The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and finished on March 9, 2016 at the World Championships in Holmenkollen. The defending titlist Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland finished on the 8th place. Dorothea Wierer of Italy won the title.
Competition format The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2014–15 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 162Silver: Darya Domracheva 139Bronze: Veronika Vítková 122
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsDorothea Wierer 42:17.0(0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 42:31.1(0+2+0+0)Olena Pidhrushna 42:54.8(0+0+0+0)RuhpoldingdetailsDorothea Wierer40:19.9(0+0+0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen41:14.7(1+0+0+0)Gabriela Soukalová41:29.8(0+1+0+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsMarie Dorin Habert 44:02.8(0+0+0+1)Anaïs Bescond 44:15.0(0+0+0+1)Laura Dahlmeier 45:20.6(1+0+1+0)
Standings # Name ÖST RUH WCH TotalIndividual Women 1 60 60 34 154 2 54 38 60 152 3 40 48 40 128 4 31 43 38 112 5 32 21 54 107 6 36 27 43 106 7 30 30 36 96 8 17 54 22 93 9 38 29 26 93 10 — 32 48 80 11 28 23 27 78 12 48 25 DNF 73 13 4 40 24 68 14 43 20 0 63 15 34 0 28 62 16 21 10 29 60 17 23 12 19 54 18 0 22 30 52 19 7 26 17 50 20 16 31 — 47 21 27 9 10 46 22 11 34 0 45 23 24 0 20 44 24 15 0 25 40 25 — 6 31 37 26 0 36 0 36 27 29 DNF 7 36 28 18 18 0 36 29 0 19 14 33 30 — 0 32 32 31 0 28 — 28 32 0 16 12 28 33 26 — 0 26 34 20 5 1 26 35 13 7 6 26 36 25 DNS — 25 37 0 24 0 24 38 0 0 23 23 39 6 14 3 23 40 22 — — 22 41 — 13 9 22 42 0 0 21 21 43 0 17 4 21 44 2 — 18 20 45 19 0 0 19 46 — 3 16 19 47 — 4 13 17 48 12 0 5 17 49 0 0 15 15 50 — 15 — 15 51 14 0 — 14 52 0 1 11 12 53 0 11 0 11 54 10 — — 10 55 9 0 — 9 56 0 8 0 8 57 8 0 — 8 58 0 — 8 8 59 5 — — 5 60 3 0 — 3 61 — 2 — 2 62 — — 2 2 63 1 — — 1
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