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]
Biathlon at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Nozawa Onsen |
Dates | 9–21 February |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 183 from 32 nations |
Medal summary edit
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 edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Men's events edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | Halvard Hanevold![]() | 56:16.4 | Pieralberto Carrara![]() | 56:21.9 | Alexei Aidarov![]() | 56:46.5 |
Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen![]() | 27:16.2 | Frode Andresen![]() | 28:17.8 | Ville Räikkönen![]() | 28:21.7 |
Relay | ![]() Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck | 1:21:36.2 | ![]() Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 1:21:56.3 | ![]() Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov | 1:22:19.3 |
Women's events edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual | Ekaterina Dafovska![]() | 54:52.0 | Olena Petrova![]() | 55:09.8 | Uschi Disl![]() | 55:17.9 |
Sprint | Galina Kukleva![]() | 23:08.0 | Uschi Disl![]() | 23:08.7 | Katrin Apel![]() | 23:32.4 |
Relay | ![]() Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle | 1:40:13.6 | ![]() Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko | 1:40:25.2 | ![]() Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid | 1:40:37.3 |
Participating nations edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Biathlon at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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