| Men's sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2007 | ||||||||||
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| Location | Antholz-Anterselva, Italy | |||||||||
| Date | 3 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 104 from 31 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 26:18.8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon World Championships 2007 | ||
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| Individual | men | women |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Pursuit | men | women |
| Mass start | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The men's sprint competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2007 was held on 3 February 2007. [1]
Ole Einar Bjørndalen took his thirteenth World Championships gold medal (including the five Olympic golds), though missing the very final shot threatened to lose him his title. However, most of the other early starters also missed shots, and after the first group of 24 top-placed skiers had finished, no one were within half a minute of Bjørndalen. Of the remaining skiers, only Michal Šlesingr and Maxim Tchoudov had placings among the top 30 in the overall World Cup ranking; Šlesingr completed a faultless shooting but was still six seconds behind from the range, and despite a fine finish he could not catch Bjørndalen, while Tchoudov's medal chances went as he missed twice in the standing shoot, also spending too much time at the range. However, Andriy Deryzemlya of Ukraine, who had not placed on a World Cup podium for two seasons, was ranked 34th in the overall World Cup, and who had not placed in the top six of sprint races for the last four seasons, used two perfect shootings to beat World Cup number three Björn Ferry by ten seconds.
Neither Russia nor Germany managed to get anyone in the top ten; the best German was Alexander Wolf in 15th with three misses, with Birnbacher, World Cup leader Greis, and Michael Rösch also missing more than two times. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., the winner of the Oberhof sprint race, placed 12th after slow skiing, but was still the best Russian, one place ahead of Tchoudov.
The race was started at 10:45. [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Penalties (P+S) | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 22 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Norway | 1 (0+1) | 26:18.8 | |
 | 38 | Michal Šlesingr |  Czech Republic | 0 (0+0) | 26:23.6 | +4.8 |
 | 40 | Andriy Deryzemlya |  Ukraine | 0 (0+0) | 26:44.6 | +25.8 |
| 4 | 3 | Björn Ferry |  Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 26:53.2 | +34.4 |
| 5 | 21 | Tomasz Sikora |  Poland | 1 (1+0) | 26:58.0 | +39.2 |
| 6 | 52 | Mattias Nilsson | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 26:59.2 | +40.4 |
| 7 | 8 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 2 (1+1) | 27:06.8 | +48.0 |
| 8 | 17 | Raphaël Poirée |  France | 1 (0+1) | 27:08.9 | +50.1 |
| 9 | 7 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz |  Italy | 2 (1+1) | 27:12.5 | +53.7 |
| 10 | 13 | Matthias Simmen |  Switzerland | 3 (2+1) | 27:15.3 | +56.5 |
| 11 | 2 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 1 (0+1) | 27:15.6 | +56.8 |
| 12 | 16 | Nikolay Kruglov |  Russia | 1 (1+0) | 27:17.4 | +58.6 |
| 13 | 50 | Maxim Tchoudov | Russia | 2 (0+2) | 27:21.6 | +1:02.8 |
| 14 | 5 | Lars Berger | Norway | 4 (1+3) | 27:22.8 | +1:04.0 |
| 15 | 12 | Alexander Wolf |  Germany | 3 (1+2) | 27:28.8 | +1:10.0 |
| 16 | 14 | Vincent Defrasne | France | 2 (1+1) | 27:29.9 | +1:11.1 |
| 17 | 4 | Andreas Birnbacher | Germany | 2 (1+1) | 27:31.8 | +1:13.0 |
| 18 | 9 | Michael Rösch | Germany | 3 (2+1) | 27:37.2 | +1:18.4 |
| 19 | 19 | Michael Greis | Germany | 3 (1+2) | 27:37.8 | +1:19.0 |
| 20 | 25 | Indrek Tobreluts |  Estonia | 2 (1+1) | 27:40.4 | +1:21.6 |
| 21 | 56 | Olexander Bilanenko | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 27:48.4 | +1:29.6 |
| 22 | 23 | Ivan Tcherezov | Russia | 2 (1+1) | 27:53.4 | +1:34.6 |
| 23 | 15 | Halvard Hanevold | Norway | 3 (3+0) | 27:53.7 | +1:34.9 |
| 24 | 34 | Wilfried Pallhuber | Italy | 1 (1+0) | 27:54.1 | +1:35.3 |
| 25 | 35 | Janez Maric |  Slovenia | 4 (0+4) | 27:55.0 | +1:36.2 |
| 26 | 37 | Daniel Mesotitsch |  Austria | 2 (1+1) | 27:56.4 | +1:37.6 |
| 27 | 18 | Dmitri Yaroshenko | Russia | 2 (0+2) | 27:56.7 | +1:37.9 |
| 28 | 11 | Friedrich Pinter | Austria | 1 (0+1) | 27:57.6 | +1:38.8 |
| 29 | 94 | Alexei Aidarov | Ukraine | 1 (0+1) | 27:58.5 | +1:39.7 |
| 30 | 20 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 2 (0+2) | 28:01.7 | +1:42.9 |
| 31 | 29 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 2 (0+2) | 28:02.7 | +1:43.9 |
| 32 | 93 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 1 (1+0) | 28:03.7 | +1:44.9 |
| 33 | 73 | Magnús Jónsson | Sweden | 2 (0+2) | 28:06.3 | +1:47.5 |
| 34 | 10 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 4 (2+2) | 28:06.4 | +1:47.6 |
| 35 | 1 | Tim Burke |  United States | 4 (1+3) | 28:16.6 | +1:57.8 |
| 36 | 84 | Alexei Korobeynikov | Ukraine | 3 (1+2) | 28:20.9 | +2:02.1 |
| 37 | 24 | Simon Fourcade | France | 2 (2+0) | 28:26.5 | +2:07.7 |
| 38 | 103 | Jay Hakkinen | United States | 3 (2+1) | 28:29.4 | +2:10.6 |
| 39 | 43 | Sergei Novikov |  Belarus | 2 (0+2) | 28:30.0 | +2:11.2 |
| 40 | 26 | Rustam Valiullin | Belarus | 4 (0+4) | 28:35.4 | +2:16.6 |
| 41 | 85 | Wiesław Ziemianin | Poland | 0 (0+0) | 28:37.3 | +2:18.5 |
| 42 | 47 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 3 (2+1) | 28:39.5 | +2:20.7 |
| 43 | 6 | Sven Fischer | Germany | 3 (2+1) | 28:40.5 | +2:21.7 |
| 44 | 67 | Ludwig Gredler | Austria | 2 (1+1) | 28:42.6 | +2:23.8 |
| 45 | 90 | Vasja Rupnik | Slovenia | 2 (1+1) | 28:42.8 | +2:24.0 |
| 46 | 36 | Jeremy Teela | United States | 4 (2+2) | 28:50.4 | +2:31.6 |
| 47 | 80 | Markus Windisch | Italy | 3 (2+1) | 28:52.1 | +2:33.3 |
| 48 | 69 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 4 (2+2) | 29:04.1 | +2:45.3 |
| 49 | 82 | Jouni Kinnunen |  Finland | 1 (1+0) | 29:07.9 | +2:49.1 |
| 50 | 30 | Roman Dostál | Czech Republic | 4 (0+4) | 29:08.0 | +2:49.2 |
| 51 | 60 | Timo Antila | Finland | 2 (1+1) | 29:15.5 | +2:56.7 |
| 52 | 63 | Simon Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 4 (1+3) | 29:16.8 | +2:58.0 |
| 53 | 104 | Jaime Robb |  Canada | 4 (2+2) | 29:24.0 | +3:05.2 |
| 54 | 72 | Gregor Brvar | Slovenia | 2 (2+0) | 29:27.1 | +3:08.3 |
| 55 | 91 | Mirosław Kobus | Poland | 1 (0+1) | 29:30.4 | +3:11.6 |
| 56 | 83 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 3 (1+2) | 29:35.4 | +3:16.6 |
| 57 | 41 | Jarkko Kauppinen | Finland | 2 (1+1) | 29:37.8 | +3:19.0 |
| 59 | 75 | Alexandr Syman | Belarus | 4 (2+2) | 29:38.9 | +3:20.1 |
| 59 | 61 | Ferreol Cannard | France | 4 (2+2) | 29:41.7 | +3:22.9 |
| 60 | 32 | Robin Clegg | Canada | 3 (2+1) | 29:43.3 | +3:24.5 |
| 61 | 59 | Ji Delin |  China | 2 (0+2) | 29:45.0 | +3:26.2 |
| 62 | 39 | Krzysztof Plywaczyk | Poland | 4 (2+2) | 29:52.4 | +3:33.6 |
| 63 | 88 | Roland Zwahlen | Switzerland | 4 (2+2) | 29:58.5 | +3:39.7 |
| 64 | 86 | Jean-Philippe Le Guellec | Canada | 5 (2+3) | 30:01.2 | +3:42.4 |
| 65 | 68 | Priit Viks | Estonia | 2 (2+0) | 30:03.3 | +3:44.5 |
| 66 | 44 | David Leoni | Canada | 5 (2+3) | 30:06.3 | +3:47.5 |
| 67 | 105 | Claudio Böckli | Switzerland | 4 (3+1) | 30:09.7 | +3:50.9 |
| 68 | 74 | Kiril Vasilev |  Bulgaria | 1 (1+0) | 30:12.1 | +3:53.3 |
| 69 | 66 | Jānis Bērziņš |  Latvia | 3 (2+1) | 30:14.2 | +3:55.4 |
| 70 | 48 | Vitaliy Rudenchyk | Bulgaria | 2 (1+1) | 30:14.6 | +3:55.8 |
| 71 | 57 | Marek Matiaško |  Slovakia | 4 (2+2) | 30:16.5 | +3:57.7 |
| 72 | 97 | Kaspars Dumbris | Latvia | 3 (0+3) | 30:17.8 | +3:59.0 |
| 73 | 101 | Dušan Šimočko | Slovakia | 2 (1+1) | 30:20.1 | +4:01.3 |
| 74 | 27 | Edgars Piksons | Latvia | 4 (0+4) | 30:21.9 | +4:03.1 |
| 75 | 58 | Lee-Steve Jackson |  Great Britain | 1 (0+1) | 30:25.9 | +4:07.1 |
| 76 | 102 | Vladimir Miklashevsky | Belarus | 3 (1+2) | 30:33.1 | +4:14.3 |
| 77 | 77 | Oystein Slettemark |  Greenland | 4 (1+3) | 30:48.8 | +4:30.0 |
| 78 | 64 | Jakov Fak |  Croatia | 4 (4+0) | 30:49.2 | +4:30.4 |
| 79 | 99 | Mika Kaljunen | Finland | 3 (3+0) | 30:51.3 | +4:32.5 |
| 80 | 42 | Zoltán Tagscherer |  Hungary | 3 (1+2) | 30:56.2 | +4:37.4 |
| 81 | 100 | Kauri Koiv | Estonia | 7 (5+2) | 31:13.4 | +4:54.6 |
| 82 | 46 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 7 (2+5) | 31:38.0 | +5:19.2 |
| 83 | 78 | Pavol Hurajt | Slovakia | 6 (5+1) | 31:49.2 | +5:30.4 |
| 84 | 70 | Zhang Long | China | 4 (3+1) | 31:53.4 | +5:34.6 |
| 85 | 31 | Sebastian Beltrame |  Argentina | 3 (2+1) | 31:55.5 | +5:36.7 |
| 86 | 95 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 5 (2+3) | 32:04.6 | +5:45.8 |
| 87 | 53 | Mark Raymond |  Australia | 4 (2+2) | 32:13.4 | +5:54.6 |
| 88 | 49 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 5 (2+3) | 32:24.8 | +6:06.0 |
| 89 | 54 | Stavros Christoforidis |  Greece | 1 (0+1) | 32:59.7 | +6:40.9 |
| 90 | 51 | Martin Møller | Greenland | 5 (1+4) | 33:02.1 | +6:43.3 |
| 91 | 79 | Damir Rastić |  Serbia | 6 (3+3) | 33:11.7 | +6:52.9 |
| 92 | 33 | Aleksandar Milenković | Serbia | 7 (3+4) | 33:14.4 | +6:55.6 |
| 93 | 98 | Lance Hodgkins | Great Britain | 3 (1+2) | 33:21.2 | +7:02.4 |
| 94 | 92 | Thorsten Langer |  Belgium | 2 (1+1) | 33:29.6 | +7:10.8 |
| 95 | 62 | Kevin Kane | Great Britain | 4 (2+2) | 33:33.6 | +7:14.8 |
| 96 | 28 | Michail Kletcherov | Bulgaria | 2 (2+0) | 33:40.6 | +7:21.8 |
| 97 | 65 | Vincent Naveau | Belgium | 3 (1+2) | 33:54.1 | +7:35.3 |
| 98 | 87 | José Damián Barcos | Argentina | 1 (0+1) | 33:59.3 | +7:40.5 |
| 99 | 96 | Csaba Cseke | Hungary | 6 (3+3) | 34:01.1 | +7:42.3 |
| 100 | 81 | Károly Gombos | Hungary | 6 (2+4) | 34:08.7 | +7:49.9 |
| 101 | 71 | Joe Brooks | Great Britain | 5 (3+2) | 34:13.9 | +7:55.1 |
| 102 | 55 | Bojan Samardžija |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 (3+4) | 34:59.8 | +8:41.0 |
| 103 | 89 | Pascal Langer | Belgium | 7 (5+2) | 35:09.0 | +8:50.2 |
| 76 | Athanassios Tsakiris | Greece | 4 (3+1) | Did not finish | ||
| 45 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | Did not start | |||
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