The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on 8 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on 21 March 2019 in Oslo. It was won by the defending titlist, Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia.

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 . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Anastasiya Kuzmina 323Silver: Darya Domracheva 313Bronze: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 258

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Pokljukadetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 20:08.1 Justine Braisaz 20:22.9 Dorothea Wierer 20:50.2 Hochfilzendetails Dorothea Wierer 21:04.9 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 21:05.5 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht 21:29.3 Nové Mestodetails Marte Olsbu Røiseland 19:44.6 Laura Dahlmeier 19:49.1 Paulína Fialková 19:50.8 Oberhofdetails Lisa Vittozzi 22:34.6 Anaïs Chevalier 22:39.9 Hanna Öberg 22:49.6 Ruhpoldingdetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 19:15.1 Lisa Vittozzi 19:26.6 Hanna Öberg 19:44.2 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Markéta Davidová 21:40.7 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 21:42.4(0+1) Marte Olsbu Røiseland 21:44.2(1+0) Canmoredetails cancelled due to cold weather Salt Lake Citydetails Marte Olsbu Røiseland 19:47.6 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 19:59.1(0+1) Franziska Hildebrand 20:09.0(0+0) World Championshipsdetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 22:17.5 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 22:27.2 Laura Dahlmeier 22:30.1 Oslodetails Anastasiya Kuzmina 19:5.2 Franziska Preuß 20:17.4(0+0) Paulína Fialková 20:21.3

Standings # Name POK HOC NOV OBE RUH ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total Women's Sprint standings 1 23 31 30 36 60 31 40 60 60 371 2 54 60 32 17 38 34 34 31 30 330 3 18 0 60 43 43 48 60 16 38 326 4 40 43 23 60 54 40 29 20 0 309 5 60 54 0 0 20 54 54 29 9 280 6 30 40 1 21 30 38 43 7 28 238 7 38 36 48 20 27 11 — 0 48 228 8 DNS 6 38 48 48 7 — 43 24 214 9 0 34 43 54 36 22 9 9 — 207 10 — — 54 — 32 43 — 48 14 191 11 14 21 7 27 15 17 7 54 25 187 12 32 13 25 0 31 — 0 25 54 180 13 0 48 10 13 17 25 — 34 27 174 14 26 0 15 28 6 19 21 30 29 174 15 0 0 0 5 24 27 36 38 40 170 16 1 24 8 32 13 0 30 18 43 169 17 43 18 13 10 26 30 28 0 0 168 18 24 38 21 40 5 24 — 15 0 167 19 3 28 20 1 23 14 48 1 16 154 20 — 25 18 8 8 26 1 32 36 154 21 22 29 5 4 28 20 — 40 0 148 22 11 10 17 34 40 28 2 — 0 142 23 0 19 11 30 19 32 15 0 15 141 24 9 0 0 22 0 60 10 36 0 137 25 29 32 31 12 — 29 — 0 — 133 26 — — — 24 29 36 — 10 26 125 27 48 0 0 0 36 10 25 0 0 119 28 25 27 0 23 17 9 — 0 0 101 29 4 27 14 7 22 5 0 — 21 100 30 — 0 36 38 12 0 — 0 13 99 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE RUH ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total31 27 17 0 0 0 0 26 22 4 9632 8 8 40 3 0 21 14 0 0 9433 0 11 4 0 25 13 — 0 34 8734 0 16 22 0 0 0 23 3 18 8235 17 30 19 — 3 3 8 0 0 8036 34 9 DNS 19 0 — — 17 DNS 7937 19 12 0 29 0 0 19 0 0 7938 36 14 28 — 0 DNF — — — 7839 0 0 0 0 14 18 18 23 — 7340 0 7 2 31 21 0 0 0 11 7241 5 22 9 26 0 0 0 7 0 6942 0 1 0 16 0 0 — 28 22 6743 — — — 0 — — 32 — 31 6344 13 0 16 0 1 0 0 24 7 6145 6 0 0 25 0 23 3 0 0 5746 — — 24 0 0 0 0 0 32 5647 16 0 26 0 0 0 — 12 0 5448 0 15 0 0 0 0 11 27 0 5349 21 — 0 0 0 — 31 0 — 5250 0 0 27 6 0 6 — 13 0 5251 0 0 — 0 10 2 27 0 12 5152 — — — — 18 4 — 5 23 5053 — — 0 15 0 0 13 21 0 4954 0 0 34 0 11 0 0 0 0 4555 0 5 0 0 2 16 20 2 0 4556 20 23 0 0 — — 0 — — 4357 0 0 0 — 4 12 0 26 0 4258 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 3859 0 — 0 — 0 0 17 0 3760 31 0 — 0 — — — — — 31 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE RUH ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total61 — — 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 3062 0 0 0 11 0 0 — 19 0 3063 28 0 0 0 0 0 DSQ — — 2864 0 0 0 18 0 0 — 8 0 2665 — — — — — — 24 — 0 2466 0 0 — — — — 22 — 0 2267 0 0 0 14 0 8 — 0 — 2268 — — — 0 0 0 12 — 10 2269 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2070 — — — — 0 0 DNS — 19 1971 15 0 0 — 0 0 — — 3 1872 12 0 6 0 0 0 DNF 0 0 1873 — — — — — — — — 17 1774 0 DNS — 0 — — 16 — 0 1675 0 0 — 0 0 15 0 0 0 1576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1477 — — — — — — — 11 2 1378 0 0 0 9 0 0 — 4 — 1379 2 3 0 0 0 0 — 0 8 1380 0 0 12 0 0 0 — — 0 1281 — — 3 — 9 DNS — — 0 1282 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 — 7 1283 10 DNS — — 0 0 — — 0 1084 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 — 0 785 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 786 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 — — 687 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 588 0 0 — 0 — — 5 — — 589 0 4 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 490 0 3 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 3 # Name POK HOC NOV OBE RUH ANT SLC ÖST OSL Total91 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 — — 292 — — — — — — — — 1 1

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