1998 Winter Olympics / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Nozawa Onsen
Competition venue	Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort
Nations	32
Athletes	183 (96 , 87 )
date	9-21 February 1998
decisions	6th
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At the XVIII. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , six biathlon competitions were held. The venue was the biathlon stadium in Nozawa Onsen .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	2	2	1	5
2	Germany	2	1	2	5
3	Russia	1	1	1	3
4th	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
5	Italy	-	1	-	1
	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
7th	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Belarus	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 10 km Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frode Andresen Ville Raikkonen Single 20 km Halvard Hanevold Pieralberto Carrara Oleksiy Ajdarov Relay 4 × 7.5 km Ricco Groß , Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Frank Luck Egil Gjelland , Halvard Hanevold , Dag Bjørndalen , Ole Einar Bjørndalen Pawel Muslimow , Vladimir Drachev , Sergei Tarasov , Viktor Maigurow

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 7.5 km Galina Kuklewa Uschi Disl Katrin Apel Single 15 km Ekaterina Dafowska Olena Petrova Uschi Disl Relay 4 × 7.5 km Uschi Disl , Martina Zellner , Katrin Apel , Petra Behle Olga Melnik , Galina Kuklewa , Albina Achatowa , Olga Romasko Ann-Elen Skjelbreid , Annette Sikveland , Gunn Margit Andreassen , Liv Grete Skjelbreid

Results men

Sprint 10 km

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	27: 16.2	0
2	NOR	Frode Andresen	28: 17.8	2
3	FIN	Ville Raikkonen	28: 21.7	1
4th	RUS	Viktor Maigurov	28: 36.0	0
5	LAT	Jēkabs Nākums	28: 36.9	1
6th	LAT	Oļegs Maļuhins	28: 37.4	1
7th	GER	Frank Luck	28: 40.3	1
8th	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	28: 40.8	2
9	FIN	Paavo Puurunen	28: 44.0	0
10	ITA	Pieralberto Carrara	28: 44.2	2
11	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	28: 44.3	2
14th	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	28: 50.1	1
17th	GER	Ricco Great	29: 13.9	1
29	GER	Sven Fischer	29: 47.1	2
38	AUT	Wolfgang Perner	30: 13.5	4th
39	AUT	Wolfgang Rottmann	30: 16.0	2
62	AUT	Reinhard Neuner	31: 45.3	4th

Date: February 18, 1998, 12:15 p.m.

Total ascent: 380 m, maximum ascent: 32 m, difference in altitude: 92 m
73 participants from 30 countries, 71 of them in the rating. Race not finished: Jean-Marc Chabloz (SUI), Raphaël Poirée (FRA).

The race had already started on February 17th, but had to be stopped shortly before the end due to excessive fog (the targets were no longer visible) and restarted the next day. At the time of the cancellation, the eventual winner was Ole Einar Bjørndalen.

Single 20 km

space	country	athlete	Time (h)	error
1	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	0: 56: 16.4	1
2	ITA	Pieralberto Carrara	0: 56: 21.9	0
3	BLR	Oleksiy Ajdarov	0: 56: 46.5	1
4th	CZE	Ivan Masařík	0: 57: 32.7	1
5	LAT	Ilmārs Bricis	0: 58: 17.1	3
6th	GER	Ricco Great	0: 58: 17.4	1
7th	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0: 58: 18.8	4th
8th	GER	Peter Sendel	0: 58: 30.3	1
9	BLR	Aleh Ryshankou	0: 58: 31.3	2
10	NOR	Dag Bjørndalen	0: 58: 34.7	1
12	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	0: 58: 56.5	3
16	GER	Sven Fischer	0: 59: 26.1	3
24	AUT	Wolfgang Perner	1: 00: 14.1	4th
26th	AUT	Wolfgang Rottmann	1: 00: 23.5	2
32	GER	Jan Wüstenfeld	1: 01: 07.7	4th
41	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	1: 02: 07.7	5
51	SUI	Jean-Marc Chabloz	1: 03: 41.0	4th
62	AUT	Günther Dengg	1: 05: 33.9	5

Date: February 11, 1998, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 719 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 92 m
72 participants from 29 countries, 71 of them in the rating. Race not finished: Vesa Hietalahti (FIN).

4 × 7.5 km relay

space	Country sportsman	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1: 21: 36.2 h 20: 09.3 min 19: 56.6 min 20: 18.0 min 21: 12.3 min	0 + 4/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 1
2	Norway Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 21: 56.3 h 20: 33.8 min 20: 08.7 min 21: 25.0 min 19: 48.8 min	0 + 4/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 0
3	Russia Pawel Muslimow Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigurow	1:22:19.3 h 20:35.9 min 19:56.6 min 21:01.4 min 20:45.4 min	0 + 3/0 + 4 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 3/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 1
4th	Belarus Oleksiy Ajdarow Aleh Ryshankou Aljaksandr Papou Vadsim Saschuryn	1: 23: 14.0 h 20: 23.6 min 20: 18.5 min 21: 08.3 min 21: 23.6 min	0 + 0/0 + 4 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 0
5	Poland Wiesław Ziemianin Tomasz Sikora Jan Ziemianin Wojciech Kozub	1:24: 09.8 h 20: 29.7 min 20: 54.5 min 21: 34.3 min 21: 11.3 min	0 + 2/0 + 6 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 2/0 + 2
6th	Latvia Oļegs Maļuhins Ilmārs Bricis Gundars Upenieks Jēkabs Nākums	1: 26: 58.0 h 20: 18.2 min 19: 46.7 min 22: 48.1 min 21: 31.4 min	0 + 6/2 + 6 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 3/1 + 3 0 + 0/1 + 3
7th	France Andreas Heymann Raphaël Poirée Thierry Dusserre Patrice Bailly-Salins	1: 24: 53.0 h 20: 44.5 min 20: 04.4 min 22: 12.0 min 21: 52.1 min	0 + 4/2 + 7 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 1 0 + 1/1 + 3 0 + 0/1 + 3
8th	Finland Ville Raikkonen Paavo Puurunen Harri Eloranta Olli-Pekka Peltola	1: 25: 01.4 h 20: 34.3 min 20: 08.6 min 22: 31.0 min 21: 47.5 min	0 + 4/2 + 7 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 2/1 + 3 0 + 0/1 + 3
11	Austria Wolfgang Perner Ludwig Gredler Reinhard Neuner Wolfgang Rottmann	1: 25: 33.8 h 20: 32.6 min 21: 04.8 min 22: 39.1 min 21: 17.3 min	1 + 6/1 + 9 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 0/1 + 3 1 + 3/0 + 3 0 + 2/0 + 2

Date: February 21, 1998, 1:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 286 m, maximum ascent: 32 m, difference in altitude: 68 m
18 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Results women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	RUS	Galina Kuklewa	23: 08.0	1
2	GER	Uschi Disl	23: 08.7	1
3	GER	Katrin Apel	23: 32.4	1
4th	SVK	Soňa Mihoková	23: 42.3	1
5	CHN	Yu Shumei	23: 44.0	0
6th	POLE	Anna Stera	23: 53.1	2
7th	CZE	Martina Schwarzbacherova	23: 54.5	1
8th	FIN	Mari Lampinen	23: 55.2	0
9	SVK	Anna Murínová	23: 56.7	0
10	ITA	Nathalie Santer	23: 59.6	1
16	GER	Petra Behle	24: 09.9	2
30th	GER	Martina Zellner	25: 09.8	2

Date: February 15, 1998, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 260 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, height difference: 68 m
64 participants from 24 countries, all in the rating.

Single 15 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)	error
1	BUL	Ekaterina Dafowska	54: 52.0	0
2	UKR	Olena Petrova	55: 09.8	1
3	GER	Uschi Disl	55: 17.9	1
4th	BUL	Pavlina Filipova	55: 18.1	1
5	SLO	Andreja Grašic	56: 01.9	4th
6th	JPN	Ryoko Takahashi	56: 17.4	3
7th	RUS	Albina Akhatova	56: 21.7	1
8th	NOR	Annette Sikveland	56: 38.7	3
9	CHN	Yu Shumei	56: 41.3	2
10	GER	Martina Zellner	56: 46.3	4th
18th	ITA	Nathalie Santer	58: 01.0	4th
27	GER	Petra Behle	59: 29.7	1
39	GER	Katja Beer	61: 26.4	4th

Date: February 9, 1998, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 488 m, maximum ascent: 28 m, difference in altitude: 88 m
64 participants from 29 countries, all in the rating.

4 × 7.5 km relay

space	Country women athletes	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle	1:40: 13.6 h 25: 20.3 min 24: 46.1 min 24: 39.2 min 25: 28.0 min	0 + 5/0 + 6 0 + 2/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 2/0 + 1
2	Russia Olga Melnik Galina Kuklewa Albina Achatowa Olga Romasko	1: 40: 25.2 h 25: 32.1 min 24: 27.4 min 24: 59.8 min 25: 25.9 min	0 + 7/0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 3/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 0
3	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid	1: 40: 37.3 h 25: 47.2 min 24: 55.0 min 25: 20.8 min 24: 34.3 min	1 + 4/1 + 6 0 + 1/1 + 3 1 + 3/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 2
4th	Slovakia Martina Schwarzbacherova Anna Murínová Tatiana Kutlíková Soňa Mihoková	1: 41: 20.6 h 24: 44.5 min 24: 57.1 min 26: 31.5 min 25: 07.5 min	0 + 5/2 + 4 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 1 0 + 1/2 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 0
5	Ukraine Walentyna Zerbe-Nessina Olena Petrowa Tetjana Vodopjanowa Olena Subrylowa	1: 42: 32.6 h 26: 36.5 min 25: 20.9 min 25: 43.9 min 24: 51.3 min	0 + 3/0 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 1
6th	Czech Republic Kateřina Losmanova Irena Česneková Jiřina Pelcová Eva Háková	1: 43: 20.5 h 25: 32.4 min 26: 16.6 min 26: 49.7 min 24: 41.8 min	0 + 4/0 + 6 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 2
7th	People's Republic of China Yu Shumei Sun Ribo Liu Jinfeng Liu Xianying	1: 43: 32.6 h 25: 15.7 min 25: 17.2 min 25: 59.0 min 27: 00.7 min	0 + 4/1 + 6 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 1
8th	France Christelle Gros Emmanuelle Claret Florence Baverel Corinne Niogret	1: 43: 54.6 h 26: 20.6 min 25: 17.7 min 26: 20.7 min 25: 55.6 min	0 + 3/0 + 5 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 1

Date: February 19, 1998, 1:00 p.m.

17 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1998 Winter Olympics (PDF; 24.4 MB)