2014 Winter Olympics / Biathlon - Singles (Men)

Men's biathlon 20 km individual of the 2014 Winter Olympics
winner	Martin Fourcade
Competitions
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men	Mixed

The men's 20 km individual race in biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics took place on February 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the Laura Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski Center. The Frenchman Martin Fourcade was able to secure the gold medal with just one shooting error. Silver went to the German Erik Lesser , the bronze medal was won by Yevgeny Garanitschew from Russia.

Competition description

The individual competition is the oldest discipline in biathlon and is therefore also considered a "classic". The total of 20 km was spread over five equally long running laps, after the first four the athletes had to hit five targets at the shooting range in the order lying-standing-lying-standing. Unlike in the other disciplines, the athletes received a penalty of one minute for each target not hit. The winner was whoever had the fastest overall time at the finish.

Total ascent: 705 m, maximum ascent: 28 m, difference in altitude: 57 m
89 participants from 31 countries, including 87 in the rating.

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	Penalty minutes (L + L + S + S)	Difference (min)
1	Martin Fourcade	France	49: 31.7	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	-
2	Erik Lesser	Germany	49: 43.9	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​12.2
3	Yevgeny Garanichev	Russia	50: 06.2	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​34.5
4th	Simon Eder	Austria	50: 09.5	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​37.8
5	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	50: 14.2	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​42.5
6th	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	France	50: 15.5	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+0: ​​43.8
7th	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	50: 30.3	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+0: ​​58.6
8th	Lowell Bailey	United States	50: 57.4	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+1: 25.7
9	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	51: 07.9	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 36.2
10	Daniel Bohm	Germany	51: 09.4	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+1: 37.7
11	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Norway	51: 16.5	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+1: 44.8
12	Bjorn Ferry	Sweden	51: 18.3	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+1: 46.6
13	Simon Fourcade	France	51: 29.9	2 (0 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+1: 58.2
14th	Lukas Hofer	Italy	51: 34.6	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 02.9
15th	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	51: 50.2	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 18.5
16	Simon Schempp	Germany	51: 50.3	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+2: 18.6
17th	Jaroslav Soukup	Czech Republic	51: 55.1	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+2: 23.4
18th	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	51: 55.8	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 24.1
19th	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	51: 56.9	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 25.2
20th	Jan Sawizki	Kazakhstan	52: 00.0	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+2: 28.3
21st	Brendan Green	Canada	52: 05.3	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+2: 33.6
22nd	Andreas Birnbacher	Germany	52: 17.9	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 46.2
23	Tomas Kaukėnas	Lithuania	52: 38.9	3 (0 + 0 + 0 + 3)	+3: 07.2
24	Christoph Sumann	Austria	52: 39.1	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+3: 07.4
25th	Nathan Smith	Canada	52: 41.3	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+3: 09.6
26th	Tarjei Bø	Norway	52: 41.5	2 (0 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+3: 09.8
27	Anton Pantov	Kazakhstan	52: 51.5	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+3: 19.8
28	Pavol Hurajt	Slovakia	52: 53.3	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+3: 21.6
29	Indrek Tobreluts	Estonia	53: 02.5	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+3: 30.8
30th	Christian De Lorenzi	Italy	53: 13.1	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+3: 41.4
31	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	53: 17.6	4 (1 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+3: 45.9
32	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	53: 18.9	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+3: 47.2
33	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	53: 21.9	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+3: 50.2
34	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	53: 25.5	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+3: 53.8
35	Krassimir Anev	Bulgaria	53: 30.3	2 (0 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+3: 58.6
36	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	53: 37.5	3 (1 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+4: 05.8
37	Yevgeny Ustyugov	Russia	53: 47.8	3 (2 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 16.1
38	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	53: 52.6	3 (2 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 20.9
39	Daniel Mesotitsch	Austria	53: 53.3	3 (2 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+4: 21.6
40	Tobias Arwidson	Sweden	54: 03.0	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+4: 31.3
41	Lee-Steve Jackson	Great Britain	54: 11.3	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 39.6
42	Tomáš Hasilla	Slovakia	54: 16.9	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+4: 45.2
43	Tim Burke	United States	54: 21.2	4 (0 + 2 + 0 + 2)	+4: 49.5
44	Alexei Almoukov	Australia	54: 35.4	2 (0 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+5: 03.7
45	Andrij Derysemlya	Ukraine	54: 40.0	3 (0 + 2 + 1 + 0)	+5: 08.3
46	Simon Hallenbarter	Switzerland	54: 52.2	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+5: 20.5
47	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	54: 54.5	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+5: 22.8
48	Uladsimir Tschapelin	Belarus	54: 59.2	3 (1 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+5: 27.5
49	Russell Currier	United States	55: 07.5	4 (2 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+5: 35.8
50	Łukasz Szczurek	Poland	55: 18.6	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+5: 46.9
51	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	55: 29.1	5 (2 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+5: 57.4
52	Jauhen Abramenka	Belarus	55: 38.8	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+6: 07.1
53	Sjarhej Nowikau	Belarus	55: 41.7	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+6: 10.0
54	Dmytro Pidruchnyj	Ukraine	55: 53.4	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+6: 21.7
55	Ahti Toivanen	Finland	55: 55.4	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+6: 23.7
56	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	55: 57.9	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+6: 26.2
57	Miroslav Matiaško	Slovakia	55: 58.7	4 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+6: 27.0
58	Scott Perras	Canada	56: 04.3	4 (0 + 3 + 1 + 0)	+6: 32.6
59	Cornel Puchianu	Romania	56: 10.4	4 (0 + 0 + 1 + 3)	+6: 38.7
60	Michal Krčmář	Czech Republic	56: 14.1	3 (1 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+6: 42.4
61	Daniil Steptšenko	Estonia	56: 14.4	3 (1 + 2 + 0 + 0)	+6: 42.7
62	Janez Marič	Slovenia	56: 22.4	3 (1 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+6: 50.7
63	Alexei Volkov	Russia	56: 30.3	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+6: 58.6
64	Dominik Windisch	Italy	56: 31.4	6 (1 + 1 + 1 + 3)	+6: 59.7
65	Ren Long	China	56: 35.8	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+7: 04.1
66	Ivan Joller	Switzerland	56: 40.6	3 (0 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+7: 08.9
67	Mikhail Kletscherow	Bulgaria	56: 41.8	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+7: 10.1
68	Milanko Petrovic	Serbia	56: 45.4	6 (1 + 2 + 0 + 3)	+7: 13.7
69	Kalev Ermits	Estonia	57: 04.5	2 (1 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+7: 32.8
70	Markus Windisch	Italy	57: 18.5	4 (0 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+7: 46.8
71	Victor Lobo Escolar	Spain	57: 22.8	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+7: 51.1
72	Lee In-bok	South Korea	57: 29.0	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+7: 57.3
73	Peter Dokl	Slovenia	57: 51.5	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+8: 19.8
74	Miroslaw Kenanow	Bulgaria	58: 01.1	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+8: 29.4
75	Sergei Naumik	Kazakhstan	58: 03.2	5 (0 + 1 + 2 + 2)	+8: 31.5
76	Krzysztof Pływaczyk	Poland	58: 12.5	5 (3 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+8: 40.8
77	Kauri Kõiv	Estonia	58: 17.3	7 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2)	+8: 45.6
78	Claudio Böckli	Switzerland	58: 19.2	4 (1 + 1 + 0 + 2)	+8: 47.5
79	Aljaksandr Daroschka	Belarus	58: 27.7	5 (2 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+8: 56.0
80	Artem Pryma	Ukraine	58: 35.2	7 (3 + 1 + 0 + 3)	+9: 03.5
81	Alexis Boeuf	France	58: 39.0	4 (1 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+9: 07.3
82	Leif Nordgren	United States	58: 47.6	6 (1 + 0 + 5 + 0)	+9: 15.9
83	Hidenori Isa	Japan	58: 56.1	6 (2 + 1 + 1 + 2)	+9: 24.4
84	Alexander Trifonov	Kazakhstan	60: 08.9	5 (1 + 1 + 2 + 1)	+10: 37.2
85	Grzegorz Guzik	Poland	60: 20.7	4 (1 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+10: 49.0
86	Łukasz Słonina	Poland	60: 29.5	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	+10: 57.8
87	Károly Gombos	Hungary	65: 16.7	8 (0 + 4 + 1 + 3)	+15: 45.0
	Jarkko Kauppinen	Finland	DNF	5 (3 + 2)
DSQ	Alexander Logunov (30.)	Russia	53: 04.3	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+3: 32.6

Web links

• Official result (PDF, 84 kB)

Individual evidence

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