1992 Winter Olympics / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Hauteluce
Competition venue	Les Saisies
Nations	28
Athletes	196 (116 , 80 )
date	11-20 February 1992
decisions	6th
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At the XVI. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , six biathlon competitions were held. The venue was the Les Saisies winter sports station in the municipality of Hauteluce . For the first time, competitions for women were also on the Olympic program this year.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	3	4th	-	7th
2	United team	2	2	2	6th
3	France	1	-	-	1
4th	Sweden	-	-	2	2
5	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 10 km Mark Kirchner Ricco Great Harri Eloranta Single 20 km Jauhen Redskin Mark Kirchner Mikael Löfgren Relay 4 × 7.5 km Ricco Groß , Jens Steinigen , Mark Kirchner , Fritz Fischer Valeri Medvedzew , Aljaksandr Papou , Valeri Kirijenko , Sergei Tschepikow Ulf Johansson , Leif Andersson , Tord Wiksten , Mikael Löfgren

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 7.5 km Anfissa Reszowa Antje Misersky Jelena Belowa Single 15 km Antje Misersky Svetlana Pechorskaya Myriam Bédard Relay 3 × 7.5 km Corinne Niogret , Véronique Claudel , Anne Briand Uschi Disl , Antje Misersky , Petra Schaaf Jelena Belowa , Anfissa Reszowa , Jelena Melnikowa

Results men

Sprint 10 km

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Mark Kirchner	26: 02.3	0
2	GER	Ricco Great	26: 18.0	1
3	FIN	Harri Eloranta	26: 26.6	0
4th	EUN	Sergei Chepikov	26: 27.5	0
5	EUN	Valery Kiriyenko	26: 31.8	3
6th	GER	Jens Steinigen	26: 34.8	0
7th	ITA	Andreas Zingerle	26: 38.6	1
8th	CAN	Steve Cyr	26: 46.4	0
9	GER	Frank-Peter Roetsch	26: 54.1	2
10	FRA	Hervé Flandin	26: 56.6	1
11	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	27: 14.8	2
15th	ITA	Johann Passler	27: 20.4	3
19th	AUT	Egon Leitner	27: 31.8	2
21st	AUT	Franz Schuler	27: 34.3	1
26th	ITA	Hubert Leitgeb	27: 40.3	2
53	AUT	Alfred Eder	28: 44.8	2
77	SUI	Jean-Marc Chabloz	30: 32.9	3

Date: February 12, 1992, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 367 m, maximum ascent: 60 m, difference in altitude: 75 m
94 participants from 27 countries, all in the rating.

Single 20 km

space	country	athlete	Time (h)	error
1	EUN	Jauhen Redskin	0: 57: 34.4	0
2	GER	Mark Kirchner	0: 57: 40.8	3
3	SWE	Mikael Löfgren	0: 57: 59.4	2
4th	EUN	Aljaksandr Papou	0: 58: 02.9	2
5	FIN	Harri Eloranta	0: 58: 15.7	1
6th	FIN	Vesa Hietalahti	0: 58: 24.6	1
7th	ITA	Johann Passler	0: 58: 25.9	4th
8th	NOR	Frode Løberg	0: 58: 32.4	1
9	NOR	Gisle Fenne	0: 58: 32.9	1
10	EUN	Sergei Chepikov	0: 58: 47.6	3
18th	GER	Steffen Hoos	1: 00: 17.7	1
29	GER	Jens Steinigen	1: 01: 01.8	3
30th	AUT	Alfred Eder	1: 01: 03.0	1
40	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	1: 02: 35.4	6th
41	AUT	Bruno Hofstätter	1: 02: 36.7	3
44	ITA	Gottlieb Taschler	1: 02: 41.3	3
45	AUT	Egon Leitner	1: 02: 52.0	4th
49	AUT	Franz Schuler	1: 03: 15.9	6th
53	GER	Frank-Peter Roetsch	1: 03: 43.8	7th
54	SUI	Jean-Marc Chabloz	1: 03: 45.6	4th

Date: February 20, 1992, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 728 m, maximum ascent: 65 m, difference in altitude: 80 m
94 participants from 27 countries, 92 of them in the rating.

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	Country sportsman	time	error
1	Germany Ricco Gross Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer	1: 24: 43.5 h 22: 37.4 min 21: 00.9 min 20: 17.5 min 20: 47.7 min	0 0 0 0 0
2	United team Valeri Medvedzew Aljaksandr Papou Valeri Kirijenko Sergei Tschepikow	1: 25: 06.3 h 21: 56.3 min 21: 01.2 min 21: 11.7 min 20: 57.1 min	0 0 0 0 0
3	Sweden Ulf Johansson Leif Andersson Tord Wiksten Mikael Löfgren	1: 25: 38.2 h 21: 53.3 min 21: 03.1 min 22: 05.5 min 20: 36.3 min	0 0 0 0 0
4th	Italy Hubert Leitgeb Johann Passler Pieralberto Carrara Andreas Zingerle	1: 26: 18.1 h 22: 01.6 min 21: 37.8 min 21: 24.6 min 21: 14.1 min	2 0 2 0 0
5	Norway Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	1: 26: 32.4 h 22: 07.5 min 21: 01.6 min 21: 00.5 min 22: 22.8 min	1 0 0 0 1
6th	France Xavier Blond Thierry Gerbier Christian Dumont Hervé Flandin	1: 27: 13.3 h 23: 07.6 min 21: 26.4 min 21: 41.1 min 20: 58.2 min	0 0 0 0 0
7th	Czechoslovakia Martin Rypl Tomáš Kos Jiří Holubec Ivan Masařík	1: 27: 15.7 h 22: 00.5 min 21: 10.2 min 22: 22.6 min 21: 42.4 min	1 0 0 1 0
8th	Finland Vesa Hietalahti Jaakko Niemi Harri Eloranta Kari Kataja	1: 27: 39.5 h 21: 36.9 min 23: 17.1 min 21: 24.9 min 21: 20.6 min	1 0 1 0 0
12	Austria Bruno Hofstätter Egon Leitner Ludwig Gredler Franz Schuler	1:30: 40.7 h 22: 22.8 min 23: 46.9 min 21: 37.9 min 22: 53.1 min	2 0 1 0 1

Date: February 16, 1992, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 268 m, maximum ascent: 39 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
21 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Results women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	EUN	Anfissa Reszowa	24: 29.7	3
2	GER	Antje Misersky	24: 45.1	2
3	EUN	Jelena Belowa	24: 50.8	2
4th	BUL	Nadezhda Alexieva	24: 55.8	0
5	TCH	Jiřina Adamičková	24: 57.6	0
6th	GER	Petra Schaaf	25: 10.4	1
7th	FRA	Anne Briand	25: 29.8	2
8th	BUL	Silwana Blagoewa	25: 33.5	2
9	FRA	Delphyne Burlet	25: 57.3	2
10	GER	Inga Kesper	25: 57.3	2
11	GER	Uschi Disl	25: 58.9	2
16	ITA	Nathalie Santer	26: 28.7	3
37	ITA	Monika Schwingshackl	27: 56.1	2
56	ITA	Siegrid Pallhuber	29: 23.1	5

Date: February 11, 1992, 2 p.m.

Total ascent: 279 m, maximum ascent: 39 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
69 participants from 20 countries, 68 of them in the rating.

Single 15 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)	error
1	GER	Antje Misersky	0: 51: 47.2	1
2	EUN	Svetlana Pechorskaya	0: 51: 58.5	1
3	CAN	Myriam Bédard	0: 52: 15.0	2
4th	FRA	Véronique Claudel	0: 52: 21.2	2
5	BUL	Nadezhda Alexieva	0: 52: 30.2	2
6th	FRA	Delphyne Burlet	0: 53: 00.8	3
7th	FRA	Corinne Niogret	0: 53: 06.6	2
8th	ITA	Nathalie Santer	0: 53: 10.3	3
9	NOR	Elin Kristiansen	0: 53: 19.6	2
10	NOR	Signe consolation	0: 53: 24.5	3
13	GER	Petra Schaaf	0: 53: 56.3	3
15th	GER	Inga Kesper	0: 54: 42.3	3
24	GER	Uschi Disl	0: 56: 40.2	6th
38	ITA	Siegrid Pallhuber	0: 58: 27.3	4th
57	ITA	Monika Schwingshackl	1: 02: 39.5	8th

Date: February 19, 1992, 2 p.m.

Total ascent: 553 m, maximum ascent: 59 m, difference in altitude: 63 m
68 participants from 27 countries, 66 of them in the evaluation.

Relay 3 × 7.5 km

space	Country women athletes	time	error
1	France Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand	1:15: 55.6 h 25: 54.7 min 25: 30.7 min 24: 30.2 min	0 0 0 0
2	Germany Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf	1:16:18.4 h 26:33.7 min 24:28.9 min 25: 15.8 min	1 1 0 0
3	United team Jelena Belowa Anfissa Reszowa Jelena Melnikowa	1:16: 54.6 h 26: 21.9 min 24: 33.5 min 25: 59.2 min	2 1 1 0
4th	Bulgaria Silwana Blagoewa Nadeschda Alexiewa Iwa Schkodrewa	1:18: 54.8 h 25: 58.9 min 26: 33.1 min 26: 22.8 min	0 0 0 0
5	Finland Mari Lampinen Tuija Sikiö Terhi Markkanen	1:20: 17.8 h 26: 40.9 min 26: 29.1 min 27: 07.8 min	0 0 0 0
6th	Sweden Christina Eklund Inger Björkbom Mia Stadig	1:20: 56.6 h 27: 49.7 min 26: 30.9 min 26: 36.0 min	0 0 0 0
7th	Norway Signe Trosten Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	1: 21: 20.0 h 26: 48.0 min 27: 48.3 min 26: 43.7 min	1 0 1 0
8th	Czechoslovakia Gabriela Suvová Jana Kulhavá Jiřina Adamičková	1: 23: 12.7 h 29: 58.6 min 27: 07.1 min 26: 07.0 min	3 3 0 0

Date: February 14, 1992, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 279 m, maximum ascent: 39 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
16 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1992 Winter Olympics (PDF; 13.3 MB)