The

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 ...

competition at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

were held at

Whistler Olympic Park The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the Biathlon ...

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. The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010. The men's individual biathlon was notable for the awarding of two silver medals due to two competitors finishing with a tie (48:32.0). No bronze medal was awarded in this event.

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Events

A total of ten biathlon events were held at Vancouver 2010: , -bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Men !! Women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , 4 x 7.5 km relay , , 4 x 6 km relay , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , 10 km sprint , , 7.5 km sprint , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , 12.5 km pursuit , , 10 km pursuit , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , 15 km mass start , , 12.5 km mass start , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , 20 km individual , , 15 km individual

Competition schedule

All times are

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( UTC-8). , -bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Day !! Date !! Start !! Finish !! Event , - style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , Day 2 , , Saturday 2010-02-13 , , 13:00 , , 14:10 , , 7.5 km sprint women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , Day 3 , , Sunday 2010-02-14 , , 11:15 , , 12:25 , , 10 km sprint men , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , rowspan=2, Day 5 , , rowspan=2, Tuesday 2010-02-16 , , 10:30 , , 11:10 , , 10 km pursuit women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , 12:45 , , 13:25 , , 12.5 km pursuit men , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , rowspan=2, Day 7 , , rowspan=2, Thursday 2010-02-18 , , 10:00 , , 11:40 , , 15 km individual women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , 13:00 , , 14:35 , , 20 km individual men , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , rowspan=2, Day 10 , , rowspan=2, Sunday 2010-02-21 , , 10:45 , , 11:25 , , 15 km mass start men , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , 13:00 , , 13:45 , , 12.5 km mass start women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , Day 12 , , Tuesday 2010-02-23 , , 11:30 , , 12:40 , , 4 x 6 km relay women , -style="background:#efefef; color:black" , , Day 15 , , Friday 2010-02-26 , , 11:30 , , 12:40 , , 4 x 7.5 km relay men

Qualification

Athlete quotas

Athlete quotas: 220 athletes (113 men, 107 women)
A NOC may enter no more than 12 athletes (6 men and 6 women), and no more than 4 athletes per event. Quotas by events: * Individual: 88 (men's), 87 (women's) * Sprint: 88 (men's), 87 (women's) * Pursuit: 60 athletes¹ * Mass start: 30 athletes * Relay: 20 teams (80 athletes) ¹Qualification to the pursuit is based on results from the sprint

Eligibility criteria

All competitors must comply with one of the three minimum qualifications standards set forward by the IBU: * The athlete must have achieved a time that is less than 20% higher than the average time of the top 3 during a sprint or individual in the European Cup (IBU Cup), including the European championships, during the 2010/2009 or the 2009/2008 season. ''or'' * The athlete must achieve a top-half finish in the 2010 or 2009 World Junior Championships. ''or'' * The athlete must have participated in a Biathlon world cup or world championships during the 2008/2009 or 2009/2010 season. * All members of a relay team must comply with those criteria. Additionally, only athletes representing an NOC that is recognized by the

IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

and member of the IBU can participate in the games.

Qualification criteria

All 220 quota places will be awarded using a point ranking combining the 2008 and 2009 Biathlon World Championships. Men's * Rank 1 to 5: six athletes * Rank 6 to 20: five athletes * Rank 21 to 28: one athlete Women's * Rank 1 to 5: six athletes * Rank 6 to 15: five athletes * Rank 16 to 20: four athletes * Rank 21 to 27: one athlete

Participating nations

According to final report by

VANOC The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) (french: Comité d’organisation des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 à Vancouver - COVAN) was the non-profit organization responsible ...

these were the final participation numbers:Biathlon 2010 Winter Olympics Official report
/ref> Rejected quota places: Finland earned five spots in both genders, but decided to send only two men and two women. Poland qualified 5 men, but sent only two men. Slovenia had earned 5 spots each, but decided to send only four women and men. Great Britain (women), Belgium (men), the Netherlands (men), and Austria (women) rejected their single spots earned in either men's or women's.

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has no NOC, so Greenland's spot earned in men's competition was used by Denmark.