2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday 4 December 2016 in Östersund and finished on Saturday 18 March 2017 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

The small crystal globe winner for the category was Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.

Competition format
The 10 km pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 m penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.