Biathlon – 10 kilometres, Men Times Contested 9 Total Competitors 418 Total Nations 50 Year Event Competitors Nations 1980 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 50 18 1984 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 64 25 1988 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 72 22 1992 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 94 27 1994 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 68 28 1998 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 73 30 2002 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 87 34 2006 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 90 36 2010 10 kilometres Sprint, Men 88 32 Medals Won by Nations RankUS RankEuro NOC Gold Silver Bronze Totals 1 1 Norway 3 3 1 7 2 2 Germany 2 3 - 5 3 6 Soviet Union - 2 2 4 4 3 German Demo. Rep. 2 - 1 3 5 4 Russia 1 - 1 2 6 8 Finland - - 2 2 7 5 France 1 - - 1 8 7 Fed. Rep. Germany - 1 - 1 =9 =9 Austria - - 1 1 =9 =9 Croatia - - 1 1 Totals (9 events) 9 9 9 27 Most Gold Medals 2 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Most Medals 2 Ricco Groß (GER/020) 2 Sergey Chepikov (URS/101) 2 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR/200) 2 Sven Fischer (GER/110) 2 Frode Andersen (NOR/011) Youngest Competitors 17-262 Alejandro Giró (ARG-1988, *6 June 1970) 18-004 Victor Pînzaru (MDA-2010, *11 February 1992) 18-116 Shin Young-Sun (KOR-1988, *30 October 1969) 18-174 Mikael Löfgren (SWE-1988, *2 September 1969) 18-343 Kim Yong-Woon (KOR-1988, *17 March 1969) 19-131 Gustavo Giró (ARG-1988, *14 October 1968) 19-135 Georgi Kasabov (BUL-1998, *6 October 1978) 19-142 Sören Wikström (SWE-1980, *29 September 1960) 19-252 Krasimir Videnov (BUL-1988, *15 June 1968) 19-275 Spas Zlatev (BUL-1984, *14 May 1964) Youngest Medalists 21-024 Sergey Chepikov (URS-1988, *30 January 1967) 21-174 Ricco Groß (GER-1992, *22 August 1970) 21-314 Mark Kirchner (GER-1992, *4 April 1970) 22-026 Frank Ullrich (GDR-1980, *24 January 1958) 22-198 Jakov Fak (CRO-2010, *1 August 1987) Youngest Gold Medalists 21-314 Mark Kirchner (GER-1992, *4 April 1970) 22-026 Frank Ullrich (GDR-1980, *24 January 1958) 23-309 Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR-1988, *19 April 1964) Oldest Competitors 45-030 Thanasis Tsakiris (GRE-2010, *15 January 1965) 42-179 Øystein Slettemark (DEN-2010, *20 August 1967) 41-341 Elliot Archilla (PUR-1988, *19 March 1946) 40-073 Halvard Hanevold (NOR-2010, *3 December 1969) 39-344 Vladimir Drachev (BLR-2006, *7 March 1966) 39-220 Ilmārs Bricis (LAT-2010, *9 July 1970) 39-084 Mike Dixon (GBR-2002, *21 November 1962) 39-015 Sergey Chepikov (RUS-2006, *30 January 1967) 39-013 Lyle Nelson (USA-1988, *9 February 1949) 38-258 Luis Ríos (ARG-1992, *30 May 1953) Oldest Medalists 36-073 Halvard Hanevold (NOR-2006, *3 December 1969) 34-305 Sven Fischer (GER-2006, *16 April 1971) 34-150 Wolfgang Perner (AUT-2002, *17 September 1967) 32-158 Frode Andresen (NOR-2006, *9 September 1973) 30-304 Sven Fischer (GER-2002, *16 April 1971) Oldest Gold Medalists 34-305 Sven Fischer (GER-2006, *16 April 1971) 28-017 Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR-2002, *27 January 1974) 27-024 Sergey Chepikov (RUS-1994, *30 January 1967) Closest Finish in Event 6.0 Sergey Chepikov (RUS-1994) Biggest Margin of Victory in Event 42.41 Frank Ullrich (GDR-1980) Best Finishes by Nations ARG 47 Raúl Abella (1980). AUS 50 Andrew Paul (1984). AUT 3 / Bronze Wolfgang Perner (2002). BIH 84 Miro Ćosić (2006). BLR 10 Aleksandr Popov (1994). BUL 14 Vladimir Velichkov (1984). CAN 6 Jean-Philippe Le Guellec (2010). CHI 86 Carlos Varas (2002). CHN 17 Zhang Chengye (2006). CRC Not placed Hernán Carazo (1984). CRO 3 / Bronze Jakov Fak (2010). CZE 10 Zdeněk Vítek (2006). DEN 86 Øystein Slettemark (2010). ESP 55 Cecilio Fernández (1984). EST =18 Dimitri Borovik (1998). EUN 4 Sergey Chepikov (1992). FIN 3 / Bronze Harri Eloranta (1992); Ville Räikkönen (1998). FRA 1 / Gold Vincent Jay (2010). FRG 2 / Silver Peter Angerer (1984). GBR 20 Keith Oliver (1980). GDR 1 / Gold Frank Ullrich (1980); Frank-Peter Roetsch (1988). GER 1 / Gold Mark Kirchner (1992); Sven Fischer (2006). GRE 56 Thanasis Tsakiris (1994). GUM 71 Judd Bankert (1988). HUN 33 Zsolt Kovács (1984); János Panyik (1994). ITA 7 Andreas Zingerle (1992). JPN =18 Kyoji Suga (1998). KAZ 24 Dmitry Pozdnyakov (1998). KGZ 65 Aleksandr Tropnikov (1998). KOR 62 Hwang Byung-Dae (1984). LAT 5 Jēkabs Nākums (1998). LTU 55 Gintaras Jasinskas (1994). MDA 68 Vasily Gherghy (1994). NOR 1 / Gold Eirik Kvalfoss (1984); Ole Einar Bjørndalen (1998); Ole Einar Bjørndalen (2002). POL 16 Zbigniew Filip (1992). PUR 72 Elliot Archilla (1988). ROU 34 Gheorghe Vasile (1994). RUS 1 / Gold Sergey Chepikov (1994). SCG 85 Aleksandar Milenković (2006). SLO 4 Klemen Bauer (2010). SRB 81 Milanko Petrović (2010). SUI 13 Thomas Frei (2010). SVK 7 Pavol Hurajt (2010). SWE 7 Mattias Nilsson (2006). TCH 6 Peter Zelinka (1980). TPE 63 Ueng Ming-Yih (1984). UKR 5 Andriy Deryzemlia (2010). URS 2 / Silver Vladimir Alikin (1980); Valery Medvedtsev (1988). USA 9 Jeremy Teela (2010). YUG 38 Marjan Burgar (1980). .