Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Biathlon

| games = 2018 Winter

|image = Biathlon, PyeongChang 2018.svg

|image_size = 150px

|caption = Biathlon pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics

| venue = Alpensia Biathlon Centre

| dates = 9–23 February

| num_events = 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)

| competitors = 219

| nations = 28

| prev = 2014

| next = 2022

}}

{{Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics}}

Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea. There were eleven events contested: men and women competed in each of sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay; there was also a mixed relay event.{{Cite web |url=http://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2016-03-09-PyeongChang-2018-Qualification-System-Biathlon-V1.pdf |title=Qualification system for biathlon |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101213224/http://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2016-03-09-PyeongChang-2018-Qualification-System-Biathlon-V1.pdf |url-status=dead }} The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues|title=Venues|website=www.pyeongchang2018.com/|publisher=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics|access-date=26 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217011059/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/venues|archive-date=17 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

Qualification

{{main|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}

A total of 230 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (115 men and 115 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final twelve quota spots were available the following season.{{cite web|url=http://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2016-03-09-PyeongChang-2018-Qualification-System-Biathlon-V1.pdf|title=Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018 Biathlon|date=9 March 2016|publisher=International Biathlon Union (IBU)|access-date=20 January 2018|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101213224/http://comiteolimpicoportugal.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2016-03-09-PyeongChang-2018-Qualification-System-Biathlon-V1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events.{{cite web |url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule |title=Schedule |publisher=POCOG |access-date=15 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105010048/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule |archive-date=5 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}

;Notes

  • Women's 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February.{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-2018-biat-w-indv/womens-15-km-biathlon-postponed-due-to-high-winds-idUKKCN1FY0V6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214091716/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-2018-biat-w-indv/womens-15-km-biathlon-postponed-due-to-high-winds-idUKKCN1FY0V6|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2018|title=Women's 15 km biathlon postponed due to high winds|newspaper=Reuters|date=14 February 2018}}

All times are (UTC+9).

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! Date !! Time !! Event

10 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Women's 7.5 km sprint
11 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Men's 10 km sprint
rowspan=2|12 February19:10style=background:lemonchiffon|Women's 10 km pursuit
21:00style=background:lemonchiffon|Men's 12.5 km pursuit
rowspan=2|15 February17:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Women's 15 km individual
20:20style=background:lemonchiffon|Men's 20 km individual
17 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Women's 12.5 km mass start
18 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Men's 15 km mass start
20 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay
22 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Women's 4 x 6 km relay
23 February20:15style=background:lemonchiffon|Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary

=Medal table=

{{Medals table

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| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 2018 Winter

| team =

| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 3

| gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2

| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 2

| gold_SVK = 1 | silver_SVK = 2 | bronze_SVK = 0

| gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 1

| gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 1 | bronze_SLO = 0

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1

}}

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
valign="top"

| Individual[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMIN/BT_C73A_1.0.pdf Men's individual results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's individual}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Johannes Thingnes Bø|NOR|2018 Winter}}

48:03.8

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Jakov Fak|SLO|2018 Winter}}

48:09.3

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Dominik Landertinger|AUT|2018 Winter}}

48:18.0
valign="top"

| Sprint[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf Men's sprint results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Arnd Peiffer|GER|2018 Winter}}

23:38.8

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Michal Krčmář|CZE|2018 Winter}}

23:43.2

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Dominik Windisch|ITA|2018 Winter}}

23:46.5
valign="top"

| Pursuit[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Men's pursuit results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Martin Fourcade|FRA|2018 Winter}}

31:51.7

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Sebastian Samuelsson|SWE|2018 Winter}}

33:03.7

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Benedikt Doll|GER|2018 Winter}}

33:06.8
valign="top"

| Mass start[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Men's mass start results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Martin Fourcade|FRA|2018 Winter}}

35:47.3

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Simon Schempp|GER|2018 Winter}}

35:47.3

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Emil Hegle Svendsen|NOR|2018 Winter}}

35:58.5
valign="top"

| Relay[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Men's relay results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's relay}}

|{{flagIOC|SWE|2018 Winter}}
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
Fredrik Lindström

1:15:16.5

|{{flagIOC|NOR|2018 Winter}}
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen

1:16:12.0

|{{flagIOC|GER|2018 Winter}}
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp

1:17:23.6

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
valign="top"

| Individual[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWIN/BT_C73A_1.0.pdf Women's individual results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's individual}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Hanna Öberg|SWE|2018 Winter}}

41:07.2

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Anastasiya Kuzmina|SVK|2018 Winter}}

41:31.9

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Laura Dahlmeier|GER|2018 Winter}}

41:48.4
valign="top"

| Sprint[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWSP/BT_C73B_1.0.pdf Women's sprint results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Laura Dahlmeier|GER|2018 Winter}}

21:06.2

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Marte Olsbu Røiseland|NOR|2018 Winter}}

21:30.4

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Veronika Vítková|CZE|2018 Winter}}

21:32.0
valign="top"

| Pursuit[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWPU/BT_C73D_1.0.pdf Women's pursuit results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Laura Dahlmeier|GER|2018 Winter}}

30:35.3

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Anastasiya Kuzmina|SVK|2018 Winter}}

31:04.7

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Anaïs Bescond|FRA|2018 Winter}}

31:04.9
valign="top"

| Mass start[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Women's mass start results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Anastasiya Kuzmina|SVK|2018 Winter}}

35:23.0

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Darya Domracheva|BLR|2018 Winter}}

35:41.8

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Tiril Eckhoff|NOR|2018 Winter}}

35:50.7
valign="top"

| Relay[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/SWRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Women's relay results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's relay}}

|{{flagIOC|BLR|2018 Winter}}
Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva

1:12.03.4

|{{flagIOC|SWE|2018 Winter}}
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg

1:12.14.1

|{{flagIOC|FRA|2018 Winter}}
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond

1:12.21.0

=Mixed event=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
valign="top"

| Relay[https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/1718/BT/SWRL/OG__/MXRL/BT_C73C_1.0.pdf Mixed relay results]
{{DetailsLink|Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed relay}}

|{{flagIOC|FRA|2018 Winter}}
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Bescond
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade

1:08.34.3

|{{flagIOC|NOR|2018 Winter}}
Marte Olsbu
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen

1:08.55.2

|{{flagIOC|ITA|2018 Winter}}
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch

1:09.01.2

Participating nations

A total of 219 athletes from 28 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate[https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/BTH/OWG2018_BTH_C30_BTH-------------------------------.pdf Number of Entries by NOC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100407/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/resOWG2018/pdf/OWG2018/BTH/OWG2018_BTH_C30_BTH-------------------------------.pdf |date=21 February 2018 }} pyeongchang2018.com (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

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  • {{flagIOC|AUT|2018 Winter|9}}
  • {{flagIOC|BLR|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|BEL|2018 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|BUL|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|CAN|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|CHN|2018 Winter|2}}
  • {{flagIOC|CZE|2018 Winter|11}}
  • {{flagIOC|EST|2018 Winter|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|FIN|2018 Winter|8}}
  • {{flagIOC|FRA|2018 Winter|12}}
  • {{flagIOC|GER|2018 Winter|12}}
  • {{flagIOC|GBR|2018 Winter|1}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|2018 Winter|11}}
  • {{flagIOC|JPN|2018 Winter|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|KAZ|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|LAT|2018 Winter|3}}
  • {{flagIOC|LTU|2018 Winter|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|NOR|2018 Winter|11}}
  • {{flagIOC|OAR|2018 Winter|4}}
  • {{flagIOC|POL|2018 Winter|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|ROU|2018 Winter|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|SVK|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|SLO|2018 Winter|7}}
  • {{flagIOC|KOR|2018 Winter|6}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|2018 Winter|10}}
  • {{flagIOC|UKR|2018 Winter|11}}
  • {{flagIOC|USA|2018 Winter|10}}

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References

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