Biathlon at the
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts ...
consisted of three
biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...
events. They were held at the
Canmore Nordic Centre
Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located immediately west of Canmore, west of Calgary.
This provincial park is situated at the foot of Mount Rundle within the Canadian Rocky Mountains along Bow ...
, about 100 kilometres from the host city of
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
. The events began on 20 February and ended on 26 February 1988.
Medal summary
Four nations won medals in biathlon, East Germany leading the medal table with two gold medals, and the Soviet Union winning the most medals with 4 (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Frank-Peter Roetsch (born 19 April 1964) is a German former biathlete. He was the first biathlete to win a World Cup race using the skating technique when he won in Oberhof in 1985.
Achievements
World Championships
*2 time Junior World Cha ...
won both individual gold medals, while
Valeriy Medvedtsev
Valeriy Alekseevitch Medvedtsev (russian: Валерий Алексеевич Медведцев; born 5 July 1964) is a former Russian biathlete.
Career
On 16 January 1986, Medvedtsev achieved the feat of winning his World Cup debut.
He train ...
won three medals, two silvers in the individual events and gold in the relay.
Italy's two medals were the first in biathlon for the country.
Medal table
Events
Participating nations
Twenty-two nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.
[ Guam and Puerto Rico sent biathletes to the Olympics for the first (and as of 2013, only) time.
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References
External links
Official Olympic Report
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1988 in biathlon
1988 Winter Olympics events
1988
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Biathlon competitions in Canada