2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
information
venue	San Sicario
Competition venue	Centro Olimpico Biathlon
Nations	37
Athletes	204 (107 , 97 )
date	11-21 February 2006
decisions	10
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At the XX. During the 2006 Winter Olympics , ten biathlon competitions were held. The venue was the Centro Olimpico Biathlon in San Sicario on the territory of the municipality of Cesana Torinese , 97 kilometers west of Turin . The area was at an altitude of 1620 to 1680 meters, the audience capacity was 4628.

Mass start races (men 15 km, women 12.5 km) were new to the program. There was another change in the women's relay: Here the length of the route for each individual runner was shortened from 7.5 km to 6 km. Michael Greis dominated the men . He won three out of five possible gold medals. For women, however, the medals were distributed among different athletes and nations.

Even during the games there was a doping scandal when the Russian biathlete Olga Pyljowa was proven to have been taking the doping agent Carphedon , which resulted in her immediate disqualification and suspension. After the games there were two further doping cases with the Austrians Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann , which blood doping could be proven. Their placements were subsequently revoked.

Mass start race of men over 15 km in San Sicario

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	5	4th	2	11
2	Russia	2	1	2	5
3	France	2	-	2	4th
4th	Sweden	1	1	-	2
5	Norway	-	3	3	6th
6th	Poland	-	1	-	1
7th	Ukraine	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 10 km Sven Fischer Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Pursuit 12.5 km Vincent Defrasne Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sven Fischer Mass start 15 km Michael Greis Tomasz Sikora Ole Einar Bjørndalen Single 20 km Michael Greis Ole Einar Bjørndalen Halvard Hanevold Relay 4 × 7.5 km Ricco Groß , Michael Rösch , Sven Fischer , Michael Greis Ivan Tscheresow , Sergei Tschepikow , Pavel Rostovzew , Nikolai Kruglow Julien Robert , Vincent Defrasne , Ferréol Cannard , Raphaël Poirée

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 7.5 km Florence Baverel-Robert Anna Carin Olofsson Lilia Yefremova Pursuit 10 km Kati Wilhelm Martina Glagow Albina Akhatova Mass start 12.5 km Anna Carin Olofsson Kati Wilhelm Uschi Disl Single 15 km Svetlana Ischmuratowa Martina Glagow Albina Akhatova Relay 4 × 6 km Anna Bogali-Titowez , Swetlana Ischmuratowa , Olga Saizewa , Albina Achatowa Martina Glagow , Andrea Henkel , Katrin Apel , Kati Wilhelm Delphyne Peretto , Florence Baverel-Robert , Sylvie Becaert , Sandrine Bailly

Results men

Sprint 10 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Sprint (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Sven Fischer	26: 11.6	0
2	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	26: 19.8	0
3	NOR	Frode Andresen	26: 31.3	1
4th	FRA	Vincent Defrasne	26: 54.2	1
5	RUS	Ivan Cheresov	27: 09.0	0
6th	GER	Ricco Great	27: 15.1	0
7th	SWE	Mattias Nilsson	27: 18.5	0
8th	FRA	Raphaël Poirée	27: 19.0	1
9	RUS	Maxim Chudov	27: 20.5	0
10	CZE	Zdeněk Vítek	27: 25.5	3
14th	GER	Alexander Wolf	27: 34.5	2
15th	AUT	Christoph Sumann	27: 42.3	2
22nd	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	28: 05.6	1
33	GER	Michael Greis	28: 22.9	3
43	SUI	Matthias Simmen	28: 56.3	3
52	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	29: 17.6	4th
65	SUI	Simon Hallenbarter	30: 05.7	5

Date: February 14, 2006, 1:30 p.m.

Total ascent: 315 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 54 m

90 participants from 36 countries, 88 of them in the evaluation. Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann (both AUT), originally ranked 4th and 27th, were subsequently disqualified in April 2007 for violating the doping regulations.

Pursuit 12.5 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon pursuit (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	FRA	Vincent Defrasne	35: 20.2	2
2	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	35: 22.9	3
3	GER	Sven Fischer	35: 35.8	4th
4th	LAT	Ilmārs Bricis	35: 46.9	1
5	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	35: 57.7	3
6th	NOR	Frode Andresen	36: 16.9	5
7th	AUT	Christoph Sumann	36: 39.7	2
8th	GER	Michael Greis	36: 39.9	1
9	RUS	Maxim Chudov	36: 41.4	4th
10	FRA	Julien Robert	37: 15.9	1
12	GER	Ricco Great	37: 23.5	3
17th	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	37: 30.3	2
19th	GER	Alexander Wolf	37: 35.4	4th
23	SUI	Matthias Simmen	38: 08.8	1
45	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	40: 57.7	6th

Date: February 18, 2006, 2:30 p.m.

Total ascent: 415 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, height difference: 48 m

57 participants from 23 countries, 54 of them in the rating. Not finished: Raphaël Poirée (FRA). The two Austrians Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann were - as in the sprint - subsequently disqualified in April 2007 for violating the doping regulations.

Mass start 15 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - mass start (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Michael Greis	47: 20.0	1
2	POLE	Tomasz Sikora	47: 26.3	1
3	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	47: 32.3	3
4th	FIN	Paavo Puurunen	47: 43.7	0
5	RUS	Sergei Chepikov	47: 59.1	0
6th	NOR	Emil Hegle Svendsen	48: 13.8	2
7th	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	48: 14.9	3
8th	GER	Alexander Wolf	48: 15.3	2
9	AUT	Christoph Sumann	48: 17.4	2
10	GER	Michael Rösch	48: 19.9	3
17th	GER	Sven Fischer	48: 53.7	2
24	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	49: 41.5	2

Date: February 25, 2006, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 490 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 54 m

30 participants from 14 countries, all in the ranking.

Single 20 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - singles (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Michael Greis	54: 23.0	1
2	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	54: 39.0	2
3	NOR	Halvard Hanevold	55: 31.9	2
4th	RUS	Sergei Chepikov	55: 32.7	1
5	SVK	Marek Matiaško	55: 48.6	1
6th	FRA	Julien Robert	55: 59.4	0
7th	ITA	Christian De Lorenzi	56: 04.0	1
8th	RUS	Ivan Cheresov	56: 05.7	2
9	ITA	Wilfried Pallhuber	56: 08.4	1
10	United States	Jay Hakkinen	56: 10.9	3
11	GER	Ricco Great	56: 14.3	1
17th	GER	Sven Fischer	57: 14.3	3
26th	AUT	Friedrich Pinter	58: 27.7	1
41	AUT	Ludwig Gredler	59: 55.1	3
42	GER	Michael Rösch	59: 56.6	6th
52	SUI	Matthias Simmen	61: 04.9	5
59	AUT	Daniel Mesotitsch	61: 59.7	5
76	SUI	Simon Hallenbarter	64: 37.0	8th

Date: February 11, 2006, 1:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 620 m, maximum ascent: 17 m, height difference: 65 m

88 participants from 34 countries, 87 of them in the rating. As in the sprint and in the pursuit, Wolfgang Perner (AUT) was subsequently disqualified in April 2007 for violating the doping regulations.

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon relay (men)

space	Country sportsman	Time (h)	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany Ricco Groß Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	1: 21: 51.5	1 + 8
2	Russia Ivan Tscheresow Sergei Tschepikow Pavel Rostovzew Nikolai Kruglow	1: 22: 12.4	0 + 6
3	France Julien Robert Vincent Defrasne Ferréol Cannard Raphaël Poirée	1: 22: 35.1	0 + 6
4th	Sweden Jakob Börjesson Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	1: 22: 35.1	0 + 12
5	Norway Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 23: 03.6	2 + 9
6th	Czech Republic Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	1: 23: 04.0	1 + 11
7th	Ukraine Oleksandr Bilanenko Andrij Derysemlja Oleksij Korobejnikow Ruslan Lysenko	1: 23: 40.4	1 + 11
8th	Italy Christian De Lorenzi René-Laurent Vuillermoz Paolo Longo Wilfried Pallhuber	1: 23: 40.9	2 + 10
17th	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Ludwig Gredler Christoph Sumann	1: 28: 26.4	1 + 11

Date: February 21, 2006, 12:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 4 × 249 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 48 m
17 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Results women

Sprint 7.5 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Sprint (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	FRA	Florence Baverel-Robert	22: 31.4	0
2	SWE	Anna Carin Olofsson	22: 33.8	1
3	UKR	Lilia Yefremova	22: 38.0	0
4th	RUS	Albina Akhatova	22: 40.2	0
5	BLR	Alena Subrylawa	22: 40.5	0
6th	FRA	Sandrine Bailly	22: 43.0	2
7th	GER	Kati Wilhelm	22: 49.8	1
8th	BLR	Wolha Nasarawa	22: 53.2	0
9	RUS	Olga Saizewa	23: 05.8	0
10	RUS	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	23: 10.3	1
17th	GER	Martina Glagow	23: 35.9	1
22nd	GER	Katrin Apel	24: 04.9	2
26th	ITA	Nathalie Santer	24: 09.5	2
34	GER	Uschi Disl	24: 29.1	3
53	ITA	Katja Haller	25: 22.6	1
57	ITA	Saskia Santer	25: 42.6	3

Date: February 16, 2006, 12:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 249 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 48 m

83 participants from 28 countries, all in the rating.

Pursuit 10 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon pursuit (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Kati Wilhelm	36: 43.6	1
2	GER	Martina Glagow	37: 57.2	2
3	RUS	Albina Akhatova	38: 05.0	1
4th	RUS	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	38: 29.0	2
5	ITA	Michela Ponza	38: 51.7	1
6th	NOR	Liv Grete Poirée	39: 03.4	2
7th	BLR	Wolha Nasarawa	39: 09.7	3
8th	UKR	Lilia Yefremova	39: 09.8	3
9	CHN	Liu Xianying	39: 25.3	3
10	GER	Uschi Disl	39: 30.8	4th

Date: February 18, 2006, 12:30 p.m.

Total ascent: 340 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 41 m

58 participants from 22 countries, 41 of them in the evaluation.

Mass start 12.5 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - mass start (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	SWE	Anna Carin Olofsson	40: 36.5	1
2	GER	Kati Wilhelm	40: 55.3	1
3	GER	Uschi Disl	41: 18.4	3
4th	GER	Martina Glagow	41: 33.6	2
5	FRA	Florence Baverel-Robert	41: 40.5	2
6th	BLR	Wolha Nasarawa	41: 50.5	1
7th	CHN	Liu Xianying	41: 57.2	2
8th	BUL	Ekaterina Dafowska	42: 09.4	3
9	RUS	Albina Akhatova	42: 19.5	2
10	FRA	Sandrine Bailly	42: 21.5	4th

Date: February 25, 2006, 12:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 415 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, height difference: 48 m

30 participants from 14 countries, all in the ranking.

Uschi Disl contested her last Olympic race, in which she won her ninth Olympic medal.

Single 15 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - singles (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	RUS	Svetlana Ischmuratowa	49: 24.1	1
2	GER	Martina Glagow	50: 34.9	2
3	RUS	Albina Akhatova	50: 55.0	2
4th	GER	Andrea Henkel	51: 46.3	2
5	POLE	Krystyna Pałka	51: 50.7	0
6th	FRA	Sandrine Bailly	51: 58.2	3
7th	BLR	Wolha Nasarawa	51: 59.6	2
8th	MDA	Natalia Levcencova	52: 11.7	2
9	NOR	Liv Grete Poirée	52: 22.0	3
10	LAT	Madara Līduma	52: 27.2	4th
12	GER	Uschi Disl	52: 49.7	5
16	GER	Kati Wilhelm	52: 59.0	5
38	ITA	Barbara Ertl	55: 30.0	2
51	ITA	Saskia Santer	56: 52.1	6th
52	ITA	Nathalie Santer	57: 08.4	6th

Date: February 13, 2006, 12:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 490 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 54 m

82 participants from 28 countries, 81 of them in the evaluation.

The original runner-up Olga Pyljowa tested positive for the use of the doping agent Carphedon , whereupon she had to surrender her silver medal before the second biathlon competition of these games.

Relay 4 × 6 km

→ Main article : 2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon relay (women)

space	Country women athletes	Time (h)	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Russia Anna Bogali-Titowez Swetlana Ischmuratowa Olga Saizewa Albina Achatowa	1: 16: 12.5 h	0 + 2
2	Germany Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm	1: 17: 03.2	1 + 8
3	France Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly	1: 18: 38.7	0 + 8
4th	Belarus Kazjaryna Iwanowa Wolha Nasarawa Lyudmila Ananka Alena Subrylawa	1: 19: 19.6	0 + 8
5	Norway Tora Berger Liv Grete Poirée Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Tjørhom	1: 19: 39.4	1 + 13
6th	Slovenia Teja Gregorin Andreja Mali Dijana Grudiček Tadeja Brankovič	1: 19: 55.7	1 + 11
7th	Poland Krystyna Pałka Magdalena Gwizdoń Katarzyna Ponikwia Magdalena Grzywa	1: 20: 29.3	0 + 8
8th	Bulgaria Pavlina Filipowa Radka Popowa Irina Nikultschina Ekaterina Dafowska	1: 20: 38.7	3 + 14

Date: February 23, 2006, 12:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 4 × 204 m, maximum ascent: 13 m, difference in altitude: 41 m
18 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results (PDF; 788 kB)
• Turin 2006 Draconian punishments against Austrian doping sinners , Der Tagesspiegel, April 25, 2007 on tagesspiegel.de, accessed on April 14, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IOC sanctions biathlete Olga Pyleva for failing anti-doping test , Official IOC website on Olga Pyljowa's suspension, published on February 16, 2006 on olympic.org, accessed on April 14, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Perner and Rottmann engaged in blood doping , Handelsblatt, July 12, 2007 at handelsblatt.com, accessed on April 14, 2017
3. ↑ Eternal Heroes: Biathlete Uschi Disl - the biography , report from February 3, 2016 on vox.de, accessed on April 14, 2017