2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Singles (Men)

sport	biathlon
discipline	20 km individual
gender	Men
Attendees	88 athletes from 34 countries
Competition location	Centro Olimpico Biathlon
Competition phase	February 11, 2006
Winning time	54: 23.0 min
Medalist  Michael Greis ( GER )  Ole Einar Bjørndalen ( NOR )  Halvard Hanevold ( NOR )
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Biathlon competitions at the 2006 Winter Olympics
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The 20 km individual men's biathlon race at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on February 11, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. in Cesana Torinese . A total of 88 athletes from 34 nations started. Michael Greis from Germany won the gold medal . The silver medal went to the Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen ahead of his compatriot Halvard Hanevold .

The Austrian Wolfgang Perner was disqualified by the IOC due to positive doping tests.

Results

rank	athlete	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + S + L + S)	Deficit (min)
1	Michael Greis	Germany	54: 23.0	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	-
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	54: 39.0	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​16.0
3	Halvard Hanevold	Norway	55: 31.9	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+1: 08.9
4th	Sergei Chepikov	Russia	55: 32.7	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 09.7
5	Marek Matiaško	Slovakia	55: 48.6	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+1: 25.6
6th	Julien Robert	France	55: 59.4	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 36.4
7th	Christian De Lorenzi	Italy	56: 04.0	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+1: 41.0
8th	Ivan Cheresov	Russia	56: 05.7	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+1: 42.7
9	Wilfried Pallhuber	Italy	56: 08.4	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 45.4
10	Jay Hakkinen	United States	56: 10.9	3 (2 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+1: 47.9
11	Ricco Great	Germany	56: 14.3	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+1: 51.3
12	Paavo Puurunen	Finland	56: 38.9	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+2: 15.9
13	Pavel Rostovtsev	Russia	56: 47.2	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 24.2
14th	Kyōji Suga	Japan	56: 57.7	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+2: 34.7
15th	Frode Andresen	Norway	57: 10.2	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+2: 47.2
16	Stian Eckhoff	Norway	57: 11.8	3 (2 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 48.8
17th	Sven Fischer	Germany	57: 14.3	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+2: 51.3
18th	Ruslan Lysenko	Ukraine	57: 16.6	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+2: 53.6
19th	Ilmārs Bricis	Latvia	57: 19.2	4 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+2: 56.2
20th	Raphaël Poirée	France	57: 21.1	3 (2 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 58.1
21st	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	57: 22.1	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+2: 59.1
22nd	Zdeněk Vítek	Czech Republic	57: 26.8	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+3: 03.8
23	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	57: 30.9	3 (1 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+3: 07.9
24	Sjarhej Nowikau	Belarus	58: 02.6	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+3: 39.6
25th	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	Italy	58: 17.9	4 (0 + 1 + 0 + 3)	+3: 54.9
26th	Friedrich Pinter	Austria	58: 25.7	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 02.7
27	Lowell Bailey	United States	58: 45.1	3 (2 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+4: 22.1
28	Bjorn Ferry	Sweden	58: 49.0	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+4: 26.0
29	Pavol Hurajt	Slovakia	58: 49.6	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+4: 26.6
30th	Roman Dostál	Czech Republic	58: 53.5	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+4: 30.5
31	Simon Fourcade	France	59: 01.7	3 (1 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+4: 38.7
32	Maxim Chudov	Russia	59: 12.0	5 (0 + 0 + 3 + 2)	+4: 49.0
33	Tomáš Holubec	Czech Republic	59: 13.1	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+4: 50.1
34	Vincent Defrasne	France	59: 16.1	6 (3 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+4: 53.1
35	David Ekholm	Sweden	59: 18.2	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+4: 55.2
36	Robin Clegg	Canada	59: 21.5	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 58.5
37	Jānis Bērziņš	Latvia	59: 24.3	2 (0 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+5: 01.3
38	Miroslav Matiaško	Slovakia	59: 43.8	3 (3 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+5: 20.8
39	Andrij Derysemlya	Ukraine	59: 47.2	3 (3 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+5: 24.2
40	Janez Marič	Slovenia	59: 53.0	5 (2 + 2 + 1 + 0)	+5: 30.0
41	Ludwig Gredler	Austria	59: 55.1	3 (0 + 3 + 0 + 0)	+5: 32.1
42	Michael Rösch	Germany	59: 56.6	6 (2 + 0 + 1 + 3)	+5: 33.6
43	Vladimir Drachev	Belarus	59: 59.5	4 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+5: 36.5
44	Mattias Nilsson	Sweden	60: 01.1	5 (0 + 2 + 3 + 0)	+5: 38.1
45	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	60: 03.8	5 (1 + 0 + 2 + 2)	+5: 40.8
46	Rustam Waliulin	Belarus	60: 04.1	5 (2 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+5: 41.1
47	Matjaž Poklukar	Slovenia	60: 07.6	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+5: 44.6
48	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	60: 28.0	3 (1 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+6: 05.0
49	Oleksandr Bilanenko	Ukraine	60: 28.6	3 (2 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+6: 05.6
50	Zhang Chengye	China	60: 49.1	7 (1 + 4 + 1 + 1)	+6: 26.1
51	Jeremy Teela	United States	61: 03.3	5 (1 + 0 + 1 + 3)	+6: 40.3
52	Matthias Simmen	Switzerland	61: 04.9	5 (2 + 0 + 0 + 3)	+6: 41.9
53	Wiesław Ziemianin	Poland	61: 16.0	4 (2 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+6: 53.0
54	Oleksiy Korobejnikov	Ukraine	61: 17.8	4 (0 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+6: 54.8
55	Paolo Longo	Italy	61: 27.9	5 (0 + 2 + 1 + 2)	+7: 04.9
56	Dušan Šimočko	Slovakia	61: 37.8	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+7: 14.8
57	Tom Clemens	Great Britain	61: 43.9	4 (0 + 1 + 1 + 2)	+7: 20.9
58	Tim Burke	United States	61: 55.0	7 (3 + 3 + 1 + 0)	+7: 32.0
59	Daniel Mesotitsch	Austria	61: 59.7	5 (1 + 3 + 0 + 1)	+7: 36.7
60	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	62: 25.5	5 (0 + 1 + 3 + 1)	+8: 02.5
61	Vitaly Rudentschik	Bulgaria	62: 30.0	6 (0 + 3 + 1 + 2)	+8: 07.0
62	Roland Lessing	Estonia	62: 31.2	5 (3 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+8: 08.2
63	Hidenori Isa	Japan	62: 33.2	6 (1 + 1 + 2 + 2)	+8: 10.2
64	David Leoni	Canada	62: 37.8	6 (0 + 2 + 3 + 1)	+8: 14.8
65	Marian Blaj	Romania	62: 38.8	6 (0 + 3 + 2 + 1)	+8: 15.8
66	Indrek Tobreluts	Estonia	62: 43.6	5 (1 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+8: 20.6
67	Tatsumi Kasahara	Japan	62: 44.6	5 (2 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+8: 21.6
68	Kristaps Lībietis	Latvia	63: 13.4	4 (2 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+8: 50.4
69	Janez Ožbolt	Slovenia	63: 18.5	5 (2 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+8: 55.5
70	Dimitri Borovik	Estonia	63: 25.8	5 (2 + 1 + 2 + 0)	+9: 02.8
71	Alyaksandr Syman	Belarus	63: 31.4	7 (2 + 3 + 1 + 1)	+9: 08.4
72	Grzegorz Bodziana	Poland	63: 39.6	5 (0 + 2 + 1 + 2)	+9: 16.6
73	Alexander Chervyakov	Kazakhstan	63: 56.4	6 (1 + 3 + 1 + 1)	+9: 33.4
74	Priit Viks	Estonia	64: 08.1	5 (2 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+9: 45.1
75	Krzysztof Pływaczyk	Poland	64: 12.9	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+9: 49.9
76	Simon Hallenbarter	Switzerland	64: 37.0	8 (3 + 1 + 1 + 3)	+10: 14.0
77	Imre Tagscherer	Hungary	65: 11.1	7 (1 + 3 + 1 + 2)	+10: 48.1
78	Shin'ya Saitō	Japan	65: 29.4	8 (2 + 2 + 3 + 1)	+11: 06.4
79	Edgars Piksons	Latvia	66: 12.5	7 (4 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+11: 49.5
80	Luis Alberto Hernando	Spain	66: 54.4	7 (2 + 2 + 0 + 3)	+12: 31.4
81	Yun-bae Park	South Korea	67: 03.4	6 (0 + 3 + 2 + 1)	+12: 40.4
82	Cameron Morton	Australia	67: 03.7	7 (1 + 2 + 1 + 3)	+12: 40.7
83	Miro Cosic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68: 32.7	7 (1 + 3 + 1 + 2)	+14: 09.7
84	Sebastián Beltrame	Argentina	69: 24.3	9 (1 + 2 + 4 + 2)	+15: 01.3
85	Aleksandar Milenković	Serbia and Montenegro	70: 36.3	9 (1 + 3 + 1 + 4)	+16: 13.3
86	Marco Zúñiga	Chile	71: 02.5	5 (1 + 1 + 1 + 2)	+16: 39.5
87	Stavros Christoforidis	Greece	73: 13.3	11 (4 + 2 + 1 + 4)	+18: 50.3
DNS	Mihail Gribușencov	Moldova	DNS
DSQ	Wolfgang Perner	Austria	62: 22.5	5 (1 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+7: 59.5

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 788 kB)