Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics
# Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea. There were eleven events contested: men and women competed in each of sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay; there was also a mixed relay event. The eleven events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018.

## Qualification

A total of 230 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (115 men and 115 women). Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final twelve quota spots were available the following season.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events.

### Notes

* Women's 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February.

All times are (UTC+9).

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 10 February | 20:15 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 11 February | 20:15 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 12 February | 19:10 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 12 February | 21:00 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 15 February | 17:15 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 15 February | 20:20 | Men's 20 km individual |
| 17 February | 20:15 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 18 February | 20:15 | Men's 15 km mass start |
| 20 February | 20:15 | Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay |
| 22 February | 20:15 | Women's 4 x 6 km relay |
| 23 February | 20:15 | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Norway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 48:03.8 | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 48:09.3 | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 48:18.0 |
| Sprint details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 23:38.8 | Michal Krčmář Czech Republic | 23:43.2 | Dominik Windisch Italy | 23:46.5 |
| Pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 31:51.7 | Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden | 33:03.7 | Benedikt Doll Germany | 33:06.8 |
| Mass start details | Martin Fourcade France | 35:47.3 | Simon Schempp Germany | 35:47.3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 35:58.5 |
| Relay details | Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Sebastian Samuelsson Fredrik Lindström | 1:15:16.5 | Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:16:12.0 | Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:17:23.6 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual details | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 41:07.2 | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 41:31.9 | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 41:48.4 |
| Sprint details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:06.2 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 21:30.4 | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 21:32.0 |
| Pursuit details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:35.3 | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 31:04.7 | Anaïs Bescond France | 31:04.9 |
| Mass start details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 35:23.0 | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:41.8 | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 35:50.7 |
| Relay details | Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva | 1:12.03.4 | Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg | 1:12.14.1 | France Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond | 1:12.21.0 |

### Mixed event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relay details | France Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade | 1:08.34.3 | Norway Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:08.55.2 | Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch | 1:09.01.2 |

## Participating nations

A total of 219 athletes from 28 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).

* Austria (9)
* Belarus (10)
* Belgium (2)
* Bulgaria (10)
* Canada (10)
* China (2)
* Czech Republic (11)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (8)
* France (12)
* Germany (12)
* Great Britain (1)
* Italy (11)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (10)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (4)
* Norway (11)
* Olympic Athletes from Russia (4)
* Poland (7)
* Romania (6)
* Slovakia (10)
* Slovenia (7)
* South Korea (6)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (10)
* Ukraine (11)
* United States (10)
