Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Biathlon - Sprint (Men)

sport	biathlon
discipline	10 km sprint
gender	Men
Attendees	87 athletes from 26 countries
Competition location	Alpensia Biathlon Center
Competition phase	February 11, 2018
Winning time	23: 38.8 min
Medalist  Arnd Peiffer ( GER )  Michal Krčmář ( CZE )  Dominik Windisch ( ITA )

Biathlon competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men	Mixed

The men's 10 km sprint race in biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on February 11, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. The venue was the Alpensia Biathlon Center . Olympic champion was Arnd Peiffer from Germany, the silver medal was won by the Czech Michal Krčmář , who, like the German, also made no mistakes when shooting. Bronze went to the Italian Dominik Windisch from South Tyrol.

Competition description

The sprint was the individual discipline with the shortest running route in the men's category. The 10 km were divided into three equally long running laps; After the first and the second round, the athletes had to hit five targets each 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). The winner was whoever had the fastest overall time at the finish. The top 60 athletes of the sprint qualified to take part in the pursuit race .

Total ascent: 348 m, maximum ascent: 38 m, difference in altitude: 37 m
87 participants from 26 countries, all in the rating.

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	Penalties (L + S)
1	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	23: 38.8	0 (0 + 0)
2	Michal Krčmář	Czech Republic	23: 43.2	0 (0 + 0)
3	Dominik Windisch	Italy	23: 46.5	1 (0 + 1)
4th	Julian Eberhard	Austria	23: 47.2	1 (0 + 1)
5	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Norway	23: 56.2	2 (0 + 2)
6th	Benedikt Doll	Germany	23: 56.4	1 (0 + 1)
7th	Simon Schempp	Germany	24: 00.2	1 (0 + 1)
8th	Martin Fourcade	France	24: 00.9	3 (3 + 0)
9	Serafin Wiestner	Switzerland	24: 02.3	1 (0 + 1)
10	Lukas Hofer	Italy	24: 09.8	2 (1 + 1)
11	Erik Lesser	Germany	24: 10.7	1 (0 + 1)
12	Simon Desthieux	France	24: 11.1	2 (2 + 0)
13	Tarjei Bø	Norway	24: 12.5	2 (2 + 0)
14th	Sebastian Samuelsson	Sweden	24: 12.6	2 (2 + 0)
15th	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	24: 15.5	1 (0 + 1)
16	Timofei Lapschin	South Korea	24: 22.6	1 (0 + 1)
17th	Tomas Kaukėnas	Lithuania	24: 23.5	1 (0 + 1)
18th	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	24: 23.8	2 (1 + 1)
19th	Olli Hiidensalo	Finland	24: 26.3	0 (0 + 0)
20th	Tero Seppälä	Finland	24: 27.3	1 (1 + 0)
21st	Dmytro Pidruchnyj	Ukraine	24: 27.5	0 (0 + 0)
22nd	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	24: 33.7	1 (0 + 1)
23	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	24: 34.2	2 (1 + 1)
24	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	24: 34.4	3 (1 + 2)
25th	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	24: 36.2	1 (1 + 0)
26th	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	24: 36.4	2 (0 + 2)
27	Antonin Guigonnat	France	24: 37.5	3 (1 + 2)
28	Simon Eder	Austria	24: 42.5	2 (2 + 0)
29	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	24: 46.7	1 (1 + 0)
30th	Jesper Nelin	Sweden	24: 46.8	3 (1 + 2)
31	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Norway	24: 51.5	4 (3 + 1)
32	Peppe Femling	Sweden	24: 52.2	2 (1 + 1)
33	Lowell Bailey	United States	24: 54.4	1 (0 + 1)
34	Uladsimir Tschapelin	Belarus	25: 04.8	2 (1 + 1)
35	Anton Smolski	Belarus	25: 05.9	1 (1 + 0)
36	Kalev Ermits	Estonia	25: 07.2	2 (2 + 0)
37	Krassimir Anev	Bulgaria	25: 08.8	2 (1 + 1)
38	Michael Rösch	Belgium	25: 09.4	2 (0 + 2)
39	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	25: 14.1	3 (2 + 1)
40	Artem Pryma	Ukraine	25: 14.9	2 (1 + 1)
41	Roland Lessing	Estonia	25: 19.7	2 (1 + 1)
42	Sergei Botscharnikov	Belarus	25: 20.9	2 (1 + 1)
43	Roman Jeremin	Kazakhstan	25: 21.9	2 (1 + 1)
44	Nathan Smith	Canada	25: 22.3	1 (1 + 0)
45	Tuomas Grönman	Finland	25: 24.3	1 (0 + 1)
46	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	25: 24.9	1 (0 + 1)
47	Tim Burke	United States	25: 26.3	4 (2 + 2)
48	Quentin Fillon Maillet	France	25: 28.1	4 (3 + 1)
49	Vytautas Strolia	Lithuania	25: 32.4	2 (1 + 1)
50	Giuseppe Montello	Italy	25: 35.3	2 (0 + 2)
51	Thomas Bormolini	Italy	25: 39.3	2 (1 + 1)
52	Martin Otčenáš	Slovakia	25: 39.7	4 (0 + 4)
53	Miha Dovžan	Slovenia	25: 42.2	2 (0 + 2)
54	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	25: 42.7	4 (0 + 4)
55	Florent Claude	Belgium	25: 43.7	3 (1 + 2)
56	Anton Zinapov	Bulgaria	25: 47.9	3 (2 + 1)
57	Anton Babikov	OAR	25: 48.5	4 (3 + 1)
58	Leif Nordgren	United States	25: 49.0	2 (1 + 1)
59	Grzegorz Guzik	Poland	25: 52.2	2 (0 + 2)
60	Cornel Puchianu	Romania	25: 52.7	1 (1 + 0)
61	Scott Gow	Canada	25: 52.8	4 (4 + 0)
62	Christian Gow	Canada	25: 53.5	3 (2 + 1)
63	Jeremy Finello	Switzerland	25: 54.7	3 (2 + 1)
64	Mario Dolder	Switzerland	25: 54.8	5 (3 + 2)
65	Sean Doherty	United States	25: 55.2	4 (0 + 4)
66	Oskars Muižnieks	Latvia	25: 56.3	2 (1 + 1)
67	Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec	Poland	25: 59.2	2 (2 + 0)
68	Remus Faur	Romania	26: 03.3	1 (0 + 1)
69	Michal Šlesingr	Czech Republic	26: 06.0	4 (0 + 4)
70	Tomáš Hasilla	Slovakia	26: 10.4	3 (1 + 2)
71	Raman Jaljotnau	Belarus	26: 12.6	6 (2 + 4)
72	Mitja Drinovec	Slovenia	26: 13.7	3 (1 + 2)
73	Adam Václavík	Czech Republic	26: 15.4	4 (2 + 2)
74	Šimon Bartko	Slovakia	26: 18.4	5 (2 + 3)
75	Rene Zahkna	Estonia	26: 19.9	3 (1 + 2)
76	Kauri Kõiv	Estonia	26: 23.3	3 (2 + 1)
77	Tobias Eberhard	Austria	26: 24.3	5 (4 + 1)
78	Vladimir Semakov	Ukraine	26: 31.7	3 (1 + 2)
79	Vladislav Witenko	Kazakhstan	26: 32.7	4 (2 + 2)
80	Vasily Podkorytov	Kazakhstan	26: 34.7	1 (1 + 0)
81	Dimitar Gerdschikow	Bulgaria	26: 47.9	4 (2 + 2)
82	Brendan Green	Canada	26: 48.0	3 (0 + 3)
83	Matwei Yelisseyev	OAR	26: 59.3	5 (3 + 2)
84	Mikito Tachizaki	Japan	27: 27.1	3 (0 + 3)
85	Maxim Braun	Kazakhstan	27: 46.7	4 (3 + 1)
86	Gheorghe Pop	Romania	28: 04.4	5 (2 + 3)
87	Marius Ungureanu	Romania	28: 59.1	4 (2 + 2)

Web links

• Official results of the IBU (PDF, 95 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Bottom Line - Sprint Men. (PDF, 89 kB) biathlonresults.com, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2018 (English).