Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon
10 km Sprint Men:
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
| Silver | Sven Fischer (GER) |
| Bronze | Wolfgang Perner (AUT) |
Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games.
12.5 km Pursuit Men:
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
| Silver | Raphaël Poirée (FRA) |
| Bronze | Ricco Groß (GER) |
Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics.
20 km Men:
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) |
| Silver | Frank Luck (GER) |
| Bronze | Viktor Maigurov (RUS) |
After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier.
4 x 7.5 km Men
| Medal | Team |
| Gold | Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen) |
| Silver | Germany (Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck) |
| Bronze | France (Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphaël Poirée) |
7.5 km Sprint Women:
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Kati Wilhelm (GER) |
| Silver | Uschi Disl (GER) |
| Bronze | Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) |
Another surprise from Germany, which takes first and second. Forsberg seals a second medal with a late sprint towards the finish.
10 km Pursuit Women:
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Olga Pyleva (RUS) |
| Silver | Kati Wilhelm (GER) |
| Bronze | Irina Nikulchina (BUL) |
After leaders Poirée and Forsberg fail at the last shooting, Pyleva grabs the opportunity to take her first international victory.
15 km Women:
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Andrea Henkel (GER) |
| Silver | Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR) |
| Bronze | Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) |
Henkel surprises, while hot favorite Forsberg misses two shots in the last round but wins her first medal.
4 x 7.5 km Women
| Medal | Team |
| Gold | Germany (Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm) |
| Silver | Norway (Ann-Elen Skjelbreid, Linda Tjørhom, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée) |
| Bronze | Russia (Olga Pyleva, Galina Kukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Albina Akhatova) |
Major favourites Germany come from behind after the first leg to take the fourth straight gold medal since 1992
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