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 GermanyDaniel GrafCarsten HeymannAndreas StitzlAndreas Birnbacher UkraineRuslan LysenkoOlexander BilanenkoRoman PrymaVyacheslav Derkach LatviaOļegs MaļuhinsGundars UpenieksIlmārs BricisJēkabs 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 GermanyIna MenzelJanet KleinSimone DenkingerSabrina Buchholz RussiaIrina MalginaYuliya MakarovaLilia EfremovaOlga Romasko UkraineIryna MerkushinaNina LemeshOksana KhvostenkoOksana 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 RussiaArtem GusinAndrei MakoveevAleksandr KudrashevMaxim Chudov GermanyMichael RöschRobert WickHansjörg ReuterMarkus Neumaier LatviaJānis PleikšnisJānis BērziņšEdgars PiksonsKristaps 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 Barbara Ertl Women's 3 × 6 km relay GermanyKatharina EchterBarbara ErtlJenny Adler RussiaElena DavgulUliana DenisovaNadiezhda Chastina BelarusLyudmila AnankoTatsiana ShyntarLiudmila Kalinchik
Medal table No. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Germany 5 5 4 14 2 Russia 5 3 1 3 Latvia 2 4 4 Czech Republic 2 1 5 Bulgaria 1 2 6 Ukraine 1 1 1 7 Slovakia 3 1 8 Poland 1 1 9 Norway 1
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