Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events. They were held at the Cesana San Sicario arena. The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006. Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee. In these games, biathlon events were open to both men and women but they raced in different distances in their own events. Men from 28 nations and women from 27 nations qualified to participate in the events. Only seven nations in total took home medals, Germany winning the most (5 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze). Six biathletes won 3 medals each: Albina Akhatova, Kati Wilhelm, Martina Glagow, Michael Greis, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and Sven Fischer. Greis won the most gold medals, with a total of three.

Of the thirty seven competing nations, seven of them took home all the medals. With over double the medals of any other nation, Germany ranked number one.

Individual 54:23.0 54:39.0 55:31.9 Sprint 26:11.6 26:19.8 26:31.3 Pursuit 35:20.2 35:22.9 35:35.8 Mass start 47:20.0 47:26.3 47:32.9 RelayRicco GroßMichael RöschSven FischerMichael Greis 1:21:51.5Ivan TcherezovSergei TchepikovPavel RostovtsevNikolay Kruglov, Jr. 1:22:12.4Julien RobertVincent DefrasneFerréol CannardRaphaël Poirée 1:22:35.1

Individual 49:24.1 50:34.9 50:55.0 Sprint 22:31.4 22:33.8 22:38.0 Pursuit 36:43.6 37:57.2 38:05.0 Mass start 40:36.5 40:55.3 41:18.4 RelayAnna Bogaliy TitovetsSvetlana IshmouratovaOlga ZaytsevaAlbina Akhatova 1:16:12.5Martina GlagowAndrea HenkelKatrin ApelKati Wilhelm 1:17:03.2Delphyne PerettoFlorence Baverel RobertSylvie BecaertSandrine Bailly 1:18:38.7
Olga Pyleva of Russia originally placed second in the women's individual race, but was found to be in violation of anti doping rules when she tested positive for carphedon, and she was then disqualified.

Thirty seven nations qualified biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.