Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit

Women's pursuit at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
The medalists for the event. From left: Anastasiya Kuzmina (silver), Magdalena Neuner (gold) and Marie-Laure Brunet (bronze)
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Date	February 16
Competitors	60 from 24 nations
Winning time	30:16.0
Medalists
Magdalena Neuner   Germany   Anastasiya Kuzmina   Slovakia   Marie-Laure Brunet   France

Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Individual		men		women
Sprint		men		women
Pursuit		men		women
Mass start		men		women
Relay		men		women

The Women's 10 kilometre pursuit biathlon competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 16, 2010.

Observers and participants reported that the race start was confused and disorganized. U.S. coach Per Nilsson stated that he had never seen an Olympic biathlon as poorly managed as the February 16 women's race.^[1]

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Start.[2]	Time	Penalties (P+P+S+S)	Deficit
	2	Magdalena Neuner	Germany	0:02	30:16.0	2 (0+0+1+1)	0.00
	1	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	0:00	30:28.3	2 (0+1+1+0)	+12.3
	6	Marie-Laure Brunet	France	0:28	30:44.3	0 (0+0+0+0)	+28.3
4	20	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	Sweden	0:58	30:55.4	1 (1+0+0+0)	+39.4
5	33	Tora Berger	Norway	1:46	31:07.2	0 (0+0+0+0)	+51.2
6	4	Anna Boulygina	Russia	0:12	31:08.1	1 (0+1+0+0)	+52.1
7	7	Olga Zaitseva	Russia	0:28	31:20.3	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:04.3
8	10	Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland	Norway	0:34	31:33.3	1 (1+0+0+0)	+1:17.3
9	9	Teja Gregorin	Slovenia	0:34	31:38.6	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:22.6
10	27	Andrea Henkel	Germany	1:20	31:40.5	3 (1+0+1+1)	+1:24.5
11	5	Elena Khrustaleva	Kazakhstan	0:25	31:42.1	3 (1+0+1+1)	+1:26.1
12	30	Kati Wilhelm	Germany	1:32	31:43.3	1 (0+0+0+1)	+1:27.3
13	17	Liudmila Kalinchik	Belarus	0:51	31:48.2	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:32.2
14	12	Helena Jonsson	Sweden	0:47	31:53.8	2 (0+0+2+0)	+1:37.8
15	8	Darya Domracheva	Belarus	0:32	31:57.2	4 (0+2+0+2)	+1:41.2
16	26	Simone Hauswald	Germany	1:19	31:58.6	4 (1+0+1+2)	+1:42.6
17	3	Marie Dorin	France	0:11	32:03.2	2 (0+1+0+1)	+1:47.2
18	13	Svetlana Sleptsova	Russia	0:48	32:06.9	3 (1+0+0+2)	+1:50.9
19	14	Eva Tofalvi	Romania	0:50	32:26.3	2 (0+1+0+1)	+2:10.3
20	22	Olga Medvedtseva	Russia	1:06	32:31.9	3 (0+0+2+1)	+2:15.9
21	18	Olena Pidhrushna	Ukraine	0:52	32:34.0	2 (1+0+0+1)	+2:18.0
22	11	Oksana Khvostenko	Ukraine	0:43	32:54.3	1 (0+0+1+0)	+2:38.3
23	23	Valj Semerenko	Ukraine	1:13	32:57.6	3 (0+1+2+0)	+2:41.6
24	21	Krystyna Pałka	Poland	0:59	33:07.6	2 (1+0+1+0)	+2:51.6
25	42	Agnieszka Cyl	Poland	2:00	33:08.4	1 (1+0+0+0)	+2:52.4
26	28	Nadezhda Skardino	Belarus	1:22	33:11.0	2 (0+0+1+1)	+2:55.0
27	15	Sandrine Bailly	France	0:50	33:15.0	1 (1+0+1+3)	+2:59.0
28	36	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland	1:54	33:24.2	2 (0+0+1+1)	+3:08.2
29	29	Sylvie Becaert	France	1:26	33:34.8	3 (1+0+2+0)	+3:18.8
30	51	Liu Xianying	China	2:19	33:41.2	2 (0+0+1+1)	+3:25.2
31	35	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	1:53	33:45.8	2 (0+1+1+0)	+3:29.8
32	19	Magda Rezlerová	Czech Republic	0:55	33:46.9	5 (0+0+1+4)	+3:30.9
33	31	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	1:37	33:53.9	2 (1+0+1+0)	+3:37.9
34	25	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	1:16	33:58.4	5 (0+0+3+2)	+3:42.4
35	50	Wang Chunli	China	2:18	34:01.8	2 (0+0+0+2)	+3:45.8
36	46	Megan Tandy	Canada	2:12	34:02.2	1 (1+0+0+0)	+3:46.2
37	24	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	1:15	34:02.5	3 (1+0+1+1)	+3:46.5
38	57	Madara Līduma	Latvia	2:28	34:02.6	3 (0+0+2+1)	+3:46.6
39	37	Dijana Ravnikar	Slovenia	1:54	34:02.7	1 (0+0+1+0)	+3:46.7
40	40	Jana Gerekova	Slovakia	1:58	34:20.1	4 (0+3+0+1)	+4:04.1
41	41	Sofia Domeij	Sweden	1:59	34:23.8	2 (1+0+0+1)	+4:07.8
42	34	Vita Semerenko	Ukraine	1:47	34:26.4	5 (2+0+1+2)	+4:10.4
43	32	Song Chaoqing	China	1:43	34:46.6	5 (1+2+0+2)	+4:30.6
44	52	Anna Lebedeva	Kazakhstan	2:20	34:49.8	2 (0+1+0+1)	+4:33.8
45	59	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	2:32	34:50.0	2 (0+1+1+0)	+4:34.0
46	45	Sara Studebaker	United States	2:10	35:00.1	2 (1+0+0+1)	+4:44.1
47	16	Anna Maria Nilsson	Sweden	0:50	35:16.9	6 (1+2+2+1)	+5:00.9
48	56	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	2:28	35:53.5	5 (2+1+1+1)	+5:37.5
49	39	Mihaela Purdea	Romania	1:57	36:08.5	4 (1+0+0+3)	+5:52.5
50	43	Michela Ponza	Italy	2:00	36:11.9	1 (0+1+0+0)	+5:55.9
51	38	Katja Haller	Italy	1:55	36:20.9	5 (1+2+2+0)	+6:04.9
52	49	Dana Plotogea	Romania	2:17	36:38.8	3 (0+0+2+1)	+6:22.8
53	47	Karin Oberhofer	Italy	2:13	36:40.3	6 (2+3+1+0)	+6:24.3
54	44	Fuyuko Suzuki	Japan	2:02	36:41.9	1 (0+0+0+1)	+6:25.9
55	60	Zdeňka Vejnarová	Czech Republic	2:33	37:30.6	6 (1+1+3+1)	+7:14.6
56	53	Natalia Levchenkova	Moldova	2:23	37:38.5	4 (1+0+0+3)	+7:22.5
57	48	Gerda Krumina	Latvia	2:14	37:58.7	4 (0+2+1+1)	+7:42.7
	55	Eveli Saue	Estonia	2:28	LAP	7 (1+2+4+ )
	58	Marina Lebedeva	Kazakhstan	2:31	LAP	5 (1+2+2+ )
	54	Martina Halinarova	Slovakia	2:23	LAP	6 (1+2+3+ )

See also

• Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's pursuit

References

1. Gustus, Lauren, (Gannett News Service), "Starter error frustrates biathletes, guardsman", Military Times, February 18, 2010.
2. official start time. Because it was start error, not all competitor start after this table, for example Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek start about 1:12 after.

External links

• 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's 10 km Pursuit, from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-15.