Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit
| Men's biathlon pursuit at the XX Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Men's biathlon 12.5 km pursuit final | ||||||||||
| Venue | Cesana San Sicario | |||||||||
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| Dates | February 18 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 35:20.2 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||||
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| Individual | men | women | ||
| Sprint | men | women | ||
| Pursuit | men | women | ||
| Mass start | men | women | ||
| Relay | men | women | ||
The Men's 12.5 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
The starting order for the pursuit was based on the results of the sprint; the top 60 finishers in that race qualified for the pursuit. In addition, each racer's final deficit behind sprint winner Sven Fischer corresponded to their starting deficit in the pursuit; Halvard Hanevold, who finished 8 seconds behind Fischer in the sprint, started 8 seconds after him in the pursuit. The winner was the first racer over the finish line, Vincent Defrasne.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen was the defending World and Olympic champion in this event, but was ranked fourth in the World Cup standings before the Games, behind Germany's Michael Rösch, Frenchman Raphaël Poirée and another German, Sven Fischer.
Results
Two Austrian athletes were disqualified after the IOC determined they had violated the Anti-Doping rules; Wolfgang Rottmann had originally placed 21st, while Wolfgang Perner had placed 25th.[1][2]
| Rank | Name | Country | Start | Penalties | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Vincent Defrasne |  France | +0:43 | 2 | 35:20.2 |
 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Norway | +1:14 | 3 | +0:02.7 |
 | Sven Fischer |  Germany | +0:00 | 4 | +0:15.6 |
| 4 | Ilmars Bricis |  Latvia | +1:15 | 1 | +0:26.7 |
| 5 | Halvard Hanevold | Norway | +0:08 | 3 | +0:37.5 |
| 6 | Frode Andresen | Norway | +0:20 | 5 | +0:56.7 |
| 7 | Christoph Sumann |  Austria | +1:31 | 2 | +1:19.5 |
| 8 | Michael Greis | Germany | +2:11 | 1 | +1:19.7 |
| 9 | Maxim Tchoudov |  Russia | +1:09 | 4 | +1:21.2 |
| 10 | Julien Robert | France | +1:43 | 0 | +1:55.7 |
| 11 | Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. | Russia | +1:54 | 0 | +1:58.7 |
| 12 | Ricco Gross | Germany | +1:04 | 2 | +2:03.3 |
| 13 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz |  Italy | +2:35 | 2 | +2:07.1 |
| 14 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | +2:03 | 2 | +2:08.3 |
| 15 | Ivan Tcherezov | Russia | +0:57 | 3 | +2:09.5 |
| 16 | Zdenek Vitek |  Czech Republic | +1:13 | 4 | +2:10.0 |
| 17 | Wilfried Pallhuber | Italy | +1:54 | 2 | +2:10.1 |
| 18 | Tomasz Sikora |  Poland | +1:43 | 4 | +2:11.4 |
| 19 | Alexander Wolf | Germany | +1:23 | 4 | +2:15.2 |
| 20 | Mattias Nilsson |  Sweden | +1:07 | 3 | +2:27.2 |
| 21 | Stian Eckhoff | Norway | +1:36 | 4 | +2:40.0 |
| 22 | Paavo Puurunen |  Finland | +2:46 | 1 | +2:41.0 |
| 23 | Matthias Simmen |  Switzerland | +2:45 | 1 | +2:48.6 |
| 24 | Pavol Hurajt |  Slovakia | +2:06 | 2 | +3:00.4 |
| 25 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | +1:20 | 4 | +3:04.2 |
| 26 | Rustam Valiullin | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus | +1:57 | 5 | +3:12.5 |
| 27 | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Belarus | +2:04 | 5 | +3:17.6 |
| 28 | Wieslaw Ziemianin | Poland | +1:59 | 1 | +3:22.1 |
| 29 | Roman Dostal | Czech Republic | +2:39 | 4 | +3:27.8 |
| 30 | Sergei Novikov | Belarus | +2:07 | 4 | +3:29.4 |
| 31 | Andriy Deryzemlya |  Ukraine | +2:04 | 4 | +3:34.1 |
| 32 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | +3:11 | 1 | +3:43.5 |
| 33 | Vitaliy Rudenchyk |  Bulgaria | +1:48 | 4 | +3:44.5 |
| 34 | Zhang Chengye |  China | +1:39 | 7 | +3:44.5 |
| 35 | Hidenori Isa |  Japan | +2:26 | 4 | +3:51.0 |
| 36 | Tim Burke |  United States | +2:16 | 4 | +3:57.4 |
| 37 | Janez Maric |  Slovenia | +2:17 | 4 | +4:22.2 |
| 38 | David Ekholm | Sweden | +2:22 | 3 | +4:23.6 |
| 39 | Ondrej Moravec | Czech Republic | +2:09 | 4 | +4:32.1 |
| 40 | Ferreol Cannard | France | +2:08 | 5 | +4:47.5 |
| 41 | Ruslan Lysenko | Ukraine | +2:45 | 3 | +4:56.2 |
| 42 | Jānis Bērziņš | Latvia | +2:58 | 1 | +5:02.6 |
| 43 | Indrek Tobreluts |  Estonia | +2:36 | 4 | +5:05.6 |
| 44 | Robin Clegg |  Canada | +3:01 | 4 | +5:10.1 |
| 45 | Ludwig Gredler | Austria | +3:06 | 6 | +5:37.3 |
| 46 | Raivis Zimelis | Latvia | +3:00 | 5 | +5:37.8 |
| 47 | David Leoni | Canada | +2:39 | 5 | +5:47.2 |
| 48 | Lowell Bailey | United States | +2:50 | 6 | +6:11.1 |
| 49 | Miroslav Matiasko | Slovakia | +3:01 | 6 | +6:12.3 |
| 50 | Tatsumi Kasahara | Japan | +2:55 | 6 | +6:21.8 |
| 51 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | +3:19 | 4 | +6:33.2 |
| 52 | Matej Kazar | Slovakia | +3:18 | 7 | +7:26.4 |
| 53 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov |  Kazakhstan | +3:16 | 6 | +8:08.2 |
| 54 | Kristaps Libietis | Latvia | +3:10 | 6 | +8:31.0 |
| 98 - | Sergei Tchepikov | Russia | Did not start | ||
| 98 - | Olexander Bilanenko | Ukraine | Did not start | ||
| 98 - | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | Did not start | ||
| 98 - | Raphaël Poirée | France | Did not finish | ||
| 99 - | Wolfgang Perner | Austria | Disqualified | ||
| 99 - | Wolfgang Rottman | Austria | Disqualified | ||
References
- ↑ "Torino 2006: Six Austrian Athletes Declared Permanently Ineligible". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
- ↑ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009.