Biathlon was first held at the
Olympic Winter Games in
1960, when only one event for men was held. Women's events were not included until
1992.
See also:
Men
Sprint (10 km)
This event was first held in 1980.
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
1980 |
Frank Ullrich (GDR) |
Vladimir Alikin (URS) |
Anatoli Alyabyev (URS) |
1984 |
Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR) |
Peter Angerer (FRG) |
Matthias Jacob (GDR) |
1988 |
Frank-Peter Rötsch (GDR) |
Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) |
Sergey Chepikov (URS) |
1992 |
Mark Kirchner (GER) |
Ricco Groß (GER) |
Harri Eloranta (FIN) |
1994 |
Sergey Chepikov (RUS) |
Ricco Groß (GER) |
Sergey Tarasov (RUS) |
1998 |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
Frode Andresen (NOR) |
Ville Räikkönen (FIN) |
2002 |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
Sven Fisher (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)
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
1960 |
Klas Lestander (SWE) |
Antti Tyrväinen (FIN) |
Aleksandr Privalov (URS) |
1964 |
Vladimir Melanin (URS) |
Aleksandr Privalov (URS) |
Olav Jordet (NOR) |
1968 |
Magnar Solberg (NOR) |
Aleksandr Tikhonov (URS) |
Vladimir Gundartsev (URS) |
1972 |
Magnar Solberg (NOR) |
Hansjörg Knauthe (GDR) |
Lars-Göran Arwidsson (SWE) |
1976 |
Nikolay Kruglov (URS) |
Heikki Ikola (FIN) |
Aleksandr Yelisarov (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 |
Yevgeniy Redkin (EUN) |
Mark Kirchner (GER) |
Mikael Löfgren (SWE) |
1994 |
Sergey Tarasov (RUS) |
Frank Luck (GER) |
Sven Fischer (GER) |
1998 |
Halvard Hanevold (NOR) |
Pier Alberto Carrara (ITA) |
Aleksey Aidarov (BLR) |
2002 |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
Frank Luck (GER) |
Viktor Maigurov (RUS) |
Relay (4 x 7.5 km)
This event was first held in 1968.
Women
Sprint (7.5 km)
This event was first held in 1992.
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
1992 |
Anfisa Restsova (EUN) |
Antje Miserksy (GER) |
Yelena Byelova (EUN) |
1994 |
Myriam Bédard (CAN) |
Svetlana Paramygina (BLR) |
Valentina Tserbe (UKR) |
1998 |
Galina Kukleva (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 Pecherskaya (EUN) |
Myriam Bédard (CAN) |
1994 |
Myriam Bédard (CAN) |
Anne Briand (FRA) |
Uschi Disl (GER) |
1998 |
Yekaterina Dafovska (BUL) |
Olena Petrova (UKR) |
Uschi Disl (GER) |
2002 |
Andrea Henkel (GER) |
Liv Grete Poirée (NOR) |
Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) |
Relay (4 x 7.5 km)
This event was held for the first time in 1992 as a 3 x 7.5 km event, and became a 4 x 7.5 km event from 1994.