Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Biathlon
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
VenueAlpensia Biathlon Centre
Dates9–23 February
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors219 from 28 nations
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Biathlon at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Individualmenwomen
Sprintmenwomen
Pursuitmenwomen
Mass startmenwomen
Relaymenwomenmixed

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]

Qualification

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany3137
2 France3025
3 Sweden2204
4 Norway1326
5 Slovakia1203
6 Belarus1102
7 Czech Republic0112
8 Slovenia0101
9 Italy0022
10 Austria0011
Totals (10 entries)11111133

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual[6]
details 		Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway		 48:03.8 Jakov Fak
 Slovenia		 48:09.3 Dominik Landertinger
 Austria		 48:18.0
Sprint[7]
details 		Arnd Peiffer
 Germany		 23:38.8 Michal Krčmář
 Czech Republic		 23:43.2 Dominik Windisch
 Italy		 23:46.5
Pursuit[8]
details 		Martin Fourcade
 France		 31:51.7 Sebastian Samuelsson
 Sweden		 33:03.7 Benedikt Doll
 Germany		 33:06.8
Mass start[9]
details 		Martin Fourcade
 France		 35:47.3 Simon Schempp
 Germany		 35:47.3 Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Norway		 35:58.5
Relay[10]
details 		 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]
details 		Hanna Öberg
 Sweden		 41:07.2 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia		 41:31.9 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		 41:48.4
Sprint[12]
details 		Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		 21:06.2 Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 Norway		 21:30.4 Veronika Vítková
 Czech Republic		 21:32.0
Pursuit[13]
details 		Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		 30:35.3 Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia		 31:04.7 Anaïs Bescond
 France		 31:04.9
Mass start[14]
details 		Anastasiya Kuzmina
 Slovakia		 35:23.0 Darya Domracheva
 Belarus		 35:41.8 Tiril Eckhoff
 Norway		 35:50.7
Relay[15]
details 		 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]
details 		 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).

References

  1. ^ "Qualification system for biathlon" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Schedule". POCOG. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Women's 15 km biathlon postponed due to high winds". Reuters. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  6. ^ Men's individual results
  7. ^ Men's sprint results
  8. ^ Men's pursuit results
  9. ^ Men's mass start results
  10. ^ Men's relay results
  11. ^ Women's individual results
  12. ^ Women's sprint results
  13. ^ Women's pursuit results
  14. ^ Women's mass start results
  15. ^ Women's relay results
  16. ^ Mixed relay results
  17. ^ Number of Entries by NOC Archived 21 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine pyeongchang2018.com