Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The eleven events took place between 8–22 February 2014.[1]
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| Venue | Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
| Dates | 8–22 February |
| No. of events | 11 |
| Competitors | 220 Quota limit |
For the first time ever, a mixed relay event was staged after being voted onto the Olympic program in 2011.[2]
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for all eleven events.[3]
All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8 February | 18:30 | Men's 10 km sprint |
| 9 February | 18:30 | Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| 10 February | 19:00 | Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| 11 February | 19:00 | Women's 10 km pursuit |
| 13 February | 18:00 | Men's 20 km individual |
| 14 February | 18:00 | Women's 15 km individual |
| 17 February | 19:00 | Women's 12.5 km mass start |
| 18 February | 14:30 | Men's 15 km mass start |
| 19 February | 18:30 | Mixed 4 x 6 km / 7.5 km relay |
| 21 February | 18:30 | Women's 4 x 6 km relay |
| 22 February | 18:30 | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
Medal summary
Notably absent from the medals for biathlon in the 2014 Games were the German women who had won six medals in 2006 and five in 2010. The men's team meanwhile recovered from a poor Games in Vancouver to achieve two silver medals. France's women, who had won three medals in 2010, also missed the podium, as did Canada, despite some promising performances. Sweden's men were also expected to win a medal but they too missed out.
13 athletes went home with two or more medals with five athletes winning three medals each. Belarus's Darya Domracheva won three gold medals to be the most successful biathlete at the Games, while France's Martin Fourcade was the most successful male winning two gold and one silver medal. 2012/13 women's World Cup winner Tora Berger won a medal of each color, while team-mate Tiril Eckhoff won one gold and two bronze at her first Games. Czech athlete Ondřej Moravec won two silver and one bronze.
The biathlon portion was marred by German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle's positive doping test. Sachenbacher-Stehle had finished fourth in both the mass start and the mixed relay but was disqualified from both events after testing positive for the banned substance methylhexanamine.
On 27 November 2017, Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova (both from Russia) were disqualified for doping violations.[4] On 1 December 2017, their teammate Olga Zaitseva was also disqualified.[5] On 24 September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport removed the sanctions from Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova, but upheld them on their teammate Olga Zaitseva.[6] Medals in the women's relay were redistributed by the IOC on 19 May 2022.[7]
On 15 February 2020, the International Biathlon Union announced that because of a doping violation, Evgeny Ustyugov and Russian men's 4 x 7.5km relay team had been disqualified from the 2014 Olympics.[8] The International Olympic Committee results affirm the decision.[9] In May 2025 the final appeals of the decision were exhausted, leaving the IOC to formally reallocate Ustyugov's medals — a gold and a bronze from 2010 and a relay gold from 2014 — to other athletes.[10] In September 2025 the IOC Executive Board approved the medal reallocations.[11]
Medal table
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual |
Martin Fourcade France | 49:31.7 | Erik Lesser Germany | 49:43.9 | Evgeniy Garanichev Russia | 50:06.2 |
| Sprint |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 24:33.5 | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 24:34.8 | Jaroslav Soukup Czech Republic | 24:39.2 |
| Pursuit |
Martin Fourcade France | 33:48.6 | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 34:02.7 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix France | 34:12.8 |
| Mass start |
Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 42:29.1 | Martin Fourcade France | 42:29.1 | Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic | 42:42.9 |
| Relay |
Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | 1:12:19.4 | Austria Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger | 1:12:45.7 | Norway Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:13:10.3 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual |
Darya Domracheva Belarus | 43:19.6 | Selina Gasparin Switzerland | 44:35.3 | Nadezhda Skardino Belarus | 44:57.8 |
| Sprint |
Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 21:06.8 | Olga Vilukhina Russia | 21:26.7 | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 21:28.5 |
| Pursuit |
Darya Domracheva Belarus | 29:30.7 | Tora Berger Norway | 30:08.3 | Teja Gregorin Slovenia | 30:12.7 |
| Mass start |
Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:25.6 | Gabriela Koukalová Czech Republic | 35:45.8 | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 35:52.9 |
| Relay |
Ukraine Vita Semerenko Juliya Dzhyma Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna | 1:10:02.5 | Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Aafeldt Flatland Tora Berger | 1:10:40.1 | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Koukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:11:25.7 |
Mixed event
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay |
Norway Tora Berger Tiril Eckhoff Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen | 1:09:17.0 | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Koukalová Jaroslav Soukup Ondřej Moravec | 1:09:49.6 |  ItalyDorothea Wierer Karin Oberhofer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer | 1:10:15.2 |
Participating NOCs
Thirty-five nations sent biathletes to compete in the events.
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United States
