Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	February 13–26, 2010
Competitors	221 from 37 nations
←2006 2014→

The biathlon competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics were held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010.

The men's individual biathlon was notable for the awarding of two silver medals due to two competitors finishing with a tie (48:32.0). No bronze medal was awarded in this event.

A total of ten biathlon events were held at Vancouver 2010:

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Athlete quotas: 220 athletes (113 men, 107 women)
A NOC may enter no more than 12 athletes (6 men and 6 women), and no more than 4 athletes per event.

Quotas by events:

¹Qualification to the pursuit is based on results from the sprint

All competitors must comply with one of the three minimum qualifications standards set forward by the IBU:

or

or

Additionally, only athletes representing an NOC that is recognized by the IOC and member of the IBU can participate in the games.

All 220 quota places will be awarded using a point ranking combining the 2008 and 2009 Biathlon World Championships.

Men's

Women's

According to final report by VANOC these were the final participation numbers:

Rejected quota places: Finland earned five spots in both genders, but decided to send only two men and two women. Poland qualified 5 men, but sent only two men. Slovenia had earned 5 spots each, but decided to send only four women and men. Great Britain (women), Belgium (men), the Netherlands (men), and Austria (women) rejected their single spots earned in either men's or women's. Greenland has no NOC, so Greenland's spot earned in men's competition was used by Denmark.