The Sports Almanac

Winter Olympics
Biathlon - Individual

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

NORWAY - 17 Medals

GERMANY - 13 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 9 Medals

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Men's Individual (20KM)  Women's Individual  Medal Total
Through 2026 Milan/Cortina Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1960
Klas Lestander - Sweden
Antti Tyrvainen - Finland
Aleksandr Privalov - Soviet Union
1964
Vladimir Melanin - Soviet Union
Aleksandr Privalov - Soviet Union
Olav Jordet - Norway
1968
Magnar Solberg - Norway
Alexander Tikhonov - Soviet Union
Vladimir Gundartsev - Soviet Union
1972
Magnar Solberg - Norway
Hans-Jorg Knauthe - East Germany
Lars-Goran Arwidson - Sweden
1976
Nikolay Kruglov - Soviet Union
Heikki Ikola - Finland
Alexander Yelizarov - Soviet Union
1980
Anatoly Alyabyev - Soviet Union
Frank Ullrich - East Germany
Eberhard Rosch - East Germany
1984
Peter Angerer - West Germany
Frank-Peter Roetsch - East Germany
Eirik Kvalfoss - Norway
1988
Frank-Peter Roetsch - East Germany
Valeriy Medvedtsev - Soviet Union
Johann Passler - Italy
1992
Yevgeniy Redkin - Unified Team
Mark Kirchner - Germany
Mikael Lofgren - Sweden
1994
Sergey Tarasov - Russia
Frank Luck - Germany
Sven Fischer - Germany
1998
Halvard Hanevold - Norway
Pier Alberto Carrara - Italy
Alexi Aidarov - Belarus
2002
Ole Einar Bjorndalen - Norway
Sven Fischer - Germany
Wolfgang Perner - Austria
2006
Michael Greis - Germany
Ole Einar Bjorndalen - Norway
Halvard Hanevold - Norway
2010
Emil Hegle Svendsen - Norway
Ole Einar Bjorndalen - Norway Sergei Novikov - Belarus
2014
Martin Fourcade - France
Erik Lesser - Germany
Evgeniy Garanichev - Russia
2018
Johannes Bø - Norway
Jakov Fak - Slovenia
Dominik Landertinger - Austria
2022
Quentin Fillon Maillet - France Anton Smolski - Belarus Johannes Bø - Norway
2026
Johan-Olav Botn - Norway Éric Perrot - France Sturla Holm Lægreid - Norway

Women's Individual (15KM)  Men's Individual  Medal Total
Through 2026 Milan/Cortina Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1992
Antje Misersky - Germany
Svetlana Petcherskaia - Unified Team
Myriam Bedard - Canada
1994
Myriam Bedard - Canada
Anne Briand - France
Uschi Disl - Germany
1998
Ekaterina Dafovska - Bulgaria
Olena Petrova - Ukraine
Uschi Disl - Germany
2002
Andrea Henkel - Germany
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poiree - Norway
Magdalena Forsberg - Sweden
2006
Svetlana Ishmouratova - Russia
Martina Glagow - Germany
Albina Akhatova - Russia
2010
Tora Berger - Norway
Elena Khroustaleva - Kazakhstan
Darya Damrachova - Belarus
2014
Darya Damrachova - Belarus
Selina Gasparin - Switzerland
Nadezhda Skardino - Belarus
2018
Hanna Oeberg - Sweden
Anastasiya Kuzmina - Slovakia
Laura Dahlmeier - Germany
2022
Denise Hermann - Germany Anais Chevalier - France Marte Olsbu - Norway
2026
Julia Simon - France Lou Jeanmonnot - France Lora Hristova - Bulgaria

Medal Total  Women's Individual  Men's Individual
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Norway
8
3
7
17
2
Germany
4
5
4
13
3
Soviet Union
3
3
3
9
4
France 3
4
0
7
5
Belarus 1
1
4
6
6
Sweden 2
0
3
5
7
East Germany
1
3
1
5
8
Russia
2
0
2
4
9
Unified Team
1
1
0
2
10
Canada
1
0
1
2
11
Bulgaria 1
0
1
2
12
Finland
0
2
0
2
13
Italy
0
1
1
2
14
Austria
0
0
2
2
15
West Germany
1
0
0
1
16
Ukraine
0
1
0
1
17
Kazakhstan
0
1
0
1
18
Switzerland
0
1
0
1
19
Slovenia
0
1
0
1
20
Slovakia
0
1
0
1