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Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of six events, three for men and three for women.
| Biathlon at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of six events, three for men and three for women.
| Rank | Nation |  |  |  | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's 7.5 km free technique | blind | Wilhelm Brem Guide: Olaf Gruhn  Germany | Marian Balaz Guide: Michal Jurco  Slovakia | Frank Hoefle Guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany |
| standing | Josef Giesen Germany | Valeriy Darovskikh  Russia | Jozef Mesik Slovakia | |
| Men's 7.5 km sitski | Ruedi Weber  Switzerland | Oliver Anthofer  Austria | Roland Ruepp  Italy |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 7.5 km free technique | blind | Verena Bentele Guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany | Tone Gravvold Guide: Kristian Soersen  Norway | Emilie Tabouret Guide: Lionel Bayon  France |
| standing | Majorie van de Bunt  Netherlands | Anne Floriet France | Bogumila Kaploniak  Poland | |
| Women's 7.5 km sitski | Ragnhild Myklebust Norway | Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine | Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine |
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