Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over five loops of a 4.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting four times, twice prone and twice standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.[1][2]

Men's biathlon individual
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueNozawa Onsen
DatesFebruary 11
Competitors72 from 29 nations
Winning time56:16.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Halvard Hanevold  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pieralberto Carrara  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexei Aidarov  Belarus
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Results

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Rank Bib Name Country Result Penalties (P+S+P+S) Deficit
  69 Halvard Hanevold   Norway 56:16.4 1 (0+0+0+1)
  3 Pieralberto Carrara   Italy 56:21.9 0 (0+0+0+0) +5.5
  70 Alexei Aidarov   Belarus 56:46.5 1 (0+0+0+1) +30.1
4 68 Ivan Masařík   Czech Republic 57:30.7 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:14.3
5 45 Ilmārs Bricis   Latvia 58:15.1 3 (0+1+2+0) +1:58.7
6 28 Ricco Groß   Germany 58:15.4 1 (0+0+1+0) +1:59.0
7 32 Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway 58:16.8 4 (1+0+2+1) +2:00.4
8 57 Peter Sendel   Germany 58:30.3 1 (1+0+0+0) +2:13.9
9 8 Oleg Ryzhenkov   Belarus 58:31.3 2 (0+1+0+1) +2:14.9
10 14 Dag Bjørndalen   Norway 58:34.7 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:18.3
11 6 Tomas Globočnik   Slovenia 58:55.5 2 (1+1+0+0) +2:39.1
12 40 Ludwig Gredler   Austria 58:56.5 3 (1+0+0+2) +2:40.1
13 22 Vadim Sashurin   Belarus 59:08.6 2 (1+0+1+0) +2:52.2
14 37 Kyoji Suga   Japan 59:15.6 2 (1+0+0+1) +2:59.2
15 39 Sergei Tarasov   Russia 59:24.3 4 (1+0+2+1) +3:07.9
16 52 Sven Fischer   Germany 59:26.1 3 (1+0+1+1) +3:09.7
17 60 Pavel Muslimov   Russia 59:26.5 3 (0+1+1+1) +3:10.1
18 16 Janno Prants   Estonia 59:38.3 2 (1+0+1+0) +3:21.9
19 1 Frode Andresen   Norway 59:51.0 5 (1+1+1+2) +3:34.6
20 72 Mikael Löfgren   Sweden 1:00:00.3 2 (0+2+0+0) +3:43.9
21 73 René Cattarinussi   Italy 1:00:00.5 3 (2+1+0+0) +3:44.1
22 34 Raphaël Poirée   France 1:00:08.4 2 (0+0+2+0) +3:52.0
23 65 Paavo Puurunen   Finland 1:00:11.7 3 (1+1+1+0) +3:55.3
24 66 Wolfgang Perner   Austria 1:00:14.1 4 (0+1+1+2) +3:57.7
25 21 Sašo Grajf   Slovenia 1:00:18.2 2 (1+1+0+0) +4:01.8
26 12 Wolfgang Rottmann   Austria 1:00:23.5 2 (0+1+0+1) +4:07.1
27 46 Ville Räikkönen   Finland 1:00:25.3 3 (0+0+1+2) +4:08.9
28 10 Hironao Meguro   Japan 1:00:38.2 2 (1+0+1+0) +4:21.8
29 49 Alexandr Popov   Belarus 1:00:39.6 3 (0+2+0+1) +4:23.2
23 23 Wojciech Kozub   Poland 1:00:41.1 4 (1+1+1+1) +4:24.7
31 47 Dimitri Borovik   Estonia 1:01:07.7 3 (1+0+1+1) +4:51.3
32 5 Jan Wüstenfeld   Germany 1:01:07.9 4 (0+0+2+2) +4:51.5
33 48 Mike Dixon   Great Britain 1:01:08.0 1 (0+1+0+0) +4:51.6
34 20 Jiří Holubec   Czech Republic 1:01:08.8 2 (1+1+0+0) +4:52.4
35 19 Vladimir Drachev   Russia 1:01:13.9 6 (1+2+1+2) +4:57.5
35 24 Aleksandr Tropnikov   Kyrgyzstan 1:01:17.7 2 (0+1+1+0) +5:01.3
37 15 Jēkabs Nākums   Latvia 1:01:40.1 5 (4+0+1+0) +5:23.7
38 17 Ľubomír Machyniak   Slovakia 1:01:43.7 4 (1+0+1+2) +5:27.3
39 31 Fredrik Kuoppa   Sweden 1:01:59.2 2 (0+0+1+1) +5:42.8
40 7 Julien Robert   France 1:02:01.6 1 (0+1+0+0) +5:45.2
41 26 Wilfried Pallhuber   Italy 1:02:07.7 5 (2+1+2+0) +5:51.3
42 55 Jay Hakkinen   United States 1:02:10.3 4 (1+1+0+2) +5:53.9
43 38 Liutauras Barila   Lithuania 1:02:12.2 5 (1+0+3+1) +5:55.8
44 63 Kalju Ojaste   Estonia 1:02:15.7 4 (2+0+2+0) +5:59.3
45 71 Atsushi Kazama   Japan 1:02:23.5 4 (1+1+1+1) +6:07.1
46 13 Thierry Dusserre   France 1:02:26.6 1 (0+1+0+0) +6:10.2
47 50 Tomasz Sikora   Poland 1:02:39.9 5 (1+0+1+3) +6:23.5
48 59 Wiesław Ziemianin   Poland 1:02:39.9 4 (2+1+1+0) +6:23.5
49 53 Dmitry Pantov   Kazakhstan 1:03:10.5 5 (1+2+0+2) +6:54.1
50 30 Vyacheslav Derkach   Ukraine 1:03:14.6 4 (3+1+0+0) +6:58.2
51 54 Jean-Marc Chabloz   Switzerland 1:03:41.0 4 (1+1+1+1) +7:24.6
52 64 Valery Ivanov   Kazakhstan 1:03:55.9 7 (3+2+0+2) +7:39.5
53 9 Pavel Vavilov   Russia 1:03:59.4 7 (1+2+3+1) +7:43.0
54 42 Patrick Favre   Italy 1:04:10.5 7 (1+3+3+0) +7:54.1
55 44 Steve Cyr   Canada 1:04:12.9 6 (0+3+1+2) +7:56.5
56 51 Petr Garabík   Czech Republic 1:04:28.8 6 (2+2+0+2) +8:12.4
57 62 Andreas Heymann   France 1:04:42.7 6 (1+1+2+2) +8:26.3
58 41 Janez Ožbolt   Slovenia 1:05:18.9 5 (2+1+1+1) +9:02.5
59 18 Dmitry Pozdnyakov   Kazakhstan 1:05:22.9 6 (0+1+4+1) +9:06.5
60 29 Marius Ene   Romania 1:05:23.9 5 (1+1+2+1) +9:07.5
61 56 Tomaž Žemva   Slovenia 1:05:27.0 8 (3+2+1+2) +9:10.6
62 2 Günther Dengg   Austria 1:05:33.9 5 (0+2+2+1) +9:17.5
63 43 Mykola Krupnyk   Ukraine 1:05:36.3 6 (2+1+2+1) +9:19.9
64 27 Kevin Quintilio   Canada 1:05:37.2 4 (2+0+1+1) +9:20.8
65 36 Thanasis Tsakiris   Greece 1:06:38.8 5 (2+1+1+1) +10:22.4
66 61 Gundars Upenieks   Latvia 1:06:42.6 8 (3+1+2+2) +10:26.2
67 33 Georgi Kasabov   Bulgaria 1:06:59.5 5 (0+2+1+2) +10:43.1
68 58 Mark Gee   Great Britain 1:07:46.8 7 (2+2+0+3) +11:30.4
69 67 Robert Rosser   United States 1:08:35.7 7 (1+4+1+1) +12:19.3
70 4 Ion Bucsa   Moldova 1:11:27.5 6 (0+2+3+1) +15:11.1
71 11 Jeon Jae-won   South Korea 1:15:17.8 13 (4+2+3+4) +19:01.4
25 Vesa Hietalahti   Finland DNF
35 János Panyik   Hungary DNS

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.