Biathlon has been featured as a sport in the Asian Winter Games since the first winter games in 1986. [1]
| Games | Year | Host city | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1986 | Sapporo, Japan |  Japan |
| II | 1990 | Sapporo, Japan |  China |
| III | 1996 | Harbin, China |  Kazakhstan |
| IV | 1999 | Gangwon, South Korea | China |
| V | 2003 | Changchun, China |  Japan |
| VI | 2007 | Aomori, Japan | China |
| VII | 2011 | Astana–Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
| VIII | 2017 | Sapporo, Japan | Kazakhstan |
| Event | 86 | 90 | 96 | 99 | 03 | 07 | 11 | 17 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's sprint | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Men's pursuit | X | X | X | 3 | |||||
| Men's mass start | X | 1 | |||||||
| Men's individual | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||
| Men's relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 7 | |
| Women's sprint | X | X | X | X | X | X | 6 | ||
| Women's pursuit | X | X | X | 3 | |||||
| Women's mass start | X | 1 | |||||||
| Women's individual | X | X | X | X | 4 | ||||
| Women's relay | X | X | X | X | X | 5 | |||
| Mixed relay | X | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 19 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 15 | 19 | 16 | 50 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 45 | 45 | 46 | 136 | |
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