The women's individual competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz. Julia Simon of France won the event, her teammate Lou Jeanmonnot was second, and Lora Hristova of Bulgaria third. For all of them, these were their first individual Olympic medals.

Background The 2022 champion, Denise Herrmann, retired from competitions, as did the silver medalist Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet and the bronze medalist Marte Olsbu Røiseland. Prior to the Olympics, Lou Jeanmonnot was leading the total as well as individual standings of the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup. Julia Simon was the 2025 World champion.

Qualification

Results The race was started at 14:15.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S+P+S) Deficit 48 41:15.6 1 (0+1+0+0) 54 42:08.7 2 (0+1+1+0) 23 42:20.1 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:04.5 4 24 42:33.0 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:17.4 5 42 42:49.5 1 (0+1+0+0) +1:33.9 6 46 42:52.3 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:36.7 7 6 42:53.0 1 (0+1+0+0) +1:37.4 8 22 43:18.9 2 (1+1+0+0) +2:03.3 9 64 43:28.2 2 (0+1+1+0) +2:12.6 10 62 43:35.5 2 (0+0+0+2) +2:19.9 11 8 43:36.2 1 (0+1+0+0) +2:20.6 12 40 43:39.9 2 (1+0+0+1) +2:24.3 13 60 43:42.0 2 (1+1+0+0) +2:26.4 14 21 43:46.5 0 (0+0+0+0) +2:30.9 15 18 43:47.5 2 (0+1+0+1) +2:31.9 16 20 43:52.8 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:37.2 17 14 44:03.9 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:48.3 18 45 44:06.1 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:50.5 19 29 44:12.8 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:57.2 20 38 44:16.4 2 (1+1+0+0) +3:00.8 21 49 44:19.9 1 (0+1+0+0) +3:04.3 22 65 44:20.8 4 (0+1+2+1) +3:05.2 23 7 44:22.0 2 (0+1+0+1) +3:06.4 24 69 44:30.5 2 (0+1+1+0) +3:14.9 25 28 44:34.1 2 (0+1+0+1) +3:18.5 26 59 Meng Fanqi 44:37.0 1 (0+1+0+0) +3:21.4 27 36 44:37.7 3 (0+0+0+3) +3:22.1 28 66 44:43.1 1 (1+0+0+0) +3:27.5 29 80 44:44.8 3 (1+2+0+0) +3:29.2 30 75 44:47.4 2 (0+1+1+0) +3:31.8 31 51 44:48.0 3 (0+2+0+1) +3:32.4 32 63 44:50.1 2 (0+2+0+0) +3:34.5 33 16 44:52.1 2 (1+1+0+0) +3:36.5 34 26 44:57.6 3 (0+1+0+2) +3:42.0 35 68 44:58.2 2 (0+0+0+2) +3:42.6 36 57 45:07.7 3 (1+1+0+1) +3:52.1 37 50 45:09.3 4 (1+1+1+1) +3:53.7 38 30 45:09.9 4 (1+0+1+2) +3:54.3 39 44 45:10.0 3 (1+1+0+1) +3:54.4 40 32 45:18.2 3 (0+1+1+1) +4:02.6 41 52 45:20.2 3 (2+0+0+1) +4:04.6 42 25 45:21.0 3 (1+0+0+2) +4:05.4 43 35 45:39.3 4 (3+1+0+0) +4:23.7 44 11 46:01.1 2 (0+2+0+0) +4:45.5 45 72 46:08.6 3 (1+1+1+0) +4:53.0 46 55 46:11.8 2 (0+0+1+1) +4:56.2 47 87 46:12.5 2 (0+1+0+1) +4:56.9 48 79 46:14.3 1 (1+0+0+0) +4:58.7 49 58 46:17.7 5 (2+1+1+1) +5:02.1 50 34 46:18.6 2 (1+0+1+0) +5:03.0 51 74 46:23.6 3 (0+0+1+2) +5:08.0 52 4 46:30.4 1 (0+0+0+1) +5:14.8 53 31 46:31.3 3 (0+0+0+3) +5:15.7 54 1 Chu Yuanmeng 46:33.9 3 (1+1+0+1) +5:18.3 55 43 46:39.8 4 (0+0+3+1) +5:24.2 56 12 46:49.5 3 (1+0+2+0) +5:33.9 57 17 46:54.7 4 (1+1+1+1) +5:39.1 58 15 46:55.5 3 (1+0+1+1) +5:39.9 59 33 47:02.9 5 (1+2+1+1) +5:47.3 60 13 47:11.3 2 (0+0+0+2) +5:55.7 61 78 47:14.8 3 (1+1+1+0) +5:59.2 62 76 47:16.7 5 (1+3+0+1) +6:01.1 63 41 47:18.2 3 (0+0+1+2) +6:02.6 64 71 47:21.1 3 (1+1+1+0) +6:05.5 65 47 47:43.9 6 (2+2+0+2) +6:28.3 66 67 47:52.1 5 (1+2+0+2) +6:36.5 67 9 48:04.6 6 (1+2+2+1) +6:49.0 68 70 48:08.7 4 (0+2+0+2) +6:53.1 69 61 48:09.3 6 (3+2+1+0) +6:53.7 70 37 48:11.8 4 (0+1+1+2) +6:56.2 71 27 48:16.5 7 (1+4+1+1) +7:00.9 72 3 48:30.0 2 (0+1+1+0) +7:14.4 73 2 48:35.8 2 (0+1+1+0) +7:20.2 74 77 49:01.8 3 (3+0+0+0) +7:46.2 75 10 49:21.6 8 (4+2+1+1) +8:06.0 76 73 49:21.7 6 (1+1+1+3) +8:06.1 77 83 49:45.3 3 (1+2+0+0) +8:29.7 78 39 49:45.4 6 (1+2+3+0) +8:29.8 79 53 49:45.5 5 (2+1+1+1) +8:29.9 80 56 49:50.2 8 (2+2+3+1) +8:34.6 81 82 49:55.2 5 (1+1+1+2) +8:39.6 82 19 50:01.7 6 (2+2+0+2) +8:46.1 83 86 50:13.9 5 (0+2+2+1) +8:58.3 84 5 50:40.8 8 (2+1+1+4) +9:25.2 85 84 51:04.9 6 (2+0+1+3) +9:49.3 86 91 53:52.8 9 (3+3+1+2) +12:37.2 87 85 54:04.2 9 (2+2+2+3) +12:48.6 88 88 54:06.0 7 (1+1+1+4) +12:50.4 89 90 54:22.4 9 (1+2+3+3) +13:06.8 90 81 55:28.3 9 (3+3+2+1) +14:12.7 89

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