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Biathlon World Championships 2002
Host city Oslo
CountryNorway
Events2
Opening24 March 2002 (2002-03-24)
Closing24 March 2002 (2002-03-24)

The 37th Biathlon World Championships held in 2002 for the third time in Oslo, Norway [1] were only for the mass start because these events were not part of the Olympic programme in Salt Lake City.

Men's results

15 km mass start

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Raphaël Poirée   FRA 1+0+0+1 37:57.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sven Fischer   GER 1+0+1+2 + 17.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frode Andresen   NOR 0+2+1+2 + 26.5

Women's results

12.5 km mass start

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olena Zubrilova   UKR 0+0+0+0 37:09.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Pyleva   RUS 0+0+1+0 + 21.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Nazarova   BLR 0+1+0+0 + 37.7

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1   France 1 0 0 1
1   Ukraine 1 0 0 1
3   Germany 0 1 0 1
3   Russia 0 1 0 1
5   Belarus 0 0 1 1
5   Norway 0 0 1 1

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