Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games

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(1996-2004)

Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of six events, three for men and three for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	20px	20px	20px	Total
1	Germany (GER)	3	0	1	4
2	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
5	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
5	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	1	2
5	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
8	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
8	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
10	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Medal summary

Men

• 7.5 km
  • Sitting
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired

Women

• 7.5 km
  • Sitting
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 7.5 km free technique	blind	Wilhelm Brem Guide: Olaf Gruhn Germany (GER)	Marian Balaz Guide: Michal Jurco Slovakia (SVK)	Frank Hoefle Guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany (GER)
	standing	Josef Giesen Germany (GER)	Valeriy Darovskikh Russia (RUS)	Jozef Mesik Slovakia (SVK)
Men's 7.5 km sitski		Ruedi Weber Switzerland (SUI)	Oliver Anthofer Austria (AUT)	Roland Ruepp Italy (ITA)

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's 7.5 km free technique	blind	Verena Bentele Guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany (GER)	Tone Gravvold Guide: Kristian Soersen Norway (NOR)	Emilie Tabouret Guide: Lionel Bayon France (FRA)
	standing	Majorie van de Bunt Netherlands (NED)	Anne Floriet France (FRA)	Bogumila Kaploniak Poland (POL)
Women's 7.5 km sitski		Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Olena Iurkovska Ukraine (UKR)	Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine (UKR)

See also

• Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

References

• Paralympics - Biathlon results, deseretnews.com