2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon

The Biathlon events were held at Soldier Hollow.

Men

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10 km Sprint

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Wolfgang Perner (AUT)

Medal	Athlete	Time (missed targets)
Gold	24:51.3 (0)
Silver	25:20.2 (1)
Bronze	25:44.4 (0)

Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games.

12.5 km Pursuit

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Raphaël Poirée (FRA) Ricco Groß (GER)

Medal	Athlete	Time (missed targets)
Gold	32:34.67 (2)
Silver	33:17.7 (1)
Bronze	33:33.7 (2)

Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics.

20 km Individual

Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Frank Luck (GER) Viktor Maigurov (RUS)

Medal	Athlete	Adjusted Time (penalty minutes)
Gold	51:03.3 (2)
Silver	51:39.4 (0)
Bronze	51:40.6 (1)

After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier.

4 x 7.5 km Relay

Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) Germany (Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck) France (Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphaël Poirée)

Medal	Team	Time (missed targets)
Gold	1:24:42.31 (0)
Silver	1:25:27.6 (1)
Bronze	1:25:36.6 (1)

Women

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7.5 km Sprint

Kati Wilhelm (GER) Uschi Disl (GER) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Medal	Athlete	Time (missed targets)
Gold	20:41.4 (0)
Silver	20:57.0 (1)
Bronze	21:20.4 (1)

Another surprise from Germany, which takes first and second. Forsberg seals a second bronze with a late sprint towards the finish.

10 km Pursuit

Olga Pyleva (RUS) Kati Wilhelm (GER) Irina Nikulchina (BUL)

Medal	Athlete	Time (missed targets)
Gold	31:07.77 (1)
Silver	31:13.1 (4)
Bronze	31:15.9 (2)

After leaders Poirée and Forsberg fail at the last shooting, Pyleva grabs the opportunity to take her first international victory.

15 km Individual

Andrea Henkel (GER) Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)

Medal	Athlete	Adjusted Time (penalty minutes)
Gold	47:29.1 (1)
Silver	47:37.0 (1)
Bronze	48:08.3 (2)

Henkel surprises, while hot favorite Forsberg misses two shots in the last round but wins her first medal.

4 x 7.5 km Relay

Germany (Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm) Norway (Ann-Elen Skjelbreid, Linda Tjørhom, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée) Russia (Olga Pyleva, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Albina Akhatova)

Medal	Team	Time (missed targets)
Gold	1:27:55.8 (1)
Silver	1:28:26.4 (0)
Bronze	1:29:20.5 (2)

Defending champions and major favorites Germany come from behind after the first leg to take the gold medal. Katrin Apel and Uschi Disl also were on the winning 1998 team.

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