Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Andrea Nahrgang competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Venue	Soldier Hollow
Dates	9–20 February
No. of events	8
Competitors	190 from 34 nations
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Frode Andresen competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Jeremy Teela competing at Soldier Hollow 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 (for both men and women) was added, the first new race type since the debut of the sprint in 1980. ^[2]

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	4	2	0	6
2	Germany	3	5	1	9
3	Russia	1	0	2	3
4	France	0	1	1	2
5	Sweden	0	0	2	2
6	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway	51:03.3	Frank Luck   Germany	51:39.4	Viktor Maigourov   Russia	51:40.6
Sprint details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway	24:51.3	Sven Fischer   Germany	25:20.2	Wolfgang Perner   Austria	25:44.4
Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway	32:34.6	Raphaël Poirée   France	33:17.6	Ricco Groß   Germany	33:30.6
Relay details	Norway Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1:23:42.3	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1:24:27.6	France Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée	1:24:36.6

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Andrea Henkel   Germany	47:29.1	Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée   Norway	47:37.0	Magdalena Forsberg   Sweden	48:08.3
Sprint details	Kati Wilhelm   Germany	20:41.4	Uschi Disl   Germany	20:57.0	Magdalena Forsberg   Sweden	21:20.4
Pursuit details	Olga Pyleva   Russia	31:07.7	Kati Wilhelm   Germany	31:13.0	Irina Nikulchina   Bulgaria	31:15.8
Relay details	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	1:27:55.0	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée	1:28:25.6	Russia 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.

•   Argentina  (2)
•   Austria  (5)
•   Belarus  (11)
•   Bulgaria  (5)
•   Canada  (1)
•   Chile  (2)
•   China  (5)
•   Croatia  (1)
•   Czech Republic  (10)
•   Estonia  (4)
•   Finland  (9)
•   France  (10)
•   Great Britain  (4)
•   Germany  (11)
•   Greece  (2)
•   Hungary  (3)
•   Italy  (10)
•   Japan  (8)
•   Kazakhstan  (2)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (1)
•   South Korea  (2)
•   Latvia  (5)
•   Lithuania  (2)
•   Moldova  (2)
•   Norway  (9)
•   Poland  (5)
•   Romania  (4)
•   Russia  (11)
•   Slovenia  (10)
•   Switzerland  (4)
•   Slovakia  (6)
•   Sweden  (5)
•   Ukraine  (11)
•   United States  (8)

See also

• Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

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.

External links

• Official Results Book – Biathlon