The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Saturday 23 March 2019 in Holmenkollen. It was won by Dorothea Wierer of Italy, with the defending titlist, Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia, finishing third.
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.
2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Anastasiya Kuzmina 301Silver: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 280Bronze: Laura Dahlmeier 271
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Pokljukadetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 29:16.9 Dorothea Wierer 29:58.2 Paulína Fialková 30:16.1 Hochfilzendetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 30:53.1 Paulína Fialková 30:54.6 Dorothea Wierer 30:55.9 Nové Městodetails Marte Olsbu Røiseland 29:53.5 Dorothea Wierer 29:53.7 Hanna Öberg 29:58.2 Oberhofdetails Lisa Vittozzi 32:32.9 Anastasiya Kuzmina 32:47.4 Anaïs Chevalier 33:00.8 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Dorothea Wierer 29:20.1 Laura Dahlmeier 29:26.1 Lisa Vittozzi 29:36.3 Salt Lake Citydetails Denise Herrmann 28:03.4 Franziska Hildebrand 28:07.6 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 28:19.9 World Championshipsdetails Denise Herrmann 31:45.9 Tiril Eckhoff 32:17.3 Laura Dahlmeier 32:17.5 Oslo Holmenkollendetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 28:25.9 Denise Herrmann 30:08.7 Hanna Öberg 30:27.0
Standings # Name POK HOC NOV OBE ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total Women's Pursuit standings 1 54 48 54 40 60 22 21 29 328 2 40 11 60 29 43 43 43 43 312 3 5 40 32 54 40 40 38 60 309 4 43 38 43 60 48 38 31 — 301 5 60 60 5 19 36 48 24 34 286 6 — 15 15 32 18 60 60 54 254 7 — 26 48 34 17 — 40 48 213 8 18 32 0 17 23 54 19 22 185 9 32 18 30 38 — 14 14 36 182 10 — 25 23 7 29 0 54 38 176 11 38 — 21 8 30 15 29 32 173 12 28 16 31 24 32 13 27 — 171 13 21 22 12 16 38 28 — 30 167 14 — — 40 — 54 — 48 21 163 15 20 43 25 11 DNS 36 DNS 24 159 16 36 29 18 31 34 — 8 — 156 17 48 54 24 9 13 — DNS 6 154 18 0 17 14 25 11 31 23 31 152 19 11 24 4 26 24 23 34 4 150 20 8 12 28 43 22 18 — 16 147 21 24 21 16 27 5 — 22 26 141 22 16 28 34 48 DNF 6 DNS — 132 23 25 19 29 0 16 — 36 — 125 24 0 30 26 — DNS — 20 40 116 25 27 31 8 DNS 31 19 — — 116 26 31 23 — 28 — — 32 — 114 27 1 27 DNF — 0 32 25 28 113 28 2 13 0 36 — 16 17 23 107 29 34 34 2 0 28 — 0 — 98 30 12 20 38 — 15 5 — — 90 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total31 15 — — 21 26 24 0 — 8632 13 5 0 30 20 1 — 15 8433 0 — — 0 27 29 28 0 8434 4 — 19 22 6 — 26 0 7735 29 0 20 0 DNS 25 DNS — 7436 — — — 18 — 26 — 27 7137 19 36 11 1 0 — 2 — 6938 0 9 1 0 25 11 15 2 6339 6 DNS 0 20 0 20 0 14 6040 23 3 0 — — 21 12 0 5941 — — 27 — — — 30 — 5742 26 — — 23 — DSQ — — 4943 22 0 — 5 21 — — — 4844 — — 17 — — 12 — 19 4845 DNF DNS 36 — DNS — 3 5 4446 — — — 0 0 — 16 25 4147 — — — 0 0 27 13 0 4048 — 0 — 0 DNS 34 5 — 3949 30 8 — — — — — — 3850 — DNS 10 15 — — — 11 3651 0 10 0 — 12 2 9 0 3352 — — — — 19 10 — 3 3253 — 4 — 14 — — 6 8 3254 0 14 — — — 17 — — 3155 — — — — — 30 — 0 3056 7 1 — — DNS — 1 20 2957 0 7 13 — 9 — 0 0 2958 0 — 22 6 — DNS — — 2859 17 — 0 — — 9 DNS — 2660 — — — — 14 — — 12 26 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total61 — — 6 2 — 0 LAP 17 2562 — — — 0 — 4 — 18 2263 3 6 0 — LAP — — 10 1964 0 0 0 0 — — 18 0 1865 — — — 10 — 0 7 0 1766 — 0 0 0 7 8 LAP — 1567 14 DNF DNF — — — — — 1468 — — — — 1 — 0 13 1469 — — — 13 — — — — 1370 — 2 — — — 0 11 — 1371 LAP — 0 12 — — 0 — 1272 — 0 0 0 8 — 4 — 1273 — — 7 — 4 — — — 1174 DNS 0 0 0 DNS — 10 — 1075 0 0 — — 10 — — — 1076 10 0 — 0 — DNS — — 1077 0 — 0 — 3 7 — 0 1079 9 — — 0 — — — 0 979 0 DNS 9 — — — — — 980 — — — — — — — 9 981 — — — — — — — 7 782 0 — 0 4 LAP — 0 — 483 — — — 0 0 3 — 0 283 — — 3 — 0 0 0 — 384 — — — 3 — DNS — — 386 — — — — 2 — LAP 0 287 — — — — — — — 1 1
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