Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Biathlon
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games

Andrea Nahrgang competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
VenueSoldier Hollow
DatesFebruary 11–25
Competitors190 from 34 nations
Frode Andresen competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Jeremy Teela competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of eight biathlon events. They were held at Soldier Hollow. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 2002. [1] For the first time since 1992, the biathlon program expanded. A new race type, the pursuit was added, the first new race type since the debut of the sprint in 1980

Medal summary

Seven nations won medals in biathlon, with Germany winning the most (3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze), while Norway led the medal table with 4 gold medals. These four all involved Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who won each of the three men's individual events, as well as participating in the gold-medal winning relay team. Kati Wilhelm was the most successful athlete in the women's competition, taking two golds and a silver.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway (NOR) 4 2 0 6
2  Germany (GER) 3 5 1 9
3  Russia (RUS) 1 0 2 3
4  France (FRA) 0 1 1 2
5  Sweden (SWE) 0 0 2 2
6  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
6  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
  Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway (NOR) 		51:03.3  Frank Luck
Germany (GER) 		51:39.4  Viktor Maigourov
Russia (RUS) 		51:40.6
Sprint
  Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway (NOR) 		24:51.3  Sven Fischer
Germany (GER) 		25:20.2  Wolfgang Perner
Austria (AUT) 		25:44.4
Pursuit
  Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norway (NOR) 		32:34.6  Raphaël Poirée
France (FRA) 		33:17.6  Ricco Groß
Germany (GER) 		33:30.6
Relay
  Norway (NOR)
Halvard Hanevold
Frode Andresen
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen 		1:23:42.3  Germany (GER)
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck 		1:24:27.6  France (FRA)
Gilles Marguet
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée 		1:24:36.6

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
  Andrea Henkel
Germany (GER) 		47:29.1  Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée
Norway (NOR) 		47:37.0  Magdalena Forsberg
Sweden (SWE) 		48:08.3
Sprint
  Kati Wilhelm
Germany (GER) 		20:41.4  Uschi Disl
Germany (GER) 		20:57.0  Magdalena Forsberg
Sweden (SWE) 		21:20.4
Pursuit
  Olga Pyleva
Russia (RUS) 		31:07.8  Kati Wilhelm
Germany (GER) 		31:13.1  Irina Nikulchina
Bulgaria (BUL) 		31:15.9
Relay
  Germany (GER)
Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm 		1:27:55.8  Norway (NOR)
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjørhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée 		1:28:26.4  Russia (RUS)
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova 		1:29:20.5

Participating nations

Thirty-four nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Chile and Croatia made their Olympic debuts in the sport, with one athlete each.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
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