List of Olympic medalists in biathlon


This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in biathlon.
Medalists in military patrol, a precursor to biathlon, are listed separately.

Men

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)

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)

The women's relay event has been competed over three different distances:
1992 Albertville

Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Anne Briand

Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Petra Schaaf

Yelena Belova
Anfisa Reztsova
Yelena Melnikova
1994 Lillehammer

Nadezhda Talanova
Natalya Snytina
Luiza Noskova
Anfisa Reztsova

Uschi Disl
Antje Misersky
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Petra Schaaf

Corinne Niogret
Véronique Claudel
Delphyne Heymann
Anne Briand
1998 Nagano

Katrin Apel
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Petra Behle

Albina Akhatova
Olga Melnik
Galina Kukleva
Olga Romasko

Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid
2002 Salt Lake City

Katrin Apel '
Uschi Disl
'
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm

Ann-Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjørhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée

Albina Akhatova
Olga Pyleva
Galina Kukleva
Svetlana Ishmouratova
2006 Turin

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Olga Zaitseva
Albina Akhatova

Martina Glagow
Andrea Henkel
Katrin Apel
Kati Wilhelm

Delphyne Peretto
Florence Baverel-Robert
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly
2010 Vancouver

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets '
Svetlana Sleptsova
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva
'

Marie-Laure Brunet
Marie Dorin
Sylvie Becaert
Sandrine Bailly

Kati Wilhelm
Simone Hauswald
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel
2014 Sochi

Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Valentyna Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
vacant
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn
Tiril Eckhoff
Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
2018 Pyeongchang

Nadezhda Skardino
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Darya Domracheva

Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg

Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond

Relay

Medal table

;Note
;Men
BiathleteNationOlympics *GoldSilverBronzeTotal
1994–201484113
1992–20064318
2006–20184318
1994–20064228
2010–20185207
1994–20103216


1988–1994,
2002–2006
2316
1968–19804105

1988, 1994–20022305
1980–19881225

;Women
, Ole Einar Bjørndalen's wife, is the only woman to win four gold medals in biathlon.
BiathleteNationOlympics *GoldSilverBronzeTotal
1992–20062439
2002–20103317
2010–20184116
2010–20183306
1998–20061135
2014–20181135
1998–20062114
2006–20142114
2002–20142114
1992–19941304
2010–20181124

* 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 per type.

Men

RankBiathleteCountryFrom *To *GoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Ole Einar Bjørndalen1998201484113
2Martin Fourcade2010201852-7
3Ricco Groß199220064318
3Emil Hegle Svendsen201020184318
5Sven Fischer199420064228
6Alexander Tikhonov1968198041-5
7Halvard Hanevold199820103216
8Mark Kirchner1992199431-4
9Michael Greis200620063--3
10Sergei Tchepikov
198820062316

Women

RankBiathleteCountryFrom *To *GoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Darya Domracheva201020184116
2Kati Wilhelm200220103317
3Anastasiya Kuzmina2010201833-6
4Uschi Disl199220062439
5Katrin Apel199820062114
5Tora Berger201020142114
5Andrea Henkel200220102114
8Magdalena Neuner2010201021-3
8Olga Zaitseva2006201021-3
10Myriam Bédard199219942-13
10Laura Dahlmeier201820182-13
10Svetlana Ishmouratova200220062-13
10Olga Medvedtseva 200220102-13
10Anfisa Reztsova
199219942-13

* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal

Medals per year

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1 112117
1 132464526
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× 121356656641
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× 12313414××××××××19
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× ×××××××××533542×22
× ×××××××××3137
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1 12
× ×××××××××11125