| Biathlon at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Les Saisies |
| Dates | 11–20 February |
| No. of events | 6 |
| Competitors | 196 from 28 nations |
| Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Individual | men | women |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Les Saisies, about 40 kilometres from the host city of Albertville. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 1992.[1] The 1992 Games were the first in which women competed in biathlon.[2]
Russian biathlete Sergei Tarasov admitted in 2015 that the EUN (former Soviet nations competing in a unified team) biathlon team had carried out illegal blood transfusions at the Games. Something went very wrong with his transfusion, and he was rushed to the hospital where they saved his life.[3]
- ^ "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. LA84 Foundation. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ "Biathlon at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Сергей Тарасов: как я не умер, sport-express.ru, 13 February 2015