Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Dates 9 – 21 February 1998
Medal Events 6
Venues Nozawa Onsen Resort, Nozawa Onsen

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

Medals

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