Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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| Venue | Les Saisies |
| Dates | February 11-20 |
| Competitors | 196 from 28 nations |
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Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Les Saisies, about 40 kilometres from the host city of Albertville. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 1992.[1]
The 1992 Games were the first in which women competed in biathlon, with the first women's race, the sprint, won by Anfisa Reztsova.
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Medal summary
Six nations won medals in biathlon, Germany leading the medal table with seven (3 gold, 4 silver). The Unified Team was the only other team to win more than two medals. Mark Kirchner led the individual medal table with two golds and three medals total, while Antje Misersky-Harvey also won three medals, one gold and two silver.
France's gold medal in the relay was the country's first medal of any type in the sport. Canada's bronze, won by Myriam Bédard, was the first medal won by an athlete from outside Europe or the former Soviet Union.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER) |
3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Unified Team (EUN) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Individual |
Yevgeniy Redkin Unified Team |
57:25.3 | Mark Kirchner Germany |
57:28.7 | Mikael Löfgren Sweden |
57:41.9 |
| Sprint |
Mark Kirchner Germany |
26:02.3 | Ricco Groß Germany |
26:18.0 | Harri Eloranta Finland |
26:26.0 |
| Relay |
Germany (GER) Ricco Groß Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer |
1:24:43.5 | Unified Team (EUN) Valeriy Medvedtsev Aleksandr Popov Valery Kiriyenko Sergei Tchepikov |
1:25:06.3 | Sweden (SWE) Ulf Johansson Leif Andersson Tord Wiksten Mikael Löfgren |
1:25:38.2 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Individual |
Antje Misersky-Harvey Germany |
51:47.2 | Svetlana Pechorskaya Unified Team |
51:58.5 | Myriam Bédard Canada |
52:15.0 |
| Sprint |
Anfisa Reztsova Unified Team |
24:29.2 | Antje Misersky-Harvey Germany |
24:45.1 | Yelena Belova Unified Team |
24:51.0 |
| Relay |
France (FRA) Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand-Bouthiaux |
1:15:55.6 | Germany (GER) Uschi Disl Antje Misersky-Harvey Petra Behle-Schaaf |
1:16:18.4 | Unified Team (EUN) Yelena Belova Anfisa Reztsova Yelena Melnikova |
1:16:54.6 |
Participating nations
Twenty-eight nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.[1] Three former Soviet republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), made their biathlon debuts, along with Slovenia and Greece. The Unified Team also made its only appearance.
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