List of Olympic medalists in biathlon

This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in biathlon.

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

Men
The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.

Women
The numbers in brackets denotes biathletes who won gold medal in corresponding disciplines more than one time. Bold numbers denotes record number of victories in certain disciplines.

Relay (4×6 km)
The women's relay event has been competed over three different distances:
 * 3×7.5 km — 1992
 * 4×7.5 km — 1994–2002
 * 4×6 km — 2006–2018

Medal table
Note
 * This table includes 1924 military patrol medals.

Biathlete medal leaders

 * Men


 * Women

* denotes all Olympics in which mentioned biathletes took part. Boldface denotes latest Olympics. 

Biathletes with most victories
Top 10 biathletes who won more gold medals at the Winter Olympics are listed below. Boldface denotes active biathletes and highest medal count among all biathletes (including those not in the tables) per type.

Women
* denotes only those Olympics at which mentioned biathletes won at least one medal 

Medals per year

 * bolded numbers indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Games.