The Women's individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 7 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, north of Beijing, at an elevation of . The Olympic champion was

Denise Herrmann Denise Herrmann-Wick (née Herrmann, born 20 December 1988) is a former German biathlete and cross-country skier. She won gold at 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's individual, won gold at Biathlon World Championships 2019 – Women's pursuit an ...

of Germany.

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of France won the silver medal, and

Marte Olsbu Røiseland Marte Olsbu Røiseland (born 7 December 1990) is a former Norwegian biathlete and 3 time Winter Olympic gold medalist. In addition, she won two Olympic silver medals and two bronze medals. Her world championships achievements include winning two ...

of Norway the bronze. For Herrmann and Chevalier-Bouchet it was the first individual Olympic medal.

Summary

The defending champion was

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. The 2018 silver medalist,

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, and bronze medalist,

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, retired from competitions. The overall leader of the

2021–22 Biathlon World Cup The 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 27 November 2021 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 20 March 2022 in Oslo Holmenkol ...

before the Olympics was Røiseland, and the leader in the individual was

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who was also the defending world champion.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 17:00.

References

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