List of Olympic medalists in biathlon
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in biathlon.
Medalists in military patrol, a precursor to biathlon, are listed separately.
Men
The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
Individual (20 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
Sprint (10 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Pursuit (12.5 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Mass start (15 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Relay (4×7.5 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Women
The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.
Individual (15 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Sprint (7.5 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
Pursuit (10 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Mass start (12.5 km)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Relay (4×6 km)
The women's relay event has been competed over three different distances:
- 3×7.5 km — 1992
- 4×7.5 km — 1994–2002
- 4×6 km — 2006–2018
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
Mixed
Relay
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Statistics
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 19 | 21 | 12 | 52 |
2 | ![]() | 16 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (23 nations) | 86 | 85 | 85 | 256 |
- Note
- This table includes 1924 military patrol medal's.
Biathlete medal leaders

- Men
Biathlete | Nation | Olympics * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ![]() |
1994–2014 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
Ricco Groß | ![]() |
1992–2006 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Emil Hegle Svendsen | ![]() |
2006–2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Sven Fischer | ![]() |
1994–2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Martin Fourcade | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Halvard Hanevold | ![]() |
1994–2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Sergei Tchepikov | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1988–1994, 2002–2006 |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Alexander Tikhonov | ![]() |
1968–1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Frank Luck | ![]() ![]() |
1988, 1994–2002 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Peter Angerer | ![]() |
1980–1988 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
- Women

Biathlete | Nation | Olympics * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uschi Disl | ![]() |
1992–2006 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Kati Wilhelm | ![]() |
2002–2010 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Darya Domracheva | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Anastasiya Kuzmina | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Albina Akhatova | ![]() |
1998–2006 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Tiril Eckhoff | ![]() |
2014–2018 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Katrin Apel | ![]() |
1998–2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Tora Berger | ![]() |
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Andrea Henkel | ![]() |
2002–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Antje Misersky-Harvey | ![]() |
1992–1994 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Marie Dorin Habert | ![]() |
2010–2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned biathletes took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.
Biathletes with most victories
Top 10 biathletes who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active biathletes and highest medal count among all biathletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Men
Rank | Biathlete | Country | From * | To * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ![]() | 1998 | 2014 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
2 | Martin Fourcade | ![]() | 2010 | 2018 | 5 | 2 | - | 7 |
3 | Ricco Groß | ![]() | 1992 | 2006 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Emil Hegle Svendsen | ![]() | 2010 | 2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
5 | Sven Fischer | ![]() | 1994 | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Alexander Tikhonov | ![]() | 1968 | 1980 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 |
7 | Halvard Hanevold | ![]() | 1998 | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
8 | Mark Kirchner | ![]() | 1992 | 1994 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 |
9 | Michael Greis | ![]() | 2006 | 2006 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
10 | Sergei Tchepikov | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1988 | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Women
Rank | Biathlete | Country | From * | To * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Darya Domracheva | ![]() | 2010 | 2018 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Kati Wilhelm | ![]() | 2002 | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
3 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | ![]() | 2010 | 2018 | 3 | 3 | - | 6 |
4 | Uschi Disl | ![]() | 1992 | 2006 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
5 | Katrin Apel | ![]() | 1998 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Tora Berger | ![]() | 2010 | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Andrea Henkel | ![]() | 2002 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | Magdalena Neuner | ![]() | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
Olga Zaitseva | ![]() | 2006 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | |
10 | Myriam Bédard | ![]() | 1992 | 1994 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
Laura Dahlmeier | ![]() | 2018 | 2018 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
Svetlana Ishmouratova | ![]() | 2002 | 2006 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
Olga Medvedtseva (Pyleva) | ![]() | 2002 | 2010 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
Anfisa Reztsova | ![]() ![]() | 1992 | 1994 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal
Medals per year
× | NOC did not exist or did not participate in biathlon events | # | Number of medals won by the NOC | – | NOC did not win any medals |
- bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.
NOC | 24 | 1928–56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Total |
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