Biathlon European Championships 2002

The 9th Biathlon European Championships were held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from March 6 to March 10, 2002. It was the second time Kontiolahti hosted European Championships after it did so in 1994.

There were total of 16 competitions held: sprint, pursuit, individual and relay both for U26 and U21.

Results

U26

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Oļegs Maļuhins	Carsten Heymann	Tomasz Sikora
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Oļegs Maļuhins	Carsten Heymann	Ilmārs Bricis
Men's 20 km individual	Andriy Deryzemlia	Tomasz Sikora	Wojciech Kozub
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay	Germany Daniel Graf Carsten Heymann Andreas Stitzl Andreas Birnbacher	Ukraine Ruslan Lysenko Olexander Bilanenko Roman Pryma Vyacheslav Derkach	Latvia Oļegs Maļuhins Gundars Upenieks Ilmārs Bricis Jēkabs Nākums

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Irina Malgina	Radka Popova	Liv-Kjersti Eikeland
Women's 10 km pursuit	Irina Malgina	Radka Popova	Olga Romasko
Women's 15 km individual	Radka Popova	Irina Malgina	Irena Česneková
Women's 4 × 6 km relay	Germany Ina Menzel Janet Klein Simone Denkinger Sabrina Buchholz	Russia Irina Malgina Yuliya Makarova Lilia Efremova Olga Romasko	Ukraine Iryna Merkushina Nina Lemesh Oksana Khvostenko Oksana Yakovleva

U21

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Andrei Makoveev	Michael Rösch	Dušan Šimočko
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Michael Rösch	Dušan Šimočko	Hansjörg Reuter
Men's 20 km individual	Maxim Chudov	Hansjörg Reuter	Jānis Bērziņš
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay	Russia Artem Gusin Andrei Makoveev Aleksandr Kudrashev Maxim Chudov	Germany Michael Rösch Robert Wick Hansjörg Reuter Markus Neumaier	Latvia Jānis Pleikšnis Jānis Bērziņš Edgars Piksons Kristaps Lībietis

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Magda Rezlerová	Zuzana Hasillová	Barbara Ertl
Women's 10 km pursuit	Magda Rezlerová	Zuzana Hasillová	Barbara Ertl
Women's 15 km individual	Jenny Adler	Lyudmila Ananko