| | Event type
15 kilometres, Women
| Date | 11 February 2002 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Soldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park | |
| Participants | 71 from 26 countries | |
| Format | One-minute penalty for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 15,907 m Height Differential: 47 m Maximum Climb: 31 m Shooting 1: Prone at 3.0 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 6.0 km, 50 m range Shooting 3: Prone at 9.0 km, 50 m range Shooting 4: Standing at 12.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 515 m | |
The 2001 World Champion was Sweden’s Magdalena Forsberg, who was in the midst of winning her sixth consecutive overall World Cup title. This was her third Olympics, having competed in cross-country in 1992 and both biathlon and cross-country in 1998, but she had yet to win an Olympic medal, despite also having won six individual World Championships between 1997-2001. The early lead was taken by Germany’s Andrea Henkel, well-known on the World Cup circuit, but who had never won a medal in a major international. Henkel missed only one shot, equal or better than all the leaders, and she finished in 47:29.1, which would be the fifth fastest ski time. No one challenged her time until Norway’s Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée started 56th. The wife of France’s biathlon star Raphaël Poirée also missed only one target and came in less than eight seconds behind Henkel. Forsberg started 65th, and posted the third fastest ski time, but her two missed targets brought her home in third place, 39.2 seconds behind Henkel. Henkel’s gold medal was somewhat surprising but over the next six years, she would win four individual World Championships and the 2006-07 World Cup.
A few days later Forsberg would also win a bronze in the sprint. She would finish the 2001-02 World Cup season as the champion for the sixth year in a row, and retired after 2002. The greatest ever female biathlete, Magdalena Forsberg would end her career with only two bronze medals at the Olympics.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Adjusted Time | Misses | Skiing | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | Shooting 3 Misses | Shooting 3 | Shooting 4 Misses | Shooting 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Henkel |  GER | 47:29.1 | 1 | 46:29.1 (5) | 0 | 9:01.0 (1) | 1 | 19:05.0 (10) | 0 | 29:26.9 (5) | 0 | 38:42.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée |  NOR | 47:37.0 | 1 | 46:37.0 (6) | 0 | 8:52.9 (2) | 1 | 19:03.0 (9) | 0 | 29:29.8 (6) | 0 | 38:51.2 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Magdalena Forsberg |  SWE | 48:08.3 | 2 | 46:08.3 (3) | 0 | 9:09.9 (3) | 0 | 18:11.2 (2) | 0 | 28:19.7 (2) | 2 | 39:38.9 (5) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Olga Pylyova |  RUS | 48:14.0 | 2 | 46:14.0 (4) | 0 | 8:58.1 (4) | 0 | 18:09.2 (1) | 0 | 28:17.5 (1) | 2 | 39:40.2 (6) | |||
| 5 | Ekaterina Dafovska |  BUL | 48:15.5 | 1 | 47:15.5 (14) | 0 | 9:07.0 (5) | 1 | 19:21.3 (12) | 0 | 29:44.8 (9) | 0 | 39:16.9 (3) | |||
| 6 | Volha Nazarava |  BLR | 48:29.9 | 1 | 47:29.9 (16) | 0 | 9:32.2 (6) | 1 | 19:47.5 (19) | 0 | 30:09.4 (11) | 0 | 39:31.2 (4) | |||
| 7 | Martina Glagow | GER | 48:34.2 | 1 | 47:34.2 (17) | 1 | 10:05.0 (30) | 0 | 19:30.2 (15) | 0 | 30:09.0 (12) | 0 | 39:40.0 (7) | |||
| 8 | Svetlana Ishmuratova | RUS | 48:45.0 | 2 | 46:45.0 (7) | 1 | 10:21.2 (33) | 0 | 19:31.7 (16) | 0 | 29:47.4 (10) | 1 | 40:05.2 (8) | |||
| 9 | Martina Jašicová |  SVK | 48:47.5 | 2 | 46:47.5 (8) | 0 | 9:11.0 (9) | 1 | 19:23.7 (13) | 0 | 29:41.8 (8) | 1 | 40:05.6 (9) | |||
| 10 | Albina Akhatova | RUS | 49:06.1 | 2 | 47:06.1 (10) | 2 | 11:11.2 (54) | 0 | 20:31.6 (36) | 0 | 30:56.0 (19) | 0 | 40:19.7 (11) | |||
| 11 | Florence Baverel-Robert |  FRA | 49:10.2 | 2 | 47:10.2 (12) | 0 | 9:09.8 (11) | 0 | 18:23.4 (3) | 2 | 30:40.9 (15) | 0 | 40:09.4 (10) | |||
| 12 | Uschi Disl | GER | 49:43.4 | 4 | 45:43.4 (2) | 0 | 8:52.8 (12) | 1 | 18:44.6 (5) | 0 | 28:52.5 (3) | 3 | 41:12.0 (17) | |||
| 13 | Katja Holanti |  FIN | 49:52.3 | 2 | 47:52.3 (21) | 0 | 9:21.7 (13) | 0 | 18:43.9 (4) | 1 | 30:15.4 (13) | 1 | 40:49.8 (12) | |||
| 14 | Soňa Mihoková | SVK | 50:00.7 | 3 | 47:00.7 (9) | 0 | 9:10.8 (14) | 1 | 19:24.6 (14) | 1 | 30:41.6 (16) | 1 | 41:07.5 (15) | |||
| 15 | Sun Ribo |  CHN | 50:04.7 | 1 | 49:04.7 (29) | 0 | 9:46.0 (15) | 1 | 20:28.8 (34) | 0 | 31:18.0 (25) | 0 | 41:00.6 (14) | |||
| 16 | Sylvie Becaert | FRA | 50:09.0 | 2 | 48:09.0 (23) | 0 | 9:24.0 (26) | 0 | 18:55.1 (7) | 0 | 29:19.7 (4) | 2 | 41:16.6 (19) | |||
| 17 | Liu Xianying | CHN | 50:09.4 | 0 | 50:09.4 (48) | 0 | 10:00.1 (=27) | 0 | 19:51.0 (21) | 0 | 30:53.6 (18) | 0 | 40:56.3 (13) | |||
| 18 | Katrin Apel | GER | 50:16.7 | 5 | 45:16.7 (1) | 0 | 8:48.3 (18) | 2 | 19:40.4 (18) | 0 | 29:38.7 (7) | 3 | 41:47.0 (24) | |||
| 19 | Kateřina Losmanová |  CZE | 50:42.0 | 3 | 47:42.0 (18) | 1 | 10:31.8 (=38) | 1 | 20:55.4 (42) | 1 | 32:17.5 (39) | 0 | 41:44.5 (22) | |||
| 20 | Pavlina Filipova | BUL | 50:47.5 | 3 | 47:47.5 (19) | 2 | 11:03.6 (53) | 0 | 20:31.5 (37) | 0 | 31:01.7 (=20) | 1 | 41:45.7 (23) | |||
| 21 | Corinne Niogret | FRA | 50:49.6 | 1 | 49:49.6 (43) | 0 | 9:43.5 (21) | 1 | 20:21.4 (31) | 0 | 31:20.1 (26) | 0 | 41:12.2 (18) | |||
| 22 | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid | NOR | 50:51.1 | 3 | 47:51.1 (20) | 0 | 9:18.6 (22) | 1 | 19:37.3 (17) | 1 | 31:13.0 (23) | 1 | 41:44.7 (21) | |||
| 23 | Zdeňka Vejnarová | CZE | 50:54.7 | 1 | 49:54.7 (45) | 0 | 9:41.8 (23) | 0 | 19:19.4 (11) | 0 | 30:25.7 (14) | 1 | 41:19.3 (20) | |||
| 24 | Olena Petrova |  UKR | 51:05.7 | 1 | 50:05.7 (47) | 0 | 9:15.5 (24) | 0 | 18:49.3 (6) | 1 | 30:46.2 (17) | 0 | 41:09.7 (16) | |||
| 25 | Lucija Larisi |  SLO | 51:12.1 | 2 | 49:12.1 (33) | 0 | 9:31.6 (25) | 1 | 20:09.2 (26) | 0 | 31:01.7 (=20) | 1 | 41:59.6 (28) | |||
| 26 | Delphyne Burlet | FRA | 51:19.2 | 2 | 49:19.2 (34) | 1 | 10:31.5 (39) | 0 | 19:59.6 (23) | 1 | 31:57.0 (35) | 0 | 41:51.9 (26) | |||
| 27 | Oksana Yakovlieva | UKR | 51:22.2 | 2 | 49:22.2 (35) | 1 | 10:31.7 (41) | 0 | 20:11.1 (27) | 0 | 31:07.1 (22) | 1 | 41:59.4 (29) | |||
| 28 | Irena Česneková | CZE | 51:28.0 | 2 | 49:28.0 (38) | 0 | 9:34.1 (17) | 0 | 18:56.6 (8) | 2 | 31:47.4 (32) | 0 | 41:55.1 (27) | |||
| 29 | Oksana Khvostenko | UKR | 51:34.4 | 0 | 51:34.4 (55) | 0 | 10:00.1 (=27) | 0 | 20:08.6 (25) | 0 | 31:32.8 (28) | 0 | 41:48.0 (25) | |||
| 30 | Gunn Margit Andreassen | NOR | 51:42.9 | 3 | 48:42.9 (26) | 0 | 9:26.8 (7) | 1 | 20:02.7 (24) | 1 | 31:52.5 (34) | 1 | 42:31.1 (31) | |||
| 31 | Rachel Steer |  USA | 51:50.6 | 2 | 49:50.6 (44) | 0 | 9:50.4 (19) | 1 | 20:31.9 (38) | 1 | 32:32.7 (41) | 0 | 42:32.3 (32) | |||
| 32 | Iva Karagiozova | BUL | 51:59.3 | 2 | 49:59.3 (46) | 1 | 10:37.9 (44) | 1 | 21:33.7 (46) | 0 | 32:37.6 (43) | 0 | 42:35.2 (33) | |||
| 33 | Marcela Pavkovčeková | SVK | 52:03.7 | 4 | 48:03.7 (22) | 1 | 10:24.0 (34) | 0 | 19:50.1 (20) | 3 | 33:24.9 (49) | 0 | 43:00.9 (35) | |||
| 34 | Olena Zubrilova | UKR | 52:10.7 | 3 | 49:10.7 (31) | 1 | 10:04.8 (29) | 1 | 20:20.5 (30) | 1 | 32:15.5 (38) | 0 | 42:30.6 (30) | |||
| 35 | Eva Háková | CZE | 52:11.0 | 3 | 49:11.0 (32) | 1 | 10:57.2 (50) | 1 | 21:44.0 (48) | 0 | 32:20.8 (40) | 1 | 43:06.8 (37) | |||
| 36 | Michela Ponza |  ITA | 52:13.6 | 2 | 50:13.6 (50) | 1 | 10:41.2 (46) | 0 | 20:28.1 (35) | 1 | 32:36.2 (42) | 0 | 42:43.9 (34) | |||
| 37 | Olga Zaytseva | RUS | 52:26.2 | 4 | 48:26.2 (24) | 1 | 10:26.0 (35) | 0 | 19:56.9 (22) | 1 | 31:36.0 (29) | 2 | 43:14.3 (38) | |||
| 38 | Kseniya Zikunkova | BLR | 52:26.8 | 3 | 49:26.8 (37) | 1 | 10:50.2 (48) | 0 | 20:24.3 (33) | 0 | 31:17.5 (24) | 2 | 43:03.0 (36) | |||
| 39 | Linda Tjørhom | NOR | 52:34.0 | 4 | 48:34.0 (25) | 1 | 10:36.2 (43) | 1 | 21:05.6 (43) | 0 | 31:41.9 (30) | 2 | 43:20.7 (40) | |||
| 40 | Sanna-Leena Perunka | FIN | 52:48.8 | 3 | 49:48.8 (42) | 1 | 10:41.3 (45) | 0 | 20:19.2 (29) | 0 | 31:25.1 (27) | 2 | 43:15.2 (39) | |||
| 41 | Tadeja Brankovič | SLO | 53:08.9 | 4 | 49:08.9 (30) | 1 | 10:26.7 (36) | 2 | 22:01.9 (51) | 0 | 32:59.5 (46) | 1 | 43:47.7 (43) | |||
| 42 | Hiromi Suga |  JPN | 53:10.6 | 3 | 50:10.6 (49) | 1 | 11:00.3 (52) | 0 | 20:49.9 (40) | 1 | 32:48.8 (44) | 1 | 43:44.8 (41) | |||
| 43 | Irina Nikulchina | BUL | 53:16.7 | 6 | 47:16.7 (15) | 3 | 12:16.4 (64) | 2 | 23:37.4 (62) | 0 | 34:06.6 (51) | 1 | 44:34.9 (47) | |||
| 44 | Kong Yingchao | CHN | 53:38.0 | 2 | 51:38.0 (57) | 1 | 10:50.3 (49) | 0 | 20:55.9 (41) | 0 | 32:13.0 (36) | 1 | 43:45.4 (42) | |||
| 45 | Tamami Tanaka | JPN | 53:40.4 | 4 | 49:40.4 (40) | 3 | 12:50.8 (67) | 1 | 23:31.7 (61) | 0 | 34:29.0 (54) | 0 | 44:18.6 (46) | |||
| 46 | Yu Shumei | CHN | 53:43.0 | 5 | 48:43.0 (27) | 1 | 10:29.9 (37) | 2 | 22:01.5 (52) | 0 | 33:09.4 (47) | 2 | 44:42.3 (48) | |||
| 47 | Katja Haller | ITA | 53:44.0 | 2 | 51:44.0 (59) | 2 | 11:46.5 (59) | 0 | 21:53.8 (49) | 0 | 33:22.9 (48) | 0 | 43:51.4 (44) | |||
| 48 | Outi Kettunen | FIN | 53:48.1 | 4 | 49:48.1 (41) | 0 | 9:44.8 (16) | 1 | 20:18.8 (28) | 1 | 32:14.5 (37) | 2 | 44:12.1 (45) | |||
| 49 | Saskia Santer | ITA | 54:14.7 | 7 | 47:14.7 (13) | 2 | 11:29.7 (58) | 2 | 22:45.3 (56) | 2 | 35:01.9 (57) | 1 | 45:23.5 (55) | |||
| 50 | Ryoko Takahashi | JPN | 54:18.0 | 4 | 50:18.0 (51) | 0 | 9:44.9 (20) | 1 | 20:22.2 (32) | 0 | 31:42.5 (31) | 3 | 44:44.2 (49) | |||
| 51 | Liudmila Lysenka | BLR | 54:25.4 | 4 | 50:25.4 (52) | 4 | 14:05.1 (70) | 0 | 23:57.7 (65) | 0 | 35:07.5 (58) | 0 | 45:06.2 (51) | |||
| 52 | Eva Tofalvi |  ROU | 54:36.7 | 3 | 51:36.7 (56) | 2 | 12:03.1 (62) | 0 | 22:08.5 (53) | 1 | 34:31.7 (55) | 0 | 44:49.8 (50) | |||
| 53 | Anna Murínová | SVK | 54:39.2 | 5 | 49:39.2 (39) | 1 | 10:31.8 (=38) | 2 | 22:17.3 (54) | 2 | 35:21.2 (61) | 0 | 45:20.5 (53) | |||
| 54 | Anna Stera-Kustucz |  POL | 54:47.1 | 4 | 50:47.1 (53) | 2 | 11:54.1 (60) | 1 | 22:58.1 (57) | 0 | 34:19.1 (53) | 1 | 45:20.0 (54) | |||
| 55 | Kristina Sabasteanski | USA | 55:00.9 | 4 | 51:00.9 (54) | 0 | 9:54.1 (10) | 1 | 20:46.2 (39) | 0 | 31:49.5 (33) | 3 | 45:07.6 (52) | |||
| 56 | Andreja Grašič | SLO | 55:06.4 | 8 | 47:06.4 (11) | 2 | 11:12.0 (56) | 3 | 23:21.1 (59) | 2 | 35:43.8 (62) | 1 | 46:07.9 (56) | |||
| 57 | Dijana Grudiček | SLO | 55:50.3 | 7 | 48:50.3 (28) | 0 | 9:41.3 (8) | 4 | 23:23.5 (60) | 1 | 35:16.2 (60) | 2 | 46:55.9 (58) | |||
| 58 | Ivett Szöllősi |  HUN | 56:34.8 | 1 | 55:34.8 (65) | 0 | 10:48.3 (47) | 0 | 21:39.2 (47) | 0 | 33:59.5 (50) | 1 | 46:08.9 (57) | |||
| 59 | Kara Salmela | USA | 57:25.9 | 8 | 49:25.9 (36) | 1 | 10:33.6 (42) | 1 | 21:08.5 (44) | 2 | 34:13.5 (52) | 4 | 48:11.4 (61) | |||
| 60 | Yelena Dubok |  KAZ | 57:32.5 | 5 | 52:32.5 (60) | 0 | 10:14.1 (32) | 2 | 22:29.0 (55) | 1 | 35:14.2 (59) | 2 | 47:37.3 (60) | |||
| 61 | Dana Cojocea | ROU | 57:37.0 | 5 | 52:37.0 (61) | 2 | 11:56.0 (61) | 1 | 23:13.2 (58) | 0 | 34:56.0 (56) | 2 | 47:32.7 (59) | |||
| 62 | Valentina Ciurina |  MDA | 58:40.8 | 6 | 52:40.8 (62) | 1 | 10:58.8 (51) | 1 | 21:57.1 (50) | 3 | 36:45.1 (65) | 1 | 48:30.6 (62) | |||
| 63 | Andžela Brice |  LAT | 59:20.9 | 6 | 53:20.9 (63) | 1 | 11:23.9 (57) | 2 | 23:53.1 (64) | 1 | 36:40.9 (64) | 2 | 49:17.9 (63) | |||
| 64 | Mami Shindo | JPN | 59:38.6 | 8 | 51:38.6 (58) | 3 | 13:04.9 (69) | 2 | 25:22.3 (68) | 2 | 38:49.9 (69) | 1 | 50:08.8 (64) | |||
| 65 | Zsuzsanna Bekecs | HUN | 1-00:40.7 | 5 | 55:40.7 (66) | 2 | 12:42.5 (66) | 2 | 25:55.3 (70) | 0 | 38:21.8 (68) | 1 | 50:23.5 (65) | |||
| 66 | Kim Ja-Youn |  KOR | 1-01:13.8 | 7 | 54:13.8 (64) | 2 | 12:13.6 (63) | 2 | 24:56.1 (67) | 0 | 36:49.1 (66) | 3 | 50:44.9 (66) | |||
| 67 | Claudia Barrenechea |  CHI | 1-02:30.0 | 3 | 59:30.0 (69) | 1 | 12:51.0 (68) | 1 | 25:44.7 (69) | 1 | 40:06.4 (70) | 0 | 51:58.2 (67) | |||
| 68 | Despoina Vavatsi |  GRE | 1-04:39.4 | 7 | 57:39.4 (67) | 0 | 11:12.5 (55) | 2 | 24:27.8 (66) | 1 | 38:20.0 (67) | 4 | 53:49.4 (68) | |||
| 69 | Natalia Lovece |  ARG | 1-09:56.8 | 12 | 57:56.8 (68) | 4 | 15:50.9 (71) | 2 | 29:07.9 (71) | 2 | 43:49.9 (71) | 4 | 59:22.2 (69) | |||
| Nathalie Santer | ITA | – | – | – (–) | 3 | 12:20.7 (65) | 2 | 23:43.3 (63) | 2 | 36:27.8 (63) | – | – (–) | ||||
| Liudmila Ananka | BLR | – | – | – (–) | 0 | 10:11.0 (31) | 1 | 21:18.3 (45) | 0 | 32:51.2 (45) | – | – (–) |