The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on Saturday December 5, 2015 in Östersund and finished on March 17, 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist Darya Domracheva of Belarus missed the season due to illness. Gabriela Soukalová of the Czech Republic won the title.

Competition format The sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2014–15 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Darya Domracheva 416Silver: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 364Bronze: Veronika Vítková 347

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsGabriela Soukalová 19:46.2(0+0)Federica Sanfilippo 20:01.2(0+0)Olena Pidhrushna 20:24.6(1+0)HochfilzendetailsFranziska Hildebrand 20:04.1(0+0)Maren Hammerschmidt 20:19.2(0+0)Miriam Gössner 20:25.1(0+1)PokljukadetailsMarie Dorin Habert 20:17.8(0+0)Laura Dahlmeier 20:18.9(0+0)Franziska Hildebrand 20:90.8(0+0) RuhpoldingdetailsFranziska Hildebrand 19:46.5(0+0)Gabriela Soukalová 19:46.8(0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 19:48.8(0+0)AntholzdetailsOlga Podchufarova21:01.9(0+0)Dorothea Wierer21:09.9(0+1)Ekaterina Yurlova21:24.0(0+1)CanmoredetailsOlena Pidhrushna 19:56.9(0+0)Krystyna Guzik 20:04.4(0+0)Dorothea Wierer 20:09.3(0+1)Presque IsledetailsGabriela Soukalová 20:02.2(0+0)Susan Dunklee 20:20.0(0+0)Krystyna Guzik 20:21.3(0+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsTiril Eckhoff 21:10.8(0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 21:25.8(0+0)Laura Dahlmeier 21:30.6(1+0)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 20:42.3(0+1)Gabriela Soukalová 20:45.4(0+0)Marte Olsbu 20:47.1(0+0)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK RUH ANT CAN PRE WCH KHA TotalSprint Women 1 60 34 40 54 32 36 60 43 54 413 2 38 31 60 29 38 12 43 54 31 336 3 21 25 25 38 54 48 36 40 40 327 4 31 13 31 48 23 31 40 32 60 309 5 48 27 0 36 40 60 27 25 36 299 6 24 60 48 60 22 0 — 31 30 275 7 27 9 43 32 34 26 31 36 0 238 8 0 43 14 20 43 17 34 29 34 234 9 — 38 54 43 — 25 — 48 5 213 10 0 22 34 17 15 54 48 0 22 212 11 43 20 32 — — 38 5 27 38 203 12 23 48 26 0 31 14 19 — 26 187 13 0 0 38 30 4 6 54 34 16 182 14 34 32 21 6 36 19 12 5 13 178 15 28 36 22 34 26 0 0 10 15 171 16 7 24 4 40 60 10 25 0 — 170 17 18 16 0 27 27 11 10 16 43 168 18 30 29 12 14 13 0 13 25 25 161 19 17 6 27 15 29 23 24 0 19 160 20 40 11 2 24 21 — — 60 — 158 21 — 21 11 11 48 0 29 22 9 151 22 15 0 0 16 30 0 — 30 48 139 23 0 30 — 7 25 0 38 0 27 127 24 5 0 30 13 28 43 0 0 0 119 25 32 26 28 28 0 — — 0 0 114 26 0 1 17 31 9 29 1 3 21 112 27 0 54 36 0 — — — — 17 107 28 0 40 24 0 0 DSQ 22 8 11 105 29 0 19 20 12 12 — — 9 32 104 30 54 0 20 4 0 15 7 0 — 100 31 0 17 29 21 14 0 16 — — 97 32 0 15 0 22 0 30 0 0 18 85 33 — — 8 0 3 34 8 28 0 81 34 0 4 0 — 11 24 0 21 14 74 35 0 0 — 9 0 18 4 13 29 73 36 29 3 16 23 0 0 0 1 0 72 37 8 23 — 11 1 — — 0 28 71 38 0 0 0 0 0 40 26 0 4 70 39 36 28 0 0 5 — — — — 69 40 — 0 0 — 10 28 30 0 0 68 41 10 0 0 — 7 0 20 11 20 68 42 0 18 0 18 — 20 2 — 6 64 43 0 0 5 1 0 0 11 38 8 63 44 0 0 0 3 — — 17 18 24 62 45 19 2 18 — 8 0 — 12 0 59 46 — — 6 — 18 16 0 15 0 55 47 22 12 0 19 0 0 — — 0 53 48 0 0 0 — — 13 14 23 — 50 49 — — — 0 — 27 21 — — 48 50 0 0 0 — 0 — 23 17 7 47 51 0 8 15 0 20 — — 0 DNS 43 52 9 0 10 0 0 22 — 0 0 41 53 — — — — 0 0 18 19 0 37 54 0 0 0 5 24 DNS 0 7 0 36 55 — — — — 0 0 32 — 3 35 56 0 0 9 25 DNS DNF 0 0 — 34 57 25 0 0 0 0 — 9 0 0 34 58 0 — — — 0 32 0 — — 32 59 3 7 7 8 — 0 — 7 0 32 60 0 0 0 0 0 — 28 0 3 31 61 2 0 3 26 DNS — — 0 0 31 62 — 14 0 2 0 0 15 — — 31 63 26 0 0 — 2 — — — — 28 64 0 0 0 0 — — — 26 — 26 65 — 0 23 0 — 0 0 — — 23 66 — — — — 0 — — — 23 23 67 6 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 22 68 — — — 0 — 21 0 — — 21 69 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 20 70 0 0 0 0 — — — 20 0 20 71 0 0 0 0 19 — 0 0 0 19 72 — — 0 0 17 0 DNS 0 — 17 73 16 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 16 74 11 5 — — — — — — — 16 75 14 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 14 76 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 14 0 14 77 0 0 13 0 — — — — — 13 78 13 0 — — 0 — — — — 13 79 12 0 1 — DNS — — — — 13 80 — — — — — — — — 12 12 81 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 11 82 0 10 — — — — — — — 10 83 — — — — — — — — 10 10 84 — — — — 0 9 0 0 — 9 85 — — 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 9 86 — — — — 0 7 0 0 0 7 87 0 0 0 — — 0 6 — — 6 88 — 0 0 — 6 0 0 0 — 6 89 4 — 0 0 — 0 — 0 — 4 90 0 0 0 0 — 4 0 0 — 4 91 — — — 0 — 3 — 0 — 3 92 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 93 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 — 2 94 0 0 — — — 2 0 — — 2 95 2 0 — — — — — — — 2 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

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