow Germany48:34.21 (1+0+0+0)+1:05.1
829Svetlana Ishmuratova Russia48:45.02 (1+0+0+1)+1:15.9
95Martina Jašicová Slovakia48:47.52 (0+1+0+1)+1:18.4
1047Albina Akhatova Russia49:06.12 (2+0+0+0)+1:37.0
1140Florence Baverel-Robert France49:10.22 (0+0+2+0)+1:41.1
1239Uschi Disl Germany49:43.44 (0+1+0+3)+2:14.3
1352Katja Holanti Finland49:52.32 (0+0+1+1)+2:23.2
1445Soňa Mihoková Slovakia50:00.73 (0+1+1+1)+2:31.6
1555Sun Ribo China50:04.71 (0+1+0+0)+2:35.6
164Sylvie Becaert France50:09.02 (0+0+0+2)+2:39.9
1769Liu Xianying China50:09.40 (0+0+0+0)+2:40.3
1830Katrin Apel Germany50:16.75 (0+2+0+3)+2:47.6
1957Kateřina Losmanová Czech Republic50:42.03 (1+1+1+0)+3:12.9
2068Pavlina Filipova Bulgaria50:47.53 (2+0+0+1)+3:18.4
2124Corinne Niogret France50:49.61 (0+1+0+0)+3:20.5
2266Ann Elen Skjelbreid Norway50:51.13 (0+1+1+1)+3:22.0
2321Zdeňka Vejnarová Czech Republic50:54.71 (0+0+0+1)+3:25.6
2459Olena Petrova Ukraine51:05.71 (0+0+1+0)+3:36.6
2571Lucija Larisi Slovenia51:12.12 (0+1+0+1)+3:43.0
2660Delphyne Burlet France51:19.22 (1+0+1+0)+3:50.1
2762Oksana Yakovlieva Ukraine51:22.22 (1+0+0+1)+3:53.1
2867Irena Česneková Czech Republic51:28.02 (0+0+2+0)+3:58.9
2923Oksana Khvostenko Ukraine51:34.40 (0+0+0+0)+4:05.3
3017Gunn Margit Andreassen Norway51:42.93 (0+1+1+1)+4:13.8
3115Rachel Steer United States51:50.62 (0+1+1+0)+4:21.5
3242Iva Karagiozova Bulgaria51:59.32 (1+1+0+0)+4:30.2
3363Marcela Pavkovčeková Slovakia52:03.74 (1+0+3+0)+4:34.6
3458Olena Zubrilova Ukraine52:10.73 (1+1+1+0)+4:41.6
3513Eva Háková Czech Republic52:11.03 (1+1+0+1)+4:41.9
3650Michela Ponza Italy52:13.62 (1+0+1+0)+4:44.5
3731Olga Zaitseva Russia52:26.24 (1+0+1+2)+4:57.1
3837Kseniya Zikunkova Belarus52:26.83 (1+0+0+2)+4:57.7
3946Linda Tjørhom Norway52:34.04 (1+1+0+2)+5:04.9
4025Sanna-Leena Perunka Finland52:48.83 (1+0+0+2)+5:19.7
4136Tadeja Brankovič Slovenia53:08.94 (1+2+0+1)+5:39.8
4251Hiromi Suga Japan53:10.63 (1+0+1+1)+5:41.5
432Irina Nikulchina Bulgaria53:16.76 (3+2+0+1)+5:47.6
448Kong Yingchao China53:38.02 (1+0+0+1)+6:08.9
4561Tamami Tanaka Japan53:40.44 (3+1+0+0)+6:11.3
4638Yu Shumei China53:43.05 (1+2+0+2)+6:13.9
476Katja Haller Italy53:44.02 (2+0+0+0)+6:14.9
4849Outi Kettunen Finland53:48.14 (0+1+1+2)+6:19.0
4964Saskia Santer Italy54:14.77 (2+2+2+1)+6:45.6
5022Ryoko Takahashi Japan54:18.04 (0+1+0+3)+6:48.9
519Lyudmila Lysenko Belarus54:25.44 (4+0+0+0)+6:56.3
5214Éva Tófalvi Romania54:36.73 (2+0+1+0)+7:07.6
5332Anna Murínová Slovakia54:39.25 (1+2+2+0)+7:10.1
547Anna Stera-Kustucz Poland54:47.14 (2+1+0+1)+7:18.0
5554Kristina Sabasteanski United States55:00.94 (0+1+0+3)+7:31.8
5653Andreja Grašič Slovenia55:06.48 (2+3+2+1)+7:37.3
571Dijana Grudiček Slovenia55:50.37 (0+4+1+2)+8:21.2
5827Ivett Szöllősi Hungary56:34.81 (0+0+0+1)+9:05.7
5920Kara Salmela United States57:25.98 (1+1+2+4)+9:56.8
6034Yelena Dubok Kazakhstan57:32.55 (0+2+1+2)+10:03.4
6118Dana Cojocea Romania57:37.05 (2+1+0+2)+10:07.9
6228Valentina Ciurina Moldova58:40.86 (1+1+3+1)+11:11.7
6333Andžela Brice Latvia59:20.96 (1+2+1+2)+11:51.8
6416Mami Shindo Japan59:38.68 (3+2+2+1)+12:09.5
653Zsuzsanna Bekecs Hungary1:00:40.75 (2+2+0+1)+13:11.6
6635Kim Ja-youn South Korea1:01:13.87 (2+2+0+3)+13:44.7
6712Claudia Barrenechea Chile1:02:30.03 (1+1+1+0)+15:00.9
6811Despoina Vavatsi Greece1:04:39.47 (0+2+1+4)+17:10.3
6910Natalia Lovece Argentina1:09:56.812 (4+2+2+4)+22:27.7
19Nathalie Santer ItalyDNF(3+2+2+ )
70Lyudmila Ananko Belarus(0+1+0+ )

References

  1. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  2. World Cup 7 - 15 km Individual Results Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 6 February 2013
  3. "IBU Biathlon Guide 2012/13" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  4. "Henkel upsets form book to win Olympic biathlon 15km title". CNNSI.com. AFP. February 11, 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  5. - Competition Analysis, Women's 15 km Individual - SLOC
  6. Final results
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