Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Biathlon
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
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Jeremy Teela (USA) in the men's individual event.
Venue Cesana San Sicario
Dates February 11–25
Competitors 204 from 37 nations
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Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events. They were held at the Cesana-San Sicario arena. The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006. Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee. In these games, biathlon events were open to both men and women but they raced in different distances in their own events.[1]

Men from 28 nations and women from 27 nations qualified to participate in the events. Only seven nations in total took home medals, Germany winning the most (5 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze). Six biathletes won 3 medals each: Albina Akhatova, Kati Wilhelm, Martina Glagow, Michael Greis, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and Sven Fischer. Greis won the most gold medals, with a total of three.

Qualification

The top 20 countries at the International Biathlon Union Nations Cup ranking of 2004–05 are permitted to pick four biathletes for each event, and five biathletes for the whole Olympics. The top five may send a sixth biathlete as a reserve. The countries seeded 21st to 28th (27th for women) may send a maximum of one biathlete. Other countries may not send biathletes unless the top 28 countries do not fill their quota. These restrictions apply to each gender, so that the countries who appear in the top 20 in both the men's and the women's list are able to send five men and five women. All entries were to have been submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

The following table lists the 28 nations that qualified for the men's events and the 27 nations that qualified for the women's events:

Rank Men[2] Women[3] Rank Men Women
1  Norway (NOR)  Russia (RUS) 15  Estonia (EST)  Japan (JPN)
2  Germany (GER)  Germany (GER) 16  Slovenia (SLO)  Romania (ROU)
3  Russia (RUS)  Norway (NOR) 17  United States (USA)  Finland (FIN)
4  France (FRA)  France (FRA) 18  Slovakia (SVK)  Canada (CAN)
5  Austria (AUT)  China (CHN) 19  Canada (CAN)  Moldova (MDA)
6  Belarus (BLR)  Belarus (BLR) 20  Japan (JPN)  Latvia (LAT)
7  Sweden (SWE)  Slovenia (SLO) 21  Great Britain (GBR)  Sweden (SWE)
8  Ukraine (UKR)  Czech Republic (CZE) 22  China (CHN)  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
9  Czech Republic (CZE)  Bulgaria (BUL) 23  Kazakhstan (KAZ)  Lithuania (LTU)
10  Poland (POL) 22x20px Italy (ITA) 24  Bulgaria (BUL)  Estonia (EST)
11 22x20px Italy (ITA)  Slovakia (SVK) 25  Lithuania (LTU)  Great Britain (GBR)
12  Switzerland (SUI)  Ukraine (UKR) 26  Australia (AUS)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
13  Latvia (LAT)  Poland (POL) 27  Romania (ROU)  Austria (AUT)
14  Finland (FIN)  United States (USA) 28  Hungary (HUN)

Medal summary

Medal table

Of the thirty-seven competing nations, seven of them took home all the medals. With over double the medals of any other nation, Germany ranked number one.

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany (GER) 5 4 2 11
2  Russia (RUS) 2 1 2 5
3  France (FRA) 2 0 2 4
4  Sweden (SWE) 1 1 0 2
5  Norway (NOR) 0 3 3 6
6  Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
7  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1

[1]

Men's events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details		 Michael Greis
 Germany		 54:23.0 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		 54:39.0 Halvard Hanevold
 Norway		 55:31.9
Sprint
details		 Sven Fischer
 Germany		 26:11.6 Halvard Hanevold
 Norway		 26:19.8 Frode Andresen
 Norway		 26:31.3
Pursuit
details		 Vincent Defrasne
 France		 35:20.2 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		 35:22.9 Sven Fischer
 Germany		 35:35.8
Mass start
details		 Michael Greis
 Germany		 47:20.0 Tomasz Sikora
 Poland		 47:26.3 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		 47:32.9
Relay
details		  Germany (GER)
Sven Fischer
Michael Greis
Ricco Groß
Michael Rösch		 1:21:51.5  Russia (RUS)
Ivan Tcherezov
Sergei Tchepikov
Pavel Rostovtsev
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.		 1:22:12.4  France (FRA)
Julien Robert
Vincent Defrasne
Ferréol Cannard
Raphaël Poirée		 1:22:35.1

Women's events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details		 Svetlana Ishmouratova
 Russia		 49:24.1 Martina Glagow
 Germany		 50:34.9 Albina Akhatova
 Russia		 50:55.0
Sprint
details		 Florence Baverel-Robert
 France		 22:31.4 Anna Carin Olofsson
 Sweden		 22:33.8 Lilia Efremova
 Ukraine		 22:38.0
Pursuit
details		 Kati Wilhelm
 Germany		 36:43.6 Martina Glagow
 Germany		 37:57.2 Albina Akhatova
 Russia		 38:05.0
Mass start
details		 Anna Carin Olofsson
 Sweden		 40:36.5 Kati Wilhelm
 Germany		 40:55.3 Uschi Disl
 Germany		 41:18.4
Relay
details		  Russia (RUS)
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Olga Zaitseva
Albina Akhatova		 1:16:12.5  Germany (GER)
Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel
Katrin Apel
Kati Wilhelm		 1:17:03.2  France (FRA)
Delphyne Peretto
Florence Baverel-Robert
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly		 1:18:38.7

Participating nations

Thirty-seven nations contributed biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Men's Nation Cup Score Final Result after 14 competitions, from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 19 January 2006
  3. ↑ Women's Nation Cup Score Final Result after 14 competitions, from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 19 January 2006
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