List of Olympic venues in biathlon

Seefeld hosted the biathlon events for the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics in neighboring Innsbruck.
Igman, Veliko Polje hosted the biathlon events for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

For the Winter Olympics, there are 16 venues that have been or will be used for biathlon. Initially debutting in 1924 as military patrol, the event would debut on its own in 1960. Only three times in the Winter Olympics have the biathlon event has not been in the same location as cross-country skiing (1972, 1998, 2006).

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1924 Chamonix (as military patrol)Stade Olympique de ChamonixCross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), Speed skating45,000. [1]
1960 Squaw ValleyMcKinney Creek StadiumCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)1,000 [2]
1964 InnsbruckSeefeldCross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)Not listed. [3]
1968 GrenobleAutransCross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)40,000 (ski jump) [4]
1972 SapporoMakomanai Biathlon siteNoneNot listed. [5]
1976 InnsbruckSeefeldCross-country skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping (normal hill)Not listed. [6]
1980 Lake PlacidLake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon CenterCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [7]
1984 SarajevoIgman, Veliko PoljeCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [8]
1988 CalgaryCanmore Nordic CentreCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)Not listed. [9]
1992 AlbertvilleLes SaisiesCross-country skiing12,500 [10]
1994 LillehammerBirkebeineren SkistadionCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (Cross-country skiing)31,000 (Cross-country skiing)
13,500 (Biathlon)
[11]
1998 NaganoNozawa Onsen Ski ResortNone20,000 [12]
2002 Salt Lake CitySoldier HollowCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)15,200 [13]
2006 TurinCesana San SicarioNone4,700 [14]
2010 Vancouver Whistler Olympic Park Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping 6,000 [15]
2014 SochiBiathlon & Ski ComplexCross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)9,600 [16]

References

  1. 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 645, 648-50. (in French)
  2. 1960 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 109-10, 115. Accessed 27 October 2010.
  3. 1964 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 95-103. Accessed 30 October 2010. (in German)
  4. 1968 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 85-95. Accessed 1 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
  5. 1972 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 253-64. Accessed 6 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
  6. 1976 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 199-203. Accessed 10 November 2010. (in English), (in French), & (in German)
  7. 1980 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 29-35, 39-42. Accessed 16 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
  8. 1984 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-12-21 at WebCite pp. 18-58, 106-7. Accessed 22 November 2010. (in English), (in French), & (in Serbo-Croatian)
  9. 1988 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine. Part 1. pp. 100-9. Accessed 29 November 2010. (in English) & (in French)
  10. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 102-5. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English) & (in French)
  11. 1994 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine. Volume 3. pp. 31-6. Accessed 8 December 2010.
  12. 1998 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 230-2. Accessed 12 December 2010.
  13. 2002 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 80-3. Accessed 21 December 2010.
  14. 2006 Winter Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 64-5. Accessed 27 December 2010. (in English) & (in Italian)
  15. "VenuesWhistler Olympic/Paralympic Park". Vancouver Organizing Committee. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  16. Sochi2014.com profile of the Biathlon & ski Complex. Accessed 31 December 2010.
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