Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Nozawa Onsen
Dates	9–21 February
No. of events	6
Competitors	183 from 32 nations

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]

Medal summary

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.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	2	1	5
2	Germany (GER)	2	1	2	5
3	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
5	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
7	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Halvard Hanevold  Norway	56:16.4	Pieralberto Carrara  Italy	56:21.9	Alexei Aidarov  Belarus	56:46.5
Sprint details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	27:16.2	Frode Andresen  Norway	28:17.8	Ville Räikkönen  Finland	28:21.7
Relay details	Germany (GER) Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1:21:36.2	Norway (NOR) Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1:21:56.3	Russia (RUS) Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov	1:22:19.3

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Ekaterina Dafovska  Bulgaria	54:52.0	Olena Petrova  Ukraine	55:09.8	Uschi Disl  Germany	55:17.9
Sprint details	Galina Kukleva  Russia	23:08.0	Uschi Disl  Germany	23:08.7	Katrin Apel  Germany	23:32.4
Relay details	Germany (GER) Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	1:40:13.6	Russia (RUS) Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko	1:40:25.2	Norway (NOR) Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid	1:40:37.3

Participating nations

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]

•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (5)
•  Belarus (9)
•  Bulgaria (5)
•  Canada (6)
•  China (4)
•  Czech Republic (8)
•  Estonia (4)
•  Finland (7)
•  France (10)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Germany (11)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (5)
•  Italy (6)
•  Japan (8)
•  Kazakhstan (8)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Latvia (5)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Norway (9)
•  Poland (9)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (11)
•  Slovenia (9)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Slovakia (5)
•  Sweden (8)
•  Ukraine (10)
•  United States (9)

See also

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
2. "Biathlon at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.