Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon Olympics 2006.png
Venue Cesana San Sicario
Dates11–25 February
No. of events10
Competitors204 from 37 nations
  2002
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Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events. They were held at the Cesana-San Sicario arena. The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006. Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee. In these games, biathlon events were open to both men and women but they raced in different distances in their own events. [1]

Men from 28 nations and women from 27 nations qualified to participate in the events. Only seven nations in total took home medals, Germany winning the most (5 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze). Six biathletes won 3 medals each: Albina Akhatova, Kati Wilhelm, Martina Glagow, Michael Greis, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and Sven Fischer. Greis won the most gold medals, with a total of three. [2]

Qualification

The top 20 countries at the International Biathlon Union Nations Cup ranking of 2004–05 are permitted to pick four biathletes for each event, and five biathletes for the whole Olympics. The top five may send a sixth biathlete as a reserve. The countries seeded 21st to 28th (27th for women) may send a maximum of one biathlete. Other countries may not send biathletes unless the top 28 countries do not fill their quota. These restrictions apply to each gender, so that the countries who appear in the top 20 in both the men's and the women's list are able to send five men and five women. All entries were to have been submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

The following table lists the 28 nations that qualified for the men's events and the 27 nations that qualified for the women's events:

RankMen [3] Women [4] RankMenWomen
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)15Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)16Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)17Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)18Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)
6Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)20Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)22Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)
9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)23Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA)24Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)
11Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA)Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)25Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
12Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)26Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)
13Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)27Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)
14Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)28Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)

Medal summary

Medal table

Of the thirty-seven competing nations, seven of them took home all the medals. With over double the medals of any other nation, Germany ranked number one.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)54211
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)2125
3Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2024
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1102
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0336
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0101
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0011
Totals (7 entries)10101030

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual
details
Michael Greis
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
54:23.0 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
54:39.0 Halvard Hanevold
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
55:31.9
Sprint
details
Sven Fischer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
26:11.6 Halvard Hanevold
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
26:19.8 Frode Andresen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
26:31.3
Pursuit
details
Vincent Defrasne
Flag of France.svg  France
35:20.2 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
35:22.9 Sven Fischer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
35:35.8
Mass start
details
Michael Greis
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
47:20.0 Tomasz Sikora
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
47:26.3 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
47:32.9
Relay
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Ricco Groß
Michael Rösch
Sven Fischer
Michael Greis
1:21:51.5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Ivan Tcherezov
Sergei Tchepikov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
1:22:12.4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Julien Robert
Vincent Defrasne
Ferréol Cannard
Raphaël Poirée
1:22:35.1

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual
details
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
49:24.1 Martina Glagow
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
50:34.9 Albina Akhatova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
50:55.0
Sprint
details
Florence Baverel-Robert
Flag of France.svg  France
22:31.4 Anna Carin Olofsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
22:33.8 Lilia Efremova
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
22:38.0
Pursuit
details
Kati Wilhelm
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
36:43.6 Martina Glagow
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
37:57.2 Albina Akhatova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
38:05.0
Mass start
details
Anna Carin Olofsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
40:36.5 Kati Wilhelm
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
40:55.3 Uschi Disl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
41:18.4
Relay
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Olga Zaytseva
Albina Akhatova
1:16:12.5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel
Katrin Apel
Kati Wilhelm
1:17:03.2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Delphyne Peretto
Florence Baverel-Robert
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly
1:18:38.7

Olga Pyleva of Russia originally placed second in the women's individual race, but was found to be in violation of anti-doping rules when she tested positive for carphedon, and she was then disqualified. [5]

Participating nations

Thirty-seven nations qualified biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

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