| Biathlon at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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 Biathlon pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
| Venue | Alpensia Biathlon Centre |
| Dates | 9–23 February |
| No. of events | 11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed) |
| Competitors | 219 from 28 nations |
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| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed |
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.[1] The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018.[2]
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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.[3]
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events.[4]
- Notes
- Women's 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February.[5]
All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 February | 20:15 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 11 February | 20:15 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 12 February | 19:10 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 21:00 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit | |
| 15 February | 17:15 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 20:20 | Men's 20 km individual | |
| 17 February | 20:15 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 18 February | 20:15 | Men's 15 km mass start |
| 20 February | 20:15 | Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay |
| 22 February | 20:15 | Women's 4 x 6 km relay |
| 23 February | 20:15 | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 |  France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Norway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual[6] |
Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway |
48:03.8 | Jakov Fak Slovenia |
48:09.3 | Dominik Landertinger Austria |
48:18.0 |
| Sprint[7] |
Arnd Peiffer Germany |
23:38.8 | Michal Krčmář Czech Republic |
23:43.2 | Dominik Windisch Italy |
23:46.5 |
| Pursuit[8] |
Martin Fourcade France |
31:51.7 | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden |
33:03.7 | Benedikt Doll Germany |
33:06.8 |
| Mass start[9] |
Martin Fourcade France |
35:47.3 | Simon Schempp Germany |
35:47.3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway |
35:58.5 |
| Relay[10] |
Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Sebastian Samuelsson Fredrik Lindström |
1:15:16.5 | Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen |
1:16:12.0 | Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp |
1:17:23.6 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual[11] |
Hanna Öberg Sweden |
41:07.2 | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia |
41:31.9 | Laura Dahlmeier Germany |
41:48.4 |
| Sprint[12] |
Laura Dahlmeier Germany |
21:06.2 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway |
21:30.4 | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic |
21:32.0 |
| Pursuit[13] |
Laura Dahlmeier Germany |
30:35.3 | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia |
31:04.7 | Anaïs Bescond France |
31:04.9 |
| Mass start[14] |
Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia |
35:23.0 | Darya Domracheva Belarus |
35:41.8 | Tiril Eckhoff Norway |
35:50.7 |
| Relay[15] |
Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva |
1:12.03.4 | Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg |
1:12.14.1 | France Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond |
1:12.21.0 |
Mixed event
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay[16] |
France Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade |
1:08.34.3 | Norway Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen |
1:08.55.2 | Italy 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[17] (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).
Austria (9)
Belarus (10)
Belgium (2)
Bulgaria (10)
Canada (10)
China (2)
Czech Republic (11)
Estonia (6)
Finland (8)
France (12)
Germany (12)
Great Britain (1)
Italy (11)
Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (10)
Latvia (3)
Lithuania (4)
Norway (11)
Olympic Athletes from Russia (4)
Poland (7)
Romania (6)
Slovakia (10)
Slovenia (7)
South Korea (6)
Sweden (10)
Switzerland (10)
Ukraine (11)
United States (10)
References
- ^ "Qualification system for biathlon" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, Pyeongchang 2018 Biathlon" (PDF). International Biathlon Union (IBU). 9 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Women's 15 km biathlon postponed due to high winds". Reuters. 14 February 2018.
- ^ Men's individual results
- ^ Men's sprint results
- ^ Men's pursuit results
- ^ Men's mass start results
- ^ Men's relay results
- ^ Women's individual results
- ^ Women's sprint results
- ^ Women's pursuit results
- ^ Women's mass start results
- ^ Women's relay results
- ^ Mixed relay results
- ^ Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com
External links
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