| Biathlon at the XXVIII Winter Universiade | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Alatau Cross-Country Skiing & Biathlon Complex |
| Dates | 31 January – 7 February |
Biathlon at the 2017 Winter Universiade was held in Alatau Cross-Country Skiing & Biathlon Complex, Almaty from 31 January to 7 February 2017.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km individual [1] |  Baptiste Jouty | 1:03:41.0 |  Sergey Korastylev | 1:04:22.0 | Semen Suchilov | 1:04:46.5 |
| 10 km sprint [2] | Semen Suchilov | 27:02.3 | Dmitrii Ivanov | 27:24.1 |  Roman Yeryomin | 27:24.6 |
| 12.5 km pursuit [3] | Sergey Korastylev | 32:08.3 | Dmitrii Ivanov | 32:19.2 | Semen Suchilov | 32:26.9 |
| 15 km mass start [4] | Baptiste Jouty | 43:30.0 | Roman Yeryomin | 43:43.5 | Anton Pantov | 43:57.7 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km individual [5] | Alina Raikova | 59:48.7 | Galina Vishnevskaya | 1:02:09.8 |  Nadiia Bielkina | 1:02:12.3 |
| 7.5 km sprint [6] | Galina Vishnevskaya | 21:43.1 | Iana Bondar | 22:05.9 | Anastasiia Egorova | 22:19.8 |
| 10 km pursuit [7] | Nadiia Bielkina | 32:39.6 | Olga Shesterikova | 33:00.7 | Larisa Kuklina | 33:08.3 |
| 12.5 km mass start [8] | Galina Vishnevskaya | 36:15.4 | Iana Bondar | 37:17.7 | Larisa Kuklina | 37:28.5 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km relay [9] | Russia Larisa Kuklina Olga Shesterikova Semen Suchilov Sergey Korastylev | 1:14:37.8 | Kazakhstan Galina Vishnevskaya Darya Ussanova Roman Yeryomin Anton Pantov | 1:15:08.4 | Ukraine Nadiia Bielkina Iana Bondar Maksym Ivko Artem Tyshchenko | 1:17:10.4 |
* Host nation (Kazakhstan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 |  Kazakhstan* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 |  France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
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