Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
Dates	10–23 February 2018
No. of events	11
Competitors	230 Quota limit

Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Qualification
Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
Relay	men	women	mixed

Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea. The eleven events took place between 10 and 23 February 2018.

There were eleven events contested; men and women competed in each of sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay. In addition there was a mixed relay.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all eleven events.

Notes

• Women's 15 km individual was postponed due to high winds from 14 February to 15 February.

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Event
10 February	20:15	Women's 7.5 km sprint
11 February	20:15	Men's 10 km sprint
12 February	19:10	Women's 10 km pursuit
	21:00	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
15 February	17:15	Women's 15 km individual
	20:20	Men's 20 km individual
17 February	20:15	Women's 12.5 km mass start
18 February	20:15	Men's 15 km mass start
20 February	20:15	Mixed 2 x 6 km / 2 x 7.5 km relay
22 February	20:15	Women's 4 x 6 km relay
23 February	20:15	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	3	1	3	7
2	France (FRA)	3	0	2	5
3	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	0	4
4	Norway (NOR)	1	3	2	6
5	Slovakia (SVK)	1	2	0	3
6	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	0	2
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
8	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
9	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
10	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Total	11	11	11	33

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	48:03.8	Jakov Fak  Slovenia	48:09.3	Dominik Landertinger  Austria	48:18.0
Sprint	Arnd Peiffer  Germany	23:38.8	Michal Krčmář  Czech Republic	23:43.3	Dominik Windisch  Italy	23:46.5
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade  France	32:51.7	Sebastian Samuelsson  Sweden	33:03.7	Benedikt Doll  Germany	33:06.8
Mass Start	Martin Fourcade  France	35:47.3	Simon Schempp  Germany	35:47.3	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	35:58.5
Relay	Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Sebastian Samuelsson Fredrik Lindström  Sweden	1:15:16.5	Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	1:16:12.0	Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp  Germany	1:17:23.6

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	Hanna Öberg  Sweden	41:07.2	Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia	41:31.9	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	41:48.4
Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	21:06.2	Marte Olsbu  Norway	21:30.4	Veronika Vítková  Czech Republic	21:32.0
Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	30:35.3	Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia	31:04.7	Anaïs Bescond  France	31:04.9
Mass Start	Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia	35:23.0	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	35:41.8	Tiril Eckhoff  Norway	35:50.7
Relay	Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva  Belarus	1:12:03.4	Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg  Sweden	1:12:14.1	Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond  France	1:12:21.0

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Relay	Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade  France	1:08:34.3	Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	1:08:55.2	Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch  Italy	1:09:01.2

Qualification

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total quota of 230 athletes will be allowed to compete at the Games (115 men and women). Countries will be assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions, during the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup season. The final twelve quota spots will be available the following season.