Biathlon at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |
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![]() Andrea Nahrgang competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics. | |
Venue | Soldier Hollow |
Dates | 9–20 February |
No. of events | 8 |
Competitors | 190 from 34 nations |
Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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Individual | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Pursuit | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
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 (for both men and women) was added, the first new race type since the debut of the sprint in 1980.[2]
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.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
51:03.3 | Frank Luck![]() |
51:39.4 | Viktor Maigourov![]() |
51:40.6 |
Sprint |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
24:51.3 | Sven Fischer![]() |
25:20.2 | Wolfgang Perner![]() |
25:44.4 |
Pursuit |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
32:34.6 | Raphaël Poirée![]() |
33:17.6 | Ricco Groß![]() |
33:30.6 |
Relay |
![]() Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
1:23:42.3 | ![]() Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck |
1:24:27.6 | ![]() Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée |
1:24:36.6 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual |
Andrea Henkel![]() |
47:29.1 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée![]() |
47:37.0 | Magdalena Forsberg![]() |
48:08.3 |
Sprint |
Kati Wilhelm![]() |
20:41.4 | Uschi Disl![]() |
20:57.0 | Magdalena Forsberg![]() |
21:20.4 |
Pursuit |
Olga Pyleva![]() |
31:07.7 | Kati Wilhelm![]() |
31:13.0 | Irina Nikulchina![]() |
31:15.8 |
Relay |
![]() Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm |
1:27:55.0 | ![]() Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée |
1:28:25.6 | ![]() Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova |
1:29:19.7 |
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.