List of Olympic medalists in biathlon

Medalists in military patrol, a precursor to biathlon, are listed separately.

The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time.

The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time.

The women's relay event has been competed over three different distances: Note * denotes all Olympics in which mentioned biathletes took part.

Top 10 biathletes who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below.

Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the most successful male athlete at Winter Olympics. He is one of three Winter Olympians (and only biathlete) to win eight gold medals and earned more overall medals (13) than any male athlete in Winter Olympic history.
Darya Domracheva , Ole Einar Bjørndalen 's wife, is the only woman to win four gold medals in biathlon.