Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Dates	8, 11, and 14 March

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Men		7.5 km		12.5 km		15 km
Women		6 km		10 km		12.5 km

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The eighteen events took place on 8, 11, and 14 March 2014.^[1]

Events

The program included 6 event types (3 for men and 3 for women) that were divided into three classifications each (sitting, standing, and visually impaired), for a total of 18 events. Standing biathletes are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, whereas sitting competitors use a sitski. Skiers with a visual impairement compete with the help of a sighted guide and an acoustic aiming system. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[2]

Men's events

• 7.5 km
• 12.5 km
• 15 km

Women's events

• 6 km
• 10 km
• 12.5 km

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all events.^[3]

All times are (UTC+4).

Date	Time	Event
8 March	10:00	Women's 6 km – Sitting
	10:25	Men's 7.5 km – Sitting
	12:00	Women's 6 km – Standing
	12:15	Men's 7.5 km – Standing
	13:05	Women's 6 km – Visually impaired
	13:44	Men's 7.5 km – Visually impaired
11 March	10:00	Women's 10 km – Sitting
	10:48	Men's 12.5 km – Sitting
	13:00	Women's 10 km – Standing
	13:20	Men's 12.5 km – Standing
	14:30	Women's 10 km – Visually impaired
	14:45	Men's 12.5 km – Visually impaired
14 March	10:00	Men's 15 km – Sitting
	10:20	Women's 12.5 km – Sitting
	12:30	Men's 15 km – Standing
	13:58	Women's 12.5 km – Standing
	15:20	Men's 15 km – Visually impaired
	15:25	Women's 12.5 km – Visually impaired

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	12	11	7	30
2	Ukraine (UKR)	4	3	8	15
3	Germany (GER)	2	1	0	3
4	Norway (NOR)	0	2	0	2
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
6	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
7	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Total	18	18	19	55

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
6 kilometres	Visually impaired	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	20:03.2	Iuliia Budaleeva Guide: Tatiana Maltseva  Russia	20:31.7	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Lada Nesterenko  Ukraine	20:49.0
	Sitting	Andrea Eskau  Germany	19:12.4	Svetlana Konovalova  Russia	19:31.1	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	19:39.6
	Standing	Alena Kaufman  Russia	18:27.2	Anna Milenina  Russia	18:57.4	Iuliia Batenkova  Ukraine	19:17.7
10 kilometres	Visually impaired	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	30:11.5	Iuliia Budaleeva Guide: Tatiana Maltseva  Russia	30:38.9	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Lada Nesterenko  Ukraine	35:01.4
	Sitting	Anja Wicker  Germany	32:54.4	Svetlana Konovalova  Russia	33:36.7	Lyudmyla Pavlenko  Ukraine	34:22.6
	Standing	Alena Kaufman  Russia	29:57.1	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	30:33.7	Natalia Bratiuk  Russia	30:57.6
12.5 kilometres	Visually impaired	Iuliia Budaleeva Guide: Tatiana Maltseva  Russia	35:25.9	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	37:21.0	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Lada Nesterenko  Ukraine	37:48.8
	Sitting	Svetlana Konovalova  Russia	40:44.0	Anja Wicker  Germany	41:27.1	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	41:30.8
	Standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	40:30.6	Alena Kaufman  Russia	40:32.7	Natalia Bratiuk  Russia	41:00.9

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7.5 kilometres	Visually impaired	Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar  Ukraine	20:18.8	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	20:29.8	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikhail Lebedzeu  Belarus	21:06.6
	Sitting	Roman Petushkov  Russia	21:03.7	Maksym Yarovyi  Ukraine	21:11.9	Kozo Kubo  Japan	21:45.6
	Standing	Vladislav Lekomtcev  Russia	19:13.7	Mark Arendz  Canada	19:14.4	Azat Karachurin  Russia	19:14.9
12.5 kilometres	Visually impaired	Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar  Ukraine	31:04.0	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	31:14.3	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikhail Lebedzeu  Belarus	31:59.0
	Sitting	Roman Petushkov  Russia	34:48.8	Alexey Bychenok  Russia	35:29.7	Grigory Murygin  Russia	35:59.6
	Standing	Azat Karachurin  Russia	29:30.0	Nils-Erik Ulset  Norway	30:24.6	Mark Arendz  Canada	30:31.0
15 kilometres	Visually impaired	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	36:42.9	Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn  Ukraine	38:18.2	Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar  Ukraine Stanislav Chokhlaev Guide: Maksim Pirogov  Russia	38:21.6
	Sitting	Roman Petushkov  Russia	42:20.8	Grigory Murygin  Russia	44:25.7	Aleksandr Davidovich  Russia	44:46.2
	Standing	Grygorii Vovchynskyi  Ukraine	37:41.1	Nils-Erik Ulset  Norway	37:44.2	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	37:45.6

See also

• Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Biathlon: Schedule and results". Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
2. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
3. "Biathlon: Schedule and results". Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.