Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The eleven events took place between 8–22 February 2014.[1]

Biathlon
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates8–22 February 2014
No. of events11
Competitors220 Quota limit

For the first time ever, a mixed relay event was staged after being voted onto the Olympic program in 2011.[2]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all eleven events.[3]

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
8 February18:30Men's 10 km sprint
9 February18:30Women's 7.5 km sprint
10 February19:00Men's 12.5 km pursuit
11 February19:00Women's 10 km pursuit
13 February18:00Men's 20 km individual
14 February18:00Women's 15 km individual
17 February19:00Women's 12.5 km mass start
18 February14:30Men's 15 km mass start
19 February18:30Mixed 4 x 6 km / 7.5 km relay
21 February18:30Women's 4 x 6 km relay
22 February18:30Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary

Notably absent from the medals for biathlon in the 2014 Games were the German women who had won six medals in 2006 and five in 2010. The men's team meanwhile recovered from a poor Games in Vancouver to achieve two silver medals. France's women, who had won three medals in 2010, also missed the podium, as did Canada, despite some promising performances. Sweden's men were also expected to win a medal but they too missed out.

13 athletes went home with two or more medals with five athletes winning three medals each. Belarus's Darya Domracheva won three gold medals to be the most successful biathlete at the Games, while France's Martin Fourcade was the most successful male winning two gold and one silver medal. 2012/13 women's World Cup winner Tora Berger won a medal of each color, while team-mate Tiril Eckhoff won one gold and two bronze at her first Games. Czech athlete Ondřej Moravec won two silver and one bronze.

The biathlon portion was marred by German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle's positive doping test. Sachenbacher-Stehle had finished fourth in both the mass start and the mixed relay but was disqualified from both events after testing positive for the banned substance methylhexanamine.

On 27 November 2017, Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova (both from Russia) were disqualified for doping violations.[4] On 1 December 2017, Olga Zaitseva from Russia was also disqualified.[5] On 24 September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport removed the sanctions from Olga Vilukhina, Yana Romanova, but upheld them on their teammate Olga Zaitseva.[6] Medals in women's relay are not redistributed yet.

On 15 February 2020, it was announced that because of a doping violation Evgeny Ustyugov and Russian relay team had been disqualified from the 2014 Olympics.[7] There is no official decision by IOC yet.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)3126
2 Belarus (BLR)3014
3 France (FRA)2114
4 Russia (RUS)1113
5 Ukraine (UKR)1012
6 Slovakia (SVK)1001
7 Czech Republic (CZE)0325
8 Germany (GER)0202
9 Austria (AUT)0112
10 Switzerland (SUI)0101
11 Italy (ITA)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
Totals (12 nations)11101132

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Martin Fourcade
 France
49:31.7 Erik Lesser
 Germany
49:43.9 Evgeniy Garanichev
 Russia
50:06.2
Sprint
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway
24:33.5 Dominik Landertinger
 Austria
24:34.8 Jaroslav Soukup
 Czech Republic
24:39.2
Pursuit
Martin Fourcade
 France
33:48.6 Ondřej Moravec
 Czech Republic
34:02.7 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
 France
34:12.8
Mass start
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Norway
42:29.1 Martin Fourcade
 France
42:29.1 Ondřej Moravec
 Czech Republic
42:42.9
Relay
 Russia (RUS)
Alexey Volkov
Evgeny Ustyugov
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
1:12:15.9  Germany (GER)
Erik Lesser
Daniel Böhm
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
1:12:19.4  Austria (AUT)
Christoph Sumann
Daniel Mesotitsch
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
1:12:45.7

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Darya Domracheva
 Belarus
43:19.6 Selina Gasparin
 Switzerland
44:35.3 Nadezhda Skardino
 Belarus
44:57.8
Sprint
Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia
21:06.8 Olga Vilukhina
 Russia
21:26.7 Vita Semerenko
 Ukraine
21:28.5
Pursuit
Darya Domracheva
 Belarus
29:30.7 Tora Berger
 Norway
30:08.3 Teja Gregorin
 Slovenia
30:12.7
Mass start
Darya Domracheva
 Belarus
35:25.6 Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic
35:45.8 Tiril Eckhoff
 Norway
35:52.9
Relay
 Ukraine (UKR)
Vita Semerenko
Juliya Dzhyma
Valentyna Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
1:10:02.5 Vacant  Norway (NOR)
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn
Tiril Eckhoff
Ann Kristin Aafeldt Flatland
Tora Berger
1:10:40.1

Mixed event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Relay
 Norway (NOR)
Tora Berger
Tiril Eckhoff
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Emil Hegle Svendsen
1:09:17.0  Czech Republic (CZE)
Veronika Vítková
Gabriela Koukalová
Jaroslav Soukup
Ondřej Moravec
1:09:49.6  Italy (ITA)
Dorothea Wierer
Karin Oberhofer
Dominik Windisch
Lukas Hofer
1:10:15.2

Qualification

A total quota of 220 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (113 men and 107 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual sprint and relay competitions at the 2012 and 2013 World Championships.[8]

References

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