The 37th Biathlon World Championships held in 2002 for the third time in Oslo, Norway^[1] were only for the mass start because these events were not part of the Olympic programme in Salt Lake City.

Men's results

15 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Raphaël Poirée	FRA	1+0+0+1	37:57.8
	Sven Fischer	GER	1+0+1+2	+ 17.9
	Frode Andresen	NOR	0+2+1+2	+ 26.5

Women's results

12.5 km mass start

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Olena Zubrilova	UKR	0+0+0+0	37:09.5
	Olga Pyleva	RUS	0+0+1+0	+ 21.3
	Olga Nazarova	BLR	0+1+0+0	+ 37.7

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	France	1	0	0	1
1	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	0	1	0	1
3	Russia	0	1	0	1
5	Belarus	0	0	1	1
5	Norway	0	0	1	1