1998 Olympics: Biathlon

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Cross-country (any style) and rifle shooting (.22 caliber, small-bore, standing and prone). MT indicates missed targets

Medal breakdown (6 events): Five medals— Norway (2-2-1) and Germany (2-1-2); Three— Russia (1-1-1); One— Bulgaria (1-0-0), Italy (0-1-0), Ukraine (0-1-0), Belarus (0-0-1) and Finland (0-0-1).

Men

10 kilometers

  MTTime
1Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NOR027:16.2
2Frode Andresen, NOR228:17.8
3Ville Raikkonen, FIN128:21.7
Best USA: 49th, Dan Westover (1 MT; 30:39.5).

20 kilometers

  MTTime
1Halvard Hanevold, NOR156:16.4
2Pier Alberto Carrara, ITA056:21.9
3Aleksei Aidarov, BLR156:46.5
Best USA: 42nd, Jay Hakkinen (4 MTs; 1:02:10.3).

4 x 7.5–km Relay

  MTTime
1Germany61:21:36.2
2Norway71:21:56.3
3Russia71:22:19.3
GER— Ricco Gross, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck; NOR— Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Dag Bjoerndalen, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen; RUS— Pavel Mouslimov, Vladimir Dratschev, Serguei Tarassov, Victor Maigourov.
USA entry: 17th; Jay Hakkinen, Dan Westover, Andrew Erickson, Robert Rosser (15 MTs; 1:28:13.9).

Women

7.5 kilometers

  MTTime
1Galina Koukleva, RUS123:08.0
2Ursula Disl, GER123:08.7
3Katrin Apel, GER123:32.4
Best USA: 33rd, Kristina Sabasteanski (1 MT; 25:12.2).

15 kilometers

  MTTime
1Ekaterina Dafovska, BUL154:52.0
2Elena Petrova, UKR155:09.8
3Ursula Disl, GER155:17.9
Best USA: 55th, Stacey Ann Wooley (2 MTs; 1:03:57.3); 56th, Kara Salmela (5 MTs; 1:04:43.7).

4 x 7.5–km Relay

  MTTime
1Germany111:40:13.6
2Russia91:40:25.2
3Norway101:40:37.3
GER— Ursula Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle; RUS— Olga Melnik, Galina Koukleva, Albina Akhatova, Olga Romasko; NOR— Ann-Elen Skjelbreid, Annette Sikveland, Margit Gunn Andreassen, Liv Grete Skjelbreid.
USA entry: 15th, Ntala Skinner, Stacey Ann Wooley, Kara Salmela, Kristina Sabasteanski (12 MTs; 1:48:30.2).
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