olympic medalists in biathlon

Olympic biathlon competitions were first held at the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, when only one event, the individual race for men, was held. Women's events were not included until 1992.

Men

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Sprint (10 km)

This event was first held in 1980.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Vladimir Alikin (URS)	Anatoliy Alyabyev (URS)
1984	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Matthias Jacob (GDR)
1988	Frank-Peter Rtsch (GDR)	Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)
1992	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Ricco Gro (GER)	Harri Eloranta (FIN)
1994	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)	Ricco Gro (GER)	Sergei Tarasov (RUS)
1998	Ole Einar Bjrndalen (NOR)	Frode Andresen (NOR)	Ville Rikknen (FIN)
2002	Ole Einar Bjrndalen (NOR)	Sven Fischer (GER)	Wolfgang Perner (AUT)

Pursuit (12.5 km)

This event was first held in 2002.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002	Ole Einar Bjrndalen (NOR)	Raphal Poire (FRA)	Ricco Gro (GER)

Individual (20 km)

This event was first held in 1960.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960	Klas Lestander (SWE)	Antti Tyrvinen (FIN)	Alexander Privalov (URS)
1964	Vladimir Melanin (URS)	Alexander Privalov (URS)	Olav Jordet (NOR)
1968	Magnar Solberg (NOR)	Alexander Tikhonov (URS)	Vladimir Gundartsev (URS)
1972	Magnar Solberg (NOR)	Hansjrg Knauthe (GDR)	Lars-Gran Arwidsson (SWE)
1976	Nikolay Kruglov Sr. (URS)	Heikki Ikola (FIN)	Alexander Elisarov (URS)
1980	Anatoliy Alyabyev (URS)	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Eberhard Rsch (GDR)
1984	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Frank-Peter Rtsch (GDR)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1988	Frank-Peter Rtsch (GDR)	Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)	Johann Passler (ITA)
1992	Evgeniy Redkin (EUN)	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Mikael Lfgren (SWE)
1994	Sergei Tarasov (RUS)	Frank Luck (GER)	Sven Fischer (GER)
1998	Halvard Hanevold (NOR)	Pieralberto Carrara (ITA)	Alexei Aidarov (BLR)
2002	Ole Einar Bjrndalen (NOR)	Frank Luck (GER)	Viktor Maigourov (RUS)

Relay (4 × 7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1968.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968	USSR Alexander Tikhonov Nikolai Pusanov Victor Mamatov Vladimir Gundartsev	Norway Ola Wrhaug Olav Jordet Magnar Solberg Jon Istad	Sweden Lars-Gran Arwidsson Tore Eriksson Olle Petrusson Holmfrid Olsson
1972	USSR Alexander Tikhonov Rinnat Safin Ivan Biakov Victor Mamatov	Finland Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola Mauri Rppnen	E. Germany Hansjrg Knauthe Joachim Meischner Dieter Speer Horst Koschka
1976	USSR Alexander Yelizarov Ivan Biakov Nikolay Kruglov Sr. Alexander Tikhonov	Finland Henrik Fljt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola	E. Germany Karl-Heinz Menz Frank Ullrich Manfred Beer Manfred Geyer
1980	USSR Vladimir Alikin Alexander Tikhonov Vladimir Barnashov Anatoliy Alyabyev	E. Germany Mathias Jung Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rsch	W. Germany Franz Bernreiter Hans Estner Peter Angerer Gerd Winkler
1984	USSR Dmitri Vasilyev Yuri Kashkarov Algimantas Salna Sergei Buligin	Norway Odd Lirhus Eirik Kvalfoss Rolf Storsveen Kjell Sbak	W. Germany Ernst Reiter Walter Pichler Peter Angerer Friedrich Fischer
1988	USSR Dmitri Vasilyev Sergei Tchepikov Alexander Popov Valeriy Medvedtsev	W. Germany Ernst Reiter Stefan Hck Peter Angerer Friedrich Fischer	Italy Werner Kiem Gottlieb Taschler Johann Passler Andreas Zingerle
1992	Germany Ricco Gro Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Friedrich Fischer	Unified Team Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexander Popov Valeriy Kirienko Sergei Tchepikov	Sweden Ulf Johansson Leif Andersson Tord Wiksten Mikael Lfgren
1994	Germany Ricco Gro Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	Russia Valeriy Kirienko Vladimir Dratchev Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov	France Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Lionel Laurent Herv Flandin
1998	Germany Ricco Gro Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	Norway Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjrndalen Ole Einar Bjrndalen	Russia Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Dratchev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigurov
2002	Norway Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjrndalen	Germany Ricco Gro Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	France Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphal Poire

Women

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Sprint (7.5 km)

This event was first held in 1992.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992	Anfisa Restzova (EUN)	Antje Misersky (GER)	Elena Belova (EUN)
1994	Myriam Bdard (CAN)	Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)	Valentina Tserbe (UKR)
1998	Galina Koukleva (RUS)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Katrin Apel (GER)
2002	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Pursuit (10 km)

This event was first held in 2002.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002	Olga Pyleva (RUS)	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Irina Nikoultchina (BUL)

Individual (15 km)

This event was first held in 1992.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992	Antje Misersky (GER)	Svetlana Davidova (EUN)	Myriam Bdard (CAN)
1994	Myriam Bdard (CAN)	Anne Briand (FRA)	Uschi Disl (GER)
1998	Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL)	Olena Petrova (UKR)	Uschi Disl (GER)
2002	Andrea Henkel (GER)	Liv Grete Poire (NOR)	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Relay (4 × 7.5 km)

This event was held for the first time in 1992 as a 3 × 7.5 km event, and became a 4 × 7.5 km event from 1994.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992	France Corinne Niogret Vronique Claudel Anne Briand	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf	Unified Team Elena Belova Anfisa Restzova Elena Melnikova
1994	Russia Nadezhda Talanova Natalya Snytina Louiza Noskova Anfisa Restzova	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Harvey Simone G.-P.-Memm Petra Schaaf	France Corinne Niogret Vronique Claudel Delphine B. Heymann Anne Briand
1998	Germany Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Schaaf Behle	Russia Olga Melnik Galina Koukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn M. Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid
2002	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjrhom Gunn M. Andreassen Liv Grete S. Poire	Russia Olga Pyleva Galina Koukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova Albina Akhatova