List of Olympic medalists in biathlon
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in biathlon.
Medalists in military patrol, a precursor to biathlon, are listed separately.
Men
The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.Individual (20 km)
- Medals:
Sprint (10 km)
- Medals:
Pursuit (12.5 km)
- Medals:
Mass start (15 km)
- Medals:
Relay (4×7.5 km)
- Medals:
Women
Individual (15 km)
- Medals:
Sprint (7.5 km)
- Medals:
Pursuit (10 km)
- Medals:
Mass start (12.5 km)
- Medals:
Relay (4×6 km)
- 3×7.5 km — 1992
- 4×7.5 km — 1994–2002
- 4×6 km — 2006–2018
1992 Albertville | Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand | Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Petra Schaaf | Yelena Belova Anfisa Reztsova Yelena Melnikova |
1994 Lillehammer | Nadezhda Talanova Natalya Snytina Luiza Noskova Anfisa Reztsova | Uschi Disl Antje Misersky Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf | Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Delphyne Heymann Anne Briand |
1998 Nagano | Katrin Apel Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Petra Behle | Albina Akhatova Olga Melnik Galina Kukleva Olga Romasko | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid |
2002 Salt Lake City | Katrin Apel ' Uschi Disl ' Andrea Henkel Kati Wilhelm | Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée | Albina Akhatova Olga Pyleva Galina Kukleva Svetlana Ishmouratova |
2006 Turin | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Svetlana Ishmouratova Olga Zaitseva Albina Akhatova | Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Katrin Apel Kati Wilhelm | Delphyne Peretto Florence Baverel-Robert Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly |
2010 Vancouver | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets ' Svetlana Sleptsova Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva ' | Marie-Laure Brunet Marie Dorin Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly | Kati Wilhelm Simone Hauswald Martina Beck Andrea Henkel |
2014 Sochi | Vita Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna | vacant | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger |
2018 Pyeongchang | Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva | Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg | Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond |
- Medals:
Mixed
Relay
- Medals:
Statistics
Medal table
;Note- This table includes 1924 military patrol medal's.
Biathlete medal leaders
Biathlete | Nation | Olympics * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1994–2014 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||
1992–2006 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
2006–2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
1994–2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
2010–2018 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
1994–2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
1988–1994, 2002–2006 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
1968–1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
1988, 1994–2002 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
1980–1988 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
;Women
, Ole Einar Bjørndalen's wife, is the only woman to win four gold medals in biathlon.
Biathlete | Nation | Olympics * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1992–2006 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
2002–2010 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
2010–2018 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
2010–2018 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
1998–2006 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
2014–2018 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
1998–2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
2006–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
2002–2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1992–1994 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
2010–2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Biathletes with most victories
Top 10 biathletes who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active biathletes and highest medal count among all biathletes per type.Men
Rank | Biathlete | Country | From * | To * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 1998 | 2014 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
2 | Martin Fourcade | 2010 | 2018 | 5 | 2 | - | 7 | |
3 | Ricco Groß | 1992 | 2006 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 2010 | 2018 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
5 | Sven Fischer | 1994 | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
6 | Alexander Tikhonov | 1968 | 1980 | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |
7 | Halvard Hanevold | 1998 | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
8 | Mark Kirchner | 1992 | 1994 | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | |
9 | Michael Greis | 2006 | 2006 | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
10 | Sergei Tchepikov | 1988 | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Women
Rank | Biathlete | Country | From * | To * | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
1 | Darya Domracheva | 2010 | 2018 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
2 | Kati Wilhelm | 2002 | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
3 | Anastasiya Kuzmina | 2010 | 2018 | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | |
4 | Uschi Disl | 1992 | 2006 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
5 | Katrin Apel | 1998 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | Tora Berger | 2010 | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | Andrea Henkel | 2002 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | Magdalena Neuner | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | |
8 | Olga Zaitseva | 2006 | 2010 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | |
10 | Myriam Bédard | 1992 | 1994 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
10 | Laura Dahlmeier | 2018 | 2018 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
10 | Svetlana Ishmouratova | 2002 | 2006 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
10 | Olga Medvedtseva | 2002 | 2010 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
10 | Anfisa Reztsova | 1992 | 1994 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
Medals per year
- bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.
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