title: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
text: # Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
  
  Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held in Sapporo, Japan between 23–26 February at Nishioka Biathlon Stadium.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | F | Final |
  | - | - |
  | Event↓/Date → | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat | 26th Sun |
  | Men's 10 km sprint | F | | | |
  | Men's 12.5 km pursuit | | F | | |
  | Men's 15 km mass start | | | | F |
  | Women's 7.5 km sprint | F | | | |
  | Women's 10 km pursuit | | F | | |
  | Women's 12.5 km mass start | | | | F |
  | Mixed 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km relay | | | F | |
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km sprint details | Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan | Vassiliy Podkorytov Kazakhstan | Mikito Tachizaki Japan |
  | 12.5 km pursuit details | Mikito Tachizaki Japan | Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan | Kim Yong-gyu South Korea |
  | 15 km mass start details | Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan | Wang Wenqiang China | Kosuke Ozaki Japan |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 7.5 km sprint details | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | Zhang Yan China | Alina Raikova Kazakhstan |
  | 10 km pursuit details | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | Zhang Yan China | Darya Usanova Kazakhstan |
  | 12.5 km mass start details | Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan | Alina Raikova Kazakhstan | Fuyuko Tachizaki Japan |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km relay details | Kazakhstan Galina Vishnevskaya Darya Usanova Maxim Braun Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan Alina Raikova Anna Kistanova Vassiliy Podkorytov Anton Pantov | Japan Fuyuko Tachizaki Yurie Tanaka Mikito Tachizaki Tsukasa Kobonoki |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
  | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
  | 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 51 athletes from 8 nations competed in biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games:
  
  * Australia (4)
  * China (9)
  * Chinese Taipei (1)
  * Japan (12)
  * Kazakhstan (8)
  * Kyrgyzstan (4)
  * Mongolia (5)
  * South Korea (8)
  * Australia as guest nation, was ineligible to win any medals.
  