Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea. There were eleven events contested: men and women competed in each of sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay; there was also a mixed relay event.[1] The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018.[2]

Biathlon
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Biathlon Centre
Dates9–23 February
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors219 from 28 nations
Biathlon at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Individualmenwomen
Sprintmenwomen
Pursuitmenwomen
Mass startmenwomen
Relaymenwomenmixed

Qualification
Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total of 230 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (115 men and 115 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final twelve quota spots were available the following season.[3]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events.[4]

Notes
  • Women's 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February.[5]

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
10 February20:15Women's 7.5 km sprint
11 February20:15Men's 10 km sprint
12 February19:10Women's 10 km pursuit
21:00Men's 12.5 km pursuit
15 February17:15Women's 15 km individual
20:20Men's 20 km individual
17 February20:15Women's 12.5 km mass start
18 February20:15Men's 15 km mass start
20 February20:15Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay
22 February20:15Women's 4 x 6 km relay
23 February20:15Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)3137
2 France (FRA)3025
3 Sweden (SWE)2204
4 Norway (NOR)1326
5 Slovakia (SVK)1203
6 Belarus (BLR)1102
7 Czech Republic (CZE)0112
8 Slovenia (SLO)0101
9 Italy (ITA)0022
10 Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (10 nations)11111133

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual[6]
 Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway		48:03.8 Jakov Fak
 Slovenia		48:09.3 Dominik Landertinger
 Austria		48:18.0
Sprint[7]
 Arnd Peiffer
 Germany		23:38.8 Michal Krčmář
 Czech Republic		23:43.2 Dominik Windisch
 Italy		23:46.5
Pursuit[8]
 Martin Fourcade
 France		31:51.7 Sebastian Samuelsson
 Sweden		33:03.7 Benedikt Doll
 Germany		33:06.8
Mass start[9]
 Martin Fourcade
 France		35:47.3 Simon Schempp
 Germany		35:47.3 Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Norway		35:58.5
Relay[10]
  Sweden (SWE)
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
Fredrik Lindström		1:15:16.5  Norway (NOR)
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen		1:16:12.0  Germany (GER)
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp		1:17:23.6

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual[11]
 Hanna Öberg
 Sweden		41:07.2 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia		41:31.9 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		41:48.4
Sprint[12]
 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		21:06.2 Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 Norway		21:30.4 Veronika Vítková
 Czech Republic		21:32.0
Pursuit[13]
 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		30:35.3 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia		31:04.7 Anaïs Bescond
 France		31:04.9
Mass start[14]
 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia		35:23.0 Darya Domracheva
 Belarus		35:41.8 Tiril Eckhoff
 Norway		35:50.7
Relay[15]
  Belarus (BLR)
Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva		1:12.03.4  Sweden (SWE)
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg		1:12.14.1  France (FRA)
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond		1:12.21.0

Mixed event
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Relay[16]
  France (FRA)
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Bescond
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade		1:08.34.3  Norway (NOR)
Marte Olsbu
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen		1:08.55.2  Italy (ITA)
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch		1:09.01.2

Participating nations

A total of 219 athletes from 28 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate[17] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

References
  1. Qualification system for biathlon
  2. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018 Biathlon" (PDF). International Biathlon Union (IBU). 9 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  5. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-2018-biat-w-indv/womens-15-km-biathlon-postponed-due-to-high-winds-idUKKCN1FY0V6
  6. Men's individual results
  7. Men's sprint results
  8. Men's pursuit results
  9. Men's mass start results
  10. Men's relay results
  11. Women's individual results
  12. Women's sprint results
  13. Women's pursuit results
  14. Women's mass start results
  15. Women's relay results
  16. Mixed relay results
  17. Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com
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