Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

The biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. The events were held between 18 and 26 February 1994.^[1][2]

Biathlon at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Dates	18–26 February
No. of events	6
Competitors	193 from 32 nations
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The sport of biathlon combines the skills of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Men and women competed in three events. The biathlon program remained unchanged except for the women's relay distance from 3 x 7.5 km to 4 x 7.5 km.

Medal summary

Six nations won medals in biathlon, with Russia leading the medal table (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), and Germany winning the most total medals with six. Sergei Tarasov was the only individual to win three medals, while Myriam Bédard led the individual medal table with two gold medals.

Bédard's pair of gold medals were the first won an athlete from outside Europe or the Soviet Union. In addition, Valentina Tserbe-Nessina became the first Olympic medalist from Ukraine, and Svetlana Paramygina became the first female Olympic medalist from Belarus, as those countries made their Olympic debuts.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	3	1	1	5
2	Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
3	Germany (GER)	1	3	2	6
4	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
5	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
6	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	6	18

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Sergei Tarasov  Russia	57:25.3	Frank Luck  Germany	57:28.7	Sven Fischer  Germany	57:41.9
Sprint details	Sergei Tchepikov  Russia	28:07.0	Ricco Groß  Germany	28:13.0	Sergei Tarasov  Russia	28:27.4
Relay details	Germany (GER) Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	1:30:22.1	Russia (RUS) Valeri Kiriyenko Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tchepikov	1:31:23.6	France (FRA) Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Lionel Laurent Hervé Flandin	1:32:31.3

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Myriam Bédard  Canada	52:06.6	Anne Briand  France	52:53.3	Uschi Disl  Germany	53:15.3
Sprint details	Myriam Bédard  Canada	26:08.8	Svetlana Paramygina  Belarus	26:09.9	Valentina Tserbe-Nessina  Ukraine	26:10.0
Relay details	Russia (RUS) Nadezhda Talanova Natalya Snytina Luiza Noskova Anfisa Reztsova	1:47:19.5	Germany (GER) Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf	1:51:16.5	France (FRA) Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand	1:52:28.3

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.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Austria (5)
•  Belarus (11)
•  Bulgaria (5)
•  Canada (7)
•  China (4)
•  Czech Republic (10)
•  Estonia (9)
•  Finland (9)
•  France (11)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Germany (9)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (5)
•  Italy (6)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Latvia (5)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Norway (11)
•  Poland (10)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (10)
•  Slovenia (6)
•  Switzerland (3)
•  Slovakia (6)
•  Sweden (10)
•  Ukraine (10)
•  United States (9)

See also

• Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Paralympics