Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games

The Medalists
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date8 February
Competitors87 from 31 nations
Winning time24:33.5
Medalists
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway
 Dominik Landertinger  Austria
 Jaroslav Soukup  Czech Republic
Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Individual   men   women
Sprint   men   women
Pursuit   men   women
Mass start   men   women
Relay   men mixed women

The men's sprint competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 8 February 2014.[1] It was 10 kilometres in length (6.2 miles).

The defending Olympic Champion is Vincent Jay of France, who has since retired.[2] The defending World Champion is Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the sprint, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.

During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each).[3]

Schedule

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
8 February 18:30–20:20 Final

Results

The race was started at 18:30.[4]

Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the event with a time of 24:33.5, 1.3 seconds ahead of silver medalist Dominik Landertinger.[5] Bjørndalen missed one of the targets but was able to use his speed to make up the lost time.[6] Jaroslav Soukup finished third for the bronze medal.[5]

The gold medal was Bjørndalen's 12th Olympic medal, equaling a record set by fellow Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie.[6] At 40 years old, he is also the oldest man ever to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event at the Winter Games.[7][8] Bjørndalen won his 3rd gold medal in the Olympic men's sprint.[8]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit
1st 24 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 24:33.5 1 (0+1) —
2nd 15 Dominik Landertinger Austria 24:34.8 0 (0+0) +1.3
3rd 40 Jaroslav Soukup Czech Republic 24:39.2 0 (0+0) +5.7
4 48 Anton Shipulin Russia 24:39.9 1 (0+1) +6.4
5 65 Jean-Philippe Leguellec Canada 24:43.2 0 (0+0) +9.7
6 39 Martin Fourcade France 24:45.9 1 (0+1) +12.4
7 30 Simon Eder Austria 24:47.2 0 (0+0) +13.7
8 6 Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic 24:48.1 0 (0+0) +14.6
9 29 Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 25:02.8 1 (0+1) +29.3
10 72 Jakov Fak Slovenia 25:06.5 0 (0+0) +33.0
11 37 Dominik Windisch Italy 25:07.6 1 (1+0) +34.1
12 75 Lukas Hofer Italy 25:08.8 1 (0+1) +35.3
13 1 Nathan Smith Canada 25:09.7 0 (0+0) +36.2
14 57 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix France 25:12.1 1 (1+0) +38.6
15 55 Simon Schempp Germany 25:16.4 0 (0+0) +42.9
16 8 Evgeny Ustyugov Russia 25:19.1 1 (1+0) +45.6
17 35 Andrejs Rastorgujevs Latvia 25:20.2 1 (1+0) +46.7
18 2 Fredrik Lindström Sweden 25:21.0 0 (0+0) +47.5
19 43 Tim Burke United States 25:23.3 1 (0+1) +49.8
20 32 Christoph Sumann Austria 25:25.5 0 (0+0) +52.0
21 62 Erik Lesser Germany 25:26.7 1 (0+1) +53.2
22 31 Andriy Deryzemlya Ukraine 25:29.0 1 (0+1) +55.5
23 51 Brendan Green Canada 25:31.7 1 (1+0) +58.2
24 70 Carl Johan Bergman Sweden 25:35.9 1 (0+1) +1:02.4
25 36 Björn Ferry Sweden 25:36.4 2 (2+0) +1:02.9
26 54 Klemen Bauer Slovenia 25:40.7 2 (1+1) +1:07.2
27 68 Evgeniy Garanichev Russia 25:43.0 1 (0+1) +1:09.5
28 46 Dmitry Malyshko Russia 25:48.5 0 (0+0) +1:15.0
29 19 Vladimir Chepelin Belarus 25:49.7 1 (0+1) +1:16.2
30 13 Cornel Puchianu Romania 25:50.7 0 (0+0) +1:17.2
31 27 Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic 25:51.7 1 (1+0) +1:18.2
32 77 Artem Pryma Ukraine 25:57.6 1 (0+1) +1:24.1
33 50 Sergey Novikov Belarus 26:00.8 0 (0+0) +1:27.3
34 38 Arnd Peiffer Germany 26:01.2 3 (2+1) +1:27.7
35 26 Lowell Bailey United States 26:04.1 2 (1+1) +1:30.6
36 64 Simon Fourcade France 26:04.2 2 (1+1) +1:30.7
37 21 Matej Kazár Slovakia 26:04.8 3 (2+1) +1:31.3
38 69 Daniel Mesotitsch Austria 26:06.6 2 (0+2) +1:33.1
39 52 Tarjei Bø Norway 26:10.1 3 (0+3) +1:36.6
40 14 Serafin Wiestner Switzerland 26:10.2 2 (1+1) +1:36.7
41 67 Serhiy Semenov Ukraine 26:10.4 1 (1+0) +1:36.9
42 82 Tobias Arwidson Sweden 26:11.8 1 (1+0) +1:38.3
43 16 Yan Savitskiy Kazakhstan 26:13.0 1 (1+0) +1:39.5
44 18 Serguei Sednev Ukraine 26:16.8 1 (1+0) +1:43.3
45 73 Leif Nordgren United States 26:17.4 0 (0+0) +1:43.9
46 3 Simon Desthieux France 26:18.2 2 (0+2) +1:44.7
47 81 Christian De Lorenzi Italy 26:25.4 2 (1+1) +1:51.9
48 4 Tomas Kaukėnas Lithuania 26:26.2 2 (0+2) +1:52.7
49 45 Krasimir Anev Bulgaria 26:28.0 3 (3+0) +1:54.5
50 44 Daniil Steptšenko Estonia 26:40.5 2 (1+1) +2:07.0
51 86 Janez Marič Slovenia 26:41.3 1 (0+1) +2:07.8
52 56 Pavol Hurajt Slovakia 26:45.8 0 (0+0) +2:12.3
53 66 Indrek Tobreluts Estonia 26:46.5 3 (0+3) +2:13.0
54 5 Kauri Kõiv Estonia 26:47.1 3 (2+1) +2:13.6
55 34 Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway 26:51.0 4 (2+2) +2:17.5
56 61 Evgeny Abramenko Belarus 26:55.0 2 (1+1) +2:21.5
57 80 Yuryi Liadov Belarus 26:55.1 2 (1+1) +2:21.6
58 11 Christoph Stephan Germany 26:55.4 2 (1+1) +2:21.9
59 71 Sergey Naumik Kazakhstan 26:55.5 1 (0+1) +2:22.0
60 59 Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria 26:55.9 4 (2+2) +2:22.4
61 87 Russell Currier United States 26:58.5 4 (4+0) +2:25.0
62 58 Ahti Toivanen Finland 26:58.6 2 (1+1) +2:25.1
63 41 Benjamin Weger Switzerland 27:00.5 1 (1+0) +2:27.0
64 17 Krzysztof Pływaczyk Poland 27:02.3 1 (0+1) +2:28.8
65 74 Tomáš Hasilla Slovakia 27:05.4 3 (2+1) +2:31.9
66 76 Roland Lessing Estonia 27:06.3 3 (0+3) +2:32.8
67 42 Lee-Steve Jackson Great Britain 27:07.5 1 (0+1) +2:34.0
68 83 Martin Otčenáš Slovakia 27:07.8 3 (1+2) +2:34.3
69 20 Milanko Petrović Serbia 27:08.2 3 (1+2) +2:34.7
70 12 Michail Kletcherov Bulgaria 27:13.6 2 (1+1) +2:40.1
71 28 Hidenori Isa Japan 27:15.2 3 (1+2) +2:41.7
72 25 Peter Dokl Slovenia 27:20.1 1 (1+0) +2:46.6
73 33 Alexei Almoukov Australia 27:24.6 2 (0+2) +2:51.1
74 78 Scott Perras Canada 27:32.1 3 (2+1) +2:58.6
75 63 Tomáš Krupčík Czech Republic 27:39.3 2 (1+1) +3:05.8
76 85 Ivan Zlatev Bulgaria 27:48.5 2 (1+1) +3:15.0
77 53 Łukasz Szczurek Poland 27:57.2 2 (2+0) +3:23.7
78 7 Jarkko Kauppinen Finland 27:57.8 3 (2+1) +3:24.3
79 47 Károly Gombos Hungary 28:04.3 1 (0+1) +3:30.8
80 49 Anton Pantov Kazakhstan 28:05.0 4 (2+2) +3:31.5
81 23 Markus Windisch Italy 28:14.4 2 (1+1) +3:40.9
82 22 Lee In-Bok South Korea 28:35.9 1 (0+1) +4:02.4
83 10 Ren Long China 28:53.2 4 (0+4) +4:19.7
84 9 Victor Lobo Escolar Spain 28:53.3 4 (4+0) +4:19.8
85 60 Grzegorz Guzik Poland 29:17.2 5 (4+1) +4:43.7
86 84 Rafał Lepel Poland 29:25.8 2 (1+1) +4:52.3
87 79 Dias Keneshev Kazakhstan 30:06.8 4 (2+2) +5:33.3

References

  1. ↑ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Goodbye Vincent Jay.. you were a great athlete!". www.biathlonews.com. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Final Results
  5. 1 2 "Men's Sprint 10 km". sochi.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen equals Olympic medals record". DW. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Kaduk, Kevin (8 February 2014). "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen becomes oldest Winter Games gold medal winner at 40, ties record for overall medals". Yahoo Sports Canada. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. 1 2 Bellisle, Martha (8 February 2014). "40-year-old Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wins seventh biathlon gold". USA Today. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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