List of Olympic medalists in biathlon

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This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in biathlon.

Medalists in military patrol, a precursor to biathlon, are listed separately.

Men

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The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.

Individual (20 km)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Squaw Valley
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Klas Lestander
 Sweden
Antti Tyrväinen
 Finland
Aleksandr Privalov
 Soviet Union
1964 Innsbruck
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Vladimir Melanin
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Privalov
 Soviet Union
Olav Jordet
 Norway
1968 Grenoble
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Magnar Solberg
 Norway
Alexander Tikhonov
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Gundartsev
 Soviet Union
1972 Sapporo
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Magnar Solberg (2)
 Norway
Hansjörg Knauthe
 East Germany
Lars-Göran Arwidson
 Sweden
1976 Innsbruck
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Nikolay Kruglov
 Soviet Union
Heikki Ikola
 Finland
Aleksandr Elizarov
 Soviet Union
1980 Lake Placid
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Anatoly Alyabyev
 Soviet Union
Frank Ullrich
 East Germany
Eberhard Rösch
 East Germany
1984 Sarajevo
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Peter Angerer
 West Germany
Frank-Peter Roetsch
 East Germany
Eirik Kvalfoss
 Norway
1988 Calgary
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Frank-Peter Roetsch
 East Germany
Valeriy Medvedtsev
 Soviet Union
Johann Passler
 Italy
1992 Albertville
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Evgeny Redkin
 Unified Team
Mark Kirchner
 Germany
Mikael Löfgren
 Sweden
1994 Lillehammer
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Sergei Tarasov
 Russia
Frank Luck
 Germany
Sven Fischer
 Germany
1998 Nagano
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Halvard Hanevold
 Norway
Pieralberto Carrara
 Italy
Alexei Aidarov
 Belarus
2002 Salt Lake City
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway
Frank Luck
 Germany
Viktor Maigourov
 Russia
2006 Turin
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Michael Greis
 Germany
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
 Norway
2010 Vancouver
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Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Norway
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway
Sergey Novikov
 Belarus
None awarded
2014 Sochi
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Martin Fourcade
 France
Erik Lesser
 Germany
Evgeniy Garanichev
 Russia
2018 Pyeongchang
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Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
Jakov Fak
 Slovenia
Dominik Landertinger
 Austria
2022 Beijing
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Quentin Fillon Maillet
 France
Anton Smolski
 Belarus
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway
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Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway62412
2 Soviet Union3339
3 France2002
4 Germany1416
5 East Germany1315
6 Russia1023
 Sweden1023
8 Unified Team1001
 West Germany1001
10 Belarus0213
11 Finland0202
12 Italy0112
13 Slovenia0101
14 Austria0011
Total14 nations17181651
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Sprint (10 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway53210
2 Germany3306
3 East Germany2013
4 France1102
5 Russia1012
6 Soviet Union0224
7 Austria0112
 Czech Republic0112
9 West Germany0101
10 Finland0022
11 Croatia0011
 Italy0011
Total12 nations12121236
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Pursuit (12.5 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 France4127
2 Norway1203
3 Sweden1102
4 Austria0101
 Czech Republic0101
6 Germany0033
7 ROC0011
Total66618
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Mass start (15 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway2035
2 France1203
3 Germany1102
4 Russia1001
5 Poland0101
 Sweden0101
7 Czech Republic0011
 Slovakia0011
Total55515
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Relay (4×7.5 km)

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Grenoble
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 Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov
Nikolay Puzanov
Viktor Mamatov
Vladimir Gundartsev
 Norway
Ola Wærhaug
Olav Jordet
Magnar Solberg
Jon Istad
 Sweden
Lars-Göran Arwidson
Tore Eriksson
Olle Petrusson
Holmfrid Olsson
1972 Sapporo
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 Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov (2)
Rinnat Safin
Ivan Biakov
Viktor Mamatov (2)
 Finland
Esko Saira
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
Mauri Röppänen
 East Germany
Hansjörg Knauthe
Joachim Meischner
Dieter Speer
Horst Koschka
1976 Innsbruck
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 Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov (3)
Aleksandr Elizarov
Ivan Biakov (2)
Nikolay Kruglov
 Finland
Henrik Flöjt
Esko Saira
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
 East Germany
Karl-Heinz Menz
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Manfred Geyer
1980 Lake Placid
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 Soviet Union
Alexander Tikhonov (4)
Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Barnashov
Anatoly Alyabyev
 East Germany
Mathias Jung
Klaus Siebert
Frank Ullrich
Eberhard Rösch
 West Germany
Franz Bernreiter
Hans Estner
Peter Angerer
Gerhard Winkler
1984 Sarajevo
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 Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev
Juri Kashkarov
Algimantas Šalna
Sergei Bulygin
 Norway
Odd Lirhus
Eirik Kvalfoss
Rolf Storsveen
Kjell Søbak
 West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Walter Pichler
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer
1988 Calgary
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 Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev (2)
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
 West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Stefan Höck
Peter Angerer
Fritz Fischer
 Italy
Werner Kiem
Gottlieb Taschler
Johann Passler
Andreas Zingerle
1992 Albertville
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 Germany
Ricco Groß
Jens Steinigen
Mark Kirchner
Fritz Fischer
 Unified Team
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Alexandr Popov
Valeri Kiriyenko
Sergei Tchepikov
 Sweden
Ulf Johansson
Leif Andersson
Tord Wiksten
Mikael Löfgren
1994 Lillehammer
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 Germany
Ricco Groß (2)
Frank Luck
Mark Kirchner (2)
Sven Fischer
 Russia
Valeri Kiriyenko
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Sergei Tchepikov
 France
Thierry Dusserre
Patrice Bailly-Salins
Lionel Laurent
Hervé Flandin
1998 Nagano
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 Germany
Ricco Groß (3)
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer (2)
Frank Luck (2)
 Norway
Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Russia
Pavel Muslimov
Vladimir Drachev
Sergei Tarasov
Viktor Maigourov
2002 Salt Lake City
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 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Frode Andresen
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Germany
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
 France
Gilles Marguet
Vincent Defrasne
Julien Robert
Raphaël Poirée
2006 Turin
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 Germany
Ricco Groß (4)
Michael Rösch
Sven Fischer (3)
Michael Greis
 Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Sergei Tchepikov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
 France
Julien Robert
Vincent Defrasne
Ferréol Cannard
Raphaël Poirée
2010 Vancouver
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 Norway
Halvard Hanevold (2)
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (2)
 Austria
Simon Eder
Daniel Mesotitsch
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
 Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Anton Shipulin
Maxim Chudov
Evgeny Ustyugov
2014 Sochi
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 Russia
Alexey Volkov
Evgeny Ustyugov
Dmitry Malyshko
Anton Shipulin
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Daniel Böhm
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
 Austria
Christoph Sumann
Daniel Mesotitsch
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
2018 Pyeongchang
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 Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Sebastian Samuelsson
Fredrik Lindström
 Norway
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
2022 Beijing
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 Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø (2)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 France
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 ROC
Said Karimulla Khalili
Alexander Loginov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Eduard Latypov
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Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union6006
2 Germany4217
3 Norway3407
4 Russia1225
5 Sweden1023
6 Finland0202
7 France0134
8 East Germany0123
 West Germany0123
10 Austria0112
11 Unified Team0101
12 Italy0011
 ROC0011
Total15151545
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Women

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The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.

Individual (15 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany3137
2 Norway1113
3 Belarus1023
4 Canada1012
 Russia1012
 Sweden1012
7 Bulgaria1001
8 France0202
9 Kazakhstan0101
 Slovakia0101
 Switzerland0101
 Ukraine0101
 Unified Team0101
Total13 nations99927
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Sprint (7.5 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany2417
2 Slovakia2002
3 Norway1102
 Russia1102
5 France1012
 Unified Team1012
7 Canada1001
8 Sweden0213
9 Belarus0101
10 Ukraine0033
11 Czech Republic0011
 Italy0011
Total12 nations99927
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Pursuit (10 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany3205
2 Norway1113
3 Russia1012
4 Belarus1001
5 Slovakia0202
6 Sweden0101
7 France0022
8 Bulgaria0011
 Slovenia0011
Total66618
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Mass start (12.5 km)

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany1124
2 Belarus1102
3 France1001
 Slovakia1001
 Sweden1001
6 Norway0134
7 Czech Republic0101
 Russia0101
Total55515
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Relay (4×6 km)

The women's relay event has been competed over three different distances:

  • 3×7.5 km — 1992
  • 4×7.5 km — 1994–2002
  • 4×6 km — 2006–2018
More information Games, Gold ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Albertville
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 France
Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Anne Briand
 Germany
Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Petra Schaaf
 Unified Team
Yelena Belova
Anfisa Reztsova
Yelena Melnikova
1994 Lillehammer
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 Russia
Nadezhda Talanova
Natalya Snytina
Luiza Noskova
Anfisa Reztsova
 Germany
Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Petra Schaaf
 France
Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Delphyne Heymann
Anne Briand
1998 Nagano
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 Germany
Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Petra Behle
 Russia
Albina Akhatova
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Olga Romasko
 Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
2002 Salt Lake City
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 Germany
Katrin Apel (2)
Uschi Disl (2)
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm
 Norway
Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjørhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée
 Russia
Albina Akhatova
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
2006 Turin
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 Russia
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Olga Zaitseva
Albina Akhatova
 Germany
Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel
Katrin Apel
Kati Wilhelm
 France
Delphyne Peretto
Florence Baverel-Robert
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly
2010 Vancouver
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 Russia
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (2)
Svetlana Sleptsova
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva (2)
 France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Marie Dorin
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly
 Germany
Kati Wilhelm
Simone Hauswald
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel
2014 Sochi
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 Ukraine
Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Valentyna Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
 Norway
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn
Tiril Eckhoff
Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
 Czech Republic
Eva Puskarčíková
Gabriela Soukalová
Jitka Landová
Veronika Vítková
2018 Pyeongchang
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 Belarus
Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
2022 Beijing
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 Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Hanna Öberg
Elvira Öberg
 ROC
Irina Kazakevich
Kristina Reztsova
Svetlana Mironova
Uliana Nigmatullina
 Germany
Vanessa Voigt
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Preuß
Denise Herrmann
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Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Russia3115
2 Germany2327
3 France1135
4 Sweden1102
5 Belarus1001
 Ukraine1001
7 Norway0213
8 ROC0101
9 Czech Republic0011
 Unified Team0011
Total99927
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Mixed

Relay

Medals

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway2103
2 France1102
3 Czech Republic0101
4 Italy0022
5 ROC0011
Total3339
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Statistics

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway22181555
2 Germany20211354
3 France1291132
4 Russia105823
5 Soviet Union95519
6 Sweden66618
7 Belarus44311
8 East Germany34411
9 Slovakia3317
10 Unified Team2226
11 Canada2013
12 West Germany1225
13 Ukraine1135
14 Bulgaria1012
15 Czech Republic0448
16 Finland0426
17 Austria0336
18 Italy0167
19 ROC0134
20 Slovenia0112
21 Kazakhstan0101
 Poland0101
 Switzerland0101
24 Croatia0011
Totals (24 entries)969795288
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Biathlete medal leaders

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Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the most successful male athlete at Winter Olympics. He is one of three Winter Olympians (and only biathlete) to win eight gold medals and earned more overall medals (13) than any male athlete in Winter Olympic history.
Men
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Biathlete Nation Olympics * Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway 1994–2014 8 4 1 13
Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway 2014–2022 5 2 1 8
Ricco Groß  Germany 1992–2006 4 3 1 8
Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway 2006–2018 4 3 1 8
Sven Fischer  Germany 1994–2006 4 2 2 8
Martin Fourcade  France 2010–2018 5 2 0 7
Halvard Hanevold  Norway 1994–2010 3 2 1 6
Tarjei Bø  Norway 2010–2022 3 2 1 6
Sergei Tchepikov  Soviet Union
 Unified Team
 Russia
1988–1994,
2002–2006
2 3 1 6
Alexander Tikhonov  Soviet Union 1968–1980 4 1 0 5
Frank Luck  East Germany
 Germany
1988, 1994–2002 2 3 0 5
Quentin Fillon Maillet  France 2018–2022 2 3 0 5
Peter Angerer  West Germany 1980–1988 1 2 2 5
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Women
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Darya Domracheva, Ole Einar Bjørndalen's wife, is the only woman to win four gold medals in biathlon.
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Biathlete Nation Olympics * Gold Silver Bronze Total
Uschi Disl  Germany 1992–2006 2 4 3 9
Tiril Eckhoff  Norway 2014–2022 2 2 4 8
Kati Wilhelm  Germany 2002–2010 3 3 1 7
Marte Olsbu Røiseland  Norway 2018–2022 3 2 2 7
Darya Domracheva  Belarus 2010–2018 4 1 1 6
Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia 2010–2018 3 3 0 6
Albina Akhatova  Russia 1998–2006 1 1 3 5
Katrin Apel  Germany 1998–2006 2 1 1 4
Tora Berger  Norway 2006–2014 2 1 1 4
Andrea Henkel  Germany 2002–2014 2 1 1 4
Antje Misersky-Harvey  Germany 1992–1994 1 3 0 4
Marie Dorin Habert  France 2010–2018 1 1 2 4
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* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned biathletes took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics.

Biathletes with most victories

Top 10 biathletes who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active biathletes and highest medal count among all biathletes (including those not in the tables) per type.

Men

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Rank Biathlete Country From * To * Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway1998201484113
2Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway201420225218
3Martin Fourcade France2010201852-7
4Ricco Groß Germany199220064318
Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway201020184318
6Sven Fischer Germany199420064228
7Alexander Tikhonov Soviet Union1968198041-5
8Tarjei Bø Norway201020223216
Halvard Hanevold Norway199820103216
10Mark Kirchner Germany1992199431-4
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Women

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Rank Biathlete Country From * To * Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Darya Domracheva Belarus201020184116
2Kati Wilhelm Germany200220103317
3Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia2010201833-6
4Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway201820223227
5Uschi Disl Germany199220062439
6Tiril Eckhoff Norway201420222248
7Katrin Apel Germany199820062114
Tora Berger Norway201020142114
Andrea Henkel Germany200220102114
10Magdalena Neuner Germany2010201021-3
Hanna Öberg Sweden2018202221-3
Olga Zaitseva Russia2006201021-3
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* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal

Medals per year

× NOC did not exist or did not participate in biathlon events # Number of medals won by the NOC NOC did not win any medals
  • bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.
More information NOC, 1928–56 ...
NOC 24 1928–56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Total
 Austria× ××12216
 Belarus× ×××××××××11242111
 Bulgaria× ××××112
 Canada× ××××××123
 Croatia× ×××××××××××11
 Czech Republic× ×××××××××527
 Finland1 112117
 France1 1324645733
 East Germany× ××21422×××××××××11
 West Germany× ××131×××××××××5
 Germany× ××××××××765911527254
 Italy ×××211217
 Kazakhstan× ×××××××××11
 Norway× 12135665661455
 Poland ××××11
 Soviet Union× 12313414×××××××××19
 Unified Team× ××××××××6××××××××6
 Russia× ×××××××××533543××23
 ROC× ××××××××××××××××44
 Slovakia× ×××××××××3137
 Slovenia× ××××××××112
 Sweden× 11122214418
 Switzerland1 12
 Ukraine× ×××××××××11125
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