Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Medalists
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date8 February
Competitors87 from 31 nations
Winning time24:33.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dominik Landertinger  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jaroslav Soukup  Czech Republic
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The men's sprint competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 8 February 2014.[1] It was 10 kilometres in length (6.2 miles).

The defending Olympic Champion was Vincent Jay of France, who has retired since the previous Olympics.[2] The defending World Champion is Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway.

Qualification[edit]

Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the sprint, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.

During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each).[3]

Schedule[edit]

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
8 February 18:30–20:20 Final

Results[edit]

The race was started at 18:30.[4]

Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the event with a time of 24:33.5, 1.3 seconds ahead of silver medalist Dominik Landertinger.[5] Bjørndalen missed one of the targets but was able to use his speed to make up the lost time.[6] Jaroslav Soukup finished third for the bronze medal.[5]

The gold medal was Bjørndalen's 12th Olympic medal, equaling a record set by fellow Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie.[6] At 40 years old, he is also the oldest man ever to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event at the Winter Games.[7][8] Bjørndalen won his 3rd gold medal in the Olympic men's sprint.[8]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 24 Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway 24:33.5 1 (0+1) —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 15 Dominik Landertinger  Austria 24:34.8 0 (0+0) +1.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 40 Jaroslav Soukup  Czech Republic 24:39.2 0 (0+0) +5.7
4 48 Anton Shipulin  Russia 24:39.9 1 (0+1) +6.4
5 65 Jean-Philippe Leguellec  Canada 24:43.2 0 (0+0) +9.7
6 39 Martin Fourcade  France 24:45.9 1 (1+0) +12.4
7 30 Simon Eder  Austria 24:47.2 0 (0+0) +13.7
8 6 Ondřej Moravec  Czech Republic 24:48.1 0 (0+0) +14.6
9 29 Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway 25:02.8 1 (0+1) +29.3
10 72 Jakov Fak  Slovenia 25:06.5 0 (0+0) +33.0
11 37 Dominik Windisch  Italy 25:07.6 1 (1+0) +34.1
12 75 Lukas Hofer  Italy 25:08.8 1 (0+1) +35.3
13 1 Nathan Smith  Canada 25:09.7 0 (0+0) +36.2
14 57 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix  France 25:12.1 1 (1+0) +38.6
15 55 Simon Schempp  Germany 25:16.4 0 (0+0) +42.9
16 8 Evgeny Ustyugov  Russia 25:19.1 1 (1+0) +45.6
17 35 Andrejs Rastorgujevs  Latvia 25:20.2 1 (1+0) +46.7
18 2 Fredrik Lindström  Sweden 25:21.0 0 (0+0) +47.5
19 43 Tim Burke  United States 25:23.3 1 (0+1) +49.8
20 32 Christoph Sumann  Austria 25:25.5 0 (0+0) +52.0
21 62 Erik Lesser  Germany 25:26.7 1 (0+1) +53.2
22 31 Andriy Deryzemlya  Ukraine 25:29.0 1 (0+1) +55.5
23 51 Brendan Green  Canada 25:31.7 1 (1+0) +58.2
24 70 Carl Johan Bergman  Sweden 25:35.9 1 (0+1) +1:02.4
25 36 Björn Ferry  Sweden 25:36.4 2 (2+0) +1:02.9
26 54 Klemen Bauer  Slovenia 25:40.7 2 (1+1) +1:07.2
27 68 Evgeniy Garanichev  Russia 25:43.0 1 (0+1) +1:09.5
28 46 Dmitry Malyshko  Russia 25:48.5 0 (0+0) +1:15.0
29 19 Vladimir Chepelin  Belarus 25:49.7 1 (0+1) +1:16.2
30 13 Cornel Puchianu  Romania 25:50.7 0 (0+0) +1:17.2
31 27 Michal Šlesingr  Czech Republic 25:51.7 1 (1+0) +1:18.2
32 77 Artem Pryma  Ukraine 25:57.6 1 (0+1) +1:24.1
33 50 Sergey Novikov  Belarus 26:00.8 0 (0+0) +1:27.3
34 38 Arnd Peiffer  Germany 26:01.2 3 (2+1) +1:27.7
35 26 Lowell Bailey  United States 26:04.1 2 (1+1) +1:30.6
36 64 Simon Fourcade  France 26:04.2 2 (1+1) +1:30.7
37 21 Matej Kazár  Slovakia 26:04.8 3 (2+1) +1:31.3
38 69 Daniel Mesotitsch  Austria 26:06.6 2 (0+2) +1:33.1
39 52 Tarjei Bø  Norway 26:10.1 3 (0+3) +1:36.6
40 14 Serafin Wiestner  Switzerland 26:10.2 2 (1+1) +1:36.7
41 67 Serhiy Semenov  Ukraine 26:10.4 1 (1+0) +1:36.9
42 82 Tobias Arwidson  Sweden 26:11.8 1 (1+0) +1:38.3
43 16 Yan Savitskiy  Kazakhstan 26:13.0 1 (1+0) +1:39.5
44 18 Serhiy Sednev  Ukraine 26:16.8 1 (1+0) +1:43.3
45 73 Leif Nordgren  United States 26:17.4 0 (0+0) +1:43.9
46 3 Simon Desthieux  France 26:18.2 2 (0+2) +1:44.7
47 81 Christian De Lorenzi  Italy 26:25.4 2 (1+1) +1:51.9
48 4 Tomas Kaukėnas  Lithuania 26:26.2 2 (0+2) +1:52.7
49 45 Krasimir Anev  Bulgaria 26:28.0 3 (3+0) +1:54.5
50 44 Daniil Steptšenko  Estonia 26:40.5 2 (1+1) +2:07.0
51 86 Janez Marič  Slovenia 26:41.3 1 (0+1) +2:07.8
52 56 Pavol Hurajt  Slovakia 26:45.8 0 (0+0) +2:12.3
53 66 Indrek Tobreluts  Estonia 26:46.5 3 (0+3) +2:13.0
54 5 Kauri Kõiv  Estonia 26:47.1 3 (2+1) +2:13.6
55 34 Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway 26:51.0 4 (2+2) +2:17.5
56 61 Evgeny Abramenko  Belarus 26:55.0 2 (1+1) +2:21.5
57 80 Yuryi Liadov  Belarus 26:55.1 2 (1+1) +2:21.6
58 11 Christoph Stephan  Germany 26:55.4 2 (1+1) +2:21.9
59 71 Sergey Naumik  Kazakhstan 26:55.5 1 (0+1) +2:22.0
60 59 Vladimir Iliev  Bulgaria 26:55.9 4 (2+2) +2:22.4
61 87 Russell Currier  United States 26:58.5 4 (4+0) +2:25.0
62 58 Ahti Toivanen  Finland 26:58.6 2 (1+1) +2:25.1
63 41 Benjamin Weger  Switzerland 27:00.5 1 (1+0) +2:27.0
64 17 Krzysztof Pływaczyk  Poland 27:02.3 1 (0+1) +2:28.8
65 74 Tomáš Hasilla  Slovakia 27:05.4 3 (2+1) +2:31.9
66 76 Roland Lessing  Estonia 27:06.3 3 (0+3) +2:32.8
67 42 Lee-Steve Jackson  Great Britain 27:07.5 1 (0+1) +2:34.0
68 83 Martin Otčenáš  Slovakia 27:07.8 3 (1+2) +2:34.3
69 20 Milanko Petrović  Serbia 27:08.2 3 (1+2) +2:34.7
70 12 Michail Kletcherov  Bulgaria 27:13.6 2 (1+1) +2:40.1
71 28 Hidenori Isa  Japan 27:15.2 3 (1+2) +2:41.7
72 25 Peter Dokl  Slovenia 27:20.1 1 (1+0) +2:46.6
73 33 Alexei Almoukov  Australia 27:24.6 2 (0+2) +2:51.1
74 78 Scott Perras  Canada 27:32.1 3 (2+1) +2:58.6
75 63 Tomáš Krupčík  Czech Republic 27:39.3 2 (1+1) +3:05.8
76 85 Ivan Zlatev  Bulgaria 27:48.5 2 (1+1) +3:15.0
77 53 Łukasz Szczurek  Poland 27:57.2 2 (2+0) +3:23.7
78 7 Jarkko Kauppinen  Finland 27:57.8 3 (2+1) +3:24.3
79 47 Károly Gombos  Hungary 28:04.3 1 (0+1) +3:30.8
80 49 Anton Pantov  Kazakhstan 28:05.0 4 (2+2) +3:31.5
81 23 Markus Windisch  Italy 28:14.4 2 (1+1) +3:40.9
82 22 Lee In-Bok  South Korea 28:35.9 1 (0+1) +4:02.4
83 10 Ren Long  China 28:53.2 4 (0+4) +4:19.7
84 9 Victor Lobo Escolar  Spain 28:53.3 4 (4+0) +4:19.8
85 60 Grzegorz Guzik  Poland 29:17.2 5 (4+1) +4:43.7
86 84 Rafał Lepel  Poland 29:25.8 2 (1+1) +4:52.3
87 79 Dias Keneshev  Kazakhstan 30:06.8 4 (2+2) +5:33.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Goodbye Vincent Jay.. you were a great athlete!". www.biathlonews.com. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ^ Final Results
  5. ^ a b "Men's Sprint 10 km". sochi.ru. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen equals Olympic medals record". DW. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  7. ^ Kaduk, Kevin (8 February 2014). "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen becomes oldest Winter Games gold medal winner at 40, ties record for overall medals". Yahoo Sports Canada. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b Bellisle, Martha (8 February 2014). "40-year-old Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wins seventh biathlon gold". USA Today. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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