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Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

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).

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 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
  24 Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway 24:33.5 1 (0+1) —
  15 Dominik Landertinger   Austria 24:34.8 0 (0+0) +1.3
  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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