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
| MT | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NOR | 0 | 27:16.2 |
| 2 | Frode Andresen, NOR | 2 | 28:17.8 |
| 3 | Ville Raikkonen, FIN | 1 | 28:21.7 |
Best USA: 49th, Dan Westover (1 MT; 30:39.5).
20 kilometers
| MT | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halvard Hanevold, NOR | 1 | 56:16.4 |
| 2 | Pier Alberto Carrara, ITA | 0 | 56:21.9 |
| 3 | Aleksei Aidarov, BLR | 1 | 56:46.5 |
Best USA: 42nd, Jay Hakkinen (4 MTs; 1:02:10.3).
4 x 7.5–km Relay
| MT | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 1:21:36.2 |
| 2 | Norway | 7 | 1:21:56.3 |
| 3 | Russia | 7 | 1:22:19.3 |
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
| MT | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Koukleva, RUS | 1 | 23:08.0 |
| 2 | Ursula Disl, GER | 1 | 23:08.7 |
| 3 | Katrin Apel, GER | 1 | 23:32.4 |
Best USA: 33rd, Kristina Sabasteanski (1 MT; 25:12.2).
15 kilometers
| MT | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekaterina Dafovska, BUL | 1 | 54:52.0 |
| 2 | Elena Petrova, UKR | 1 | 55:09.8 |
| 3 | Ursula Disl, GER | 1 | 55:17.9 |
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
| MT | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 11 | 1:40:13.6 |
| 2 | Russia | 9 | 1:40:25.2 |
| 3 | Norway | 10 | 1:40:37.3 |
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).
