In the oldest biathlon, the men's 20 km individual event, France's Contan Fillon Mayer won the gold medal with a time of 48 minutes and 47.4 seconds. In the previous biathlon 4×6 km mixed relay race, Mayer and his teammates won the second place, so that he won a gold and silver at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
![China's Liu Mengtao won the gold medal in the men's 10 km (sitting) in biathlon[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)