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Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Dates 9 – 21 February 1998
Medal Events 6

The 1998 biathlon competition was held at Nozawa Onsen, a small village within Nagano, at a biathlon stadium specially constructed for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games. There was no change to the program, with men and women competing in three events – the classical individual distance, a sprint event, and a relay. Germany’s Uschi Disl was the only biathlete to win three medals, leading Germany to a relay gold, placing second in the sprint, and third in the classical individual.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
10 kilometres Sprint, Men Olympic 18 February 1998 73 30
20 kilometres, Men Olympic 11 February 1998 72 29
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men Olympic 21 February 1998 72 18
7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women Olympic 15 February 1998 64 24
15 kilometres, Women Olympic 9 February 1998 64 24
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Women Olympic 19 February 1998 68 17
183 (96/87) 32 (30/24)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometres Sprint, Men Ole Einar BjørndalenNOR Frode AndresenNOR Ville RäikkönenFIN
20 kilometres, Men Halvard HanevoldNOR Pieralberto CarraraITA Aliaksei AydarauBLR
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men GermanyGER NorwayNOR Russian FederationRUS
7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women Galina KuklevaRUS Uschi DislGER Katrin ApelGER
15 kilometres, Women Ekaterina DafovskaBUL Olena PetrovaUKR Uschi DislGER
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Women GermanyGER Russian FederationRUS NorwayNOR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway NOR 2 2 1 5
Germany GER 2 1 2 5
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 1 3
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Finland FIN 0 0 1 1