Biathlon Schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, Canada from February 12^th-28^th. The Winter Olympics opening ceremony is at 6pm (PT) on February 12^th. Biathlon events begin on the second day of the Winter Olympics. All the times for the Biathlon events are in Pacific Time unless otherwise noted.

The Biathlon sport is broken down into five categories: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay. Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting. Competitors shoot from both the prone and standing positions.

The Mass Start Biathlon competition was first introduced to the Winter Olympic games in 2006. The top thirty athletes from the previous four Biathlon events start the competition at the same time.

The 2010 Winter Olympics is being covered by NBC. This Biathlon schedule includes the times that the competition is scheduled for and the times that NBC has scheduled to televise these events.

Saturday, February 13^th: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

1:00 pm - Women's 7.5 km Sprint *medal event (NBC Coverage: 2:00 - 6:00 pm ET)

Sunday, February 14^th: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

11:15 am - Men's 10 km Sprint *medal event (NBC Coverage: 1:00 - 6:00 pm ET)

Tuesday, February 16^th: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

10:30 am - Women's 10 km Pursuit *medal event

12:45 pm - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit *medal event

Thursday, February 18^th: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

10:00 am - Women's 15 km Individual *medal event (NBC Coverage: 3:00 - 3:30 pm ET)

1:00 pm - Men's 20 km Individual *medal event

Sunday, February 21^st: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

10:45 am - Men's 15 km Mass Start *medal event (NBC live event coverage: 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET)

1:00 pm - Women's 12.5 km Mass Start *medal event

Tuesday, February 23^rd: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

11:30 am - Women's 4 x 6 km Relay *medal event (NBC Coverage: 3:00 - 5:00 pm ET)

Friday, February 26^th: 2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon Schedule

11:30 am - Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay *medal event (NBC Coverage: 3:00 - 5:00 pm ET)

Look for additional Biathlon coverage on NBC during the daytime Winter Olympic television coverage.

Sources:

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-schedule-results/

http://www.nbcolympics.com/biathlon/resultsandschedules/index.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/zone=ET/network=1/index.html