Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of eight biathlon events. They were held at Soldier Hollow. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 2002.[1] For the first time since 1992, the biathlon program expanded. A new race type, the pursuit (for both men and women) was added, the first new race type since the debut of the sprint in 1980.[2]
Medal summary
Seven nations won medals in biathlon, with Germany winning the most (3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze), while Norway led the medal table with 4 gold medals. These four all involved Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who won each of the three men's individual events, as well as participating in the gold-medal winning relay team. Kati Wilhelm was the most successful athlete in the women's competition, taking two golds and a silver.
Medal table
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 51:03.3 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 51:39.4 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 51:40.6 |
| Sprint Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 24:51.3 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 25:20.2 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 25:44.4 |
| Pursuit Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 32:34.6 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 33:17.6 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 33:30.6 |
| Relay Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCteam Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
1:23:42.3 | Template:FlagIOCteam Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck |
1:24:27.6 | Template:FlagIOCteam Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée |
1:24:36.6 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 47:29.1 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 47:37.0 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 48:08.3 |
| Sprint Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 20:41.4 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 20:57.0 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 21:20.4 |
| Pursuit Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 31:07.7 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 31:13.0 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 31:15.8 |
| Relay Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCteam Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm |
1:27:55.0 | Template:FlagIOCteam Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée |
1:28:25.6 | Template:FlagIOCteam Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova |
1:29:19.7 |
Participating nations
Thirty-four nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Chile and Croatia made their Olympic debuts in the sport, with one athlete each.
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See also
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