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

The women's 10 km pursuit biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 11 February 2014.

In the pursuit competition, the competitors start times were determined according to the results of the Women's sprint held two days earlier, with the sprint champion Anastasiya Kuzmina starting first. None of the sprint medalists won a medal in the pursuit. Instead, Darya Domracheva of Belarus became the champion, with Tora Berger of Norway winning the silver medal, and Teja Gregorin of Slovenian winning the bronze. Gregorin's medal became the first ever medal of Slovenia in biathlon.

## Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the sprint, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.

During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each).

For the pursuit race the top 60 athletes in the sprint race qualified to compete.

## Schedule

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 11 February 2014 | 19:00 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 19:00.

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 9 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 0:32 | 29:30.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | — |
| | 10 | Tora Berger | Norway | 0:34 | 30:08.3 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +37.6 |
| | 15 | Teja Gregorin | Slovenia | 0:42 | 30:12.7 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +42.0 |
| 4 | 29 | Gabriela Soukalová | Czech Republic | 1:11 | 30:18.3 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +47.6 |
| 5 | 12 | Valj Semerenko | Ukraine | 0:38 | 30:23.6 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +52.9 |
| 6 | 1 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | Slovakia | 0:00 | 30:29.1 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +58.4 |
| 7 | 2 | Olga Vilukhina | Russia | 0:20 | 30:32.9 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +1:02.2 |
| 8 | 4 | Karin Oberhofer | Italy | 0:28 | 30:37.8 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +1:07.1 |
| 9 | 24 | Ann Kristin Flatland | Norway | 1:04 | 30:40.2 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +1:09.5 |
| 10 | 3 | Vita Semerenko | Ukraine | 0:22 | 30:40.3 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +1:09.6 |
| DSQ | 28 | Olga Zaytseva | Russia | 1:10 | 30:43.0 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +1:12.3 |
| 12 | 5 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 0:30 | 30:43.7 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +1:13.0 |
| 13 | 17 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 0:44 | 30:43.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:13.0 |
| 14 | 20 | Marie Dorin Habert | France | 0:48 | 30:53.6 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +1:22.9 |
| 15 | 13 | Selina Gasparin | Switzerland | 0:40 | 30:59.1 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +1:28.4 |
| 16 | 30 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 1:12 | 31:02.3 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +1:31.6 |
| 17 | 6 | Dorothea Wierer | Italy | 0:31 | 31:03.2 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +1:32.5 |
| 18 | 14 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 0:42 | 31:11.6 | 4 (0+1+0+3) | +1:40.9 |
| 19 | 21 | Monika Hojnisz | Poland | 0:48 | 31:14.0 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +1:43.3 |
| 20 | 7 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak | Poland | 0:31 | 31:25.4 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +1:54.7 |
| 21 | 16 | Veronika Vítková | Czech Republic | 0:44 | 31:42.9 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +2:12.2 |
| 22 | 26 | Olena Pidhrushna | Ukraine | 1:06 | 31:54.2 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +2:23.5 |
| 23 | 19 | Yana Romanova | Russia | 0:47 | 31:55.1 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +2:24.4 |
| 24 | 18 | Tiril Eckhoff | Norway | 0:45 | 32:12.3 | 6 (0+1+2+3) | +2:41.6 |
| 25 | 32 | Zina Kocher | Canada | 1:19 | 32:15.1 | 4 (0+2+0+2) | +2:44.4 |
| 26 | 23 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 0:55 | 32:15.3 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | +2:44.6 |
| 27 | 11 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | Germany | 0:34 | 32:16.6 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | +2:45.9 |
| 28 | 31 | Megan Imrie | Canada | 1:13 | 32:22.7 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +2:52.0 |
| 29 | 22 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | 0:55 | 32:30.4 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +2:59.7 |
| 30 | 46 | Laura Dahlmeier | Germany | 1:56 | 32:38.8 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +3:08.1 |
| 31 | 8 | Elisa Gasparin | Switzerland | 0:31 | 32:42.8 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | +3:12.1 |
| 32 | 39 | Fuyuko Suzuki | Japan | 1:41 | 32:49.0 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +3:18.3 |
| 33 | 37 | Liudmila Kalinchik | Belarus | 1:31 | 32:54.9 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +3:24.2 |
| 34 | 33 | Krystyna Pałka | Poland | 1:21 | 32:56.3 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +3:25.6 |
| 35 | 43 | Jana Gereková | Slovakia | 1:51 | 32:57.7 | 4 (2+0+0+2) | +3:27.0 |
| 36 | 35 | Synnøve Solemdal | Norway | 1:25 | 33:04.3 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +3:33.6 |
| 37 | 57 | Elena Khrustaleva | Kazakhstan | 2:23 | 33:06.5 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +3:35.8 |
| 38 | 40 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 1:44 | 33:14.3 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +3:43.6 |
| 39 | 27 | Lisa Hauser | Austria | 1:09 | 33:25.0 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +3:54.3 |
| 40 | 41 | Franziska Preuß | Germany | 1:46 | 33:34.0 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | +4:03.3 |
| 41 | 58 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 2:27 | 33:54.6 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +4:23.9 |
| 42 | 45 | Eva Puskarčíková | Czech Republic | 1:54 | 33:59.0 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +4:28.3 |
| 43 | 51 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Lithuania | 2:12 | 34:07.1 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +4:36.4 |
| 44 | 47 | Anaïs Chevalier | France | 1:57 | 34:14.5 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +4:43.8 |
| 45 | 25 | Rosanna Crawford | Canada | 1:04 | 34:15.6 | 7 (2+3+2+0) | +4:44.9 |
| 46 | 52 | Victoria Padial | Spain | 2:15 | 34:30.3 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +4:59.6 |
| 47 | 60 | Ekaterina Shumilova | Russia | 2:32 | 34:34.2 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | +5:03.5 |
| 48 | 38 | Michela Ponza | Italy | 1:40 | 34:36.4 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +5:05.7 |
| 49 | 54 | Nicole Gontier | Italy | 2:20 | 34:37.5 | 6 (2+2+0+2) | +5:06.8 |
| 50 | 55 | Tang Jialin | China | 2:20 | 34:40.4 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +5:09.7 |
| 51 | 44 | Sara Studebaker | United States | 1:53 | 35:00.0 | 5 (3+1+0+1) | +5:29.3 |
| 52 | 50 | Jitka Landová | Czech Republic | 2:10 | 35:37.6 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | +6:06.9 |
| 53 | 49 | Zhang Yan | China | 2:03 | 36:12.1 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +6:41.4 |
| 54 | 53 | Annelies Cook | United States | 2:17 | 36:20.9 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | +6:50.2 |
| 55 | 48 | Johanna Talihärm | Estonia | 2:03 | 37:52.5 | 5 (2+0+0+3) | +8:21.8 |
| 56 | 34 | Nastassia Dubarezava | Belarus | 1:23 | 41:01.8* | 12 (1+4+4+3) | +11:31.1 |
| | 59 | Megan Heinicke | Canada | 2:28 | DNF | 8 (2+1+3+2) | |
| | 36 | Mari Laukkanen | Finland | 1:31 | DNS | | |
| | 42 | Juliya Dzhyma | Ukraine | 1:49 | DNS | | |
| | 56 | Marie-Laure Brunet | France | 2:21 | DNS | | |

* Includes four-minute penalty

On 27 November 2017, IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova for doping violations.

