The men's 10 km sprint biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 11 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.Start list The event was won by Arnd Peiffer, with Michal Krčmář taking silver and Dominik Windisch bronze. This was the first individual Olympic medal for both Peiffer and Windisch, whereas for Krčmář, this was the first Olympic medal.
Summary The 2014 champion, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, did not qualify for the event, and only the silver medalist, Dominik Landertinger, was competing. The field also included the 2010 silver, Emil Hegle Svendsen, and bronze, Jakov Fak, medalists. None of them were in medal contention during the event.
The early leader was Julian Eberhard, whose result was first improved by Peiffer. Krčmář finished second, and subsequently Windisch third, moving Eberhard down to fourth. Only four of the 87 competitors did not miss any targets, including the top two, Peiffer and Krčmář.
In the victory ceremony the day after, the medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by James Carrabre, IBU Vice President of Medical Issues.
Qualification
Schedule All times are (UTC+9). Date Time Round 11 February 20:15 Final
Results The race was started at 20:15.Final results
Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit 22 Arnd Peiffer 23:38.80 (0+0) — 36 Michal Krčmář 23:43.20 (0+0) 42 Dominik Windisch 23:46.51 (0+1) 5 Julian Eberhard 23:47.21 (0+1) 30 Erlend Bjøntegaard 23:56.22 (0+2) 6 Benedikt Doll 23:56.41 (0+1) 24 Simon Schempp 24:00.21 (0+1) 54 Martin Fourcade 24:00.93 (3+0) 71 Serafin Wiestner 24:02.31 (0+1) 10 18 Lukas Hofer 24:09.82 (1+1) 11 32 Erik Lesser 24:10.71 (0+1) 12 41 Simon Desthieux 24:11.12 (2+0) 13 16 Tarjei Bø 24:12.52 (2+0) 14 40 Sebastian Samuelsson 24:12.62 (2+0) 15 26 Benjamin Weger 24:15.51 (0+1) 16 1 Timofey Lapshin 24:22.61 (0+1) 17 31 Tomas Kaukėnas 24:23.51 (0+1) 18 10 Emil Hegle Svendsen 24:23.82 (1+1) 19 66 Olli Hiidensalo 24:26.30 (0+0) 20 45 Tero Seppälä 24:27.31 (1+0) 21 11 Dmytro Pidruchnyi 24:27.50 (0+0) 22 57 Matej Kazár 24:33.71 (0+1) 23 13 Jakov Fak 24:34.22 (1+1) 24 46 Andrejs Rastorgujevs 24:34.43 (1+2) 25 50 Dominik Landertinger 24:36.21 (1+0) 26 9 Klemen Bauer 24:36.42 (0+2) 27 27 Antonin Guigonnat 24:37.53 (1+2) 28 28 Simon Eder 24:42.52 (2+0)+1:03.7 29 12 Ondřej Moravec 24:46.71 (1+0)+1:07.9 30 72 Jesper Nelin 24:46.83 (1+2)+1:08.0 31 20 Johannes Thingnes Bø 24:51.54 (3+1)+1:12.7 32 87 Peppe Femling 24:52.22 (1+1)+1:13.4 33 64 Lowell Bailey 24:54.41 (0+1)+1:15.6 34 23 Vladimir Chepelin 25:04.82 (1+1)+1:26.0 35 80 Anton Smolski 25:05.91 (1+0)+1:27.1 36 15 Kalev Ermits 25:07.22 (2+0)+1:28.4 37 2 Krasimir Anev 25:08.82 (1+1)+1:30.0 38 39 Michael Rösch 25:09.42 (0+2)+1:30.6 39 25 Fredrik Lindström 25:14.13 (2+1)+1:35.3 40 35 Artem Pryma 25:14.92 (1+1)+1:36.1 41 49 Roland Lessing 25:19.72 (1+1)+1:40.9 42 60 Sergey Bocharnikov 25:20.92 (1+1)+1:42.1 43 43 Roman Yeremin 25:21.92 (1+1)+1:43.1 44 69 Nathan Smith 25:22.31 (1+0)+1:43.5 45 3 Tuomas Grönman 25:24.31 (0+1)+1:45.5 46 65 Serhiy Semenov 25:24.91 (0+1)+1:46.1 47 34 Tim Burke 25:26.34 (2+2)+1:47.5 48 37 Quentin Fillon Maillet 25:28.14 (3+1)+1:49.3 49 61 Vytautas Strolia 25:32.42 (1+1)+1:53.6 50 70 Giuseppe Montello 25:35.32 (0+2)+1:56.5 51 14 Thomas Bormolini 25:39.32 (1+1)+2:00.5 52 19 Martin Otčenáš 25:39.74 (0+4)+2:00.9 53 33 Miha Dovžan 25:42.22 (2+0)+2:03.4 54 56 Vladimir Iliev 25:42.74 (0+4)+2:03.9 55 29 Florent Claude 25:43.73 (1+2)+2:04.9 56 68 Anton Sinapov 25:47.93 (2+1)+2:09.1 57 21 Anton Babikov 25:48.54 (3+1)+2:09.7 58 85 Leif Nordgren 25:49.02 (1+1)+2:10.2 59 4 Grzegorz Guzik 25:52.22 (0+2)+2:13.4 60 55 Cornel Puchianu 25:52.71 (1+0)+2:13.9 61 48 Scott Gow 25:52.84 (4+0)+2:14.0 62 7 Christian Gow 25:53.53 (2+1)+2:14.7 63 47 Jeremy Finello 25:54.73 (2+1)+2:15.9 64 8 Mario Dolder 25:54.85 (3+2)+2:16.0 65 17 Sean Doherty 25:55.24 (4+0)+2:16.4 66 63 Oskars Muižnieks 25:56.32 (1+1)+2:17.5 67 51 Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec 25:59.22 (2+0)+2:20.4 68 58 Remus Faur 26:03.31 (0+1)+2:24.5 69 59 Michal Šlesingr 26:06.04 (0+4)+2:27.2 70 76 Tomáš Hasilla 26:10.43 (1+2)+2:31.6 71 52 Raman Yaliotnau 26:12.66 (2+4)+2:33.8 72 62 Mitja Drinovec 26:13.73 (1+2)+2:34.9 73 86 Adam Václavík 26:15.44 (2+2)+2:36.6 74 81 Šimon Bartko 26:18.45 (2+3)+2:39.6 75 74 Rene Zahkna 26:19.93 (1+2)+2:41.1 76 84 Kauri Kõiv 26:23.33 (2+1)+2:44.5 77 67 Tobias Eberhard 26:24.35 (4+1)+2:45.5 78 78 Volodymyr Siemakov 26:31.73 (1+2)+2:52.9 79 73 Vladislav Vitenko 26:32.74 (2+2)+2:53.9 80 77 Vassiliy Podkorytov 26:34.71 (1+0)+2:55.9 81 82 Dimitar Gerdzhikov 26:47.94 (2+2)+3:09.1 82 83 Brendan Green 26:48.03 (0+3)+3:09.2 83 44 Matvey Eliseev 26:59.35 (3+2)+3:20.5 84 53 Mikito Tachizaki 27:27.13 (0+3)+3:48.3 85 38 Maxim Braun 27:46.74 (3+1)+4:07.9 86 75 Gheorghe Pop 28:04.45 (2+3)+4:25.6 87 79 Marius Ungureanu 28:59.14 (2+2)+5:20.3
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