List of Olympic venues in biathlon

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Seefeld hosted the biathlon events for the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics in neighboring Innsbruck. Seefeld Austria.jpg
Seefeld hosted the biathlon events for the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics in neighboring Innsbruck.
Igman, Veliko Polje hosted the biathlon events for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Igman.jpg
Igman, Veliko Polje hosted the biathlon events for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

For the Winter Olympics, there are 16 venues that have been or will be used for biathlon. Initially debuting in 1924 as military patrol, the event would debut on its own in 1960. Only three times in the Winter Olympics have the biathlon event has not been in the same cluster as cross-country skiing (1972, 1998, 2006).

GamesVenueOther sports hosted at venue for those gamesCapacityRef.
1924 Chamonix (as military patrol) Stade Olympique de Chamonix Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating 45,000. [1]
1960 Squaw Valley McKinney Creek Stadium Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)1,000 [2]
1964 Innsbruck Seefeld Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)Not listed. [3]
1968 Grenoble Autrans Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)40,000 (ski jump) [4]
1972 Sapporo Makomanai Biathlon site NoneNot listed. [5]
1976 Innsbruck Seefeld Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)Not listed. [6]
1980 Lake Placid Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [7]
1984 Sarajevo Igman, Veliko Polje Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [8]
1988 Calgary Canmore Nordic Centre Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [9]
1992 Albertville Les Saisies Cross-country skiing 12,500 [10]
1994 Lillehammer Birkebeineren Ski Stadium Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (Cross-country skiing)31,000 (Cross-country skiing)
13,500 (Biathlon)
[11]
1998 Nagano Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort None20,000 [12]
2002 Salt Lake City Soldier Hollow Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)15,200 [13]
2006 Turin Cesana San Sicario None4,700 [14]
2010 Vancouver Whistler Olympic Park Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping 6,000 [15]
2014 Sochi Biathlon & Ski Complex Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)9,600 [16]
2018 Pyeongchang Alpensia Biathlon Centre None7,500 [17]

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For the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, a total of eight sports venues were used. Luge made its debut at these games, but were marred by the death of a British slider two weeks prior to the Games. A second ski jumping event debuted and the best two out of three jumps were used in both events for the only time in the history of the Winter Olympics. All eight venues would be used again when the Winter Games returned to Innsbruck twelve years later though the venues would undergo renovations in time for the 1976 Games.

For the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, a total of ten sports venues were used. Most venues were constructed between the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck and the 1968 Games. Thawing was an issue for the four-man bobsleigh run. They were limited to only two runs. Thawing also affected the men's 500 m speed skating event. Electronic timing in alpine skiing affected the results of the women's giant slalom event. It gave Canada's Nancy Greene a headache for two days despite her gold medal in the event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1980 Winter Olympics</span>

For the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, United States, a total of seven sports venues were used. All five of the venues used for the 1932 Winter Olympics were also used at the 1980 Winter Games with adjustments. These adjustments included electronic scoreboards, increased refrigeration, and the addition of a separate luge track. This was the last Winter Olympics where there were separate bobsleigh and luge tracks. The closest finish in Olympic history in cross-country skiing led skiing officials to time future events in hundredths of a second rather than tenths of a second. This would also apply to biathlon events. Eric Heiden won five gold medals at the speed skating oval while the "Miracle on Ice" took place between Americans and Soviets at the Olympic Center. In the late 1990s, the luge track was demolished and a new combination track was constructed in time for the only Winter Goodwill Games held. The sliding venue was named to the American National Register of Historical Places in February 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics</span>

For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out Salt Lake City to host the 1998 Games. The biathlon venue was adjusted in accordance with the Washington Convention over endangered species. The biggest venue controversy was at Happo'one resort on the length of the men's downhill and the battle that ensued to the point where skiing officials threatened to pull the event entirely before a compromise was reached three months before the Olympics. M-Wave has hosted three World Speed Skating Championships since the Olympics, while the Spiral has hosted a couple of world championships in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.

References

  1. 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 645, 648-50. (in French)
  2. 1960 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 109-10, 115. Accessed 27 October 2010.
  3. 1964 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine pp. 95-103. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)
  4. 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 85-95. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English and French)
  5. 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 253-64. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English and French)
  6. 1976 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 199-203. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English, French, and German)
  7. 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 29-35, 39-42. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English and French)
  8. 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 18-58, 106-7. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English, French, and Serbo-Croatian)
  9. 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Part 1. pp. 100-9. Accessed 29 November 2010. (in English and French)
  10. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 102-5. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)
  11. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Volume 3. pp. 31-6. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  12. 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 230-2. Accessed 12 December 2010.
  13. 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 80-3. Accessed 21 December 2010.
  14. 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 64-5. Accessed 27 December 2010. (in English and Italian)
  15. "VenuesWhistler Olympic/Paralympic Park". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  16. Sochi2014.com profile of the Biathlon & ski Complex. Accessed 31 December 2010.
  17. 2018 Venues Architecture of the Games Accessed 26 July 2019.