Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon

at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon, Pyeongchang 2018.svg
Venue Alpensia Biathlon Centre
Dates 9–23 February 2018
No. of events 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors 219 from 28 nations
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Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon CentreDaegwallyeong-myeonPyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-doSouth Korea. There were eleven events contested: men and women competed in each of sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay; there was also a mixed relay event.[1] The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018.[2]

Qualification[edit]

A total of 230 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (115 men and 115 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final twelve quota spots were available the following season.[3]

Competition schedule[edit]

The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events.[4]

Notes
  • Women’s 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February.[5]

All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Event
10 February 20:15 Women’s 7.5 km sprint
11 February 20:15 Men’s 10 km sprint
12 February 19:10 Women’s 10 km pursuit
21:00 Men’s 12.5 km pursuit
15 February 17:15 Women’s 15 km individual
20:20 Men’s 20 km individual
17 February 20:15 Women’s 12.5 km mass start
18 February 20:15 Men’s 15 km mass start
20 February 20:15 Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay
22 February 20:15 Women’s 4 x 6 km relay
23 February 20:15 Men’s 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 3 1 3 7
2  France (FRA) 3 0 2 5
3  Sweden (SWE) 2 2 0 4
4  Norway (NOR) 1 3 2 6
5  Slovakia (SVK) 1 2 0 3
6  Belarus (BLR) 1 1 0 2
7  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 1 1 2
8  Slovenia (SLO) 0 1 0 1
9  Italy (ITA) 0 0 2 2
10  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 11 33

Men’s events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual[6]
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
48:03.8 Jakov Fak
 Slovenia
48:09.3 Dominik Landertinger
 Austria
48:18.0
Sprint[7]
details
Arnd Peiffer
 Germany
23:38.8 Michal Krčmář
 Czech Republic
23:43.2 Dominik Windisch
 Italy
23:46.5
Pursuit[8]
details
Martin Fourcade
 France
32:51.7 Sebastian Samuelsson
 Sweden
33:03.7 Benedikt Doll
 Germany
33:06.8
Mass start[9]
details
Martin Fourcade
 France
35:47.3 Simon Schempp
 Germany
35:47.3 Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Norway
35:58.5
Relay[10]
details
 Sweden (SWE)
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
Fredrik Lindström
1:15:16.5  Norway (NOR)
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
1:16:12.0  Germany (GER)
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
1:17:23.6

Women’s events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual[11]
details
Hanna Öberg
 Sweden
41:07.2 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia
41:31.9 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
41:48.4
Sprint[12]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
21:06.2 Marte Olsbu
 Norway
21:30.4 Veronika Vítková
 Czech Republic
21:32.0
Pursuit[13]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany
30:35.3 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia
31:04.7 Anaïs Bescond
 France
31:04.9
Mass start[14]
details
Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia
35:23.0 Darya Domracheva
 Belarus
35:41.8 Tiril Eckhoff
 Norway
35:50.7
Relay[15]
details
 Belarus (BLR)
Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva
1:12.03.4  Sweden (SWE)
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
1:12.14.1  France (FRA)
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
1:12.21.0

Mixed event[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Relay[16]
details
 France (FRA)
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Bescond
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade
1:08.34.3  Norway (NOR)
Marte Olsbu
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
1:08.55.2  Italy (ITA)
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
1:09.01.2

Participating nations[edit]

A total of 219 athletes from 28 nations (including the IOC‘s designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate[17] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

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