The Norwegian Biathlon Championships is the national biathlon championships of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
and have been held every year since 1959.
Men
Individual (20 km)
This event was first held in 1959. It was not held in 2016.
Sprint (10 km)
This event was first held in 1974.
Pursuit (12.5 km)
This event was first held in 1997. It was not held in 2006, 2010 and 2012.
Mass start (15 km)
This event was first held in 2000. It was not held in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Relay (4 × 7.5 km)
This event was first held in 1966.
Team
This event was first held in 1990 and was abolished as an event in 1998, as it was at the
World Championships
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and
World Cup
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.
Women
Individual (15 km)
This event was first held in 1979. It was not held in 2016.
Sprint (7.5 km)
This event was first held in 1979.
Pursuit (10 km)
This event was first held in 1997. It was not held in 2006, 2010 and 2012.
Mass start (12.5 km)
This event was first held in 2000. It was not held in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Relay (3 × 6 km)
This event was first held in 1979. Through 1988, the event was 3 × 5 km. 1989-2002: 3 × 7.5 km. 2003-: 3 × 6 km.
Team
This event was first held in 1990 and was abolished as an event in 1998, as it was at the
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
and
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
.
Multiple individual champions
Below is a list of the top ten male and female biathletes at the Norwegian Biathlon Championships by individual gold medals. Biathletes whose names are in bold are still active.
''Updated: 3 April 2016''
See also
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Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...
Notes
:1. The Norwegian Biathlon Association
[ ] and Hans Lysaker sources disagree here, should possibly be
Ola Lunde rather than
Odd Lunde. However, Aftenposten agrees with Hans Lysaker and so that source has been given precedent.
[ ]
References
External links
Resultsat the Norwegian Biathlon Association
at ''HansLysaker.net''
{{Norwegian Biathlon Championships
Biathlon competitions in Norway
Norway
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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 ...
Recurring sporting events established in 1959
1959 establishments in Norway