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Biathlon at the Olympics - facts and information

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Facts about Biathlon in the Olympics

Olympics	Biathlon has been part of the Olympic Games program 16 times (including this year).

Athletes	A total of 85 Biathlon events have been held all-time in Olympic Games (including planned events this year).

Events	There has been 13 different Events in Olympic Biathlon.


Medal table for Biathlon in the Olympics


		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total

1.	NOR	22	18	15	55



2.	GER	20	21	13	54



3.	FRA	12	9	11	32



4.	RUS	10	4	8	22



5.	URS	9	5	5	19




			Complete Olympic Biathlon Medalstanding



Biathlon in the Olympic Programme


Olympic Games	Venue	Number of Events
		Mixed	Women	Men

Squaw Valley 1960	McKinney Creek, Kailua Park	0	0	1
Innsbruck 1964	Seefeld	0	0	1
Grenoble 1968	Autrans	0	0	2
Sapporo 1972	Makomanai Ski Stadium	0	0	2
Innsbruck 1976	Seefeld	0	0	2
Lake Placid 1980	Mt. van Hoevenberg	0	0	3
Sarajevo 1984	Veliko Polje, Igman	0	0	3
Calgary 1988	Canmore	0	0	3
Albertville 1992	Les Saisies	0	3	3
Lillehammer 1994	Birkebeiner Skistadion, Lillehammer	0	3	3
Nagano 1998	Nozawa Onsen, Toyosato	0	3	3
Salt Lake City 2002	Soldier Hollow	0	4	4
Torino 2006	Cesana San Sicario	0	5	5
Vancouver 2010	Whistler Olympic Park	0	5	5
Sochi 2014	Laura Cross-country & Biathlon Center	1	5	5
PyeongChang 2018	Alpensia Biathlon Centre	1	5	5


International Biathlon Federation

The Olympic competitions in Biathlon is organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) in cooperation with the host city of the specific games. Follow the link for more information about world championships, the international organisation, general history of Biathlon etc.

These Biathlon facts about Biathlon in the olympics is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database

Biathlon at the Olympics- facts and information