Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Les Saisies, about 40 kilometres from the host city of Albertville. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 1992. The 1992 Games were the first in which women competed in biathlon.
| Biathlon at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Les Saisies |
| Dates | 11–20 February |
| No. of events | 6 |
| Competitors | 196 from 28 nations |
Russian biathlete Sergei Tarasov admitted in 2015 that the EUN (former Soviet nations competing in a unified team) biathlon team had carried out illegal blood transfusions at the Games. Something went very wrong with his transfusion, and he was rushed to the hospital where they saved his life.
Medal summary
Six nations won medals in biathlon, Germany leading the medal table with seven (3 gold, 4 silver). The Unified Team and Sweden were the only other team to win more than two medals. Mark Kirchner led the individual medal table with two golds and three medals total, while Antje Misersky also won three medals, one gold and two silver.
France's gold medal in the relay was the country's first medal of any type in the sport. Canada's bronze, won by Myriam Bédard, was the first medal won by an athlete from outside Europe or the former Soviet Union.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Unified Team | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Yevgeniy Redkin Unified Team | 57:34.4 | Mark Kirchner Germany | 57:40.8 | Mikael Löfgren Sweden | 57:59.4 |
| Sprint | Mark Kirchner Germany | 26:02.3 | Ricco Groß Germany | 26:18.0 | Harri Eloranta Finland | 26:26.0 |
| Relay | Germany Ricco Groß Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer | 1:24:43.5 | Unified Team Valeriy Medvedtsev Aleksandr Popov Valery Kiriyenko Sergei Tchepikov | 1:25:06.3 | Sweden Ulf Johansson Leif Andersson Tord Wiksten Mikael Löfgren | 1:25:38.2 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Antje Misersky Germany | 51:47.2 | Svetlana Pechorskaya Unified Team | 51:58.5 | Myriam Bédard Canada | 52:15.0 |
| Sprint | Anfisa Reztsova Unified Team | 24:29.2 | Antje Misersky Germany | 24:45.1 | Yelena Belova Unified Team | 24:50.8 |
| Relay | France Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand-Bouthiaux | 1:15:55.6 | Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf | 1:16:18.4 | Unified Team Yelena Belova Anfisa Reztsova Yelena Melnikova | 1:16:54.6 |
Participating nations
Twenty-eight nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Three former Soviet republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), made their biathlon debuts, along with Slovenia and Greece. The Unified Team also made its only appearance.
- Argentina (7)
- Australia (2)
- Austria (5)
- Bulgaria (10)
- Canada (9)
- China (8)
- Estonia (8)
- Unified Team (11)
- Finland (9)
- France (10)
- Great Britain (5)
- Germany (10)
- Greece (2)
- Hungary (9)
- Italy (10)
- Japan (3)
- South Korea (4)
- Latvia (4)
- Lithuania (2)
- Norway (12)
- Poland (9)
- Romania (6)
- Slovenia (5)
- Switzerland (1)
- Sweden (10)
- Czechoslovakia (10)
- United States (11)
- Yugoslavia (4)
See also
- Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
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