02/15/98 Women's 7.5km, Galina Koukleva (RUS) - gold, Ursula Disl (GER) - silver, and Katrin Apel (GER) - bronze 
02/15/98 Women's 7.5km - Annette Sikveland (NOR) crosses finish line 
02/09/98 Women's 15km, Ekaterina Dafovska (BUL) - gold, Elana Petrova (UKR) - silver, Ursula Disl (GER) - bronze 
02/09/98 Women's 15km Individual 
02/19/98 Women's 4x7.5km Relay, Ursula Disl and Germany - gold 
02/19/98 Women's 4x7.5km Relay, Ursula Disl and Germany - gold 
02/09/98 Women's 15km Gunn Margit Andreassen (NOR) |
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Men's 10km
Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen easily won the men's 10km biathlon event. He finished with a time of 27 minutes, 16.2 seconds. Bjoerndalen was one of seven skiers who didn't miss a target. Norwegian Frode Andresen won the silver with a time of 28 minutes, 17.8 seconds. Ville Raikkonen of Finland was three seconds back of Andresen and won the bronze. Men's 10km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Norway 27:16.2 2 Frode Andresen Norway 28:17.8 3 Ville Raikkonen Finland 28:21.7 4 Victor Maigourov Russia 28:36.0 5 Jekabs Nakums Latvia 28:36.9Canadians: Quebec's Steve Cyr was 48th. Edmonton's Kevin Quintilio finished in 66th place. Men's 20km Halvard Hanevold of Norway surprised everyone with the gold. He was 46th in the last Olympics and missed a target. Hanevold skied very hard at the end and finished with a time of 56 minutes, 16.4 seconds. Italy's Pier Alberto Carrara looked to have locked up the gold with a time of 56 minutes, 21.9 seconds but finished second. He was the only one out of 72 biathletes who hit all 20 targets. Belarus' Aleksei Aidarov won the bronze with a time of 56 minutes, 45.5 seconds. World Cup leader Ricco Gross was sixth. 1994 gold medallist Sergei Tarasov of Russia missed four targets to finish 15th. France's Raphael Poiree was the favourite and finished 22nd. Men's 20km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Halvard Hanevold Norway 56:16.4 2 Pier Alberto Carrara Italy 56:21.9 3 Aleksei Aidarov Belarus 56:45.5 4 Ivan Masarik Czech Republic 57:30.7 5 Ilmars Bricis Latvia 58:15.1Canadians: Steve Cyr was 55th and Kevin Quintilio was 64th. Men's 4X7.5km Relay The German team won the gold in the relay event. Lead by Ricco Gross, the Germans finished with a time of 1 hour, 21 minutes, 36.2 seconds. It was Germany's third straight gold medal in the relay event. Norway was second with a time of 1 hour, 21 minutes, 56.3 seconds. Anchor Ole Bjoerndalen overtook the Russians, who won the bronze with a time of 1 hour, 22 minutes, 19.3 seconds. Men's 4X7.5km Relay Final Results PLACE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ==== 1 Team Germany 1:21:36.2 2 Team Norway 1:21:56.3 3 Team Russia 1:22:19.3 4 Team Belarus 1:23:14.0 5 Team Poland 1:24:09.8There were no Canadian team in the relay. Women's 7.5km Galina Koukleva of Russia won the gold with a time of 23 minutes, 8.0 seconds. She missed one target but skied very strongly. Ursula Disl of Germany won the silver despite missing a target in the final round. Disl was only 0.7 seconds back of Koukleva. Katrin Apel of German won the bronze with a time of 23 minutes 32.4 seconds. Favourite Magdalena Forsberg of Sweden missed three targets in the last round to finish 17th. Women's 7.5km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Galina Koukleva Russia 23:08.0 2 Ursula Disl Germany 23:08.7 3 Katrin Apel Germany 23:32.4 4 Sona Mihokova Slovakia 23:42.3 5 Shumei Yu China 23:44.0Canadians: Myriam Bedard finished in 32nd place. She didn't miss a target. Bedard won this event in the last Olympics. B.C.'s Michelle Collard also hit all her targets and finished 38th. Women's 15km Yekaterina Daforska of Bulgaria won the gold in the women's 15km event. She missed one target and finished with a time of 54 minutes, 52 seconds. Daforska was ranked 51st in the world. Ukraine's Yelena Petrova won the silver with a time of 55 minutes, 9.8 seconds. German Ursula Disl was third and almost eight seconds back of Petrova. There was falling snow and strong winds in during the event making shooting very difficult. Favourite Magdelana Forsberg of Sweden missed three targets and finished 14th. Women's 15km Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Yekaterina Dafovska Bulgaria 54:52.0 2 Yelena Petrova Ukraine 55:09.8 3 Ursula Disl Germany 55:17.9 4 Pavlina Filipova Bulgaria 55:18.1 5 Andreja Grasic Slovenia 56:01.0Canadians: Defending champion Myriam Bedard was 50th. Nikki Keddie placed 60th. Women's 4X7.5km Relay The German team won the women's biathlon relay. Ursula Disl shot very poorly and the Germans were third after the first leg. However, they came back and won in a time of 1 hour, 40 minutes, 13.6 seconds. Russia was second and Norway won the bronze. With the gold, Disl has now won more medals than any other biathlete in Olympic history. Women's 4X7.5km Relay Final Results PLACE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ==== 1 Team Germany 1:40:13.6 2 Team Russia 1:40:25.2 3 Team Norway 1:40:37.3 4 Team Slovakia 1:41:20.6 5 Team Ukraine 1:42:32.6Canadians: The team of Myriam Bedard, Nikki Keddie, Michelle Collard, and Kristin Bera finished last in the 17 team competition. 
02/15/98 Women's 7.5km - Annette Sikveland (NOR) crosses the finish line. 
02/10/98 Myriam Bedard - 50th in Women's 15km Back to Main |
