Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Les Saisies, about 40 kilometres from the host city of Albertville. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 1992.[1] The 1992 Games were the first in which women competed in biathlon.[2]

Biathlon
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
VenueLes Saisies
Dates11–20 February
No. of events6
Competitors196 from 28 nations
Biathlon at the
1992 Winter Olympics
Individualmenwomen
Sprintmenwomen
Relaymenwomen

Russian biathlete Sergei Tarasov admitted in 2015 that the EUN (former Soviet nations competing in a unified team) biathlon team had carried out illegal blood transfusions at the Games. Something went very wrong with his transfusion, and he was rushed to the hospital where they saved his life.[3]

Medal summary

Six nations won medals in biathlon, Germany leading the medal table with seven (3 gold, 4 silver). The Unified Team was the only other team to win more than two medals. Mark Kirchner led the individual medal table with two golds and three medals total, while Antje Misersky-Harvey also won three medals, one gold and two silver.

France's gold medal in the relay was the country's first medal of any type in the sport. Canada's bronze, won by Myriam Bédard, was the first medal won by an athlete from outside Europe or the former Soviet Union.

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)3407
2 Unified Team (EUN)2226
3 France (FRA)1001
4 Sweden (SWE)0022
5 Canada (CAN)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (6 nations)66618

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
 Yevgeniy Redkin
 Unified Team		57:34.4 Mark Kirchner
 Germany		57:40.8 Mikael Löfgren
 Sweden		57:59.4
Sprint
 Mark Kirchner
 Germany		26:02.3 Ricco Groß
 Germany		26:18.0 Harri Eloranta
 Finland		26:26.0
Relay
  Germany (GER)
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer		1:24:43.5  Unified Team (EUN)
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Aleksandr Popov
Valery Kiriyenko
Sergei Tchepikov		1:25:06.3  Sweden (SWE)
Ulf Johansson
Leif Andersson
Tord Wiksten
Mikael Löfgren		1:25:38.2

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
 Antje Misersky-Harvey
 Germany		51:47.2 Svetlana Pechorskaya
 Unified Team		51:58.5 Myriam Bédard
 Canada		52:15.0
Sprint
 Anfisa Reztsova
 Unified Team		24:29.2 Antje Misersky-Harvey
 Germany		24:45.1 Yelena Belova
 Unified Team		24:50.8
Relay
  France (FRA)
Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Anne Briand-Bouthiaux		1:15:55.6  Germany (GER)
Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky-Harvey
Petra Behle-Schaaf		1:16:18.4  Unified Team (EUN)
Yelena Belova
Anfisa Reztsova
Yelena Melnikova		1:16:54.6

Participating nations

Twenty-eight nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.[1] Three former Soviet republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), made their biathlon debuts, along with Slovenia and Greece. The Unified Team also made its only appearance.

See also

References
  1. "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  2. "Biathlon at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. Сергей Тарасов: как я не умер, sport-express.ru, 13 February 2015
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