Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon were held at Soldier Hollow.

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Men

10 km Sprint

Medal Athlete Time (missed targets)
Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 24:51.3 (0)
Silver Sven Fischer (GER) 25:20.2 (1)
Bronze Wolfgang Perner (AUT) 25:44.4 (0)

Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games.

12.5 km Pursuit

Medal Athlete Time (missed targets)
Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 32:34.67 (2)
Silver Raphaël Poirée (FRA) 33:17.7 (1)
Bronze Ricco Gross (GER) 33:33.7 (2)

Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics.

20 km Individual

Medal Athlete Adjusted Time (penalty minutes)
Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 51:03.3 (2)
Silver Frank Luck (GER) 51:39.4 (0)
Bronze Viktor Maigurov (RUS) 51:40.6 (1)

After finishing 5th in the 30 km cross country only 13,5s behind the winner Chrisian Hoffmann, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier.

4 x 7.5 km Relay

Medal Team Time (missed targets)
Gold Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) 1:24:42.31 (0)
Silver Germany (Ricco Gross, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck) 1:25:27.6 (1)
Bronze France (Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphaël Poirée) 1:25:36.6 (1)

Women

7.5 km Sprint

Medal Athlete Time (missed targets)
Gold Kati Wilhelm (GER) 20:41.4 (0)
Silver Uschi Disl (GER) 20:57.0 (1)
Bronze Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) 21:20.4 (1)

Another surprise from Germany, which takes first and second. Forsberg seals a second bronze with a late sprint towards the finish.

10 km Pursuit

Medal Athlete Time (missed targets)
Gold Olga Pyleva (RUS) 31:07.77 (1)
Silver Kati Wilhelm (GER) 31:13.1 (4)
Bronze Irina Nikulchina (BUL) 31:15.9 (2)

After leaders Poirée and Forsberg fail at the last shooting, Pyleva grabs the opportunity to take her first international victory.

15 km Individual

Medal Athlete Adjusted Time (penalty minutes)
Gold Andrea Henkel (GER) 47:29.1 (1)
Silver Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR) 47:37.0 (1)
Bronze Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) 48:08.3 (2)

Henkel surprises, while hot favorite Forsberg misses two shots in the last round but wins her first medal.

4 x 7.5 km Relay

Medal Team Time (missed targets)
Gold Germany (Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm) 1:27:55.8 (1)
Silver Norway (Ann-Elen Skjelbreid, Linda Tjørhom, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée) 1:28:26.4 (0)
Bronze Russia (Olga Pyleva, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Albina Akhatova) 1:29:20.5 (2)

Defending champions and major favorites Germany come from behind after the first leg to take the gold medal. Katrin Apel and Uschi Disl also were on the winning 1998 team.

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