| Biathlon at the IX Paralympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Pragelato |
| Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Paralympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 7.5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | women | |
| 12.5 km | men | women |
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 12 biathlon events were contested at Pragelato.
| Biathlon at the IX Paralympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Pragelato |
| Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Paralympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| 7.5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | women | |
| 12.5 km | men | women |
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 12 biathlon events were contested at Pragelato.
| Rank | Nation |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
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| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 7.5 km | sitting | Vladimir Kiselev (RUS) | 25:19.1 | Iurii Kostiuk (UKR) | 25:49.5 | Sergiy Khyzhnyak (UKR) | 25:51.2 |
| standing | Rustam Garifoullin (RUS) | 21:17.7 | Josef Giesen (GER) | 21:18.7 | Nils Erik Ulset (NOR) | 22:06.1 | |
| visually impaired | Irek Mannanov (RUS) | 20:54.1 | Vitaliy Lukyanenko (UKR) | 21:56.8 | Brian McKeever (CAN) | 22:59.4 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 12.5 km | sitting | Vladimir Kiselev (RUS) | 46:46.5 | Taras Kryjanovski (RUS) | 47:34.7 | Mikhail Terentiev (RUS) | 49:15.2 |
| standing | Rustam Garifoullin (RUS) | 40:18.7 | Alfis Makamedinov (RUS) | 40:54.4 | Nils Erik Ulset (NOR) | 41:05.3 | |
| visually impaired | Vitaliy Lukyanenko (UKR) | 38:54.9 | Irek Mannanov (RUS) | 39:15.4 | Wilhelm Brem (GER) | 41:24.2 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 7.5 km | sitting | Olena Iurkovska (UKR) | 28:03.4 | Svitlana Tryfonova (UKR) | 30:31.5 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko (UKR) | 32:34.6 |
| standing | Alena Gorbunova (RUS) | 25:54.2 | Anna Burmistrova (RUS) | 26:39.5 | Anne Floriet (FRA) | 26:40.5 | |
| visually impaired | Verena Bentele (GER) | 27:07.6 | Miyuki Kobayashi (JPN) | 27:28.3 | Elvira Ibraginova (RUS) | 28:28.2 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 10 km | sitting | Olena Iurkovska (UKR) | 41:09.1 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko (UKR) | 42:25.1 | Svitlana Tryfonova (UKR) | 46:33.5 |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 12.5 km | standing | Anne Floriet (FRA) | 47:45.1 | Yuliya Batenkova (UKR) | 50:50.3 | Shoko Ota (JPN) | 52:36.2 |
| visually impaired | Miyuki Kobayashi (JPN) | 49:04.5 | Tetyana Smyrnova (UKR) | 52:30.5 | Verena Bentele (GER) | 52:33.5 | |
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