# Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Medal summary

The competition event was:
* 7.5 km: men - women
The event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
* LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
* LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
* LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
* LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
* LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
* LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
* LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
* LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
* LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
* B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
* B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
* B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

### Men's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 7.5 km free technique | B1 details | Wilhelm Brem Germany | Oleh Munts Russia | Udo Hirsch Germany |
| 7.5 km free technique | B2 details | Frank Hoefle Germany | Torbjoern Ek Sweden | Adrian Mosimann Switzerland |
| 7.5 km free technique | B3 details | Alexander Schwarz Germany | Miroslav Jambor Slovakia | Alexandre Nassarouline Russia |
| 7.5 km free technique | LW2,3,4,5/7,9 details | Andre Favre France | Axel Hecker Germany | Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland |
| 7.5 km free technique | LW6/8 details | Thomas Oelsner Germany | Emmanuel Lacroix France | Andreas Hustveit Norway |
| 7.5 km sitski | LW10 details | Alexander Brunet France | Eiji Nozawa Japan | Mikhail Terentiev Russia |
| 7.5 km sitski | LW11 details | Walter Widmer Switzerland | Oliver Anthofer Austria | Didier Riedlinger France |
| 7.5 km sitski | LW12 details | Michael Weymann Germany | Bruno Zimmermann Germany | Teuvo Ojala Finland |

### Women's events

| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 7.5 km free technique | B1 details | Verena Bentele Germany | Irina Selivanova Russia | Anne-Mette Bredahl Denmark |
| 7.5 km free technique | B2-3 details | Miyuki Kobayashi Japan | Gabriele Berghofer Austria | Susanne Wohlmacher Germany |
| 7.5 km free technique | LW2-4,6/8,9 details | Theres Huser Switzerland | Anne Floriet France | Marjorie van de Bunt Netherlands |
| 7.5 km sitski | LW10-12 details | Ragnhild Myklebust Norway | Tamara Kulynych Ukraine | Olena Akopyan Ukraine |