Biathlon at the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг ...
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 time ...
events. They were held at the
Igman - Veliko Polje. The events began on 11 February and ended on 17 February 1984.
Medal summary
Four nations won medals in biathlon, Norway and West Germany leading the medal table with three medals, one of each type.
Eirik Kvalfoss
Eirik Kvalfoss (born 25 December 1959) is a Norwegian retired biathlete.
Life and career
He won three medals during the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: gold in the 10 km sprint, silver in relay and bronze in the 20 km individual. In ...
and
Peter Angerer
Peter Angerer (born 14 July 1959) is a former West German biathlete.
Career
At the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the 10 km sprint and bronze with the W ...
each took three medals, also winning one of each type.
Medal table
Events
Participating nations
Twenty-three nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.
[ Australia, Costa Rica, Spain and South Korea made their Olympic biathlon debuts.
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References
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1984
Events
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1984 Winter Olympics events
1984 in biathlon
Biathlon competitions in Yugoslavia