| Biathlon at the XXIX Winter Universiade | |
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| Dates | 4–10 March 2019 |
Biathlon at the 2019 Winter Universiade was held at the Biathlon Academy in Krasnoyarsk from 4 to 10 March 2019. [1]
| Biathlon at the XXIX Winter Universiade | |
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| Dates | 4–10 March 2019 |
Biathlon at the 2019 Winter Universiade was held at the Biathlon Academy in Krasnoyarsk from 4 to 10 March 2019. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km individual |  Nikita Porshnev | 52:16.9 (0+2+0+0) | Eduard Latypov | 52:22.4 (1+1+0+0) |  Félix Cottet-Puinel | 52:38.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| 10 km sprint | Eduard Latypov | 25:01.2 (1+1) | Dmitrii Ivanov | 25:09.9 (0+0) | Nikita Porshnev | 25:11.5 (1+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit | Dmitrii Ivanov | 34:10.7 (0+0+0+0) | Nikita Porshnev | 34:24.9 (0+0+1+1) | Eduard Latypov | 35:17.0 (1+2+2+0) |
| 15 km mass start |  Espen Uldal | 40:18.7 (0+0+1+1) |  Maksim Varabei | 40:54.1 (0+1+0+2) |  Adam Václavík | 41:15.2 (1+3+0+0) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km individual | Natalia Gerbulova | 46:10.6 (0+1+1+1) | Ekaterina Moshkova | 47:15.9 (1+1+2+0) | Elena Chirkova | 47:24.5 (0+0+1+1) |
| 7.5 km sprint | Ekaterina Moshkova | 22:59.4 (0+2) | Irina Kazakevich | 23:02.3 (1+2) | Tamara Voronina | 23:24.1 (1+1) |
| 10 km pursuit | Ekaterina Moshkova | 32:59.1 (1+1+1+0) | Irina Kazakevich | 33:16.5 (1+0+1+1) | Tamara Voronina | 34:04.4 (0+0+2+1) |
| 12.5 km mass start | Ekaterina Moshkova | 42:05.7 (0+1+1+1) | Elizaveta Kaplina | 42:09.7 (0+0+2+0) | Elena Chirkova | 43:09.9 (1+1+0+1) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single mixed relay | Russia Valeria Vasnetsova Aleksandr Dediukhin Valeria Vasnetsova Aleksandr Dediukhin | 42:53.4 (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) (2+3) (1+3) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) | Czech Republic Natálie Jurčová David Tolar Natálie Jurčová David Tolar | 42:59.9 (0+2) (0+3) (0+1) (1+3) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) | France Marine Challamel Félix Cottet-Puinel Marine Challamel Félix Cottet-Puinel | 43:45.2 (0+0) (2+3) (0+0) (0+0) (1+3) (2+3) (0+0) (0+1) |
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia* | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 |  Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
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