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Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Dates 11 – 25 February 2006
Medal Events 10

The 2006 biathlon events were held at the Cesana San Sicario Arena, a Nordic center specifically built for the Torino Olympics. For the second consecutive Winter Olympics, the biathlon program was enlarged, adding a mass start race for both men (15 km) and women (12.5 km), which had first been held at the World Championships in 1999. Thus, there were five events for both men and women – the classical individual, sprint, pursuit, mass start, and relay. To avoid congestion on the course, only the top 30 ranked biathletes start in this event. Another minor change was in the women’s relay which was shortened from 4 x 7.5 km to 4 x 6 km.

Michael Greis would win three gold medals (20 km, relay, mass start) in Salt Lake City, and five other biathletes won three medals overall – Albina Akhatova, Kati Wilhelm, Martina Glagow, Sven Fischer, and Ole Einar Bjørndalen.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
10 kilometres Sprint, Men Olympic 14 February 2006 90 36
12.5 kilometres Pursuit, Men Olympic 18 February 2006 57 23
15 kilometres Mass Start, Men Olympic 25 February 2006 30 14
20 kilometres, Men Olympic 11 February 2006 88 34
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men Olympic 21 February 2006 68 17
7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women Olympic 16 February 2006 83 28
10 kilometres Pursuit, Women Olympic 18 February 2006 58 22
12.5 kilometres Mass Start, Women Olympic 25 February 2006 30 14
15 kilometres, Women Olympic 13 February 2006 82 28
4 × 6 kilometres Relay, Women Olympic 23 February 2006 72 18
204 (107/97) 37 (36/28)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometres Sprint, Men Sven FischerGER Halvard HanevoldNOR Frode AndresenNOR
12.5 kilometres Pursuit, Men Vincent DefrasneFRA Ole Einar BjørndalenNOR Sven FischerGER
15 kilometres Mass Start, Men Michael GreisGER Tomasz SikoraPOL Ole Einar BjørndalenNOR
20 kilometres, Men Michael GreisGER Ole Einar BjørndalenNOR Halvard HanevoldNOR
4 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Men GermanyGER Russian FederationRUS FranceFRA
7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women Florence Baverel-RobertFRA Anna-Carin OlofssonSWE Liliya YefremovaUKR
10 kilometres Pursuit, Women Kati WilhelmGER Martina GlagowGER Albina AkhatovaRUS
12.5 kilometres Mass Start, Women Anna-Carin OlofssonSWE Kati WilhelmGER Uschi DislGER
15 kilometres, Women Svetlana IshmuratovaRUS Martina GlagowGER Albina AkhatovaRUS
4 × 6 kilometres Relay, Women Russian FederationRUS GermanyGER FranceFRA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany GER 5 4 2 11
Russian Federation RUS 2 1 2 5
France FRA 2 0 2 4
Sweden SWE 1 1 0 2
Norway NOR 0 3 3 6
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1