| Biathlon at the X Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Whistler Paralympic Park |
| Dates | March 13 March 17 |
| Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | ||
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| Individual | men | women |
| Pursuit | men | women |
The biathlon competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held on 13 March and 17 March 2010.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
The program includes a total of 12 events, 6 for men and 6 for women. Competitors are divided into three categories: standing, visually impaired, and sitting. Standing biathletes are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, while sitting competitors use a sitski. Skiers with a visual impairment compete with the help of a sighted guide and an acoustic aiming system. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded. [1]
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| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Pursuit | visually impaired | Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich  Germany | 12:51.8 | Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova  Russia | 13:23.4 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Russia | 13:40.8 |
| sitting | Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine | 09:55.5 | Maria Iovleva Russia | 10:12.6 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko Ukraine | 10:20.7 | |
| standing | Anna Burmistrova Russia | 11:24.1 | Maija Loytynoja  Finland | 12:59.8 | Alena Gorbunova Russia | 13:25.1 | |
| Individual | visually impaired | Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich Germany | 43:57.3 | Lioubov Vasilieva Guide: Natalia Yakimova Russia | 46:59.4 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Russia | 47:59.1 |
| sitting | Maria Iovleva Russia | 38:46.6 | Olena Iurkovska Ukraine | 39:07.8 | Andrea Eskau Germany | 39:54.2 | |
| standing | Oleksandra Kononova Ukraine | 46:01.4 | Anna Burmistrova Russia | 48:04.0 | Iuliia Batenkova Ukraine | 48:22.5 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Pursuit | visually impaired | Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov Ukraine | 10:54.3 | Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia | 11:09.2 | Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski  Belarus | 11:16.0 |
| sitting | Irek Zaripov Russia | 09:51.0 | Iurii Kostiuk Ukraine | 10:38.9 | Andy Soule  United States | 10:53.1 | |
| standing | Kirill Mikhaylov Russia | 10:32.2 | Nils-Erik Ulset  Norway | 10:51.3 | Grygorii Vovchinskiy Ukraine | 10:58.9 | |
| Individual | visually impaired | Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm Germany | 38:28.6 | Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia | 38:32.7 | Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov Ukraine | 38:55.5 |
| sitting | Irek Zaripov Russia | 42:22.4 | Vladimir Kiselev Russia | 42:29.9 | Roman Petushkov Russia | 43:11.0 | |
| standing | Nils-Erik Ulset Norway | 38:29.4 | Grygorii Vovchinskiy Ukraine | 39:28.5 | Josef Giesen Germany | 41:25.0 | |
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