Military ski patrol was a demonstration sport at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and again in 1928, 1936, and 1948.
With some modifications, military ski patrol turned into the biathlon, which became an Olympic sport for men in 1960. The women's biathlon was added in 1992.
| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1980 | Frank Ullrich, GDR | 32:10.69 | Vladimir Alikin, URS | 32:53.10 | Anatoliy Alyabyev, URS | 33:09.16 |
| 1984 | Eirik Kvalfoss, NOR | 30:53.8 | Peter Angerer, FRG | 31:02.4 | Matthias Jacob, GDR | 31:10.5 |
| 1988 | Frank-Peter Rötsch, GDR | 25:08.1 | Valeriy Medvedtsev, URS | 25:23.7 | Sergey Chepikov, URS | 25:29.4 |
| 1992 | Mark Kirchner, GER | 26:02.3 | Ricco Gross, GER | 26:18.0 | Harri Eloranta, FIN | 26:26.6 |
| 1994 | Sergey Chepikov, RUS | 28:07.0 | Ricco Gross, GER | 28:13.0 | Sergey Tarasov, RUS | 28:27.4 |
| 1998 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 27:16.2 | Frode Andresen, NOR | 28:17.8 | Ville Räikkönen, FIN | 28:21.7 |
| 2002 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 24:51.3 | Sven Fischer, GER | 25:20.2 | Wolfgang Perner, AUT | 25:44.4 |
| 2006 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 24:51.3 | Sven Fischer, GER | 25:20.2 | Wolfgang Perner, AUT | 25:44.4 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 2006 | Michael Greis, GER | 47:20.0 | Tomasz Sikora, POL | 47:26.3 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 47:32.3 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1960 | Klas Lestander, SWE | 1:33:21.6 | Antti Tyrväinen, FIN | 1:33:57.7 | Aleksandr Privalov, URS | 1:34:54.2 |
| 1964 | Vladimir Melanin, URS | 1:20:26.8 | Aleksandr Privalov, URS | 1:23:42.5 | Olav Jordet, NOR | 1:24:38.8 |
| 1968 | Magnar Solberg, NOR | 1:13:45.9 | Aleksandr Tikhanov, URS | 1:14:40.4 | Vladimir Gundartsev, URS | 1:18:27.4 |
| 1972 | Magnar Solberg, NOR | 1:15:55.50 | Hansjörg Knauthe, GDR | 1:16:07.60 | Lars-Göran Arwidson, SWE | 1:16:27.03 |
| 1976 | Nikolay Kruglov, URS | 1:14:12.26 | Heikki Ikola, FIN | 1:15:54.10 | Aleksandr Yelizarov, URS | 1:16:05.57 |
| 1980 | Anatoliy Alyabyev, URS | 1:08:16.31 | Frank Ullrich, GDR | 1:08:27.79 | Eberhard Rösch, GDR | 1:11:11.73 |
| 1984 | Peter Angerer, FRG | 1:11:52.7 | Frank-Peter Rötsch, GDR | 1:13:21.4 | Eirik Kvalfoss, NOR | 1:14:02.4 |
| 1988 | Frank-Peter Rötsch, GDR | 56:33.3 | Valeriy Medvedtsev, URS | 56:54.6 | Johann Passler, ITA | 57:10.1 |
| 1992 | Yevgeniy Redkin, EUN | 57:34.4 | Mark Kirchner, GER | 57:40.8 | Mikael Löfgren, SWE | 57:59.4 |
| 1994 | Sergey Tarasov, RUS | 57:25.3 | Frank Luck, GER | 57:28.7 | Sven Fischer, GER | 57:41.9 |
| 1998 | Halvard Hanevold, NOR | 56:16.4 | Pier Alberto Carrara, ITA | 56:21.9 | Aleksey Aidarov, BLR | 56:46.5 |
| 2002 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 51:03.3 | Frank Luck, GER | 51:39.4 | Viktor Maigurov, RUS | 51:40.6 |
| 2006 | Michael Greis, GER | 54:23.0 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 54:39.0 | Halvard Hanevold, NOR | 55:31.9 |
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| Year | Gold | | Silver | | Bronze | |
| 2002 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 32:34.6 | Raphaël Poirée, FRA | 33:17.6 | Ricco Gross, GER | 33:30.6 |
| 2006 | Vincent Defrasne, FRA | 35:20.2 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR | 35:22.9 | Sven Fischer, GER | 35:35.8 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1968 | Soviet Union | 2:13:02.4 | Norway | 2:14:50.2 | Sweden | 2:17:26.3 |
| 1972 | Soviet Union | 1:51:44.92 | Finland | 1:54:37.25 | German D.R. | 1:54:57.67 |
| 1976 | Soviet Union | 1:57:55.64 | Finland | 2:01:45.58 | German D.R. | 2:04:08.61 |
| 1980 | Soviet Union | 1:34:03.27 | German D.R. | 1:34:56.99 | F.R. Germany | 1:37:30.26 |
| 1984 | Soviet Union | 1:38:51.7 | Norway | 1:39:03.9 | F.R. Germany | 1:39:05.1 |
| 1988 | Soviet Union | 1:22:30.0 | F.R. Germany | 1:23:37.4 | Italy | 1:23:51.5 |
| 1992 | Germany | 1:24:43.5 | Unified Team | 1:25:06.3 | Sweden | 1:25:38.2 |
| 1994 | Germany | 1:30:22.1 | Russia | 1:31:23.6 | France | 1:32:31.3 |
| 1998 | Germany | 1:21:36.2 | Norway | 1:21:56.3 | Russia | 1:22:19.3 |
| 2002 | Norway | 1:23:42.3 | Germany | 1:24:27.6 | France | 1:24:36.6 |
| 2006 | Germany | 1:21:51.5 | Russia | 1:22:12.4 | France | 1:22:35.1 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1992 | Anfisa Reztsova, EUN | 24:29.2 | Antje Miserky, GER | 24:45.1 | Yelena Belova, EUN | 24:50.8 |
| 1994 | Myriam Bédard, CAN | 26:08.8 | Svetlana Paramygina, BLR | 26:09.9 | Valentina Tserbe, UKR | 26:10.0 |
| 1998 | Galina Kukleva, RUS | 23:08.0 | Ursula Uschi Disl, GER | 23:08.7 | Katrin Apel, GER | 23:32.4 |
| 2002 | Kati Wilhelm, GER | 20:41.4 | Ursula Uschi Disl, GER | 20:57.0 | Magdalena Forsberg, SWE | 21:20.4 |
| 2006 | Florence Baverel-Robert, FRA | 22:31.4 | Anna Carin Olofsson, SWE | 22:33.8 | Lilia Efremova, UKR | 22:38.0 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 2006 | Anna Carin Olofsson, SWE | 40:36.5 | Kati Wilhelm, GER | 40:55.3 | Uschi Disl, GER | 41:18.4 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1992 | Antje Miserky, GER | 51:47.2 | Svetlana Pecherskaya, EUN | 51:58.5 | Myriam Bédard, CAN | 52:15.0 |
| 1994 | Myriam Bédard, CAN | 52:06.6 | Anne Briand, FRA | 52:53.2 | Ursula Uschi Disl, GER | 53:15.3 |
| 1998 | Yekaterina Dafovska, BUL | 54:52.0 | Yelena Petrova, UKR | 55:09.8 | Ursula Uschi Disl, GER | 55:17.9 |
| 2002 | Andrea Henkel, GER | 47:29.1 | Liv Grete Poirée, NOR | 47:37.0 | Magdalena Forsberg, SWE | 48:08.3 |
| 2006 | Svetlana Ishmouratova, RUS | 49:24.1 | Olga Pyleva, RUS | 50:09.6 | Martina Glagow, GER | 50:34.9 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 2002 | Olga Pyleva, RUS | 31:07.7 | Kati Wilhelm, GER | 31:13.0 | Irina Nikoultchina, BUL | 31:15.8 |
| 2006 | Kati Wilhelm, GER | 36:43.6 | Martina Glagow, GER | 37:57.2 | Albina Akhatova, RUS | 38:05.0 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1992 | France | 1:15:55.6 | Germany | 1:16:18.4 | Unified Team | 1:16:54.6 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1994 | Russia | 1:47:19.5 | Germany | 1:51:16.5 | France | 1:52:28.3 |
| 1998 | Germany | 1:40:13.6 | Russia | 1:40:25.2 | Norway | 1:40:37.3 |
| 2002 | Germany | 1:27:55.0 | Norway | 1:28:25.6 | Russia | 1:29:19.7 |
| 2006 | Russia | 1:16:12.5 | Germany | 1:17:03.2 | France | 1:18:38.7 |
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