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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.

Men's 10-Kilometer

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1980Frank Ullrich, GDR32:10.69Vladimir Alikin, URS32:53.10Anatoliy Alyabyev, URS33:09.16
1984Eirik Kvalfoss, NOR30:53.8Peter Angerer, FRG31:02.4Matthias Jacob, GDR31:10.5
1988Frank-Peter Rötsch, GDR25:08.1Valeriy Medvedtsev, URS25:23.7Sergey Chepikov, URS25:29.4
1992Mark Kirchner, GER26:02.3Ricco Gross, GER26:18.0Harri Eloranta, FIN26:26.6
1994Sergey Chepikov, RUS28:07.0Ricco Gross, GER28:13.0Sergey Tarasov, RUS28:27.4
1998Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR27:16.2Frode Andresen, NOR28:17.8Ville Räikkönen, FIN28:21.7
2002Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR24:51.3Sven Fischer, GER25:20.2Wolfgang Perner, AUT25:44.4
2006Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR24:51.3Sven Fischer, GER25:20.2Wolfgang Perner, AUT25:44.4

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Men's 15-Kilometer

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
2006Michael Greis, GER47:20.0Tomasz Sikora, POL47:26.3Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR47:32.3

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Men's 20-Kilometer

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1960Klas Lestander, SWE1:33:21.6Antti Tyrväinen, FIN1:33:57.7Aleksandr Privalov, URS1:34:54.2
1964Vladimir Melanin, URS1:20:26.8Aleksandr Privalov, URS1:23:42.5Olav Jordet, NOR1:24:38.8
1968Magnar Solberg, NOR1:13:45.9Aleksandr Tikhanov, URS1:14:40.4Vladimir Gundartsev, URS1:18:27.4
1972Magnar Solberg, NOR1:15:55.50Hansjörg Knauthe, GDR1:16:07.60Lars-Göran Arwidson, SWE1:16:27.03
1976Nikolay Kruglov, URS1:14:12.26Heikki Ikola, FIN1:15:54.10Aleksandr Yelizarov, URS1:16:05.57
1980Anatoliy Alyabyev, URS1:08:16.31Frank Ullrich, GDR1:08:27.79Eberhard Rösch, GDR1:11:11.73
1984Peter Angerer, FRG1:11:52.7Frank-Peter Rötsch, GDR1:13:21.4Eirik Kvalfoss, NOR1:14:02.4
1988Frank-Peter Rötsch, GDR56:33.3Valeriy Medvedtsev, URS56:54.6Johann Passler, ITA57:10.1
1992Yevgeniy Redkin, EUN57:34.4Mark Kirchner, GER57:40.8Mikael Löfgren, SWE57:59.4
1994Sergey Tarasov, RUS57:25.3Frank Luck, GER57:28.7Sven Fischer, GER57:41.9
1998Halvard Hanevold, NOR56:16.4Pier Alberto Carrara, ITA56:21.9Aleksey Aidarov, BLR56:46.5
2002Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR51:03.3Frank Luck, GER51:39.4Viktor Maigurov, RUS51:40.6
2006Michael Greis, GER54:23.0Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR54:39.0Halvard Hanevold, NOR55:31.9

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Men's Pursuit

YearGold Silver Bronze 
2002Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR32:34.6Raphaël Poirée, FRA33:17.6Ricco Gross, GER33:30.6
2006Vincent Defrasne, FRA35:20.2Ole Einar Bjørndalen, NOR35:22.9Sven Fischer, GER35:35.8

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Men's 4 x 7.5-K Relay

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1968Soviet Union2:13:02.4Norway2:14:50.2Sweden2:17:26.3
1972Soviet Union1:51:44.92Finland1:54:37.25German D.R.1:54:57.67
1976Soviet Union1:57:55.64Finland2:01:45.58German D.R.2:04:08.61
1980Soviet Union1:34:03.27German D.R.1:34:56.99F.R. Germany1:37:30.26
1984Soviet Union1:38:51.7Norway1:39:03.9F.R. Germany1:39:05.1
1988Soviet Union1:22:30.0F.R. Germany1:23:37.4Italy1:23:51.5
1992Germany1:24:43.5Unified Team1:25:06.3Sweden1:25:38.2
1994Germany1:30:22.1Russia1:31:23.6France1:32:31.3
1998Germany1:21:36.2Norway1:21:56.3Russia1:22:19.3
2002Norway1:23:42.3Germany1:24:27.6France1:24:36.6
2006Germany1:21:51.5Russia1:22:12.4France1:22:35.1

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Women's 7.5-Kilometer

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1992Anfisa Reztsova, EUN24:29.2Antje Miserky, GER24:45.1Yelena Belova, EUN24:50.8
1994Myriam Bédard, CAN26:08.8Svetlana Paramygina, BLR26:09.9Valentina Tserbe, UKR26:10.0
1998Galina Kukleva, RUS23:08.0Ursula “Uschi” Disl, GER23:08.7Katrin Apel, GER23:32.4
2002Kati Wilhelm, GER20:41.4Ursula “Uschi” Disl, GER20:57.0Magdalena Forsberg, SWE21:20.4
2006Florence Baverel-Robert, FRA22:31.4Anna Carin Olofsson, SWE22:33.8Lilia Efremova, UKR22:38.0

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Women's 12.5-Kilometer

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
2006Anna Carin Olofsson, SWE40:36.5Kati Wilhelm, GER40:55.3Uschi Disl, GER41:18.4

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Women's 15-Kilometer

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1992Antje Miserky, GER51:47.2Svetlana Pecherskaya, EUN51:58.5Myriam Bédard, CAN52:15.0
1994Myriam Bédard, CAN52:06.6Anne Briand, FRA52:53.2Ursula “Uschi” Disl, GER53:15.3
1998Yekaterina Dafovska, BUL54:52.0Yelena Petrova, UKR55:09.8Ursula “Uschi” Disl, GER55:17.9
2002Andrea Henkel, GER47:29.1Liv Grete Poirée, NOR47:37.0Magdalena Forsberg, SWE48:08.3
2006Svetlana Ishmouratova, RUS49:24.1Olga Pyleva, RUS50:09.6Martina Glagow, GER50:34.9

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Women's Pursuit

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
2002Olga Pyleva, RUS31:07.7Kati Wilhelm, GER31:13.0Irina Nikoultchina, BUL31:15.8
2006Kati Wilhelm, GER36:43.6Martina Glagow, GER37:57.2Albina Akhatova, RUS38:05.0

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Women's 3 x 7.5-K Relay

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1992France1:15:55.6Germany1:16:18.4Unified Team1:16:54.6

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Women's 4 x 7.5-K Relay

YearGoldTimeSilverTimeBronzeTime
1994Russia1:47:19.5Germany1:51:16.5France1:52:28.3
1998Germany1:40:13.6Russia1:40:25.2Norway1:40:37.3
2002Germany1:27:55.0Norway1:28:25.6Russia1:29:19.7
2006Russia1:16:12.5Germany1:17:03.2France1:18:38.7

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