Biathlon World Championships 2013 – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the Biathlon World Championships 2013
Biathlon pictogram.svg
Date9 February 2013
Competitors136 from 40 nations
Winning time23:25.1
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
  2012
2015  

The Men's sprint event of the Biathlon World Championships 2013 was held on February 9, 2013 at 13:00 local time. [1]

Results

RankBibNameNationalityTimePenalties (P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg32 Emil Hegle Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23:25.11 (0+1)
Silver medal icon.svg28 Martin Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 23:33.21 (0+1)+8.1
Bronze medal icon.svg53 Jakov Fak Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 23:36.30 (0+0)+11.2
458 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23:45.01 (0+1)+19.9
548 Dmitry Malyshko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23:48.30 (0+0)+23.2
637 Alexis Bœuf Flag of France.svg  France 23:50.10 (0+0)+25.0
717 Anton Shipulin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23:58.01 (1+0)+32.9
83 Fredrik Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24:03.12 (1+1)+38.0
934 Evgeny Ustyugov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24:03.51 (0+1)+38.4
1071 Simon Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24:03.70 (0+0)+38.8
1115 Krasimir Anev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 24:13.40 (0+0)+48.3
1265 Erik Lesser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24:14.51 (0+1)+49.4
1342 Björn Ferry Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24:17.40 (0+0)+52.3
1446 Lukas Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:22.21 (0+1)+57.1
1510 Dominik Landertinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 24:23.31 (0+1)+58.2
16111 Arnd Peiffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24:33.21 (1+0)+1:08.1
1726 Andriy Deryzemlya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24:37.71 (0+1)+1:12.6
1821 Tarjei Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24:38.62 (0+2)+1:13.5
1954 Evgeniy Garanichev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24:39.32 (2+0)+1:14.2
2045 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Flag of France.svg  France 24:40.12 (0+2)+1:15.0
2164 Klemen Bauer Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 24:40.92 (0+2)+1:15.8
2233 Tomas Kaukėnas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 24:44.60 (0+0)+1:19.5
238 Andreas Birnbacher Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 24:49.82 (0+2)+1:24.7
24117 Zdeněk Vítek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 24:50.51 (0+1)+1:25.4
2524 Benjamin Weger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 24:52.61 (1+0)+1:27.5
2685 Christian De Lorenzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:55.30 (0+0)+1:30.2
2722 Jaroslav Soukup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 24:56.62 (0+2)+1:31.5
287 Tim Burke Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25:01.32 (1+1)+1:36.2
2827 Simon Schempp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25:01.32 (0+2)+1:36.2
3050 Matej Kazár Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25:01.54 (3+1)+1:36.4
3193 Kauri Kõiv Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25:02.21 (1+0)+1:37.1
3278 Lowell Bailey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25:02.81 (1+0)+1:37.7
3389 Daniel Mesotitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 25:04.22 (0+2)+1:39.1
3483 Simon Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 25:06.70 (0+0)+1:41.6
3562 Ondřej Moravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25:07.03 (3+0)+1:41.9
3618 Jean-Philippe Leguellec Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:09.93 (1+2)+1:44.8
37112 Henrik L'Abée-Lund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 25:10.22 (1+1)+1:45.1
382 Jarkko Kauppinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 25:11.21 (1+0)+1:46.1
3947 Serguei Sednev Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25:19.22 (1+1)+1:54.1
4049 Edgars Piksons Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 25:19.72 (0+2)+1:54.6
41105 Serhiy Semenov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25:19.82 (1+1)+1:54.7
42126 Artem Pryma Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25:23.61 (0+1)+1:58.5
4379 Vladimir Iliev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 25:28.23 (1+2)+2:03.1
44113 Russell Currier Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25:30.42 (2+0)+2:05.3
4596 Scott Gow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 25:31.51 (0+1)+2:06.4
45100 Aliaksandr Babchyn Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25:31.51 (0+1)+2:06.4
4752 Yan Savitskiy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 25:36.21 (1+0)+2:11.1
4888 Claudio Böckli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25:38.30 (0+0)+2:13.2
4970 Milanko Petrović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 25:38.73 (1+2)+2:13.6
50114 Pavol Hurajt Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 25:39.31 (0+1)+2:14.2
5166 Junji Nagai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25:42.01 (0+1)+2:16.9
5286 Michal Šlesingr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 25:43.33 (1+2)+2:18.2
53104 Leif Nordgren Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 25:43.81 (1+0)+2:18.7
5461 Carl Johan Bergman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25:44.04 (1+3)+2:18.9
5563 Stefan Gavrila Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 25:50.13 (0+3)+2:25.0
561 Hidenori Isa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25:51.93 (2+1)+2:26.8
57124 Vladimir Chepelin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 25:52.61 (0+1)+2:27.5
5840 Dominik Windisch Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25:55.94 (1+3)+2:30.8
5936 Miroslav Matiaško Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26:00.92 (1+1)+2:35.8
60123 Christian Martinelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26:01.12 (1+1)+2:36.0
6198 Christoffer Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26:03.73 (0+3)+2:38.6
6260 Kevin Kane Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:04.60 (0+0)+2:39.5
6395 Peter Dokl Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26:06.22 (1+1)+2:41.1
6435 Evgeny Abramenko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 26:07.73 (1+2)+2:42.6
655 Andrejs Rastorgujevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 26:08.34 (2+2)+2:43.2
6676 Scott Perras Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26:08.43 (2+1)+2:43.3
67121 Julian Eberhard Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 26:13.65 (2+3)+2:48.5
68133 Simon Desthieux Flag of France.svg  France 26:14.53 (1+2)+2:49.4
6980 Sergey Novikov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 26:14.84 (3+1)+2:49.7
7068 Ahti Toivanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 26:17.84 (1+3)+2:52.7
70116 Miroslav Kenanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 26:17.82 (1+1)+2:52.7
72120 Roland Lessing Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26:17.93 (1+2)+2:52.8
73134 Nathan Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26:22.52 (1+1)+2:57.4
7459 Karol Dombrovski Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26:25.92 (1+1)+3:00.8
7513 Cornel Puchianu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26:30.94 (2+2)+3:05.8
7697 Remus Faur Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26:32.11 (0+1)+3:07.0
7731 Joel Sloof Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26:35.81 (1+0)+3:10.7
7811 Janez Marič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 26:37.65 (3+2)+3:12.5
7944 Mario Dolder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 26:39.04 (1+3)+3:13.9
8087 Krzysztof Plywaczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26:42.33 (1+2)+3:17.2
81110 Sergey Naumik Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 26:42.91 (0+1)+3:17.8
82119 Simon Hallenbarter Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 26:43.63 (1+2)+3:18.5
8314 Chen Haibin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26:44.61 (1+0)+3:19.5
8481 Łukasz Szczurek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26:46.52 (0+2)+3:21.4
8539 Alexsandr Chervykhov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 26:47.12 (1+1)+3:22.0
8692 Karolis Zlatkauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 26:50.53 (3+0)+3:25.4
8738 Indrek Tobreluts Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26:51.35 (2+3)+3:26.2
88122 Li Xuezhi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26:52.64 (2+2)+3:27.5
89132 Roland Gerbacea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26:58.42 (0+2)+3:33.3
9082 Danil Steptsenko Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 26:59.93 (1+2)+3:34.8
9199 Michail Kletcherov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 27:04.34 (2+2)+3:39.2
92106 Ondrej Otčenáš Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 27:04.95 (3+2)+3:39.8
93103 Ville Simola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27:07.02 (1+1)+3:41.9
944 Alexei Almoukov Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 27:07.23 (1+2)+3:42.1
9573 Pedro Quintana Arias Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27:11.20 (0+0)+3:46.1
96109 Li Zhonghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27:13.53 (2+1)+3:48.4
9720 Adam Kwak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 27:14.52 (0+2)+3:49.4
98101 Rolands Pužulis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27:15.11 (0+1)+3:50.0
9969 Ren Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 27:17.93 (2+1)+3:52.8
100129 Ryo Maeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27:22.52 (1+1)+3:57.4
1019 Victor Pinzaru Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 27:25.20 (0+0)+4:00.1
102128 Lukasz Slonina Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 27:26.71 (1+0)+4:01.6
10312 Darko Damjanovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 27:27.53 (0+3)+4:02.4
104127 Pete Beyer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27:29.52 (1+1)+4:04.4
105136 Mika Kaljunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 27:30.31 (1+0)+4:05.2
10643 Lee-Steve Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27:33.04 (2+2)+4:07.9
10775 Nemanja Košarac Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 27:33.52 (1+1)+4:08.4
1086 Dino Butković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 27:33.71 (0+1)+4:08.6
109102 Marcel Laponder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27:37.92 (1+1)+4:12.8
11090 Damir Rastić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 27:39.33 (1+2)+4:14.2
11172 Lee In-bok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 27:44.32 (0+2)+4:19.2
113115 Alexandr Trifonov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 27:51.53 (1+2)+4:26.4
113118 Oskars Muižnieks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 27:52.42 (1+1)+4:27.3
114108 Lee Su-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 28:00.33 (2+1)+4:35.2
11519 Milán Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 28:02.96 (4+2)+4:37.8
11616 Emir Hrkalović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 28:07.84 (3+1)+4:42.7
117131 Edin Hodžić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 28:15.80 (0+0)+4:50.7
11851 Károly Gombos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 28:19.53 (1+2)+4:54.4
11925 Thorsten Langer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 28:33.02 (2+0)+5:07.9
12094 Victor Lobo Escolar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:33.14 (1+3)+5:08.0
121125 Kim Yong-gyu Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 28:44.74 (1+3)+5:19.6
12223 Samuel Pulido Serrano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 28:53.94 (1+3)+5:28.8
12356 Thierry Langer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 28:58.52 (0+2)+5:33.4
12441 Ahmet Üstüntaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29:01.83 (1+2)+5:36.7
12530 Øystein Slettemark Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 29:05.76 (2+4)+5:40.6
126107 Sho Wakamatsu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 29:10.84 (2+2)+5:45.7
127135 Aleksandr Lavrinovič Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 29:11.64 (3+1)+5:46.5
12857 Orhangazi Civil Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29:22.63 (0+3)+5:57.5
12967 Gjorgji Icoski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 29:25.61 (1+0)+6:00.5
13029 Jun Je-uk Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 29:48.54 (1+3)+6:23.4
13177 Cameron Morton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30:32.65 (2+3)+7:07.5
132130 Manuel Fernández Musso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 30:40.63 (1+2)+7:15.5
13384 Dyllan Harmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30:42.62 (1+1)+7:17.5
13455 Jurica Veverec Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 31:11.05 (4+1)+7:45.9
13574 Kleanthis Karamichas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 31:17.84 (3+1)+7:52.7
13691 István Muskatal Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31:39.15 (2+3)+8:14.0

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