Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
# Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's 7.5 km sprint biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics took place at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 9 February 2014. It was won by Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia, who was the defending champion. Olga Vilukhina from Russia won the silver medal, and Vita Semerenko from Ukraine won the bronze. Semerenko had competed in this event at the Olympics but never previously won an Olympic medal.

## Summary

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle took an early lead in the event, after missing one target in the standing shooting. Soon, her result was improved by four seconds by Anaïs Bescond, also with one missing target. Kuzmina, who started 33rd (compared to Bescond's 14th starting number) shot flawlessly and edged Bescond by 29.9 seconds. Later Bescond was pushed from the medal position first by Karin Oberhofer (2 seconds), and then by Vilukhina (8 seconds to Oberhofer). Semerenko, who after the second shooting was fifth, by 5.9 km was second, ahead of Vilukhina, but at the finish line lost 2.2 seconds to Vilukhina, taking bronze and pushing Oberhofer out of the medal position. Dorothea Wierer, who was third after the standing shooting (behind Kuzmina and Vilukhina) finished sixth.

On 27 November 2017, Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina was stripped of her olympic medal due to doping violations. Her teammate Yana Romanova was also disqualified. On 1 December 2017, Olga Zaitseva from Russia was disqualified. On 24 September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport removed the sanctions from biathletes Olga Vilukhina, Yana Romanova, but upheld them on their teammate Olga Zaitseva.

## Schedule

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 9 February 2014 | 18:30–19:36 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 18:30.

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 33 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | 21:06.8 | 0 (0+0) | — |
| | 56 | Olga Vilukhina | Russia | 21:26.7 | 0 (0+0) | +19.9 |
| | 62 | Vita Semerenko | Ukraine | 21:28.5 | 0 (0+0) | +21.7 |
| 4 | 46 | Karin Oberhofer | Italy | 21:34.7 | 0 (0+0) | +27.9 |
| 5 | 14 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 21:36.7 | 1 (1+0) | +29.9 |
| 6 | 64 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 21:37.4 | 0 (0+0) | +30.6 |
| 7 | 39 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Poland | 21:37.6 | 1 (1+0) | +30.8 |
| 8 | 41 | Elisa Gasparin | Switzerland | 21:38.2 | 0 (0+0) | +31.4 |
| 9 | 22 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 21:38.6 | 1 (1+0) | +31.8 |
| 10 | 19 | Tora Berger | Norway | 21:40.6 | 1 (1+0) | +33.8 |
| 11 | 6 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Germany | 21:40.8 | 1 (0+1) | +34.0 |
| 12 | 43 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 21:44.9 | 1 (0+1) | +38.1 |
| 13 | 58 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 21:46.5 | 1 (0+1) | +39.7 |
| 14 | 11 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 21:48.3 | 1 (0+1) | +41.5 |
| 15 | 49 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 21:48.9 | 1 (0+1) | +42.1 |
| 16 | 55 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 21:50.8 | 0 (0+0) | +44.0 |
| 17 | 17 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 21:50.9 | 0 (0+0) | +44.1 |
| 18 | 10 | Tiril Eckhoff | Norway | 21:51.4 | 1 (0+1) | +44.6 |
| 19 | 81 | Yana Romanova | Russia | 21:53.4 | 0 (0+0) | +46.6 |
| 20 | 60 | Marie Dorin Habert | France | 21:55.0 | 0 (0+0) | +48.2 |
| 21 | 82 | Monika Hojnisz | Poland | 21:55.1 | 0 (0+0) | +48.3 |
| 22 | 34 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 22:01.5 | 1 (0+1) | +54.7 |
| 22 | 47 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 22:01.5 | 1 (1+0) | +54.7 |
| 24 | 68 | Ann Kristin Flatland | Norway | 22:10.6 | 1 (0+1) | +1:03.8 |
| 25 | 71 | Rosanna Crawford | Canada | 22:10.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:04.0 |
| 26 | 30 | Olena Pidhrushna | Ukraine | 22:12.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:06.0 |
| 27 | 5 | Lisa Hauser | Austria | 22:15.6 | 0 (0+0) | +1:08.8 |
| DSQ | 61 | Olga Zaytseva | Russia | 22:16.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:09.8 |
| 29 | 16 | Gabriela Soukalová | Czech Republic | 22:17.5 | 3 (3+0) | +1:10.7 |
| 30 | 51 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 22:18.4 | 2 (0+2) | +1:11.6 |
| 31 | 40 | Megan Imrie | Canada | 22:19.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:12.7 |
| 32 | 12 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 22:25.5 | 2 (1+1) | +1:18.7 |
| 33 | 8 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 22:27.8 | 1 (1+0) | +1:21.0 |
| 34 | 65 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 22:29.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:22.9 |
| 35 | 42 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 22:32.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:25.3 |
| 36 | 31 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 22:37.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:30.5 |
| 37 | 45 | Liudmila Kalinchik | Belarus | 22:37.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:31.0 |
| 38 | 27 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 22:47.0 | 0 (0+0) | +1:40.2 |
| 39 | 25 | Fuyuko Suzuki | Japan | 22:47.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:40.6 |
| 40 | 67 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 22:51.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:44.4 |
| 41 | 50 | Franziska Preuß | Germany | 22:53.1 | 2 (2+0) | +1:46.3 |
| 42 | 23 | Juliya Dzhyma | Ukraine | 22:55.5 | 3 (1+2) | +1:48.7 |
| 43 | 1 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 22:58.0 | 3 (1+2) | +1:51.2 |
| 44 | 74 | Sara Studebaker | United States | 22:59.5 | 1 (1+0) | +1:52.7 |
| 45 | 37 | Eva Puskarčíková | Czech Republic | 23:00.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:54.1 |
| 46 | 73 | Laura Dahlmeier | Germany | 23:03.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:56.4 |
| 47 | 84 | Anaïs Chévalier | France | 23:03.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:56.6 |
| 48 | 79 | Johanna Talihärm | Estonia | 23:09.3 | 0 (0+0) | +2:02.5 |
| 49 | 59 | Zhang Yan | China | 23:09.4 | 0 (0+0) | +2:02.6 |
| 50 | 24 | Jitka Landová | Czech Republic | 23:16.9 | 2 (1+1) | +2:10.1 |
| 51 | 54 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 23:18.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:11.8 |
| 52 | 3 | Victoria Padial | Spain | 23:21.5 | 1 (0+1) | +2:14.7 |
| 53 | 57 | Annelies Cook | United States | 23:23.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:16.6 |
| 54 | 80 | Nicole Gontier | Italy | 23:26.3 | 4 (1+3) | +2:19.5 |
| 55 | 52 | Tang Jialin | China | 23:26.7 | 2 (0+2) | +2:19.9 |
| 56 | 53 | Marie-Laure Brunet | France | 23:27.4 | 0 (0+0) | +2:20.6 |
| 57 | 29 | Elena Khrustaleva | Kazakhstan | 23:29.6 | 2 (2+0) | +2:22.8 |
| 58 | 66 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 23:33.3 | 1 (1+0) | +2:26.5 |
| 59 | 78 | Megan Heinicke | Canada | 23:34.5 | 3 (1+2) | +2:27.7 |
| 60 | 7 | Ekaterina Shumilova | Russia | 23:38.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:31.6 |
| 61 | 48 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 23:48.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:41.3 |
| 62 | 77 | Martina Chrapánová | Slovakia | 23:48.3 | 2 (0+2) | +2:41.5 |
| 63 | 21 | Song Chaoqing | China | 23:49.5 | 1 (1+0) | +2:42.7 |
| 64 | 9 | Galina Vishnevskaya | Kazakhstan | 23:52.0 | 3 (2+1) | +2:45.2 |
| 65 | 63 | Hannah Dreissigacker | United States | 23:55.0 | 4 (1+3) | +2:48.2 |
| 66 | 2 | Laure Soulie | Andorra | 23:57.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:51.0 |
| 67 | 69 | Daria Yurlova | Estonia | 24:01.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:54.3 |
| 68 | 72 | Yuki Nakajima | Japan | 24:12.9 | 2 (1+1) | +3:06.1 |
| 69 | 38 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 24:13.3 | 4 (2+2) | +3:06.5 |
| 70 | 44 | Emőke Szőcs | Hungary | 24:15.4 | 2 (0+2) | +3:08.6 |
| 71 | 15 | Grete Gaim | Estonia | 24:18.2 | 2 (1+1) | +3:11.4 |
| 72 | 70 | Paulína Fialková | Slovakia | 24:27.1 | 5 (3+2) | +3:20.3 |
| 73 | 83 | Marina Lebedeva | Kazakhstan | 24:31.9 | 2 (1+1) | +3:25.1 |
| 74 | 4 | Mun Ji-Hee | South Korea | 24:32.0 | 1 (0+1) | +3:25.2 |
| 75 | 20 | Amanda Lightfoot | Great Britain | 24:48.9 | 3 (2+1) | +3:42.1 |
| 76 | 28 | Katharina Innerhofer | Austria | 24:49.0 | 4 (1+3) | +3:42.2 |
| 77 | 18 | Jaqueline Mourão | Brazil | 25:06.4 | 1 (0+1) | +3:59.6 |
| 78 | 26 | Tanja Karišik | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25:06.8 | 2 (1+1) | +4:00.0 |
| 79 | 32 | Žanna Juškāne | Latvia | 25:36.5 | 6 (2+4) | +4:29.7 |
| 80 | 75 | Rina Suzuki | Japan | 25:40.6 | 2 (0+2) | +4:33.8 |
| 81 | 35 | Miki Kobayashi | Japan | 25:52.3 | 5 (1+4) | +4:45.5 |
| 82 | 36 | Lucy Glanville | Australia | 26:57.1 | 2 (0+2) | +5:50.3 |
| 83 | 76 | Song Na | China | 27:01.5 | 4 (3+1) | +5:54.7 |
| 84 | 13 | Alexandra Camenscic | Moldova | 27:37.0 | 5 (2+3) | +6:30.2 |
