Biathlon at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Alpensia Biathlon Centre |
Dates | 9–23 February |
No. of events | 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed) |
Competitors | 219 from 28 nations |
Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Individual | men | women | |
Sprint | men | women | |
Pursuit | men | women | |
Mass start | men | women | |
Relay | men | women | mixed |
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]
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]
The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events. [4]
All times are (UTC+9).
Date | Time | Event |
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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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual [6] | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 48:03.8 | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 48:09.3 | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 48:18.0 |
Sprint [7] | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 23:38.8 | Michal Krčmář Czech Republic | 23:43.2 | Dominik Windisch Italy | 23:46.5 |
Pursuit [8] | Martin Fourcade France | 31:51.7 | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 33:03.7 | Benedikt Doll Germany | 33:06.8 |
Mass start [9] | Martin Fourcade France | 35:47.3 | Simon Schempp Germany | 35:47.3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 35:58.5 |
Relay [10] | 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual [11] | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 41:07.2 | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 41:31.9 | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 41:48.4 |
Sprint [12] | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:06.2 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 21:30.4 | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 21:32.0 |
Pursuit [13] | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:35.3 | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 31:04.7 | Anaïs Bescond France | 31:04.9 |
Mass start [14] | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 35:23.0 | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:41.8 | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 35:50.7 |
Relay [15] | 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 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Relay [16] | 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 |
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