1994 Winter Olympics / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Lillehammer
Competition venue	Birkebeineren ski stadium
Nations	32
Athletes	193 (99 , 94 )
date	18.-26. February 1994
decisions	6th
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At the XVII. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , six biathlon competitions were held. The venue was the Birkebeineren ski stadium. The only change compared to the 1992 Olympic Games was the women's relay, which now comprised four instead of three runners.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	3	1	1	5
2	Canada	2	-	-	2
3	Germany	1	3	2	6th
4th	France	-	1	2	3
5	Belarus	-	1	-	1
6th	Ukraine	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 10 km Sergei Chepikov Ricco Great Sergei Tarasov Single 20 km Sergei Tarasov Frank Luck Sven Fischer Relay 4 × 7.5 km Ricco Groß , Frank Luck , Mark Kirchner , Sven Fischer Valery Kiriyenko , Vladimir Drachev , Sergei Tarasov , Sergei Tschepikow Thierry Dusserre , Patrice Bailly-Salins , Lionel Laurent , Hervé Flandin

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 7.5 km Myriam Bédard Svyatlana Paramyhina Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina Single 15 km Myriam Bédard Anne Briand Uschi Disl Relay 4 × 7.5 km Nadeschda Talanowa , Natalja Snytina , Luisa Noskowa , Anfissa Reszowa Uschi Disl , Antje Harvey , Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm , Petra Schaaf Corinne Niogret , Véronique Claudel , Delphyne Burlet , Anne Briand

Results men

Sprint 10 km

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	RUS	Sergei Chepikov	28: 07.0	0
2	DEU	Ricco Great	28: 13.0	0
3	RUS	Sergei Tarasov	28: 27.4	1
4th	RUS	Vladimir Drachev	28: 28.9	1
5	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	29: 05.4	2
6th	DEU	Frank Luck	29: 09.7	2
7th	DEU	Sven Fischer	29: 16.0	1
8th	FRA	Hervé Flandin	29: 33.8	1
9	SLO	Janez Ožbolt	29: 35.8	0
10	BLR	Aljaksandr Papou	29: 38.5	0
12	DEU	Mark Kirchner	29: 51.7	2
13	ITA	Johann Passler	29: 53.1	2
22nd	AUT	Wolfgang Perner	30: 31.5	3
24	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	30: 35.2	3
30th	AUT	Franz Schuler	30: 55.2	4th
43	AUT	Martin Pfurtscheller	31: 47.2	5
44	ITA	Andreas Zingerle	31: 50.5	2
60	SUI	Jean-Marc Chabloz	32: 35.6	3
63	SUI	Daniel Hediger	33: 05.6	8th

Date: February 23, 1994

Total ascent: 404 m, maximum ascent: 57 m, difference in altitude: 32 m
68 participants from 28 countries, all in the rating.

Single 20 km

space	country	athlete	Time (h)	error
1	RUS	Sergei Tarasov	0: 57: 25.3	3
2	DEU	Frank Luck	0: 57: 28.7	3
3	DEU	Sven Fischer	0: 57: 41.9	2
4th	BLR	Aljaksandr Papou	0: 57: 53.1	0
5	DEU	Jens Steinigen	0: 58: 18.1	2
6th	ITA	Andreas Zingerle	0: 58: 51.4	2
7th	DEU	Mark Kirchner	0: 59: 16.4	4th
8th	RUS	Sergei Chepikov	0: 59: 31.4	5
9	NOR	Sylfest Glimsdal	0: 59: 42.4	3
10	AUT	Alfred Eder	0: 59: 43.9	0
18th	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	1: 00: 21.6	5
20th	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	1: 00: 27.1	5
33	SUI	Hanspeter Knobel	1: 01: 42.8	1
45	SUI	Jean-Marc Chabloz	1: 02: 27.9	4th
48	AUT	Franz Schuler	1: 03: 01.4	7th
57	AUT	Martin Pfurtscheller	1: 03: 56.3	7th

Date: February 20, 1994

Total ascent: 743 m, maximum ascent: 43 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
70 participants from 28 countries, all in the rating.

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	Country sportsman	time	error
1	Germany Ricco Gross Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	1:30: 22.1 h 22: 32.3 min 22: 06.0 min 22: 49.5 min 22: 54.3 min	0 0 0 0 0
2	Russia Valery Kiriyenko Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Sergei Tschepikow	1: 31: 23.6 h 23: 34.6 min 23: 14.4 min 21: 54.0 min 22: 40.6 min	2 1 1 0 0
3	France Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins Lionel Laurent Hervé Flandin	1:32: 31.3 h 23:22.2 min 22: 51.6 min 23: 04.5 min 23: 13.0 min	1 0 1 0 0
4th	Belarus Viktor Maigurow Igor Khochryakov Aleh Ryshankou Aljaksandr Papou	1: 32: 57.2 h 23: 07.9 min 23: 52.9 min 22: 05.4 min 23: 51.0 min	0 0 0 0 0
5	Finland Erkki Latvala Harri Eloranta Timo Seppälä Vesa Hietalahti	1: 33: 11.9 h 24: 10.5 min 22: 18.3 min 23: 03.1 min 23: 40.0 min	1 0 0 0 1
6th	Italy Patrick Favre Johann Passler Pieralberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle	1: 33: 17.3 h 23: 19.0 min 23: 02.3 min 22: 16.7 min 24: 39.3 min	5 0 2 0 3
7th	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ivar Ulekleiv Halvard Hanevold Jon Åge Tyldum	1: 33: 32.8 h 23: 50.5 min 23: 00.2 min 23: 44.5 min 22: 57.6 min	0 0 0 0 0
8th	Poland Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wiesław Ziemianin Jan Wojtas	1:33: 49.3 h 23: 11.6 min 23: 45.2 min 23: 39.0 min 23: 13.5 min	0 0 0 0 0
9	Austria Wolfgang Perner Ludwig Gredler Franz Schuler Martin Pfurtscheller	1: 34: 02.9 h 23: 15.2 min 23: 32.2 min 23: 01.7 min 24: 13.8 min	2 0 1 1 0

Date: February 26, 1994

Total ascent: 279 m, maximum ascent: 23 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
18 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Results women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	CAN	Myriam Bédard	26: 08.8	2
2	BLR	Svyatlana Paramyhina	26: 09.9	2
3	UKR	Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina	26: 10.0	0
4th	KAZ	Inna Scheschkil	26: 13.9	2
5	DEU	Petra Schaaf	26: 33.6	2
6th	BLR	Iryna Kakueva	26: 38.4	2
7th	ITA	Nathalie Santer	26: 38.8	3
8th	DEU	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	26: 46.5	3
9	CZE	Eva Háková	26: 48.2	1
10	NOR	Elin Kristiansen	26: 46.5	1
13	DEU	Uschi Disl	27: 04.1	2
26th	DEU	Antje Harvey	27: 46.5	3

Date: February 23, 1994

Total ascent: 271 m, maximum ascent: 30 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
69 participants from 28 countries, all in the rating.

Single 15 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	CAN	Myriam Bédard	52: 06.2	2
2	FRA	Anne Briand	52: 53.3	3
3	DEU	Uschi Disl	53: 15.3	3
4th	BLR	Svyatlana Paramyhina	53: 21.3	4th
5	FRA	Corinne Niogret	53: 38.1	2
6th	SVK	Martina Jasicova	53: 56.4	2
7th	BLR	Natallja Permjakawa	53: 59.1	2
8th	OUT	Kerryn Rim	54: 10.1	2
9	GER	Antje Harvey	54: 12.4	3
10	RUS	Luisa Noskowa	54: 18.2	4th
15th	GER	Petra Schaaf	54: 52.9	5
25th	ITA	Nathalie Santer	56: 07.4	8th
36	GER	Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	58: 06.5	7th

Date: February 18, 1994

Total ascent: 504 m, maximum ascent: 30 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
69 participants from 28 countries, 68 of them in the evaluation. Eliminated: Olena Petrowa (UKR).

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	Country women athletes	time	error
1	Russia Nadezhda Talanova Natalja Snytina Luisa Noskowa Anfissa Reszowa	1: 47: 19.5 h 27: 21.1 min 27: 25.4 min 26: 59.0 min 25: 34.0 min	0 0 0 0 0
2	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf	1: 51: 16.5 h 26: 56.8 min 26: 38.5 min 30: 43.1 min 26: 58.1 min	6 0 0 6 0
3	France Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand	1: 52: 28.3 h 27: 32.5 min 28: 15.3 min 28: 30.2 min 28: 10.3 min	0 0 0 0 1
4th	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	1: 54: 08.1 h 29: 36.7 min 28: 21.2 min 28: 17.0 min 27: 53.2 min	2 1 1 0 0
5	Ukraine Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina Maryna Skolota Olena Petrowa Olena Ohurzowa	1: 54: 26.5 h 27: 59.6 min 30: 14.2 min 28: 25.4 min 27: 47.3 min	3 0 2 0 1
6th	Belarus Iryna Kakujewa Natallja Permjakawa Natallja Ryschankowa Svyatlana Paramyhina	1: 54: 55.1 h 30: 10.9 min 29: 19.5 min 28: 43.9 min 26: 40.8 min	8 4 2 2 0
7th	Czech Republic Jana Kulhavá Jiřina Pelcová Iveta Knížková Eva Háková	1: 57: 00.8 h 29: 03.0 min 30: 24.5 min 30: 19.5 min 27: 13.8 min	3 0 1 2 0
8th	United States Beth Coats Joan Smith Laura Tavares Joan Guetschow	1: 57: 35.9 h 31: 35.2 min 27: 34.7 min 28: 15.4 min 30: 10.6 min	3 3 0 0 0

Date: February 25, 1994

Total ascent: 279 m, maximum ascent: 23 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
17 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1994 Winter Olympics (PDF; 13.6 MB)