
Sprint

At men of 10 km, at women of 7,5 km. Consists of 3 circles. Start separate (through everyone 30 sek.). On a distance sportsmen should amaze on 5 targets on two ognevyh boundaries, for each miss the sportsman runs a 150-meter penal circle. On the average biathlonists spend for passage of one penal circle nearby 23 sek. 60 sportsmen the first come to finish take part in race of prosecution. Time of backlog goes to offset in race of prosecution. Sprinterskaja the distance for the first time has been included in the program of the World championship per 1974, and in 1980 on this distance already played medals participants of winter Olympic Games in lejk-Plaside.
Race of prosecution.

Race of prosecution is spent next day after Sprint. At men of 12,5 km, at women of 10 km. Sportsmen will start according to time shown in sprint. On ognevom a boundary sportsmen stop four times and should amaze on five targets, for each miss the sportsman should run a 150-meter penal circle.
Individual race

The Oldest discipline in biathlon. At men of 20 km, at women of 15 km. Sportsmen stop on ognevyh boundaries four times, for each miss by general time of the sportsman increases on a minute, unlike other races where for a miss sportmen the penal circle in 150 meters runs - and it takes away from the racer on the average from 22 till 28 seconds.
Relay race

For the first time has appeared in the program winter Olympic games 1968 year in the French Grenoble. Consists of 4 stages. Each stage of relay race has the color: the first stage - red, the second - green, the third - yellow, the fourth - dark blue. The command consists of four participants, each of which should run 7,5 km and successfully amaze on 5 targets (at each sportsman is on three spare cartridges), for each not amazed target the sportsman runs a 150-meter penal circle.
Masstart

The most entertainment discipline in biathlon, simultaneous start of 30 best sportsmen according to current general offset of the Cup of the world. It is officially recognized as discipline of biathlon with 1998 In the World championship to participation in weights start prize-winners of personal races for the last days competitions are supposed all, other participants type from among the best in the general offset of the Cup of the world. As well as in sprint, for everyone admitted on ognevom a boundary a miss the sportsman is obliged to pass a penal circle at once after the termination of shooting. At men of 15 km, at women of 12,5 km. The sportsman runs 5 circles and stops on ognevom a boundary (2 times laying, 2 times costing) four times
