Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Biathlon at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |
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![]() Andrea Nahrgang competing at Soldier Hollow at the 2002 Winter Olympics. | |
Venue | Soldier Hollow |
Dates | 9–20 February |
No. of events | 8 |
Competitors | 190 from 34 nations |
Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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Individual | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Pursuit | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
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Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of eight biathlon events. They were held at Soldier Hollow. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 2002.[1] For the first time since 1992, the biathlon program expanded. A new race type, the pursuit (for both men and women) was added, the first new race type since the debut of the sprint in 1980.[2]
Medal summary
[edit]Seven nations won medals in biathlon, with Germany winning the most (3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze), while Norway led the medal table with 4 gold medals. These four all involved Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who won each of the three men's individual events, as well as participating in the gold-medal winning relay team. Kati Wilhelm was the most successful athlete in the women's competition, taking two golds and a silver.
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Men's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
51:03.3 | Frank Luck![]() |
51:39.4 | Viktor Maigourov![]() |
51:40.6 |
Sprint |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
24:51.3 | Sven Fischer![]() |
25:20.2 | Wolfgang Perner![]() |
25:44.4 |
Pursuit |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() |
32:34.6 | Raphaël Poirée![]() |
33:17.6 | Ricco Groß![]() |
33:30.6 |
Relay |
![]() Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
1:23:42.3 | ![]() Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck |
1:24:27.6 | ![]() Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée |
1:24:36.6 |
Women's events
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual |
Andrea Henkel![]() |
47:29.1 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée![]() |
47:37.0 | Magdalena Forsberg![]() |
48:08.3 |
Sprint |
Kati Wilhelm![]() |
20:41.4 | Uschi Disl![]() |
20:57.0 | Magdalena Forsberg![]() |
21:20.4 |
Pursuit |
Olga Pyleva![]() |
31:07.7 | Kati Wilhelm![]() |
31:13.0 | Irina Nikulchina![]() |
31:15.8 |
Relay |
![]() Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm |
1:27:55.0 | ![]() Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée |
1:28:25.6 | ![]() Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova |
1:29:19.7 |
Participating nations
[edit]Thirty-four nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Chile and Croatia made their Olympic debuts in the sport, with one athlete each.
Argentina (2)
Austria (5)
Belarus (11)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (1)
Chile (2)
China (5)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (10)
Estonia (4)
Finland (9)
France (10)
Great Britain (4)
Germany (11)
Greece (2)
Hungary (3)
Italy (10)
Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (2)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
South Korea (2)
Latvia (5)
Lithuania (2)
Moldova (2)
Norway (9)
Poland (5)
Romania (4)
Russia (11)
Slovenia (10)
Switzerland (4)
Slovakia (6)
Sweden (5)
Ukraine (11)
United States (8)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 1" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 6, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
- ^ "Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2019.