Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
# Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held in Sapporo, Japan between 23–26 February at Nishioka Biathlon Stadium.

## Schedule

| F | Final |
| - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat | 26th Sun |
| Men's 10 km sprint | F | | | |
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | | F | | |
| Men's 15 km mass start | | | | F |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | F | | | |
| Women's 10 km pursuit | | F | | |
| Women's 12.5 km mass start | | | | F |
| Mixed 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km relay | | | F | |

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 km sprint details | Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan | Vassiliy Podkorytov Kazakhstan | Mikito Tachizaki Japan |
| 12.5 km pursuit details | Mikito Tachizaki Japan | Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan | Kim Yong-gyu South Korea |
| 15 km mass start details | Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan | Wang Wenqiang China | Kosuke Ozaki Japan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7.5 km sprint details | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | Zhang Yan China | Alina Raikova Kazakhstan |
| 10 km pursuit details | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | Zhang Yan China | Darya Usanova Kazakhstan |
| 12.5 km mass start details | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | Alina Raikova Kazakhstan | Fuyuko Tachizaki Japan |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km relay details | Kazakhstan Galina Vishnevskaya Darya Usanova Maxim Braun Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan Alina Raikova Anna Kistanova Vassiliy Podkorytov Anton Pantov | Japan Fuyuko Tachizaki Yurie Tanaka Mikito Tachizaki Tsukasa Kobonoki |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

## Participating nations

A total of 51 athletes from 8 nations competed in biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games:

* Australia (4)
* China (9)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Japan (12)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (4)
* Mongolia (5)
* South Korea (8)
* Australia as guest nation, was ineligible to win any medals.
