Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon

10 km Sprint Men:

MedalAthlete
Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
Silver Sven Fischer (GER)
Bronze Wolfgang Perner (AUT)

Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games.


12.5 km Pursuit Men:

MedalAthlete
Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
Silver Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
Bronze Ricco Groß (GER)

Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics.


20 km Men:

MedalAthlete
Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
Silver Frank Luck (GER)
Bronze Viktor Maigurov (RUS)

After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier.


4 x 7.5 km Men

MedalTeam
Gold Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
Silver Germany (Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck)
Bronze France (Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphaël Poirée)


7.5 km Sprint Women:

MedalAthlete
Gold Kati Wilhelm (GER)
Silver Uschi Disl (GER)
Bronze Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Another surprise from Germany, which takes first and second. Forsberg seals a second medal with a late sprint towards the finish.


10 km Pursuit Women:

MedalAthlete
Gold Olga Pyleva (RUS)
Silver Kati Wilhelm (GER)
Bronze Irina Nikulchina (BUL)

After leaders Poirée and Forsberg fail at the last shooting, Pyleva grabs the opportunity to take her first international victory.


15 km Women:

MedalAthlete
Gold Andrea Henkel (GER)
Silver Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR)
Bronze Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Henkel surprises, while hot favorite Forsberg misses two shots in the last round but wins her first medal.


4 x 7.5 km Women

MedalTeam
Gold Germany (Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm)
Silver Norway (Ann-Elen Skjelbreid, Linda Tjørhom, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée)
Bronze Russia (Olga Pyleva, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Albina Akhatova)

Major favourites Germany come from behind after the first leg to take the fourth straight gold medal since 1992.

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