# Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft), from 5 to 18 February 2022.
A total of 210 quota spots (105 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 20 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. A total of 11 events were contested, five for men, five for women and one mixed.

## Qualification

A total quota of 210 athletes are allowed at the Games (105 both men and women). The first 93 quota allocations, per gender, will be assigned using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in their best six sprints, one individual, three relays, one mixed relay, and one single mixed relay. These results will come during the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cups seasons, up until 16 January 2022. The final 12 spots, per gender, will be allocated using the IBU Qualifying Points List, to nations who have not qualified any athletes yet, with a maximum of two per nation.
On 16 January 2022, NOCs ranked 1-3 will qualify six athletes, 4-10 five athletes, and 11-20 four athletes, for both male and female competitions. The final twelve spots in each gender are filled individually from the IBU Qualifying points list to a maximum of two for a nation, from nations not already qualified. Two of these spots will be used by the host if not already qualified. The host may only start in the relay competitions that they have enough qualified athletes for. Reallocation of unused quotas will be from the IBU Qualifying points list for nations that have not yet qualified, or only have one qualifier. For each event a maximum of 4 athletes per NOC may compete, except the Mass Start in which it remains possible to qualify up to 6.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all eleven events.
All times are in local time (UTC+8), according to the official schedule correct as of March 2021. This schedule may be subject to change in due time.
| Date | Time | Event |
| 5 February | 17:00 | Mixed 4 × 6 km relay |
| 7 February | 17:00 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 8 February | 16:30 | Men's 20 km individual |
| 11 February | 17:00 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 12 February | 17:00 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 13 February | 17:00 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 13 February | 18:45 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 15 February | 14:30 | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| 16 February | 15:45 | Women's 4 × 6 km relay |
| 18 February | 15:00 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 18 February | 17:00 | Men's 15 km mass start |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | ROC | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual details | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 48:47.4 | Anton Smolski Belarus | 49:02.2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 49:18.5 |
| Sprint details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:00.4 | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 24:25.9 | Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:39.3 |
| Pursuit details | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | 39:07.5 | Tarjei Bø Norway | 39:36.1 | Eduard Latypov ROC | 39:42.8 |
| Mass start details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 38:14.4 | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 38:54.7 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway | 39:26.9 |
| Relay details | Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 1:19:50.2 | France Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1:20:17.6 | ROC Said Karimulla Khalili Alexander Loginov Maxim Tsvetkov Eduard Latypov | 1:20:35.5 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Individual details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 44:12.7 | Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet France | 44:22.1 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 44:28.0 |
| Sprint details | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 20:44.3 | Elvira Öberg Sweden | 21:15.2 | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 21:21.5 |
| Pursuit details | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 34:46.9 | Elvira Öberg Sweden | 36:23.4 | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 36:35.6 |
| Mass start details | Justine Braisaz-Bouchet France | 40:18.0 | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 40:33.3 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway | 40:52.9 |
| Relay details | Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg | 1:11:03.9 | ROC Irina Kazakevich Kristina Reztsova Svetlana Mironova Uliana Nigmatullina | 1:11:15.9 | Germany Vanessa Voigt Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann | 1:11:41.3 |

### Mixed event

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Relay details | Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø | 1:06:45.6 | France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1:06:46.5 | ROC Uliana Nigmatullina Kristina Reztsova Alexander Loginov Eduard Latypov | 1:06:47.1 |

## Participating nations

A total of 212 athletes from 30 nations (including the IOC's designation of ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee) qualified to participate.
The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.
* Austria (10)
* Belarus (10)
* Belgium (5)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Canada (8)
* China (8)
* Czech Republic (10)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (8)
* Finland (8)
* France (12)
* Germany (11)
* Italy (10)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (5)
* Moldova (4)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (12)
* Poland (5)
* ROC (10)
* Romania (2)
* Slovakia (8)
* Slovenia (6)
* South Korea (3)
* Sweden (11)
* Switzerland (8)
* Ukraine (10)
* United States (8)