Who Won Men's Individual Biathlon Gold Medals?
The Men's Biathlon 20K Individual event was introduced at the 1960 games, and was the first time a biathlon event was included in the Winter Olympics. Klas Lestander of Sweden was the first gold medalist. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane over five laps for twenty total targets. Pentalty time is added for each missed shot.
| Year | Gold Medal | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 48:47.4 |
| 2018 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 48:03.8 |
| 2014 | Martin Fourcade | France | 49:31.7 |
| 2010 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 48:22.5 |
| 2006 | Michael Greis | Germany | 54:23.0 |
| 2002 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 51:03.3 |
| 1998 | Halvard Hanevold | Norway | 56:16.4 |
| 1994 | Sergey Tarasov | Russia | 57:25.3 |
| 1992 | Yevgeny Redkin | Unified Team | 57:34.4 |
| 1988 | Frank-Peter Roetsch | East Germany | 56:33.3 |
| 1984 | Peter Angerer | West Germany | 1:11:52.7 |
| 1980 | Anatoly Alyabyev | Soviet Union | 1:08:16.31 |
| 1976 | Nikolay Kruglov | Soviet Union | 1:14:12.26 |
| 1972 | Magnar Solberg | Norway | 1:15:55.5 |
| 1968 | Magnar Solberg | Norway | 1:13:45.9 |
| 1964 | Vladimir Melanin | Soviet Union | 1:20:26.8 |
| 1960 | Klas Lestander | Sweden | 1:33:21.6 |