| Dates | 9 – 21 February 1998 |
|---|---|
| Medal Events | 6 |
| Venues | Nozawa Onsen Resort, Nozawa Onsen |
The 1998 biathlon competition was held at Nozawa Onsen, a small village within Nagano, at a biathlon stadium specially constructed for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games. There was no change to the program, with men and women competing in three events – the classical individual distance, a sprint event, and a relay. Germany’s Uschi Disl was the only biathlete to win three medals, leading Germany to a relay gold, placing second in the sprint, and third in the classical individual.
| Event | Status | Date | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint (10 kilometres), Men | Olympic | 18 February 1998 | 73 | 30 |
| Individual (20 kilometres), Men | Olympic | 11 February 1998 | 72 | 29 |
| Relay (4 × 7.5 kilometres), Men | Olympic | 21 February 1998 | 72 | 18 |
| Sprint (7.5 kilometres), Women | Olympic | 15 February 1998 | 64 | 24 |
| Individual (15 kilometres), Women | Olympic | 9 February 1998 | 64 | 24 |
| Relay (4 × 7.5 kilometres), Women | Olympic | 19 February 1998 | 68 | 17 |
| 183 (96/87) | 32 (30/24) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint, Men | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Frode Andresen | Ville Räikkönen | |||
| Individual, Men | Halvard Hanevold | Pieralberto Carrara | Aliaksei Aydarau | |||
| Relay, Men | Germany | Norway | Russian Federation | |||
| Sprint, Women | Galina Kukleva | Uschi Disl | Katrin Apel | |||
| Individual, Women | Ekaterina Dafovska | Olena Petrova | Uschi Disl | |||
| Relay, Women | Germany | Russian Federation | Norway | |||
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |