Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 7.5km

Biathlon - Women's 7.5km at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Pragelato
Dates	14 March

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
7.5 km	men	women
10 km		women
12.5 km	men	women

Women's 7.5 km biathlon events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 14 March.

There were 3 events. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved; for each missed shot the competitors had to execute one 150m penalty loop, which was included in the real time.

Visually impaired

The visually impaired event was won by Verena Bentele, representing  Germany.^[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Real Time	Factor	Misses	Finish Time
	Verena Bentele	Germany	31:54.9	85	5	27:07.6
	Miyuki Kobayashi	Japan	32:19.2	85	2	27:28.3
	Elvira Ibraginova	Russia	28:28.2	100	3	28:28.2
4	Tetyana Smyrnova	Ukraine	29:03.8	100	2	29:03.8
5	Anne-Mette Bredahl	Denmark	34:34.2	85	3	29:23.0
6	Zemfira Galeeva	Russia	29:37.3	100	3	29:37.3
7	Emilie Tabouret	France	35:35.2	85	5	30:14.9
8	Nathalie Morin	France	30:40.9	100	3	30:40.9

Sitting

The sitting event was won by Olena Iurkovska, representing  Ukraine.^[2]

Rank	Name	Country	Real Time	Factor	Misses	Finish Time
	Olena Iurkovska	Ukraine	28:03.4	100	0	28:03.4
	Svitlana Tryfonova	Ukraine	32:28.4	94	0	30:31.5
	Lyudmyla Pavlenko	Ukraine	33:14.5	98	4	32:34.6
4	Shauna Maria Whyte	Canada	33:28.8	98	1	32:48.6
5	Irina Polyakova	Russia	32:50.9	100	4	32:50.9
6	Monica Bascio	United States	36:46.7	94	4	34:34.3

Standing

The standing event was won by Alena Gorbunova, representing  Russia.^[3]

Rank	Name	Country	Real Time	Factor	Misses	Finish Time
	Alena Gorbunova	Russia	26:42.2	97	1	25:54.2
	Anna Burmistrova	Russia	27:29.0	97	3	26:39.5
	Anne Floriet	France	29:18.8	91	1	26:40.5
4	Katarzyna Rogowiec	Poland	31:37.1	87	5	27:30.4
5	Maija Loeytynoja	Finland	28:44.7	97	1	27:53.0
6	Shoko Ota	Japan	29:18.2	97	1	28:25.4
7	Kelly Underkofler	United States	29:42.3	97	2	28:48.9
8	Pamela Novaglio	Italy	30:36.4	96	2	29:22.9
9	Iuliia Batenkova	Ukraine	31:07.1	96	5	29:52.4
10	Iryna Kyrychenko	Ukraine	36:45.0	84	3	30:52.2
11	Anna Szarota	Poland	34:47.6	96	7	33:24.1
12	Stina Sellin	Sweden	34:27.0	97	7	33:25.0
13	Grazyna Gron	Poland	34:34.7	97	8	33:32.4
14	Momoko Dekijima	Japan	35:03.4	96	6	33:39.2
	Larysa Varona	Belarus	DNF
	Chiara Devittori	Switzerland	DNS

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