Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics 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.<ref name=Biathlon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Medal summary

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.

Men's events

Individual Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	56:16.4	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	56:21.9	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	56:46.5
Sprint Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	27:16.2	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	28:17.8	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	28:21.7
Relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1:21:36.2	Template:FlagIOCteam Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1:21:56.3	Template:FlagIOCteam Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov	1:22:19.3

Women's events

Individual Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	54:52.0	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	55:09.8	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	55:17.9
Sprint Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	23:08.0	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	23:08.7	Template:FlagIOCmedalist	23:32.4
Relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:FlagIOCteam Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	1:40:13.6	Template:FlagIOCteam Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko	1:40:25.2	Template:FlagIOCteam Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid	1:40:37.3

Participating nations

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.<ref name=Biathlon/>

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See also

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

References

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