| Biathlon at the Winter Paralympics | |
|---|---|
| Governing body | IPC |
| Events | 18 (men: 9; women: 9) |
| Games | |
Biathlon has been contested at theWinter Paralympic Games since theWinter Games in 1988, inInnsbruck, Austria.
In the winter Paralympics where the sport was introduced, only athletes with physical impairments were allowed to compete. In the followingWinter Paralympics in 1992, competitors expanded to include those with visual impairments.[1]
Athletes are separated into 3 categories: sitting, standing and visually impaired, and they compete in 3 events: sprint, middle distance, long distance.[1]
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | 1988 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1992 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1994 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 1998 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2002 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2006 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 2010 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 2014 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 2018 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 2022 | 18 | ||
| Event | Class | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km men | Standing | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
| 12.5 km men | Standing | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||||||
| Sitting | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||||||
| 7.5 km men | Standing | ••• | •• | ••• | •• | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||
| Visually impaired | •• | ••• | ••• | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||
| Sitting | •• | ••• | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||
| 3 km men | Standing | • | 1 | |||||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2.4 km men | Sitting | • | 1 | |||||||||||
| 12.5 km women | Standing | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||||||
| Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 km women | Standing | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sitting | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||||||
| 7.5 km women | Standing | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | •• | • | • | 4 | |||||||||
| Sitting | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6 km women | Standing | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sitting | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 km women | Standing | • | 1 | |||||||||||
| Visually impaired | • | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2.4 km women | Sitting | • | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total Events | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | |||||
[5][6] NPCs initalics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 66 | |
| 2 | 23 | 14 | 20 | 57 | |
| 3 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 77 | |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (22 entries) | 113 | 113 | 115 | 341 | |
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