Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the Winter Olympics
Governing body	IBU
Events	11 (men: 5; women: 5; mixed: 1)
Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley with the men's 20 km individual event. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, the men's 4×7.5 km relay debuted, followed by the 10 km sprint event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Beginning at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, women's biathlon debuted with the 15 km individual, 3×7.5 km relay (4×7.5 km during 1994-2002, and 4×6 km in 2006), and 7.5 km sprint. A pursuit race (12.5 km for men and 10 km for women) was included at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The top 60 finishers of the sprint race (10 km for men and 7.5 km for women) would qualify for the pursuit event. The sprint winner starts the race, followed by each successive biathlete at the same time interval he/she trailed the sprint winner in that event. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, a mass start (15 km for men and 12.5 km for women) was introduced where the top 30 biathletes from the previous four events were allowed to start together for the competition.

Prior to the biathlon debut at the 1960 Winter Olympics, there was a military patrol event that was held at four Winter Olympic Games: 1924, 1928, 1936, and 1948. Medals were awarded for military patrol in 1924, but it was a demonstration event for the other three Games.

Events

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Military patrol	•	(d)		(d)	(d)																		4
Men's individual (20 km)								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15
Men's relay (4×7.5 km)										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Men's sprint (10 km)													•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Men's pursuit (12.5 km)																			•	•	•	•	4
Men's mass start (15 km)																				•	•	•	3
Women's individual (15 km)																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Women's relay (4×6 km)																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Women's sprint (7.5 km)																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Women's pursuit (10 km)																			•	•	•	•	4
Women's mass start (12.5 km)																				•	•	•	3
Mixed relay (2x6 + 2x7.5 km)																						•	1
Total events	1	1		1	1			1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	6	6	6	8	10	10	11

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in biathlon

As of 2014 Winter Olympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	16	20	9	45
2	Norway (NOR)	15	12	8	35
3	Russia (RUS)	10	6	8	24
4	Soviet Union (URS)	9	5	5	19
5	France (FRA)	6	5	10	21
6	East Germany (GDR)	3	4	4	11
7	Belarus (BLR)	3	2	3	8
8	Sweden (SWE)	3	1	6	10
9	Unified Team (EUN)	2	2	2	6
10	Slovakia (SVK)	2	1	1	4
11	Canada (CAN)	2	0	1	3
12	West Germany (FRG)	1	2	2	5
13	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	3	5
14	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
15	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	1	2
16	Finland (FIN)	0	5	2	7
17	Austria (AUT)	0	3	2	5
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	3	2	5
19	Italy (ITA)	0	1	3	4
20	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
22	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
Total		75	76	74	225

Number of biathletes by nation

Nation	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Andorra (AND)																						1	1
Argentina (ARG)													4	3	3	7	1		2	1			7
Australia (AUS)														1	1	2	2	1		1	1		7
Austria (AUT)									4	4		4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6		12
Belarus (BLR)																	11	9	11	10	9		5
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																				2	1		2
Bulgaria (BUL)												2	2	3	5	10	5	5	5	6	6		10
Canada (CAN)										5					5	9	7	6	1	7	8		8
Chile (CHI)																			2	2			2
China (CHN)													5	5		8	4	4	5	6	6		8
Chinese Taipei (TPE)												2		1									2
Costa Rica (CRC)														1									1
Croatia (CRO)																			1	1	2		3
Czech Republic (CZE)																	10	8	10	10	10		5
Czechoslovakia (TCH)										2	5	5	4	5	5	10							7
Denmark (DEN)																					1		1
East Germany (GDR)										5	5	5	4	4	6								6
Estonia (EST)																8	9	4	4	6	9		6
Finland (FIN)								4	4	6	5	4	6	5	5	9	9	7	9	1	4		14
France (FRA)								4	1	6	5	5	5	4	7	10	11	10	10	9	11		14
Germany (GER)								4	4							10	9	11	11	10	12		8
Great Britain (GBR)								2	4	5	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	2	4	2	1		14
Greece (GRE)																2	1	1	2	1	2		6
Guam (GUM)															1								1
Hungary (HUN)								1						5	1	9	5	5	3	2	1		9
Italy (ITA)											5	4	5	5	6	10	6	6	10	10	10		11
Japan (JPN)									2	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	8	8	9	2		13
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																	2	8	2	2	9		5
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																	1	1	1				3
Latvia (LAT)																4	5	5	5	9	9		6
Lithuania (LTU)																2	2	1	2	2	1	2	7
Moldova (MDA)																	2	2	2	4	2		5
Mongolia (MGL)									4	2													2
Norway (NOR)								3	4	5	5	4	5	5	6	12	11	9	9	10	11		14
New Zealand (NZL)																					1		1
Poland (POL)									4	6	5	4				9	10	9	5	10	10		10
Puerto Rico (PUR)															1								1
Romania (ROU)									4	4	5	4		5		6	5	2	4	5	5		11
Russia (RUS)																	10	11	11	12	11		5
Slovenia (SLO)																5	6	9	10	8	8		6
Slovakia (SVK)																	6	5	6	10	10		5
South Korea (KOR)														1	5	4		1	2	1	2		7
Spain (ESP)														2						1	1		3
Serbia (SRB)																					1		1
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																				1			1
Soviet Union (URS)								4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5								8
Switzerland (SUI)									4			3	2	1		1	3	1	4	2	6		10
Sweden (SWE)								4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	10	10	8	5	6	10		14
Ukraine (UKR)																	10	10	11	10	11		5
Unified Team (EUN)																11							1
United States (USA)								4	4	5	4	5	6	6	5	11	9	9	8	9	9		14
West Germany (FRG)										4	2	6	6	4	5								6
Yugoslavia (YUG)													1	6	1	4							4
Nations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	14	16	14	18	18	25	22	28	32	32	34	37	37		52
Biathletes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	51	72	62	74	76	95	90	196	193	183	190	204	221		1035
Year	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14

See also

• List of Olympic venues in biathlon

External links

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