Biathlon 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.[2]

Biathlon
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Andrea Nahrgang competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
VenueSoldier Hollow
Dates9–20 February
No. of events8
Competitors190 from 34 nations
Biathlon at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Individualmenwomen
Sprintmenwomen
Pursuitmenwomen
Relaymenwomen
Frode Andresen competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Jeremy Teela competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)4206
2 Germany (GER)3519
3 Russia (RUS)1023
4 France (FRA)0112
5 Sweden (SWE)0022
6 Austria (AUT)0011
 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
Totals (7 nations)88824

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		51:03.3 Frank Luck
 Germany		51:39.4 Viktor Maigourov
 Russia		51:40.6
Sprint
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		24:51.3 Sven Fischer
 Germany		25:20.2 Wolfgang Perner
 Austria		25:44.4
Pursuit
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		32:34.6 Raphaël Poirée
 France		33:17.6 Ricco Groß
 Germany		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
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
 Andrea Henkel
 Germany		47:29.1 Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée
 Norway		47:37.0 Magdalena Forsberg
 Sweden		48:08.3
Sprint
 Kati Wilhelm
 Germany		20:41.4 Uschi Disl
 Germany		20:57.0 Magdalena Forsberg
 Sweden		21:20.4
Pursuit
 Olga Pyleva
 Russia		31:07.7 Kati Wilhelm
 Germany		31:13.0 Irina Nikulchina
 Bulgaria		31:15.8
Relay
  Germany (GER)
Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm		1:27:55.0  Norway (NOR)
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjørhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée		1:28:25.6  Russia (RUS)
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova		1:29:19.7

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. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  2. "Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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