Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
| Women's biathlon sprint at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Nozawa Onsen | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 23:08.0 | ||||||||||||
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Galina Kukleva |
 Russia
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Uschi Disl |
 Germany
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Katrin Apel |
Germany
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The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over two 2.5 kilometre loops and one 3.0 kilometre loop of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over an 150 metre penalty loop.
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