Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueNozawa Onsen
Dates9–21 February
No. of events6
Competitors183 from 32 nations
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Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Nozawa Onsen. The events began on 9 February and ended on 21 February 1998.

Medal summary

Eight nations won medals in biathlon, with Norway leading the medal table, thanks to five medals, 2 gold, the same as Germany. Uschi Disl was the only individual to win three medals, one of each type. Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Halvard Hanevold led the men's table, with one gold and one silver each.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)2215
2 Germany (GER)2125
3 Russia (RUS)1113
4 Bulgaria (BUL)1001
5 Italy (ITA)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
7 Belarus (BLR)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Halvard Hanevold
 Norway
56:16.4 Pieralberto Carrara
 Italy
56:21.9 Alexei Aidarov
 Belarus
56:46.5
Sprint
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway
27:16.2 Frode Andresen
 Norway
28:17.8 Ville Räikkönen
 Finland
28:21.7
Relay
 Germany (GER)
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
1:21:36.2  Norway (NOR)
Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
1:21:56.3  Russia (RUS)
Pavel Muslimov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Viktor Maigourov
1:22:19.3

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
Ekaterina Dafovska
 Bulgaria
54:52.0 Olena Petrova
 Ukraine
55:09.8 Uschi Disl
 Germany
55:17.9
Sprint
Galina Kukleva
 Russia
23:08.0 Uschi Disl
 Germany
23:08.7 Katrin Apel
 Germany
23:32.4
Relay
 Germany (GER)
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
1:40:13.6  Russia (RUS)
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Albina Akhatova
Olga Romasko
1:40:25.2  Norway (NOR)
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
1:40:37.3

Participating nations

Thirty-two nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.