Biathlon
Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Another popular variant is summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery.
![]() Biathlon pictogram | |
Highest governing body | International Biathlon Union |
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Characteristics | |
Team members | Single competitors or relay teams |
Mixed gender | Yes |
Equipment | Skis, poles, rifle |
Presence | |
Olympic | 1924 (military patrol) 1960 (officially) |
Part of a series of articles on Sports | |
Summer Sports | |
Track and field athletics Football (soccer) | |
Water sports | |
Martial arts | |
Net sports | |
Ice hockey· Skating Skiing·Curling |
Related pages
Biathlon's two sports disciplines:
- Cross-Country Skiing
- Rifle shooting
Other multi-discipline sports (otherwise unrelated to biathlon):
Other websites

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biathlon.
- Event & Competition Rules Authorized by the IBU Congress, June 1998 Archived 2004-12-04 at the Wayback Machine – The official IBU rule book, with annexes
- Biathlonworld.Com – A cooperation between IBU and EBU; with race results/statistics, TV schedules, live competition results, etc.
- Russian Biathlon Union Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine(rus)
- Russian Biathlon Union(eng)
- Biathlon Canada
- Biathlon Alberta
- U.S. Biathlon Association
- U.S. Archery Biathlon Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- History of Biathlon Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Veltins Biathlon World Team Challenge
- Biathlon on OLN TV Archived 2006-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Biathlon on DVD
- Biathlon Russia Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Biathlon Ukraine
- BiathlonFrance.com
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