Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Biathlon

at the XVII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Dates| 18–26 February
No. of events| 6
Competitors| 193 from 32 nations

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Biathlon at the
1994 Winter Olympics

Individual| men| women
Sprint| men| women
Relay| men| women

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The biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. The events were held between 18 and 26 February 1994.[1][2]

The sport of biathlon combines the skills of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Men and women competed in three events. The biathlon program remained unchanged except for the women's relay distance from 3 x 7.5 km to 4 x 7.5 km.

## Medal summary

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Six nations won medals in biathlon, with Russia leading the medal table (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), and Germany winning the most total medals with six. Sergei Tarasov was the only individual to win three medals, while Myriam Bédard led the individual medal table with two gold medals.

Bédard's pair of gold medals were the first won an athlete from outside Europe or the Soviet Union. In addition, Valentina Tserbe-Nessina became the first Olympic medalist from Ukraine, and Svetlana Paramygina became the first female Olympic medalist from Belarus, as those countries made their Olympic debuts.

### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 3| 1| 1| 5
2|  Canada (CAN)| 2| 0| 0| 2
3|  Germany (GER)| 1| 3| 2| 6
4|  France (FRA)| 0| 1| 2| 3
5|  Belarus (BLR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Ukraine (UKR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 6| 6| 6| 18

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
details | Sergei Tarasov
Russia | 57:25.3  | Frank Luck
Germany | 57:28.7  | Sven Fischer
Germany | 57:41.9
Sprint
details | Sergei Tchepikov
Russia | 28:07.0  | Ricco Groß
Germany | 28:13.0  | Sergei Tarasov
Russia | 28:27.4
Relay
details |  Germany (GER)
Ricco Groß
Frank Luck
Mark Kirchner
Sven Fischer | 1:30:22.1  |  Russia (RUS)
Valeri Kiriyenko
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov | 1:31:23.6  |  France (FRA)
Thierry Dusserre
Patrice Bailly-Salins
Lionel Laurent
Hervé Flandin | 1:32:31.3

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
details | Myriam Bédard
Canada | 52:06.6  | Anne Briand
France | 52:53.3  | Uschi Disl
Germany | 53:15.3
Sprint
details | Myriam Bédard
Canada | 26:08.8  | Svetlana Paramygina
Belarus | 26:09.9  | Valentina Tserbe-Nessina
Ukraine | 26:10.0
Relay
details |  Russia (RUS)
Nadezhda Talanova
Natalya Snytina
Luiza Noskova
Anfisa Reztsova | 1:47:19.5  |  Germany (GER)
Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Petra Schaaf | 1:51:16.5  |  France (FRA)
Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Delphyne Heymann
Anne Briand | 1:52:28.3

## Participating nations

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Thirty-two nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (5)
* Belarus (11)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Canada (7)
* China (4)
* Czech Republic (10)
* Estonia (9)
* Finland (9)
* France (11)
* Great Britain (4)
* Germany (9)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia (5)
* Lithuania (2)
* Moldova (2)
* Norway (11)
* Poland (10)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (10)
* Slovenia (6)
* Switzerland (3)
* Slovakia (6)
* Sweden (10)
* Ukraine (10)
* United States (9)

## See also

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* Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 4" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

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