Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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The biathlon
competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics
were held at Whistler Olympic Park
in Whistler, British Columbia
. The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010.
The men's individual biathlon was notable for the awarding of two silver medals due to two competitors finishing with a tie (48:32.0). No bronze medal was awarded in this event.
Rejected quota places: Finland earned five spots in both genders, but decided to send only two men and two women. Poland qualified 5 men, but sends only two men. Slovenia has earned 5 spots each, but decided to send only four women and men. Great Britain (women), Belgium (men), Netherlands (men) and Austria (women) rejected their single spots earned in either men's or women's. Greenland
has no NOC
, so Greenland's spot earned in men's competition is used by Denmark.
Biathlon
Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
were held at Whistler Olympic Park
Whistler Olympic Park
The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, nordic combined, and ski...
in Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
. The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010.
The men's individual biathlon was notable for the awarding of two silver medals due to two competitors finishing with a tie (48:32.0). No bronze medal was awarded in this event.
Medal table
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
Men's events
| Individual |
48:22.5 | 48:32.0 | Not awarded | |||
| Sprint |
24:07.8 | 24:20.0 | 24:21.8 | |||
| Pursuit |
33:38.4 | 33:54.9 | 34:06.6 | |||
| Mass start |
35:35.7 | 35:46.2 | 35:52.3 | |||
| Relay |
Halvard Hanevold Halvard Hanevold Halvard Hanevold , is a Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion. Hanevold won the bronze medal in the men's 20 km individual and the silver medal in the men's 10 km sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics.He also medaled in biathlon events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter... Tarjei Bø Tarjei Bø Tarjei Bø is a professional Norwegian biathlete. Bø debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on March 26, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, and won his first World Cup victory on December 10, 2010.... Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen is a Norwegian biathlete. He skis with Strindheim IL, based in Trondheim. He is tall, and weighs 170 lb .... Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen... |
1:21:38.1 | Simon Eder Simon Eder Simon Eder is an Austrian biathlete. First World Cup win in Khanty-Mansiysk Mass-start 29 March 2009.- External links :* *... Daniel Mesotitsch Daniel Mesotitsch Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:... Dominik Landertinger Dominik Landertinger Dominik Landertinger is an Austrian biathlete. He debuted in the 2007/2008 season, and his big breakthrough came during the 2008/2009 season, where he, as of February 22, 2009, has eight podium finishes, including a gold medal in the 15 km mass start at the 2009 World Championships in... Christoph Sumann Christoph Sumann Christoph "Sumi" Sumann is an Austrian biathlete.As many fellow biathletes Sumann picked up the sport switching from cross-country skiing he had been doing since childhood. By mid-1990s he entered junior ski team of Austria and he made it onto the senior level later on... |
1:22:16.7 | Ivan Tcherezov Anton Shipulin Anton Shipulin Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin is a Russian biathlete. Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 . The bronze medallist of the Winter Olympic Games 2010... Maxim Tchoudov Maxim Tchoudov Maxim Alexandrovich Tchoudov is a Russian biathlete.He debuted in the Biathlon World Cup in the 2004/05 season and has since been a regular member of the Russian team. He has won a total of seven medals at World Championships, three gold, three silver, and one bronze.-World Championships... Evgeny Ustyugov Evgeny Ustyugov Evgeny Romanovich Ustyugov is a Russian biathlete. He won the gold medal in the men's 15km mass start event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada... |
1:22:16.9 |
Women's events
| Individual |
40:52.8 | 41:13.5 | 41:21.0 | |||
| Sprint |
19:55.6 | 19:57.1 | 20:06.5 | |||
| Pursuit |
30:16.0 | 30:28.3 | 30:44.3 | |||
| Mass start |
35:19.6 | 35:25.1 | 35:26.9 | |||
| Relay |
Svetlana Sleptsova Svetlana Sleptsova Svetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova in Khanty Mansiysk is a Russian biathlete. She is a member of the club CSKA . She is a three-time Junior World Champion and won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund. In 2009 she was part of the Gold medal winning Russian... Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy-Titovets is a Russian biathlete. She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg.... Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva Olga Zaitseva Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay... |
1:09:36.3 | Marie-Laure Brunet Marie-Laure Brunet Marie-Laure Brunet is a French biathlete and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in the women's pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics games of Vancouver.... Sylvie Becaert Sylvie Becaert Sylvie Becaert is a French biathlete. Becaert's best year so far was 2003 when she came third in the overall world cup standings and won gold in the sprint event at the World Championships 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, she won a bronze medal with the French relay team... Marie Dorin Marie Dorin Marie Dorin is a biathlete who represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was also on the bronze medal winning French relay team at the Biathlon World Championships 2009.... Sandrine Bailly Sandrine Bailly Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second... |
1:10:09.1 | Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant... Simone Hauswald Martina Beck Andrea Henkel Andrea Henkel Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach... |
1:10:13.4 |
Events
A total of ten biathlon events will be held at Vancouver 2010:| Nations | Men's | Women's | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Total: 37 NOCs | 116 | 105 | 221 |
Rejected quota places: Finland earned five spots in both genders, but decided to send only two men and two women. Poland qualified 5 men, but sends only two men. Slovenia has earned 5 spots each, but decided to send only four women and men. Great Britain (women), Belgium (men), Netherlands (men) and Austria (women) rejected their single spots earned in either men's or women's. Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
has no NOC
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
, so Greenland's spot earned in men's competition is used by Denmark.
See also
- Biathlon at the 2010 Winter ParalympicsBiathlon at the 2010 Winter ParalympicsThe biathlon competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events will be held on 13 March and 17 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
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