Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre
Dates	9–23 February
No. of events	11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	219 from 28 nations
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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

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – 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

• Women's 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February. ^[5]

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Event
10 February	20:15	Women's 7.5 km sprint
11 February	20:15	Men's 10 km sprint
12 February	19:10	Women's 10 km pursuit
	21:00	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
15 February	17:15	Women's 15 km individual
	20:20	Men's 20 km individual
17 February	20:15	Women's 12.5 km mass start
18 February	20:15	Men's 15 km mass start
20 February	20:15	Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay
22 February	20:15	Women's 4 x 6 km relay
23 February	20:15	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	3	7
2	France	3	0	2	5
3	Sweden	2	2	0	4
4	Norway	1	3	2	6
5	Slovakia	1	2	0	3
6	Belarus	1	1	0	2
7	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
8	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
9	Italy	0	0	2	2
10	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	11	11	33

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Relay [16] details	France Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	1:08.34.3	Norway Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:08.55.2	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).

•   Austria  (9)
•   Belarus  (10)
•   Belgium  (2)
•   Bulgaria  (10)
•   Canada  (10)
•   China  (2)
•   Czech Republic  (11)
•   Estonia  (6)
•   Finland  (8)
•   France  (12)
•   Germany  (12)
•   Great Britain  (1)
•   Italy  (11)
•   Japan  (6)
•   Kazakhstan  (10)
•   Latvia  (3)
•   Lithuania  (4)
•   Norway  (11)
•   Olympic Athletes from Russia  (4)
•   Poland  (7)
•   Romania  (6)
•   Slovakia  (10)
•   Slovenia  (7)
•   South Korea  (6)
•   Sweden  (10)
•   Switzerland  (10)
•   Ukraine  (11)
•   United States  (10)

References

1. "Qualification system for biathlon" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
2. "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
3. "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018 Biathlon" (PDF). International Biathlon Union (IBU). 9 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
5. "Women's 15 km biathlon postponed due to high winds". Reuters. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
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
17. Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com

External links

• Official Results Book – Biathlon