Olympic medalists in biathlon

Olympic biathlon competitions were first held at the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, when only one event, the individual race for men, was held. Women's events were not included until 1992.

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Men

See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Sprint (10 km)

This event was first held in 1980.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Frank Ullrich (GDR) Vladimir Alikin (URS) Anatoliy Alyabyev (URS)
1984 Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) Peter Angerer (FRG) Matthias Jacob (GDR)
1988 Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) Sergei Tchepikov (URS)
1992 Mark Kirchner (GER) Ricco Groß (GER) Harri Eloranta (FIN)
1994 Sergei Tchepikov (URS) Ricco Groß (GER) Sergei Tarasov (RUS)
1998 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Frode Andresen (NOR) Ville Räikkönen (FIN)
2002 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Wolfgang Perner (AUT)

Pursuit (12.5 km)

This event was first held in 2002.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Raphaël Poirée (FRA) Ricco Groß (GER)

Individual (20 km)

This event was first held in 1960.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Klas Lestander (SWE) Antti Tyrväinen (FIN) Alexander Privalov (URS)
1964 Vladimir Melanin (URS) Alexander Privalov (URS) Olav Jordet (NOR)
1968 Magnar Solberg (NOR) Alexander Tikhonov (URS) Vladimir Gundartsev (URS)
1972 Magnar Solberg (NOR) Hansjörg Knauthe (GDR) Lars-Göran Arwidsson (SWE)
1976 Nikolay Kruglov Sr. (URS) Heikki Ikola (FIN) Alexander Elisarov (URS)
1980 Anatoliy Alyabyev (URS) Frank Ullrich (GDR) Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
1984 Peter Angerer (FRG) Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1988 Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) Johann Passler (ITA)
1992 Evgeniy Redkin (EUN) Mark Kirchner (GER) Mikael Löfgren (SWE)
1994 Sergei Tarasov (RUS) Frank Luck (GER) Sven Fischer (GER)
1998 Halvard Hanevold (NOR) Pieralberto Carrara (ITA) Alexei Aidarov (BLR)
2002 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Frank Luck (GER) Viktor Maigourov (RUS)

Relay (4 × 7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1968.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 USSR

Alexander Tikhonov
Nikolai Pusanov
Victor Mamatov
Vladimir Gundartsev
Norway

Ola Wærhaug
Olav Jordet
Magnar Solberg
Jon Istad
Sweden

Lars-Göran Arwidsson
Tore Eriksson
Olle Petrusson
Holmfrid Olsson
1972 USSR

Alexander Tikhonov
Rinnat Safin
Ivan Biakov
Victor Mamatov
Finland

Esko Saira
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
Mauri Röppänen
E.   Germany

Hansjörg Knauthe
Joachim Meischner
Dieter Speer
Horst Koschka
1976 USSR

Alexander Yelizarov
Ivan Biakov
Nikolay Kruglov Sr.
Alexander Tikhonov
Finland

Henrik Flöjt
Esko Saira
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
E.   Germany

Karl-Heinz Menz
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Manfred Geyer
1980 USSR

Vladimir Alikin
Alexander Tikhonov
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoliy Alyabyev
E.   Germany

Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
W. Germany

Franz Bernreiter
Hans Estner
Peter Angerer
Gerd Winkler
1984 USSR

Dmitri Vasilyev
Yuri Kashkarov
Algimantas Salna
Sergei Buligin
Norway

Odd Lirhus
Eirik Kvalfoss
Rolf Storsveen
Kjell Søbak
W. Germany

Ernst Reiter
Walter Pichler
Peter Angerer
Friedrich Fischer
1988 USSR

Dmitri Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexander Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
W. Germany

Ernst Reiter
Stefan Höck
Peter Angerer
Friedrich Fischer
Italy

Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
1992 Germany

Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Friedrich Fischer
Unified Team

Valeriy Medvedtsev
Alexander Popov
Valeriy Kirienko
Sergei Tchepikov
Sweden

Ulf Johansson
Leif Andersson
Tord Wiksten
Mikael Löfgren
1994 Germany

Ricco Groß
Frank Luck
Mark Kirchner
Sven Fischer
Russia

Valeriy Kirienko
Vladimir Dratchev
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov
France

Thierry Dusserre
Patrice Bailly-Salins
Lionel Laurent
Hervé Flandin
1998 Germany

Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
Norway

Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Russia

Pavel Muslimov
Vladimir Dratchev
Sergei Tarasov
Viktor Maigurov
2002 Norway

Halvard Hanevold
Frode Andresen
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Germany

Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
France

Gilles Marguet
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée

Women

See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Sprint (7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1992.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Anfisa Restzova (EUN) Antje Misersky (GER) Elena Belova (EUN)
1994 Myriam Bédard (CAN) Svetlana Paramygina (BLR) Valentina Tserbe (UKR)
1998 Galina Koukleva (RUS) Uschi Disl (GER) Katrin Apel (GER)
2002 Kati Wilhelm (GER) Uschi Disl (GER) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Pursuit (10 km)

This event was first held in 2002.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002 Olga Pyleva (RUS) Kati Wilhelm (GER) Irina Nikoultchina (BUL)

Individual (15 km)

This event was first held in 1992.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Antje Misersky (GER) Svetlana Davidova (EUN) Myriam Bédard (CAN)
1994 Myriam Bédard (CAN) Anne Briand (FRA) Uschi Disl (GER)
1998 Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL) Olena Petrova (UKR) Uschi Disl (GER)
2002 Andrea Henkel (GER) Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Relay (4 × 7.5 km)

This event was held for the first time in 1992 as a 3 × 7.5 km event, and became a 4 × 7.5 km event from 1994.

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1992 France

Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Anne Briand
Germany

Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Petra Schaaf
Unified Team

Elena Belova
Anfisa Restzova
Elena Melnikova
1994 Russia

Nadezhda Talanova
Natalya Snytina
Louiza Noskova
Anfisa Restzova
Germany

Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky Harvey
Simone G.-P.-Memm
Petra Schaaf
France
Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Delphine B. Heymann
Anne Briand
1998 Germany

Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Schaaf Behle
Russia

Olga Melnik
Galina Koukleva
Albina Akhatova
Olga Romasko
Norway

Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn M. Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
2002 Germany

Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm
Norway

Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjørhom
Gunn M. Andreassen
Liv Grete S. Poirée
Russia

Olga Pyleva
Galina Koukleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Albina Akhatova

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