2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon

Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Whistler
Competition venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Nations	37
Athletes	204 (105 , 99 )
date	13.-26. February 2010
decisions	10
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At the XXI. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , ten biathlon competitions were held. The venue was the Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley , about 15 km west of Whistler and 125 km north of Vancouver, at an altitude of 850 to 910 meters.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	3	2	-	5
2	Germany	2	1	2	5
3	Russia	2	1	1	4th
4th	France	1	2	3	6th
5	Slovakia	1	1	1	3
6th	Sweden	1	-	-	1
7th	Austria	-	2	-	2
8th	Belarus	-	1	1	2
9	Kazakhstan	-	1	-	1
10	Croatia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 10 km Vincent Jay Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Pursuit 12.5 km Bjorn Ferry Christoph Sumann Vincent Jay Mass start 15 km Yevgeny Ustyugov Martin Fourcade Pavol Hurajt Single 20 km Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sjarhej Nowikau - Relay 4 × 7.5 km Halvard Hanevold , Tarjei Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen , Ole Einar Bjørndalen Simon Eder , Daniel Mesotitsch , Dominik Landertinger , Christoph Sumann Ivan Tscheresow , Anton Schipulin , Maxim Tschudow , Evgeni Ustjugow

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint 7.5 km Anastasiya Kuzmina Magdalena Neuner Marie Dorin Pursuit 10 km Magdalena Neuner Anastasiya Kuzmina Marie-Laure Brunet Mass start 12.5 km Magdalena Neuner Olga Saizewa Simone Hauswald Single 15 km Torah Berger Elena Khrustalyova Darja Domratschawa Relay 4 × 6 km Svetlana Slepzowa , Anna Bogali-Titowez , Olga Medwedzewa , Olga Saizewa Marie-Laure Brunet , Sylvie Becaert , Marie Dorin , Sandrine Bailly Kati Wilhelm , Simone Hauswald , Martina Beck , Andrea Henkel

Results men

Sprint 10 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Sprint (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	FRA	Vincent Jay	24: 07.8	0
2	NOR	Emil Hegle Svendsen	24: 20.0	1
3	CRO	Jakov Fak	24: 21.8	0
4th	SLO	Klemen Bauer	24: 25.2	1
5	UKR	Andrij Derysemlya	24: 48.5	2
6th	CAN	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	24: 57.6	1
7th	SVK	Pavol Hurajt	25: 15.0	1
8th	SWE	Bjorn Ferry	25: 20.2	0
9	United States	Jeremy Teela	25: 21.7	2
10	RUS	Ivan Cheresov	25: 25.9	2

Sprint winner Vincent Jay

Date: February 14, 2010, 11:15 am

Total ascent: 121 m, maximum ascent: 34 m, difference in altitude: 41 m

88 participants from 32 countries, including 87 in the rating.

Olympic Champion 2006: Sven Fischer World Champion 2009: Ole Einar Bjørndalen 
 

The maximum number of starters per country was four and was used by 18 countries. All 88 athletes were allowed to take part directly in the competition, there was no pre-qualification. The first ten of the overall World Cup had the opportunity to freely choose their starting group. However, since these comprised more than 30 runners and the start numbers were drawn within the groups, chance still played a major role in the determined order. Weather forecasts predicted bad conditions before the competition as they had already occurred at the end of the women's competition. The German Arnd Peiffer decided on the second phase. He justified this with the fact that light snowfall was predicted at the beginning before the race. So he thought it would be better to start running towards the middle of the competition.

In fact, the weather conditions were much better in the beginning, from which the first ten starters could benefit. Then it started to snow, which made the route significantly slower. In the final standings, the six best athletes all started early - with the first ten starting numbers. With the Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen and the Austrian Christoph Sumann , however, there were only two athletes traded as favorites. The rest of the competitors, who were rated as strong, had no chance: Ole Einar Bjørndalen made four mistakes and finished 17th, overall World Cup leader Simon Fourcade even missed qualifying for the pursuit in 71st place. The surprise winner was Vincent Jay with starting number six, who had won the individual test competitions on the Olympic track a year earlier. Jay said about his Olympic victory: “The weather was very good for me today.” The silver medal was won by Svendsen, who also found very good conditions in tenth; he too saw a great advantage in this. The first Olympic medal in Vancouver for Croatia was won by Jakov Fak , who described the day as the most beautiful of his life. Even before the race, he said that he was satisfied if his performance was similar to that in training. He hopes that he has pleased Croatia with this medal.

The Austrians and Germans, who were also at least one of the favorites, had no chance. While Sumann had a good starting position as seventh starter, but missed it with two misses in the first shooting, Simon Eder with the high start number 42 completed a faultless race and finished eleventh. “I needed a zero in shooting and I did it, I'm proud of that. With a low start number it could have been top five or even a medal, ”said Eder after the competition. Like his father, the Austrian head coach Alfred Eder , he was also dissatisfied with the conditions and called them a lottery. Also the Germans could not run for the top ten places as expected due to high starting numbers. The three-time Olympic champion from Turin Michael Greis made three mistakes, finished 21st and was annoyed: “It wasn't meant to be, it was a very bad day.” The best German was Christoph Stephan , who finished 19th with one mistake and in In retrospect, he explained that he knew at the start that nothing would work that day. The German national coach Frank Ullrich described the conditions as irregular. In the Swiss group, Thomas Frei , who remained flawless, convinced in 13th place.

Pursuit 12.5 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon pursuit (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	SWE	Bjorn Ferry	33: 38.4	1
2	AUT	Christoph Sumann	33: 54.9	2
3	FRA	Vincent Jay	34: 06.6	2
4th	AUT	Simon Eder	34: 09.4	3
5	GER	Michael Greis	34: 29.6	1
6th	RUS	Ivan Cheresov	34: 29.6	2
7th	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	34: 29.8	2
8th	NOR	Emil Hegle Svendsen	34: 30.4	4th
9	SLO	Klemen Bauer	34: 33.8	5
10	UKR	Serhiy Sednyev	34: 50.0	0
12	SUI	Thomas Frei	34: 56.4	1
13	GER	Andreas Birnbacher	35: 03.4	2
14th	AUT	Dominik Landertinger	35: 06.7	3
28	SUI	Matthias Simmen	35: 55.0	3
30th	GER	Christoph Stephan	36: 02.3	4th
37	GER	Arnd Peiffer	36: 44.9	4th
41	AUT	Daniel Mesotitsch	36: 56.0	4th
43	SUI	Simon Hallenbarter	37: 07.9	6th

The persecution medal winners at the award ceremony

Date: February 16, 2010, 12:45 p.m.

Total ascent: 420 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

60 participants from 24 countries, 59 of them in the rating.

Olympic Champion 2006: Vincent Defrasne World Champion 2009: Ole Einar Bjørndalen 
 

Mass start 15 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - mass start (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	RUS	Yevgeny Ustyugov	35: 35.7	0
2	FRA	Martin Fourcade	35: 46.2	3
3	SVK	Pavol Hurajt	35: 52.3	0
4th	AUT	Christoph Sumann	36: 01.6	1
5	AUT	Daniel Mesotitsch	36: 05.9	3
6th	RUS	Ivan Cheresov	36: 09.2	3
7th	AUT	Dominik Landertinger	36: 09.7	4th
8th	FRA	Vincent Jay	36: 10.3	1
9	CRO	Jakov Fak	36: 10.5	3
10	GER	Michael Greis	36: 10.7	3
15th	GER	Andreas Birnbacher	36: 30.2	3
17th	GER	Arnd Peiffer	36: 44.5	2
23	GER	Christoph Stephan	37: 11.4	4th
24	CHE	Thomas Frei	37: 12.9	2
25th	AUT	Simon Eder	37: 27.7	4th

The winners of the mass start on the podium

Date: February 21, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 535 m, maximum ascent: 40 m, difference in altitude: 41 m

30 participants from 16 countries, all in the ranking.

Olympic Champion 2006: Michael Greis World Champion 2009: Dominik Landertinger 
 

Single 20 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - singles (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (min)	error
1	NOR	Emil Hegle Svendsen	48: 22.5	1
2	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	48: 32.0	2
2	BLR	Sergey Novikov	48: 32.0	0
4th	RUS	Yevgeny Ustyugov	49: 11.8	1
5	SVK	Pavol Hurajt	49: 39.0	1
6th	AUT	Simon Eder	49: 41.7	2
7th	POLE	Tomasz Sikora	49: 43.8	2
8th	AUT	Christoph Sumann	50: 04.9	3
9	AUT	Daniel Mesotitsch	50: 32.0	2
10	GER	Michael Greis	50: 37.6	2
12	GER	Andreas Birnbacher	50: 43.5	2
16	SUI	Thomas Frei	51: 03.4	2
23	AUT	Dominik Landertinger	52: 00.8	4th
24	GER	Alexander Wolf	52: 09.0	2
29	GER	Christoph Stephan	52: 33.4	3
39	SUI	Matthias Simmen	53: 05.7	4th
43	SUI	Simon Hallenbarter	53: 18.4	5
55	SUI	Benjamin Weger	54: 20.3	5

Date: February 18, 2010, 1:20 p.m.

Total ascent: 675 m, maximum ascent: 33 m, difference in altitude: 41 m

88 participants from 32 countries, all in the ranking.

Olympic Champion 2006: Michael Greis World Champion 2009: Ole Einar Bjørndalen 
 

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon relay (men)

space	Country sportsman	Time (h)	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Norway Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 21: 38.1	0 + 7
2	Austria Simon Eder , Daniel Mesotitsch , Dominik Landertinger , Christoph Sumann	1: 22: 16.7	1 + 8
3	Russia Ivan Tscheresow Anton Schipulin Maxim Tschudow Evgeni Ustjugow	1: 22: 16.9	0 + 4
4th	Sweden Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman Mattias Nilsson Björn Ferry	1: 23: 02.0	1 + 10
5	Germany Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis	1: 23: 16.0	2 + 7
6th	France Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade	1: 23: 16.2	1 + 9
7th	Czech Republic Jaroslav Soukup Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	1: 23: 55.2	0 + 9
8th	Ukraine Oleksandr Bilanenko Andrij Derysemlja Vyacheslav Derkach Serhiy Sednev	1: 24: 25.1	0 + 4

Date: February 26, 2010, 11:30 a.m.

Total ascent: 4 × 252 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

19 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Olympic champions 2006: GER Ricco Groß , Michael Rösch , Sven Fischer , Michael Greis World champions 2009: NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen , Lars Berger , Halvard Hanevold , Ole Einar Bjørndalen 
 

Results women

Sprint 7.5 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Sprint (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	SVK	Anastasiya Kuzmina	19: 55.6	1
2	GER	Magdalena Neuner	19: 57.1	1
3	FRA	Marie Dorin	20: 06.5	0
4th	RUS	Anna Bulygina	20: 07.7	0
5	KAZ	Elena Khrustalyova	20: 20.4	0
6th	FRA	Marie-Laure Brunet	20: 23.3	0
7th	RUS	Olga Saizewa	20: 23.4	0
8th	BLR	Darja Domratschawa	20: 27.4	0
9	NOR	Ann Kristin Flatland	20: 29.7	1
10	UKR	Oxana Chwostenko	20: 38.9	0

Date: February 13, 2010, 1:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 84 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

89 participants from 31 countries, 87 of them in the evaluation.

Olympic champion 2006: Florence Baverel-Robert World champion 2009: Kati Wilhelm 
 

In December 2017, Teja Gregorin , who originally came ninth, was disqualified from the IOC for doping .

Pursuit 10 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Pursuit (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	GER	Magdalena Neuner	30: 16.0	2
2	SVK	Anastasiya Kuzmina	30: 28.3	2
3	FRA	Marie-Laure Brunet	30: 44.3	0
4th	SWE	Anna Carin Olofsson	30: 55.4	1
5	NOR	Torah Berger	31: 07.2	0
6th	RUS	Anna Bulygina	31: 08.1	1
7th	RUS	Olga Saizewa	31: 20.3	2
8th	NOR	Ann Kristin Flatland	31: 33.3	1
9	GER	Andrea Henkel	31: 40.5	3
10	KAZ	Elena Khrustalyova	31: 42.1	3

The persecution medal winners at the award ceremony

Date: February 16, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

Total ascent: 330 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

60 participants from 24 countries, 56 of them in the evaluation.

Olympic champion 2006: Kati Wilhelm World champion 2009: Helena Jonsson 
 

In December 2017, Teja Gregorin , who originally came ninth, was disqualified from the IOC for doping .

Mass start 12.5 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - mass start (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	DEU	Magdalena Neuner	35: 19.6	2
2	RUS	Olga Saizewa	35: 25.1	1
3	DEU	Simone Hauswald	35.26.9	2
4th	RUS	Olga Medvedzewa	35: 40.8	0
5	BLR	Darja Domratschawa	35: 53.2	1
6th	FRA	Sandrine Bailly	36: 02.0	2
7th	SVK	Anastasiya Kuzmina	36: 02.9	3
8th	DEU	Andrea Henkel	36: 13.5	1
9	SWE	Helena Jonsson	36: 15.9	2
10	NOR	Ann Kristin Flatland	36: 16.0	4th

Date: February 21, 2010, 1:00 p.m.

Total ascent: 420 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

30 participants from 12 countries, 29 of them in the evaluation.

Olympic Champion 2006: Anna Carin Olofsson World Champion 2009: Olga Saizewa 
 

In December 2017, the original fifth-placed Teja Gregorin was disqualified by the IOC for doping .

Single 15 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - singles (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)	error
1	NOR	Torah Berger	40: 52.8	1
2	KAZ	Elena Khrustalyova	41: 13.5	0
3	BLR	Darja Domratschawa	41: 21.0	1
4th	GER	Kati Wilhelm	41: 57.3	1
5	POLE	Weronika Nowakowska	41: 57.5	1
6th	GER	Andrea Henkel	42: 32.4	2
7th	POLE	Agnieszka Cyl	42: 32.5	1
8th	UKR	Oxana Chwostenko	42: 38.6	0
9	BLR	Lyudmila Kalintschyk	42: 39.1	1
10	GER	Magdalena Neuner	42: 42.1	3

Date: February 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m.

Total ascent: 535 m, maximum ascent: 40 m, difference in altitude: 41 m

87 participants from 31 countries, 85 of them in the evaluation.

Olympic champion 2006: Swetlana Ischmuratowa World champion 2009: Kati Wilhelm 
 

With this victory, Tora Berger won the 100th gold medal for Norway at the Winter Olympics.

Relay 4 × 6 km

→ Main article : 2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon relay (women)

space	Country women athletes	Time (h)	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Russia Swetlana Slepzowa Anna Bogali-Titowez Olga Medwedzewa Olga Saizewa	1: 09: 36.3	0 + 5
2	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	1: 10: 09.1	2 + 8
3	Germany Kati Wilhelm Simone Hauswald Martina Beck Andrea Henkel	1: 10: 13.4	0 + 5
4th	Norway Liv-Kjersti Eikeland Ann Kristin Flatland Solveig Rogstad Tora Berger	1: 10: 34.1	0 + 3
5	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Anna Carin Olofsson Anna Maria Nilsson Helena Jonsson	1: 10: 47.2	0 + 3
6th	Ukraine Olena Pidhruschna Walentyna Semerenko Oxana Chwostenko Vita Semerenko	1: 11: 08.2	0 + 8
7th	Belarus Lyudmila Kalintschyk Darja Domratschawa Volha Kudraschowa Nadseja Skardsina	1: 11: 34.0	0 + 3
8th	People's Republic of China Wang Chunli Liu Xianying Kong Yingchao Song Chaoqing	1: 12: 16.9	0 + 8

Date: February 23, 2010, 11:30 a.m.

Total ascent: 4 × 198 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m

19 relays at the start, 18 of them in the classification.

Olympic champions 2006: RUS Anna Bogali-Titowez , Svetlana Ischmuratowa , Olga Saizewa , Albina Achatowa World champions 2009: RUS Svetlana Slepzowa , Anna Bulygina , Olga Medwedzewa , Olga Saizewa 
 

In December 2017, the Slovenian relay team originally placed eighth was disqualified by the IOC for doping Teja Gregorin .

Web links

Commons : Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results (PDF; 1.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Greis & Co. fail in the chaos of the weather
2. ↑ German biathletes sink into the chaos of the weather
3. ↑ Biathlon gold for Jay - Greis & Co. has no chance
4. ^ Croatian biathlon athlete Fak wins bronze in Vancouver
5. ↑ Weather häkerlt ÖSV and sprint favorites
6. ↑ Sunk in deep snow