2006 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Pursuit (Men)

sport	biathlon
discipline	12.5 km pursuit
gender	Men
Attendees	60 athletes from 23 countries
Competition location	Centro Olimpico Biathlon
Competition phase	February 10, 2006
Winning time	35: 20.2 min
Medalist  Vincent Defrasne ( FRA )  Ole Einar Bjørndalen ( NOR )  Sven Fischer ( GER )
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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 men's biathlon 12.5 km pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held on February 18, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. in Cesana Torinese in the Centro Olimpico Biathlon . A total of 57 athletes from 23 nations started.

The gold medal was won by Frenchman Vincent Defrasne , who started the race in fifth. He was able to prevail in the final sprint with a lead of 2 seconds on the Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen . Bjørndalen who took up the chase as twelfth received the silver medal. Sven Fischer from Germany, who won the sprint , had to complete a total of 4 penalties, but was able to secure third place and was thus awarded the bronze medal.

The Austrians Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann were subsequently disqualified by the IOC for violating the doping regulations .

Competition description

The 60 best athletes from the previous sprint race qualified for the 12.5 km pursuit . The winner of the sprint went into the race first, the other athletes started with the time gap they had at the finish of the sprint. Five laps of equal length had to be completed; after the first four, the athletes had to hit five targets at the shooting range in the order lying-lying-standing-standing. For each target not hit, the athlete had to complete a 150-meter penalty loop. The winner was whoever crossed the finish line first.

Results

rank	athlete	country	Start time	Time (min)	Penalties (L + L + S + S)	Deficit (min)
1	Vincent Defrasne	France	0:43	35: 20.2	2 (0 + 0 + 0 + 2)	-
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	1:14	35: 22.9	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+0: ​​02.7
3	Sven Fischer	Germany	0:00	35: 35.8	4 (2 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​15.6
4th	Ilmārs Bricis	Latvia	1:15	35: 46.9	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​26.7
5	Halvard Hanevold	Norway	0:08	35: 57.7	3 (0 + 0 + 3 + 0)	+0: ​​37.5
6th	Frode Andresen	Norway	0:20	36: 16.9	5 (0 + 3 + 1 + 1)	+0: ​​56.7
7th	Christoph Sumann	Austria	1:31	36: 39.7	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+1: 19.5
8th	Michael Greis	Germany	2:11	36: 39.9	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 19.7
9	Maxim Chudov	Russia	1:09	36: 41.4	4 (2 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+1: 21.2
10	Julien Robert	France	1:43	37: 15.9	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 55.7
11	Nikolai Kruglow	Russia	1:54	37: 18.9	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 58.7
12	Ricco Great	Germany	1:04	37: 23.5	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 03.3
13	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	Italy	2:35	37: 27.3	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+2: 07.1
14th	Christian De Lorenzi	Italy	2:03	37: 28.5	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 08.3
15th	Ivan Cheresov	Russia	0:57	37: 29.7	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+2: 09.5
16	Zdeněk Vítek	Czech Republic	1:13	37: 30.2	4 (1 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+2: 10.0
17th	Wilfried Pallhuber	Italy	1:54	37: 30.3	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 10.1
18th	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	1:43	37: 31.6	4 (2 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+2: 11.4
19th	Alexander Wolf	Germany	1:23	37: 35.4	4 (0 + 2 + 0 + 2)	+2: 15.2
20th	Mattias Nilsson	Sweden	1:07	37: 47.4	3 (1 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 27.2
21st	Stian Eckhoff	Norway	1:36	38: 00.2	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+2: 40.0
22nd	Paavo Puurunen	Finland	2:46	38: 01.2	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 41.0
23	Matthias Simmen	Switzerland	2:45	38: 08.8	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+2: 48.6
24	Pavol Hurajt	Slovakia	2:06	38: 20.6	2 (0 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+3: 00.4
25th	Bjorn Ferry	Sweden	1:20	38: 25.5	4 (1 + 0 + 0 + 3)	+3: 04.2
26th	Rustam Waliulin	Belarus	1:57	38: 32.7	5 (2 + 1 + 2 + 0)	+3: 12.5
27	Aleh Ryshankou	Belarus	2:04	38: 37.8	5 (1 + 0 + 2 + 2)	+3: 17.6
28	Wiesław Ziemianin	Poland	1:59	38: 42.3	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+3: 22.1
29	Roman Dostál	Czech Republic	2:39	38: 48.0	4 (0 + 0 + 2 + 2)	+3: 27.8
30th	Sjarhej Nowikau	Belarus	2:07	38: 49.6	4 (0 + 1 + 2 + 1)	+3: 29.4
31	Andrij Derysemlya	Ukraine	2:04	38: 54.3	4 (2 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+3: 34.1
32	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	3:11	39: 03.7	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+3: 43.5
33	Vitaly Rudentschik	Bulgaria	1:48	39: 04.7	4 (1 + 1 + 2 + 0)	+3: 44.5
34	Zhang Chengye	China	1:39	39: 04.7	7 (0 + 1 + 2 + 4)	+3: 44.5
35	Hidenori Isa	Japan	2:26	39: 11.2	4 (2 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+3: 51.0
36	Tim Burke	United States	2:16	39: 17.6	4 (0 + 2 + 2 + 0)	+3: 57.4
37	Janez Marič	Slovenia	2:17	39: 42.4	4 (0 + 1 + 1 + 2)	+4: 22.2
38	David Ekholm	Sweden	2:22	39: 43.8	3 (2 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+4: 23.6
39	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	2:09	39: 52.3	4 (1 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+4: 32.1
40	Ferréol Cannard	France	2:08	40: 07.7	5 (2 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+4: 47.5
41	Ruslan Lysenko	Ukraine	2:45	40: 16.4	3 (1 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+4: 56.2
42	Jānis Bērziņš	Latvia	2:58	40: 22.8	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+5: 02.6
43	Indrek Tobreluts	Estonia	2:36	40: 25.8	4 (2 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+5: 05.6
44	Robin Clegg	Canada	3:01	40: 30.3	4 (2 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+5: 10.1
45	Ludwig Gredler	Austria	3:06	40: 57.5	6 (2 + 1 + 3 + 0)	+5: 37.3
46	Raivis Zīmelis	Latvia	3:00	40: 58.0	5 (1 + 1 + 1 + 2)	+5: 37.8
47	David Leoni	Canada	2:39	41: 07.4	5 (1 + 0 + 3 + 1)	+5: 47.2
48	Lowell Bailey	United States	2:50	41: 31.3	6 (3 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+6: 11.1
49	Miroslav Matiaško	Slovakia	3:01	41: 32.5	6 (2 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+6: 12.3
50	Tatsumi Kasahara	Japan	2:55	41: 42.0	6 (1 + 1 + 2 + 2)	+6: 21.8
51	Roland Lessing	Estonia	3:19	41: 53.4	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+6: 33.2
52	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	3:18	42: 46.6	7 (2 + 1 + 2 + 2)	+7: 26.4
53	Alexander Chervyakov	Kazakhstan	3:16	43: 28.4	6 (2 + 0 + 2 + 2)	+8: 08.2
54	Kristaps Lībietis	Latvia	3:10	43: 51.2	6 (1 + 0 + 3 + 2)	+8: 31.0
55	Raphaël Poirée	France	1:07	DNF	2 (2 + 0 + +)	DNF
56	Sergei Chepikov	Russia	1:57	DNS
57	Oleksandr Bilanenko	Ukraine	2:15
58	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	3:10
DSQ	Wolfgang Rottmann	Austria	2:00	37: 50.5	4 (0 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+2: 30.3
DSQ	Wolfgang Perner	Austria	0:40	38: 13.5	7 (3 + 3 + 0 + 1)	+2: 53.3

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 788 kB)