Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's 10 km sprint biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 11 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2] The event was won by Arnd Peiffer, with Michal Krčmář taking silver and Dominik Windisch bronze. This was the first individual Olympic medal for both Peiffer and Windisch, whereas for Krčmář, this was the first Olympic medal.

Men's sprint
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date11 February
Competitors87 from 26 nations
Winning time23:38.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arnd Peiffer  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michal Krčmář  Czech Republic
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dominik Windisch  Italy
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Summary

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The 2014 champion, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, did not qualify for the event, and only the silver medalist, Dominik Landertinger, was competing. The field also included the 2010 silver, Emil Hegle Svendsen, and bronze, Jakov Fak, medalists. None of them were in medal contention during the event.

The early leader was Julian Eberhard, whose result was first improved by Peiffer. Krčmář finished second, and subsequently Windisch third, moving Eberhard down to fourth. Only four of the 87 competitors did not miss any targets, including the top two, Peiffer and Krčmář.

In the victory ceremony the day after, the medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by James Carrabre, IBU Vice President of Medical Issues.

Qualification

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Schedule

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All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Round
11 February 20:15 Final

Results

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The race was started at 20:15.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit
  22 Arnd Peiffer   Germany 23:38.8 0 (0+0)
  36 Michal Krčmář   Czech Republic 23:43.2 0 (0+0) +4.4
  42 Dominik Windisch   Italy 23:46.5 1 (0+1) +7.7
4 5 Julian Eberhard   Austria 23:47.2 1 (0+1) +8.4
5 30 Erlend Bjøntegaard   Norway 23:56.2 2 (0+2) +17.4
6 6 Benedikt Doll   Germany 23:56.4 1 (0+1) +17.6
7 24 Simon Schempp   Germany 24:00.2 1 (0+1) +21.4
8 54 Martin Fourcade   France 24:00.9 3 (3+0) +22.1
9 71 Serafin Wiestner   Switzerland 24:02.3 1 (0+1) +23.5
10 18 Lukas Hofer   Italy 24:09.8 2 (1+1) +31.0
11 32 Erik Lesser   Germany 24:10.7 1 (0+1) +31.9
12 41 Simon Desthieux   France 24:11.1 2 (2+0) +32.3
13 16 Tarjei Bø   Norway 24:12.5 2 (2+0) +33.7
14 40 Sebastian Samuelsson   Sweden 24:12.6 2 (2+0) +33.8
15 26 Benjamin Weger   Switzerland 24:15.5 1 (0+1) +36.7
16 1 Timofey Lapshin   South Korea 24:22.6 1 (0+1) +43.8
17 31 Tomas Kaukėnas   Lithuania 24:23.5 1 (0+1) +44.7
18 10 Emil Hegle Svendsen   Norway 24:23.8 2 (1+1) +45.0
19 66 Olli Hiidensalo   Finland 24:26.3 0 (0+0) +47.5
20 45 Tero Seppälä   Finland 24:27.3 1 (1+0) +48.5
21 11 Dmytro Pidruchnyi   Ukraine 24:27.5 0 (0+0) +48.7
22 57 Matej Kazár   Slovakia 24:33.7 1 (0+1) +54.9
23 13 Jakov Fak   Slovenia 24:34.2 2 (1+1) +55.4
24 46 Andrejs Rastorgujevs   Latvia 24:34.4 3 (1+2) +55.6
25 50 Dominik Landertinger   Austria 24:36.2 1 (1+0) +57.4
26 9 Klemen Bauer   Slovenia 24:36.4 2 (0+2) +57.6
27 27 Antonin Guigonnat   France 24:37.5 3 (1+2) +58.7
28 28 Simon Eder   Austria 24:42.5 2 (2+0) +1:03.7
29 12 Ondřej Moravec   Czech Republic 24:46.7 1 (1+0) +1:07.9
30 72 Jesper Nelin   Sweden 24:46.8 3 (1+2) +1:08.0
31 20 Johannes Thingnes Bø   Norway 24:51.5 4 (3+1) +1:12.7
32 87 Peppe Femling   Sweden 24:52.2 2 (1+1) +1:13.4
33 64 Lowell Bailey   United States 24:54.4 1 (0+1) +1:15.6
34 23 Vladimir Chepelin   Belarus 25:04.8 2 (1+1) +1:26.0
35 80 Anton Smolski   Belarus 25:05.9 1 (1+0) +1:27.1
36 15 Kalev Ermits   Estonia 25:07.2 2 (2+0) +1:28.4
37 2 Krasimir Anev   Bulgaria 25:08.8 2 (1+1) +1:30.0
38 39 Michael Rösch   Belgium 25:09.4 2 (0+2) +1:30.6
39 25 Fredrik Lindström   Sweden 25:14.1 3 (2+1) +1:35.3
40 35 Artem Pryma   Ukraine 25:14.9 2 (1+1) +1:36.1
41 49 Roland Lessing   Estonia 25:19.7 2 (1+1) +1:40.9
42 60 Sergey Bocharnikov   Belarus 25:20.9 2 (1+1) +1:42.1
43 43 Roman Yeremin   Kazakhstan 25:21.9 2 (1+1) +1:43.1
44 69 Nathan Smith   Canada 25:22.3 1 (1+0) +1:43.5
45 3 Tuomas Grönman   Finland 25:24.3 1 (0+1) +1:45.5
46 65 Serhiy Semenov   Ukraine 25:24.9 1 (0+1) +1:46.1
47 34 Tim Burke   United States 25:26.3 4 (2+2) +1:47.5
48 37 Quentin Fillon Maillet   France 25:28.1 4 (3+1) +1:49.3
49 61 Vytautas Strolia   Lithuania 25:32.4 2 (1+1) +1:53.6
50 70 Giuseppe Montello   Italy 25:35.3 2 (0+2) +1:56.5
51 14 Thomas Bormolini   Italy 25:39.3 2 (1+1) +2:00.5
52 19 Martin Otčenáš   Slovakia 25:39.7 4 (0+4) +2:00.9
53 33 Miha Dovžan   Slovenia 25:42.2 2 (2+0) +2:03.4
54 56 Vladimir Iliev   Bulgaria 25:42.7 4 (0+4) +2:03.9
55 29 Florent Claude   Belgium 25:43.7 3 (1+2) +2:04.9
56 68 Anton Sinapov   Bulgaria 25:47.9 3 (2+1) +2:09.1
57 21 Anton Babikov   Olympic Athletes from Russia 25:48.5 4 (3+1) +2:09.7
58 85 Leif Nordgren   United States 25:49.0 2 (1+1) +2:10.2
59 4 Grzegorz Guzik   Poland 25:52.2 2 (0+2) +2:13.4
60 55 Cornel Puchianu   Romania 25:52.7 1 (1+0) +2:13.9
61 48 Scott Gow   Canada 25:52.8 4 (4+0) +2:14.0
62 7 Christian Gow   Canada 25:53.5 3 (2+1) +2:14.7
63 47 Jeremy Finello   Switzerland 25:54.7 3 (2+1) +2:15.9
64 8 Mario Dolder   Switzerland 25:54.8 5 (3+2) +2:16.0
65 17 Sean Doherty   United States 25:55.2 4 (4+0) +2:16.4
66 63 Oskars Muižnieks   Latvia 25:56.3 2 (1+1) +2:17.5
67 51 Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec   Poland 25:59.2 2 (2+0) +2:20.4
68 58 Remus Faur   Romania 26:03.3 1 (0+1) +2:24.5
69 59 Michal Šlesingr   Czech Republic 26:06.0 4 (0+4) +2:27.2
70 76 Tomáš Hasilla   Slovakia 26:10.4 3 (1+2) +2:31.6
71 52 Raman Yaliotnau   Belarus 26:12.6 6 (2+4) +2:33.8
72 62 Mitja Drinovec   Slovenia 26:13.7 3 (1+2) +2:34.9
73 86 Adam Václavík   Czech Republic 26:15.4 4 (2+2) +2:36.6
74 81 Šimon Bartko   Slovakia 26:18.4 5 (2+3) +2:39.6
75 74 Rene Zahkna   Estonia 26:19.9 3 (1+2) +2:41.1
76 84 Kauri Kõiv   Estonia 26:23.3 3 (2+1) +2:44.5
77 67 Tobias Eberhard   Austria 26:24.3 5 (4+1) +2:45.5
78 78 Volodymyr Siemakov   Ukraine 26:31.7 3 (1+2) +2:52.9
79 73 Vladislav Vitenko   Kazakhstan 26:32.7 4 (2+2) +2:53.9
80 77 Vassiliy Podkorytov   Kazakhstan 26:34.7 1 (1+0) +2:55.9
81 82 Dimitar Gerdzhikov   Bulgaria 26:47.9 4 (2+2) +3:09.1
82 83 Brendan Green   Canada 26:48.0 3 (0+3) +3:09.2
83 44 Matvey Eliseev   Olympic Athletes from Russia 26:59.3 5 (3+2) +3:20.5
84 53 Mikito Tachizaki   Japan 27:27.1 3 (0+3) +3:48.3
85 38 Maxim Braun   Kazakhstan 27:46.7 4 (3+1) +4:07.9
86 75 Gheorghe Pop   Romania 28:04.4 5 (2+3) +4:25.6
87 79 Marius Ungureanu   Romania 28:59.1 4 (2+2) +5:20.3

References

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  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Final results