2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Sprint (Men)

Biathlon 10 km sprint of the men of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
gold	Vincent Jay
silver	Emil Hegle Svendsen
bronze	Jakov Fak
Competitions
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The men's biathlon 10K sprint race at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 14, 2010 at 11:15 am at the Whistler Olympic Park . The French Vincent Jay became Olympic champion . The silver medal went to the Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen and the bronze went to Jakov Fak from Croatia.

Competition description

The sprint was the individual discipline with the shortest running distance. The total of 10 km was divided into three equally long running laps, after the first and second laps the athletes had to hit five targets twice at the shooting range. The first time the shooting was in a lying position, the second time in a standing position. For each target not hit, the athlete had to complete a 150-meter penalty loop. The athletes started the race at an interval of 30 seconds (sometimes 15 seconds).

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

88 participants from 32 countries, including 87 in the rating. The top 60 athletes of the sprint qualified to take part in the pursuit race .

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + S)	Difference (min)
1	Vincent Jay	France	24: 07.8	0 (0 + 0)	-
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	24: 20.0	1 (1 + 0)	+0: ​​12.2
3	Jakov Fak	Croatia	24: 21.8	0 (0 + 0)	+0: ​​14.0
4th	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	24: 25.2	1 (0 + 1)	+0: ​​17.4
5	Andrij Derysemlya	Ukraine	24: 48.5	2 (2 + 0)	+0: ​​40.7
6th	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	24: 57.6	1 (0 + 1)	+0: ​​49.8
7th	Pavol Hurajt	Slovakia	25: 15.0	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 07.2
8th	Bjorn Ferry	Sweden	25: 20.0	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 12.4
9	Jeremy Teela	United States	25: 21.7	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 13.9
10	Ivan Cheresov	Russia	25: 25.9	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 18.1
11	Simon Eder	Austria	25: 32.2	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 24.4
12	Christoph Sumann	Austria	25: 32.7	2 (2 + 0)	+1: 24.9
13	Thomas Frei	Switzerland	25: 36.9	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 29.1
14th	Ilmārs Bricis	Latvia	25: 41.3	2 (1 + 1)	+1: 33.5
15th	Yevgeny Ustyugov	Russia	25: 47.9	2 (0 + 2)	+1: 40.1
16	Simon Hallenbarter	Switzerland	25: 48.3	2 (2 + 0)	+1: 40.5
17th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	25: 48.9	4 (3 + 1)	+1: 41.1
18th	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	25: 50.9	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 43.1
19th	Christoph Stephan	Germany	25: 51.1	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 43.3
20th	Alyaksandr Syman	Belarus	25: 53.5	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 45.7
21st	Michael Greis	Germany	25: 56.0	3 (1 + 2)	+1: 48.2
22nd	Serhiy Sednyev	Ukraine	25: 57.2	0 (0 + 0)	+1: 49.4
23	Andreas Birnbacher	Germany	26: 06.4	1 (0 + 1)	+1: 58.6
24	Halvard Hanevold	Norway	26: 07.7	1 (1 + 0)	+1: 59.9
25th	Krassimir Anev	Bulgaria	26: 09.1	0 (0 + 0)	+2: 01.3
26th	Matthias Simmen	Switzerland	26: 11.5	1 (1 + 0)	+2: 03.7
27	Janez Marič	Slovenia	26: 12.5	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 04.7
28	Zdeněk Vítek	Czech Republic	26: 13.7	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 05.9
29	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	26: 16.2	2 (0 + 2)	+2: 08.4
30th	Anton Schipulin	Russia	26: 18.7	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 10.9
31	Indrek Tobreluts	Estonia	26: 18.9	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 11.1
32	Zhang Chengye	China	26: 19.9	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 12.1
33	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	26: 20.5	1 (0 + 1)	+2: 12.7
34	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	26: 23.7	4 (2 + 2)	+2: 15.9
35	Martin Fourcade	France	26: 25.6	3 (3 + 0)	+2: 17.8
36	Lowell Bailey	United States	26: 26.6	0 (0 + 0)	+2: 18.8
37	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	26: 29.1	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 21.3
38	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	26: 33.3	1 (1 + 0)	+2: 25.5
39	Jan Sawizki	Kazakhstan	26: 35.2	1 (1 + 0)	+2: 27.4
40	Sjarhej Nowikau	Belarus	26: 37.4	1 (1 + 0)	+2: 29.6
	Timo Antila	Finland	26: 37.4	1 (1 + 0)	+2: 29.6
42	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	26: 41.7	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 33.9
43	Rustam Waliulin	Belarus	26: 43.7	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 35.9
44	Markus Windisch	Italy	26: 44.7	0 (0 + 0)	+2: 36.9
45	Daniel Mesotitsch	Austria	26: 45.3	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 37.5
46	Lars Berger	Norway	26: 53.0	4 (2 + 2)	+2: 45.2
47	Tim Burke	United States	26: 54.8	3 (1 + 2)	+2: 47.0
48	Kauri Kõiv	Estonia	26: 56.0	2 (1 + 1)	+2: 48.2
49	Jauhen Abramenka	Belarus	26: 57.8	0 (0 + 0)	+2: 50.0
50	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	27: 05.3	3 (2 + 1)	+2: 57.5
51	Alexander Chervyakov	Kazakhstan	27: 09.9	3 (1 + 2)	+3: 02.1
52	Jaroslav Soukup	Czech Republic	27: 10.4	2 (1 + 1)	+3: 02.6
53	Vincent Defrasne	France	27: 14.6	3 (2 + 1)	+3.06.8
54	Jay Hakkinen	United States	27: 17.4	0 (0 + 0)	+3.09.6
55	Lee-Steve Jackson	Great Britain	27: 18.1	2 (1 + 1)	+3: 10.3
56	Lukas Hofer	Italy	27: 18.3	4 (2 + 2)	+3: 10.5
57	Vasja Rupnik	Slovenia	27: 20.8	3 (0 + 3)	+3: 13.0
58	Peter Dokl	Slovenia	27: 21.0	0 (0 + 0)	+3: 13.2
59	Mikhail Kletscherow	Bulgaria	27: 23.1	0 (0 + 0)	+3.15.3
60	Mattia Cola	Italy	27: 24.9	1 (0 + 1)	+3.17.1
61	Christian De Lorenzi	Italy	27: 25.9	4 (2 + 2)	+3.18.1
62	Roland Lessing	Estonia	27: 26.0	3 (2 + 1)	+3.18.2
63	Maxim Chudov	Russia	27: 28.0	2 (1 + 1)	+3.20.2
64	Kristaps Lībietis	Latvia	27: 32.5	1 (1 + 0)	+3.24.7
65	Lee In-bok	South Korea	27: 34.1	4 (1 + 3)	+3: 26.3
66	Marek Matiaško	Slovakia	27: 37.4	3 (1 + 2)	+3: 29.6
67	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	27: 39.8	3 (2 + 1)	+3: 32.0
68	Hidenori Isa	Japan	27: 42.2	3 (1 + 2)	+3: 34.4
69	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	27: 43.6	3 (3 + 0)	+3: 35.8
70	Victor Pînzaru	Moldova	27: 52.6	1 (1 + 0)	+3: 44.8
71	Simon Fourcade	France	27: 53.0	4 (1 + 3)	+3: 45.2
72	Dias Keneschow	Kazakhstan	28: 04.6	1 (0 + 1)	+3: 56.8
73	Paavo Puurunen	Finland	28: 04.8	4 (2 + 2)	+3: 57.0
74	Martten Kaldvee	Estonia	28: 07.7	2 (2 + 1)	+3: 59.9
75	Dušan Šimočko	Slovakia	28: 11.4	3 (1 + 2)	+4: 03.6
76	Miroslav Matiaško	Slovakia	28: 15.9	4 (1 + 3)	+4: 08.1
77	Vyacheslav Derkach	Ukraine	28: 22.9	3 (0 + 3)	+4: 15.1
78	Edgars Piksons	Latvia	28: 23.0	2 (1 + 1)	+4: 15.2
79	Magnus Jonsson	Sweden	28: 29.2	3 (0 + 3)	+4: 21.4
80	Imre Tagscherer	Hungary	28: 38.8	4 (2 + 2)	+4: 31.0
81	Milanko Petrovic	Serbia	28: 38.9	4 (1 + 3)	+4: 31.1
82	Miroslaw Kenanow	Bulgaria	28: 40.2	1 (1 + 0)	+4: 32.4
83	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	28: 45.0	3 (1 + 2)	+4: 37.2
84	Nikolai Braichenko	Kazakhstan	28: 52.0	3 (1 + 2)	+4: 44.2
85	Łukasz Szczurek	Poland	29: 02.0	2 (1 + 1)	+4: 54.2
86	Øystein Slettemark	Denmark	30: 55.8	7 (3 + 4)	+6: 48.0
87	Alexei Almoukov	Australia	30: 57.9	4 (3 + 1)	+6: 50.1
	Athanasios Tsakiris	Greece			DNF

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 1.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018