Biathlon at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Nozawa Onsen |
Dates | 9–21 February |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 183 from 32 nations |
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Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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Individual | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
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Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Nozawa Onsen. The events began on 9 February and ended on 21 February 1998.[1][2]
Eight nations won medals in biathlon, with Norway leading the medal table, thanks to five medals, 2 gold, the same as Germany. Uschi Disl was the only individual to win three medals, one of each type. Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Halvard Hanevold led the men's table, with one gold and one silver each.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual details |
Halvard Hanevold![]() |
56:16.4 | Pieralberto Carrara![]() |
56:21.9 | Alexei Aidarov![]() |
56:46.5 |
Sprint details |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
27:16.2 | Frode Andresen![]() |
28:17.8 | Ville Räikkönen![]() |
28:21.7 |
Relay details |
![]() Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck |
1:21:36.2 | ![]() Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
1:21:56.3 | ![]() Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov |
1:22:19.3 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual details |
Ekaterina Dafovska![]() |
54:52.0 | Olena Petrova![]() |
55:09.8 | Uschi Disl![]() |
55:17.9 |
Sprint details |
Galina Kukleva![]() |
23:08.0 | Uschi Disl![]() |
23:08.7 | Katrin Apel![]() |
23:32.4 |
Relay details |
![]() Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle |
1:40:13.6 | ![]() Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko |
1:40:25.2 | ![]() Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid |
1:40:37.3 |
Thirty-two nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.[1]