The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on 5 December 2019 in Östersund and will finished on 18 February 2020 in Antholz-Anterselva.
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. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.
2018–19 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Lisa Vittozzi 140Silver: Paulína Fialková 111Bronze: Markéta Davidová 102
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Justine Braisaz 42:35.1 Yuliia Dzhima 42:46.2 Julia Simon 42:52.8 Pokljukadetails Denise Herrmann 41:33.4 Hanna Öberg 42:32.6 Anaïs Bescond 42:49.1 World Championshipsdetails Dorothea Wierer 43:07.7 Vanessa Hinz 43:09.9 Marte Olsbu Røiseland 43:23.5
Standings # Name ÖST POK ANT Total Women's individual1 31 54 43 128 2 36 18 60 114 3 60 30 22 112 4 23 60 29 112 5 29 40 40 109 6 22 29 48 99 7 34 24 38 96 8 11 26 54 91 9 40 28 18 86 10 54 27 4 85 11 43 9 25 77 12 32 43 0 75 13 48 16 10 74 14 30 2 34 66 15 12 23 26 61 16 25 6 28 59 17 0 20 36 56 18 18 3 31 52 19 26 — 23 49 20 0 48 0 48 21 28 0 20 48 22 0 32 14 46 23 6 38 0 44 24 10 4 30 44 25 — 34 9 43 26 21 22 0 43 27 3 36 0 39 28 38 0 0 38 29 DNS 31 6 37 30 0 21 15 36 # Name ÖST POK ANT Total 31 4 8 21 33 32 0 17 16 33 33 0 0 32 32 34 5 — 27 32 35 27 — — 27 36 2 — 24 26 37 0 13 13 26 38 0 25 0 25 39 13 — 12 25 40 24 — 0 24 41 20 0 — 20 42 19 0 0 19 43 0 0 19 19 44 — 19 — 19 45 — 0 17 17 46 17 0 — 17 47 16 0 — 16 48 15 0 — 15 49 — 15 — 15 50 0 14 — 14 51 14 0 — 14 52 — 12 0 12 53 0 DNF 11 11 54 0 11 0 11 55 0 10 0 10 56 9 — — 9 57 0 0 8 8 58 8 — — 8 59 0 0 7 7 60 7 0 0 7 # Name ÖST POK ANT Total 61 — 7 — 7 62 0 5 0 5 63 0 0 5 5 64 0 — 3 3 65 0 — 2 2 66 0 0 1 1 67 — 1 — 1 67 1 — — 1
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