Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon, PyeongChang 2018.svg
Biathlon pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue Alpensia Biathlon Centre
Dates9–23 February
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors219 from 28 nations
  2014
2022  

Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea. There were eleven events contested: men and women competed in each of sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay; there was also a mixed relay event. [1] The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018. [2]

Qualification

A total of 230 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (115 men and 115 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final twelve quota spots were available the following season. [3]

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events. [4]

Notes

All times are (UTC+9).

DateTimeEvent
10 February20:15 Women's 7.5 km sprint
11 February20:15 Men's 10 km sprint
12 February19:10 Women's 10 km pursuit
21:00 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
15 February17:15 Women's 15 km individual
20:20 Men's 20 km individual
17 February20:15 Women's 12.5 km mass start
18 February20:15 Men's 15 km mass start
20 February20:15 Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay
22 February20:15 Women's 4 x 6 km relay
23 February20:15 Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3137
2Flag of France.svg  France 3025
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2204
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1326
5Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1203
6Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1102
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0112
8Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0101
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0022
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Totals (10 entries)11111133

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual [6]
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
48:03.8 Jakov Fak
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
48:09.3 Dominik Landertinger
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
48:18.0
Sprint [7]
details
Arnd Peiffer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
23:38.8 Michal Krčmář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
23:43.2 Dominik Windisch
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
23:46.5
Pursuit [8]
details
Martin Fourcade
Flag of France.svg  France
31:51.7 Sebastian Samuelsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
33:03.7 Benedikt Doll
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
33:06.8
Mass start [9]
details
Martin Fourcade
Flag of France.svg  France
35:47.3 Simon Schempp
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
35:47.3 Emil Hegle Svendsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
35:58.5
Relay [10]
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
Fredrik Lindström
1:15:16.5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
1:16:12.0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
1:17:23.6

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual [11]
details
Hanna Öberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
41:07.2 Anastasiya Kuzmina
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
41:31.9 Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
41:48.4
Sprint [12]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
21:06.2 Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
21:30.4 Veronika Vítková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
21:32.0
Pursuit [13]
details
Laura Dahlmeier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
30:35.3 Anastasiya Kuzmina
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
31:04.7 Anaïs Bescond
Flag of France.svg  France
31:04.9
Mass start [14]
details
Anastasiya Kuzmina
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
35:23.0 Darya Domracheva
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
35:41.8 Tiril Eckhoff
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
35:50.7
Relay [15]
details
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva
1:12.03.4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
1:12.14.1Flag of France.svg  France
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
1:12.21.0

Mixed event

EventGoldSilverBronze
Relay [16]
details
Flag of France.svg  France
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Bescond
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade
1:08.34.3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Marte Olsbu
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
1:08.55.2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
1:09.01.2

Participating nations

A total of 219 athletes from 28 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate [17] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

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  6. Men's individual results
  7. Men's sprint results
  8. Men's pursuit results
  9. Men's mass start results
  10. Men's relay results
  11. Women's individual results
  12. Women's sprint results
  13. Women's pursuit results
  14. Women's mass start results
  15. Women's relay results
  16. Mixed relay results
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