Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Midway
Competition venue	Soldier Hollow
Nations	34
Athletes	190 (102 , 88 )
date	11-20 February 2002
decisions	8th
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At the XIX. During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , eight biathlon competitions were held. The venue was Soldier Hollow in Park City .

The pursuit discipline was on the agenda for men and women for the first time, while the mass start was still left out. That is why a separate mass start world championship was held in 2002 as part of a World Cup event. The outstanding athlete of these games was the Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen , who won all four possible gold medals. That had never happened before at either World Championships or the Olympic Games. Among women, there was a clear dominance of German biathletes. They won the relay, Kati Wilhelm was Olympic champion in the sprint and won silver in the pursuit. Andrea Henkel introduced this series with a gold medal in the individual competition. Only the persecution went to the Russian Olga Pyljowa .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	4th	2	-	6th
2	Germany	3	5	1	9
3	Russia	1	-	2	3
4th	France	-	1	1	2
5	Sweden	-	-	2	2
6th	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 10 km Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Wolfgang Perner Pursuit 12.5 km Ole Einar Bjørndalen Raphaël Poirée Ricco Great Single 20 km Ole Einar Bjørndalen Frank Luck Viktor Maigurov Relay 4 × 7.5 km Halvard Hanevold , Frode Andresen , Egil Gjelland , Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ricco Groß , Peter Sendel , Sven Fischer , Frank Luck Gilles Marguet , Vincent Defrasne , Julien Robert , Raphaël Poirée

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 7.5 km Kati Wilhelm Uschi Disl Magdalena Forsberg Pursuit 12.5 km Olga Pylyova Kati Wilhelm Irina Nikultschina Single 15 km Andrea Henkel Liv Grete Skjelbreid Magdalena Forsberg Relay 4 × 7.5 km Katrin Apel , Uschi Disl , Andrea Henkel , Kati Wilhelm Ann-Elen Skjelbreid , Linda Tjørhom , Gunn Margit Andreassen , Liv Grete Skjelbreid Olga Pyljowa , Galina Kuklewa , Swetlana Ischmuratowa , Albina Achatowa

Results men

Sprint 10 km

Latvian postage stamp for the Winter Games

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	24: 51.3 min	0
2	GER	Sven Fischer	25: 20.2 min	1
3	AUT	Wolfgang Perner	25: 44.4 min	0
4th	GER	Ricco Great	25: 44.6 min	1
5	AUT	Wolfgang Rottmann	25: 48.6 min	2
6th	RUS	Pavel Rostovtsev	25: 50.1 min	1
7th	RUS	Viktor Maigurov	25: 50.9 min	0
8th	NOR	Frode Andresen	25: 51.5 min	2
9	FRA	Raphaël Poirée	25: 59.9 min	2
10	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	26: 04.3 min	2
15th	GER	Michael Greis	26: 18.4 min	2
29	GER	Frank Luck	26: 47.7 min	2
50	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	27: 35.7 min	1
55	SUI	Roland Zwahlen	27: 43.7 min	1
64	SUI	Jean-Marc Chabloz	28: 08.6 min	1
55	SUI	Matthias Simmen	28: 22.8 min	3

Date: February 13, 2002, 1:30 p.m.

Total ascent: 241 m, maximum ascent: 31 m, difference in altitude: 47 m
87 participants from 34 countries, 86 of them in the rating. Not finished: Christoph Sumann (AUT).

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	32: 34.6 min	2
2	FRA	Raphaël Poirée	33: 17.6 min	1
3	GER	Ricco Great	33: 30.6 min	2
4th	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	33: 35.5 min	2
5	RUS	Pavel Rostovtsev	33: 43.1 min	2
6th	AUT	Wolfgang Rottmann	33: 45.1 min	4th
7th	RUS	Viktor Maigurov	33: 55.1 min	3
8th	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	33: 59.6 min	2
9	AUT	Wolfgang Perner	34: 00.1 min	3
10	BLR	Vadsim Sashuryn	34: 00.5 min	1
11	GER	Frank Luck	34: 01.0 min	1
12	GER	Sven Fischer	34: 09.5 min	4th
16	GER	Michael Greis	34: 19.9 min	3
33	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	36: 19.7 min	2
47	SUI	Roland Zwahlen	37: 40.6 min	3

Date: February 16, 2002, 9:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 388 m, maximum ascent: 22 m, difference in altitude: 42 m
57 participants from 25 countries, 26 of them in the valuation.

Single 20 km

Frode Andresen in the Soldier Hollow Olympic Individual Race

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	51: 03.3 min	2
2	GER	Frank Luck	51: 39.4 min	0
3	RUS	Viktor Maigurov	51: 40.6 min	1
4th	GER	Ricco Great	51: 58.7 min	2
5	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	52: 16.3 min	0
6th	RUS	Pavel Rostovtsev	52: 33.5 min	1
7th	NOR	Frode Andresen	52: 39.1 min	3
8th	RUS	Sergei Chepikov	52: 44.2 min	1
9	BLR	Vadsim Sashuryn	52: 52.6 min	0
10	FRA	Raphaël Poirée	52: 52.9 min	2
11	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	53: 19.3 min	2
22nd	AUT	Christoph Sumann	55: 00.3 min	3
32	AUT	Wolfgang Perner	56: 00.4 min	5
34	GER	Alexander Wolf	56: 16.6 min	5
50	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	57: 33.2 min	5
58	CHE	Roland Zwahlen	58: 10.6 min	4th
61	CHE	Jean-Marc Chabloz	58: 59.4 min	3
64	AUT	Daniel Mesotitsch	59: 15.9 min	6th
78	CHE	Matthias Simmen	62: 03.0 min	6th

Date: February 11, 2002, 1:30 p.m.

Total ascent: 665 m, maximum ascent: 31 m, difference in altitude: 67 m
87 participants from 34 countries, 86 of them in the rating.

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	Country sportsman	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Norway Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 23: 42.3 h 22: 09.1 min 20: 17.2 min 20: 45.7 min 20: 30.3 min	0 + 5/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 2/0 + 1
2	Germany Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck	1: 24: 27.6 h 22: 20.2 min 20: 47.5 min 21: 13.9 min 20: 06.0 min	1 + 4/0 + 5 0 + 0/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1 1 + 3/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 0
3	France Gilles Marguet Vincent Defrasne Julien Robert Raphaël Poirée	1:24:36.6 h 22:25.1 min 20:22.1 min 21:36.3 min 20:13.1 min	0 + 3/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 0
4th	Russia Viktor Maigurow Sergei Roschkow Sergei Tschepikow Pavel Rostovzew	1:24: 54.4 h 21: 51.4 min 20: 56.5 min 21: 24.8 min 20: 41.7 min	0 + 3/0 + 6 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 3
5	Czech Republic Petr Garabík Ivan Masařík Roman Dostál Zdeněk Vítek	1: 26: 36.1 h 22: 42.3 min 21: 33.4 min 21: 17.4 min 21: 03.0 min	0 + 6/0 + 6 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 3/0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1
6th	Austria Christoph Sumann Wolfgang Perner Wolfgang Rottmann Ludwig Gredler	1: 26: 58.9 h 22: 36.3 min 21: 21.1 min 21: 35.3 min 21: 26.2 min	0 + 2/0 + 7 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 1/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1
7th	Ukraine Vyacheslav Derkach Oleksandr Bilanenko Roman Pryma Ruslan Lysenko	1: 27: 02.2 h 22: 52.2 min 22: 06.4 min 21: 10.3 min 20: 53.3 min	1 + 5/1 + 7 0 + 0/1 + 3 1 + 3/0 + 1 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 2/0 + 1
8th	Belarus Oleksiy Ajdarow Aljaksandr Syman Aleh Ryshankou Vadsim Sashuryn	1: 27: 12.0 h 22: 53.9 min 21: 22.7 min 21: 53.1 min 21: 02.3 min	0 + 3/1 + 9 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 2/1 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 2
18th	Switzerland Roland Zwahlen Matthias Simmen Jean-Marc Chabloz Dani Niederberger	1:32:50.5 h 23:30.9 min 24:13.1 min 21:32.4 min 23:34.1 min	2 + 6/3 + 10 1 + 3/0 + 2 1 + 3/3 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 3

Date: February 20, 2002, 11:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 242 m, maximum ascent: 21 m, difference in altitude: 42 m
19 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Results women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Kati Wilhelm	20: 41.4 min	0
2	GER	Uschi Disl	20: 57.0 min	1
3	SWE	Magdalena Forsberg	21: 20.4 min	1
4th	NOR	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	21: 24.1 min	1
5	FRA	Florence Baverel-Robert	21: 27.9 min	0
6th	RUS	Galina Kuklewa	21: 32.1 min	0
7th	FRA	Sandrine Bailly	21: 35.7 min	1
8th	RUS	Olga Pylyova	21: 44.2 min	1
9	FRA	Corinne Niogret	21: 50.3 min	0
10	SLO	Andreja Grašič	21: 55.6 min	1
12	GER	Katrin Apel	22: 01.7 min	3
25th	GER	Andrea Henkel	22: 41.1 min	2
36	ITA	Saskia Santer	23: 11.2 min	2
40	ITA	Nathalie Santer	23: 14.7 min	3
68	ITA	Siegrid Pallhuber	26: 20.9 min	4th

Date: February 13, 2002, 1:30 p.m.

Total ascent: 241 m, maximum ascent: 31 m, difference in altitude: 47 m
74 participants from 27 countries, all in the rating.

Pursuit 10 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	RUS	Olga Pylyova	31: 07.7 min	1
2	GER	Kati Wilhelm	31: 13.0 min	4th
3	BUL	Irina Nikultschina	31: 20.4 min	1
4th	NOR	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	31: 22.9 min	4th
5	RUS	Galina Kuklewa	31: 37.3 min	3
6th	SWE	Magdalena Forsberg	31: 39.6 min	3
7th	GER	Katrin Apel	31: 53.5 min	3
8th	SLO	Andreja Grasič	32: 07.5 min	1
9	GER	Uschi Disl	32: 21.2 min	7th
10	BGR	Ekaterina Dafowska	32: 22.6 min	2
13	GER	Andrea Henkel	32: 35.4 min	1
42	ITA	Saskia Santer	36: 41.8 min	7th

Date: February 16, 2002, 12:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 285 m, maximum ascent: 36 m, height difference: 42 m
52 participants from 21 countries, 48 ​​of them in the valuation.

Single 15 km

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Andrea Henkel	47: 29.1 min	1
2	NOR	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	47: 37.0 min	1
3	SWE	Magdalena Forsberg	48: 08.3 min	2
4th	RUS	Olga Pylyova	48: 14.0 min	2
5	BUL	Ekaterina Dafowska	48: 15.5 min	1
6th	BLR	Wolha Nasarawa	48: 29.9 min	1
7th	GER	Martina Glagow	48: 34.2 min	1
8th	RUS	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	48: 45.0 min	2
9	SVK	Martina Jašicová	48: 47.5 min	2
10	RUS	Albina Akhatova	49: 06.1 min	2
12	GER	Uschi Disl	49: 43.4 min	4th
18th	GER	Katrin Apel	50: 16.7 min	5
47	ITA	Katja Haller	53: 44.0 min	2
49	ITA	Saskia Santer	54: 14.7 min	7th

Date: February 11, 2002, 11:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 515 m, maximum ascent: 31 m, difference in altitude: 47 m
71 participants from 26 countries, 69 of them in the valuation. Not finished: Saskia Santer (ITA), Lyudmila Ananka (BLR).

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	Country women athletes	time	error
1	Germany Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm	1: 27: 55.0 h 22: 15.6 min 21: 19.2 min 22: 13.8 min 22: 06.4 min	0 + 0/1 + 7 0 + 0/1 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 2
2	Norway Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid	1: 28: 25.6 h 22: 01.0 min 22: 07.7 min 22: 18.5 min 21: 58.4 min	0 + 3/0 + 6 0 + 0/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 2
3	Russia Olga Pyljowa Galina Kuklewa Swetlana Ischmuratowa Albina Achatowa	1:29:19.7 h 21:32.4 min 23:05.8 min 22:00.1 min 22:41.4 min	0 + 6/2 + 7 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 3/2 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 2
4th	Bulgaria Pavlina Filipowa Irina Nikultschina Iwa Karagjosowa Ekaterina Dafowska	1: 29: 25.8 h 22: 11.9 min 21: 44.1 min 23: 29.2 min 22: 00.6 min	0 + 2/0 + 11 0 + 1/0 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 2
5	Slovakia Martina Jašicová Anna Murínová Marcela Pavkovčeková Soňa Mihoková	1:30 : 11.5 h 22: 24.9 min 21: 57.7 min 23: 39.2 min 22: 09.7 min	0 + 4/1 + 4 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2/1 + 3 0 + 1/0 + 1
6th	Slovenia Lucija Larisi Andreja Grasič Dijana Grudiček Tadeja Brankovič	1:30: 18.0 h 22: 22.4 min 21: 38.6 min 22: 40.8 min 23: 36.2 min	0 + 6/0 + 7 0 + 1/0 + 2 0 + 0/0 + 3 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 3/0 + 2
7th	Belarus Wolha Nasarawa Lyudmila Lyssenko Jauhenija Kuzapalawa Jelena Khrustaljowa	1: 31: 01.6 h 21: 44.5 min 22: 23.7 min 23: 11.6 min 23: 41.8 min	0 + 1/0 + 6 0 + 0/0 + 0 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 3 0 + 0/0 + 2
8th	Czech Republic Kateřina Losmanová Magda Rezlerová Irena Česneková Eva Háková	1: 31: 07.6 h 22: 28.9 min 22: 14.3 min 22: 39.1 min 23: 45.3 min	0 + 4/0 + 4 0 + 0/0 + 1 0 + 1/0 + 0 0 + 2/0 + 0 0 + 1/0 + 3

Date: February 18, 2002, 11:30 a.m.

Total ascent: 242 m, maximum ascent: 21 m, difference in altitude: 42 m
15 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 2002 Winter Olympics (PDF; 17.7 MB)