Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Biathlon
at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Venue Nishioka Biathlon Stadium
Dates 23 February 2017 (2017-02-23) – 26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)
Competitors 51 from 8 nations

Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held in Sapporo, Japan between 23–26 February at Nishioka Biathlon Stadium.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km sprint
 Yan Savitskiy
 Kazakhstan		 Vassiliy Podkorytov
 Kazakhstan		 Mikito Tachizaki
 Japan
12.5 km pursuit
 Mikito Tachizaki
 Japan		 Yan Savitskiy
 Kazakhstan		 Kim Yong-gyu
 South Korea
15 km mass start
 Yan Savitskiy
 Kazakhstan		 Wang Wenqiang
 China		 Kosuke Ozaki
 Japan

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
7.5 km sprint
 Galina Vishnevskaya
 Kazakhstan		 Zhang Yan
 China		 Alina Raikova
 Kazakhstan
10 km pursuit
 Galina Vishnevskaya
 Kazakhstan		 Zhang Yan
 China		 Darya Usanova
 Kazakhstan
12.5 km mass start
 Galina Vishnevskaya
 Kazakhstan		 Alina Raikova
 Kazakhstan		 Fuyuko Tachizaki
 Japan

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km relay
  Kazakhstan
Galina Vishnevskaya
Darya Usanova
Maxim Braun
Yan Savitskiy		  Kazakhstan
Alina Raikova
Anna Kistanova
Vassiliy Podkorytov
Anton Pantov		  Japan
Fuyuko Tachizaki
Yurie Tanaka
Mikito Tachizaki
Tsukasa Kobonoki

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kazakhstan64212
2 Japan1045
3 China0303
4 South Korea0011
Totals (4 nations)77721

Participating Nations

A total of 51 athletes from 8 nations competed in biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games:[1]

* Australia as guest nation, was ineligible to win any medals.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Morgan, Liam (30 October 2016). "Athletes from Oceania granted permission to compete at Sapporo 2017 by Organising Committee". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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