The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and finished on March 19, 2016, in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland finished on the 4th place. Gabriela Soukalová of the Czech Republic won the title.

Competition format The pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.

2014–15 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 348Silver: Darya Domracheva 347Bronze: Valj Semerenko 255

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 30:45.1(1+0+1+0)Dorothea Wierer 30:47.0(0+0+1+0)Franziska Hildebrand 30:48.4(0+0+0+0)HochfilzendetailsLaura Dahlmeier 28:23.3(0+0+0+1)Maren Hammerschmidt 28:36.6(0+0+1+1)Gabriela Soukalová 28:41.8(0+0+0+1)PokljukadetailsLaura Dahlmeier 30:08.9(0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 30:26.9(0+0+0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 31:04.1(0+0+0+1)RuhpoldingdetailsLaura Dahlmeier 32:35.9(0+0+1+0)Gabriela Soukalová 32:43.2(0+0+0+1)Dorothea Wierer 33:29.5(0+1+0+1)Antholz-AnterselvadetailsEkaterina Yurlova 30:07.3(1+0+0+0)Selina Gasparin 30:19.3(1+0+0+0)Dorothea Wierer 30:25.3(0+0+2+1)Presque IsledetailsGabriela Soukalová 31:24.6(0+0+3+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 31:58.6(0+1+2+0)Marie Dorin Habert 32:03.4(1+0+4+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsLaura Dahlmeier 30:49.2(0+0+0+0)Dorothea Wierer 31:37.5(0+1+1+0)Marie Dorin Habert 31:46.5(0+0+2+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 30:06.7(1+0+1+0)Marie Dorin Habert 30:08.2(0+0+0+1)Dorothea Wierer 30:12.4(0+0+1+0)

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK RUH ANT PRE WCH KHA TotalPursuit Women 1 40 48 43 54 36 60 30 43 354 2 54 34 30 48 48 32 54 48 348 3 43 29 54 40 15 48 48 54 331 4 60 18 48 28 20 54 36 60 324 5 – 60 60 60 – – 60 25 265 6 48 43 29 32 14 – 43 28 237 7 31 23 – 31 27 36 40 36 224 8 34 11 36 36 28 38 34 DNF 217 9 38 30 40 – – 27 38 40 213 10 32 40 7 43 43 – 24 – 189 11 – 27 6 20 60 31 20 23 187 12 – 10 31 26 24 40 31 19 181 13 13 38 19 34 DNS 0 32 32 168 14 26 0 28 25 38 21 10 20 168 15 – 25 15 8 31 23 29 30 161 16 12 28 1 29 10 29 21 29 159 17 17 21 – 11 40 43 DNS 22 144 18 14 36 27 30 34 DNS – – 141 19 36 – 12 22 12 – 25 34 141 20 27 16 23 15 13 26 11 9 140 21 28 – 9 0 26 10 19 31 123 22 15 31 22 DNS 23 — 0 26 117 23 9 54 25 0 — — — 24 112 24 2 9 – 4 54 15 — 21 105 25 7 32 – 6 0 – 22 38 105 26 – 19 26 21 0 16 23 0 105 27 19 1 32 23 18 4 – – 97 28 21 – 16 38 — — 18 0 93 29 29 12 38 12 — — — 0 91 30 – – 0 – 30 20 26 10 86 31 10 0 0 13 16 24 2 17 82 32 – 3 21 19 29 DNS 4 5 81 33 30 26 0 3 21 0 — 0 80 34 1 0 24 10 25 – 12 8 80 35 24 17 13 16 9 — — – 79 36 – – – 0 6 22 15 27 70 37 – – 11 24 32 – – – 67 38 11 22 – 7 – 25 – 2 67 39 23 8 18 1 – – 17 0 67 40 0 DNS – – 7 12 28 15 62 41 – – 17 – DNS 14 27 0 58 42 0 14 20 – 0 5 0 16 55 43 20 4 – 27 0 DNS 0 – 51 44 25 24 – – 0 – – – 49 45 – – – – DNS 34 – 14 48 46 – 13 2 18 – 9 0 0 42 47 – 0 0 – 11 30 – 0 41 48 18 6 0 – 0 – 14 – 38 49 – 20 4 0 0 13 – – 37 50 – 2 34 – – – – – 36 51 0 – – – 0 19 16 DNS 35 52 – – 10 0 0 7 – 18 35 53 – 0 – – 0 28 – 6 34 54 5 0 0 0 22 – 0 7 34 55 3 – 0 5 19 – 1 – 28 56 – – – – – 11 13 – 24 57 22 DNS 0 – 0 – 0 – 22 58 – 0 5 17 – – 0 – 22 59 – – – – – 17 5 – 22 60 4 – – – 17 0 – – 21 61 – – – – 8 – – 13 21 62 0 – – – – 18 – – 18 63 – – – – 3 3 9 3 18 64 0 – 8 9 – – 0 – 17 65 16 0 – – – – – – 16 66 0 15 – 0 – DNS – – 15 67 0 0 0 14 – – – 1 15 68 0 – 14 0 – DNS 0 – 14 69 8 – – – 0 – 6 DNS 14 70 – – – – – – – 12 12 71 – – – 0 – 0 0 11 11 72 0 0 3 0 – – 8 0 11 73 6 – – – 4 – – – 10 74 0 – 0 0 1 8 – 0 9 75 0 – – 0 – – 7 – 7 76 – 7 – – – – – – 7 77 – – – – – 6 – – 6 78 0 5 – – – – – – 5 79 – DNS – – 5 DNS 0 – 5 80 – – – – – – – 4 4 81 – – – – – – 3 – 3 82 – – – – 2 – 0 – 2 83 – – – – – 2 0 – 2 84 – – – 2 – – – – 2 85 – – – – – 1 – 0 1

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