Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit

The Men's pursuit competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 13 February, at the National Biathlon Centre,[1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft).[2] Quentin Fillon Maillet of France won the event. Tarjei Bø of Norway won the silver medal, and Eduard Latypov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won bronze, his first individual Olympic medal.

Men’s pursuit
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueHualindong Ski Resort
Date13 February
Competitors59 from 22 nations
Winning time39:07.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Quentin Fillon Maillet  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tarjei Bø  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eduard Latypov  ROC
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Summary edit

The 2014 and 2018 champion, Martin Fourcade, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Sebastian Samuelsson, qualified for the Olympics, as well as the bronze medalist, Benedikt Doll. The overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Fillon Maillet, who was also the leader in the pursuit. Samuelsson was standing second in the pursuit ranking.

Both Johannes Thingnes Bø and Fillon Maillet, who started first and second respectively, did not miss targets in the first shooting, and Bø was faster than Fillon Maillet. On the second shooting, Bø missed two targets and Fillon Maillet did not miss, and the advantage of Bø dropped to 13 seconds. Latypov was third 35 seconds behind Bø. In the third shooting, Johannes Thingnes Bø missed three more targets, whereas Fillon Maillet and Latypov did not miss. Fillon Maillet was leading, 10 seconds ahead of Latypov, 40 seconds ahead of Tarjei Bø and Lukas Hofer, and 55 seconds ahead of Johannes Thingnes Bø. Latypov caught up with Fillon Maillet, but missed a target on the last shooting. Fillon Maillet, Tarjei Bø, and Hofer did not miss. As a result, after the shooting Fillon Maillet was leading with an advantage of about 40 seconds over the three. Johannes Thingnes Bø was 1:35 behind Fillon Maillet, and other athletes out of medal contention. The advantage was sufficient for Fillon Maillet to win gold. Tarjei Bø was second, and Latypov third.

Qualification edit

Results edit

The race was started at 18:45.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Penalties (P+P+S+S) Deficit
  2 Quentin Fillon Maillet   France 0:26 39:07.5 0 (0+0+0+0)
  3 Tarjei Bø   Norway 0:39 39:36.1 1 (1+0+0+0) +28.6
  11 Eduard Latypov   ROC 1:14 39:42.8 1 (0+0+0+1) +35.3
4 14 Lukas Hofer   Italy 1:19 39:58.6 0 (0+0+0+0) +51.1
5 1 Johannes Thingnes Bø   Norway 0:00 41:21.2 7 (0+2+3+2) +2:13.7
6 17 Roman Rees   Germany 1:24 41:37.7 1 (0+0+1+0) +2:30.2
7 24 Simon Desthieux   France 1:45 41:54.7 3 (2+0+0+1) +2:47.2
8 5 Sebastian Samuelsson   Sweden 0:52 42:10.2 5 (1+2+2+0) +3:02.7
9 9 Émilien Jacquelin   France 1:06 42:13.7 6 (2+3+0+1) +3:06.2
10 46 Felix Leitner   Austria 2:33 42:16.3 1 (0+1+0+0) +3:08.8
11 6 Martin Ponsiluoma   Sweden 0:54 42:27.0 9 (2+3+4+0) +3:19.5
12 33 Johannes Kühn   Germany 1:53 42:37.3 4 (0+2+1+1) +3:29.8
13 13 Dmytro Pidruchnyi   Ukraine 1:19 42:45.9 5 (1+2+2+0) +3:38.4
14 10 Anton Smolski   Belarus 1:13 42:48.2 6 (1+1+3+1) +3:40.7
15 20 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen   Norway 1:38 42:53.3 3 (0+1+0+2) +3:45.8
16 21 Fabien Claude   France 1:41 42:54.5 7 (3+1+1+2) +3:47.0
17 4 Maxim Tsvetkov   ROC 0:41 42:56.2 6 (2+3+0+1) +3:48.7
18 15 Artem Pryma   Ukraine 1:19 42:59.8 6 (2+2+2+0) +3:52.3
19 22 Philipp Nawrath   Germany 1:43 43:06.7 7 (1+2+1+3) +3:59.2
20 34 Scott Gow   Canada 1:56 43:18.7 4 (0+2+0+2) +4:11.2
21 25 Tero Seppälä   Finland 1:47 43:30.2 7 (1+1+2+3) +4:22.7
22 32 Cheng Fangming   China 1:53 43:30.4 4 (1+2+1+0) +4:22.9
23 60 Anton Dudchenko   Ukraine 2:51 43:36.5 3 (2+0+1+0) +4:29.0
24 7 Sturla Holm Lægreid   Norway 1:02 43:40.5 10 (3+2+4+1) +4:33.0
25 31 Vladimir Iliev   Bulgaria 1:52 43:41.3 7 (2+2+2+1) +4:33.8
26 30 Dominik Windisch   Italy 1:51 43:41.9 7 (1+1+3+2) +4:34.4
27 38 Alexander Loginov   ROC 2:15 43:44.1 5 (0+1+3+1) +4:36.6
28 29 Jules Burnotte   Canada 1:50 43:48.2 5 (1+2+1+1) +4:40.7
29 26 Jakov Fak   Slovenia 1:48 43:58.9 5 (1+2+1+1) +4:51.4
30 35 Adam Runnalls   Canada 2:00 43:59.9 5 (1+0+2+2) +4:52.4
31 55 Jesper Nelin   Sweden 2:43 44:02.3 4 (1+0+1+2) +4:54.8
32 8 Benedikt Doll   Germany 1:05 44:03.1 7 (2+0+2+3) +4:55.6
33 23 Thomas Bormolini   Italy 1:44 44:04.5 6 (0+1+1+4) +4:57.0
34 16 Michal Krčmář   Czech Republic 1:22 44:06.9 7 (1+0+4+2) +4:59.4
35 12 Christian Gow   Canada 1:15 44:10.5 5 (0+2+0+3) +5:03.0
36 27 Sebastian Stalder   Switzerland 1:48 44:10.7 4 (1+0+2+1) +5:03.2
37 18 Simon Eder   Austria 1:27 44:18.7 5 (0+2+2+1) +5:11.2
38 37 Niklas Hartweg   Switzerland 2:05 44:34.7 5 (1+3+0+1) +5:27.2
39 19 Daniil Serokhvostov   ROC 1:38 44:34.8 8 (4+2+1+1) +5:27.3
40 36 Jake Brown   United States 2:04 45:14.1 6 (3+1+2+0) +6:06.6
41 40 Yan Xingyuan   China 2:16 45:30.2 5 (2+1+1+1) +6:22.7
42 28 Mikuláš Karlík   Czech Republic 1:48 45:38.8 8 (1+3+3+1) +6:31.3
43 47 Sean Doherty   United States 2:35 45:38.8 7 (1+1+3+2) +6:31.3
44 59 Adam Václavík   Czech Republic 2:50 45:41.2 6 (1+1+3+1) +6:33.7
45 57 Mikita Labastau   Belarus 2:47 45:42.0 6 (3+0+1+2) +6:34.5
46 41 Tsukasa Kobonoki   Japan 2:17 46:16.0 5 (1+1+2+1) +7:08.5
47 51 Raido Ränkel   Estonia 2:39 46:23.1 6 (1+1+2+2) +7:15.6
48 58 Jakub Štvrtecký   Czech Republic 2:48 46:32.1 7 (0+3+3+1) +7:24.6
49 54 Heikki Laitinen   Finland 2:41 46:47.2 6 (1+1+1+3) +7:39.7
50 50 Rene Zahkna   Estonia 2:38 46:54.0 3 (0+0+2+1) +7:46.5
51 44 Kosuke Ozaki   Japan 2:24 46:56.6 4 (0+2+0+2) +7:49.1
52 39 Olli Hiidensalo   Finland 2:15 47:04.9 8 (5+0+1+2) +7:57.4
53 52 Blagoy Todev   Bulgaria 2:39 47:05.0 6 (1+3+1+1) +7:57.5
54 48 Grzegorz Guzik   Poland 2:36 47:07.0 8 (2+3+1+2) +7:59.5
55 56 Anton Sinapov   Bulgaria 2:45 47:08.3 7 (2+0+3+2) +8:00.8
56 42 Lovro Planko   Slovenia 2:22 47:31.6 8 (2+2+2+2) +8:24.1
57 49 Alexandr Mukhin   Kazakhstan 2:37 47:45.0 8 (3+1+2+2) +8:37.5
58 43 Vytautas Strolia   Lithuania 2:22 48:47.8 10 (2+3+1+4) +9:40.3
45 Joscha Burkhalter   Switzerland 2:28 LAP (1+4+4+)
53 Benjamin Weger   Switzerland 2:39 Did not start

References edit

  1. ^ "Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". www.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ "Beijing". Inside IBU. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 13 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.