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)
Sprint (10 km)
Pursuit (12.5 km)
Medals
Mass start (15 km)
Medals
Relay (4×7.5 km)
Medals
Women
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)
Sprint (7.5 km)
Pursuit (10 km)
Medals
Mass start (12.5 km)
Medals
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
Medals
Mixed
Relay
Statistics
Medal table
Note
This table does not include medals of 1924 military patrol event, that the IOC now treats as a separate discipline.
Biathlete medal leaders
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 (14) than any male athlete in Winter Olympic history.
Men
Women
Darya Domracheva , Ole Einar Bjørndalen 's wife, is the only woman to win four gold medals in biathlon.
* 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
Women
* 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
bold ed numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.
NOC
24
1928–56
60
64
68
72
76
80
84
88
92
94
98
02
06
10
14
18
22
Total
Austria
×
×
–
–
×
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
3
2
1
–
7
Belarus
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
1
1
–
–
2
4
2
1
11
Bulgaria
×
×
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
2
Canada
×
×
×
–
×
×
×
×
–
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
Croatia
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
Czech Republic
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
–
6
2
–
8
Finland
1
1
–
–
1
2
–
–
–
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
7
France
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
3
–
2
4
6
4
5
7
33
East Germany
×
×
×
–
2
1
4
2
2
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
11
West Germany
×
×
×
–
–
–
1
3
1
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
5
Germany
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
7
6
5
9
11
5
2
7
2
54
Italy
–
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
2
1
7
Kazakhstan
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
Norway
×
–
1
2
1
–
–
3
–
–
–
5
6
6
5
7
6
14
56
Poland
–
×
–
–
–
–
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
Soviet Union
×
1
2
3
1
3
4
1
4
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
19
Unified Team
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
6
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
6
Russia
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
5
3
3
5
2
2
×
×
20
ROC
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
4
4
Slovakia
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
3
1
3
–
7
Slovenia
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
2
Sweden
×
1
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
–
–
2
2
2
–
4
4
19
Switzerland
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
2
Ukraine
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
1
1
–
1
–
2
–
–
5
See also
References
1968 : Tikhonov , Puzanov , Mamatov , Gundartsev (URS )
1972 : Tikhonov , Safin , Biakov , Mamatov (URS )
1976 : Elizarov , Biakov , Tikhonov , Kruglov (URS )
1980 : Alikin , Tikhonov , Barnashov , Alyabyev (URS )
1984 : Vasilyev , Kashkarov , Šalna , Bulygin (URS )
1988 : Vasilyev , Tchepikov , Popov , Medvedtsev (URS )
1992 : Groß , Steinigen , Kirchner , F. Fischer (GER )
1994 : Groß , Luck , Kirchner , S. Fischer (GER )
1998 : Groß , Sendel , S. Fischer , Luck (GER )
2002 : Hanevold , Andresen , Gjelland , Bjørndalen (NOR )
2006 : Groß , Rösch , S. Fischer , Greis (GER )
2010 : Hanevold , Bø , Svendsen , Bjørndalen (NOR )
2014 : Lesser , Böhm , Peiffer , Schempp (GER )
2018 : Femling , Nelin , Samuelsson , Lindström (SWE )
2022 : Lægreid , T. Bø , J. T. Bø , Christiansen (NOR )
2026 : Claude , Jacquelin , Fillon Maillet , Perrot (FRA )
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km 4 × 6 km
3 × 7.5 km 4 × 7.5 km 4 × 6 km
2006 : Bogaliy , Ishmouratova , Zaitseva , Akhatova (RUS )
2010 : Sleptsova , Bogaliy , Medvedtseva , Zaitseva (RUS )
2014 : Semerenko , Dzhima , Semerenko , Pidhrushna (UKR )
2018 : Skardino , Kryuko , Alimbekava , Domracheva (BLR )
2022 : Persson , Brorsson , H. Öberg , E. Öberg (SWE )
2026 : Bened , Jeanmonnot , Michelon , Simon (FRA )