Men's sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 | ||||||||||
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Date | 9 February 2013 | |||||||||
Competitors | 136 from 40 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 23:25.1 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Biathlon at the 2013 World Championships | |||
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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 event of the Biathlon World Championships 2013 was held on February 9, 2013 at 13:00 local time. [1]
Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
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32 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 23:25.1 | 1 (0+1) | — | |
28 | Martin Fourcade | France | 23:33.2 | 1 (0+1) | +8.1 | |
53 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 23:36.3 | 0 (0+0) | +11.2 | |
4 | 58 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 23:45.0 | 1 (0+1) | +19.9 |
5 | 48 | Dmitry Malyshko | Russia | 23:48.3 | 0 (0+0) | +23.2 |
6 | 37 | Alexis Bœuf | France | 23:50.1 | 0 (0+0) | +25.0 |
7 | 17 | Anton Shipulin | Russia | 23:58.0 | 1 (1+0) | +32.9 |
8 | 3 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 24:03.1 | 2 (1+1) | +38.0 |
9 | 34 | Evgeny Ustyugov | Russia | 24:03.5 | 1 (0+1) | +38.4 |
10 | 71 | Simon Eder | Austria | 24:03.7 | 0 (0+0) | +38.8 |
11 | 15 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 24:13.4 | 0 (0+0) | +48.3 |
12 | 65 | Erik Lesser | Germany | 24:14.5 | 1 (0+1) | +49.4 |
13 | 42 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | 24:17.4 | 0 (0+0) | +52.3 |
14 | 46 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 24:22.2 | 1 (0+1) | +57.1 |
15 | 10 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 24:23.3 | 1 (0+1) | +58.2 |
16 | 111 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 24:33.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:08.1 |
17 | 26 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ukraine | 24:37.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:12.6 |
18 | 21 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 24:38.6 | 2 (0+2) | +1:13.5 |
19 | 54 | Evgeniy Garanichev | Russia | 24:39.3 | 2 (2+0) | +1:14.2 |
20 | 45 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | France | 24:40.1 | 2 (0+2) | +1:15.0 |
21 | 64 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 24:40.9 | 2 (0+2) | +1:15.8 |
22 | 33 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 24:44.6 | 0 (0+0) | +1:19.5 |
23 | 8 | Andreas Birnbacher | Germany | 24:49.8 | 2 (0+2) | +1:24.7 |
24 | 117 | Zdeněk Vítek | Czech Republic | 24:50.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:25.4 |
25 | 24 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 24:52.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:27.5 |
26 | 85 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 24:55.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:30.2 |
27 | 22 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 24:56.6 | 2 (0+2) | +1:31.5 |
28 | 7 | Tim Burke | United States | 25:01.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:36.2 |
28 | 27 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 25:01.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:36.2 |
30 | 50 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 25:01.5 | 4 (3+1) | +1:36.4 |
31 | 93 | Kauri Kõiv | Estonia | 25:02.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:37.1 |
32 | 78 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 25:02.8 | 1 (1+0) | +1:37.7 |
33 | 89 | Daniel Mesotitsch | Austria | 25:04.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:39.1 |
34 | 83 | Simon Fourcade | France | 25:06.7 | 0 (0+0) | +1:41.6 |
35 | 62 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 25:07.0 | 3 (3+0) | +1:41.9 |
36 | 18 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec | Canada | 25:09.9 | 3 (1+2) | +1:44.8 |
37 | 112 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund | Norway | 25:10.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:45.1 |
38 | 2 | Jarkko Kauppinen | Finland | 25:11.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:46.1 |
39 | 47 | Serguei Sednev | Ukraine | 25:19.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:54.1 |
40 | 49 | Edgars Piksons | Latvia | 25:19.7 | 2 (0+2) | +1:54.6 |
41 | 105 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 25:19.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:54.7 |
42 | 126 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 25:23.6 | 1 (0+1) | +1:58.5 |
43 | 79 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 25:28.2 | 3 (1+2) | +2:03.1 |
44 | 113 | Russell Currier | United States | 25:30.4 | 2 (2+0) | +2:05.3 |
45 | 96 | Scott Gow | Canada | 25:31.5 | 1 (0+1) | +2:06.4 |
45 | 100 | Aliaksandr Babchyn | Belarus | 25:31.5 | 1 (0+1) | +2:06.4 |
47 | 52 | Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan | 25:36.2 | 1 (1+0) | +2:11.1 |
48 | 88 | Claudio Böckli | Switzerland | 25:38.3 | 0 (0+0) | +2:13.2 |
49 | 70 | Milanko Petrović | Serbia | 25:38.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:13.6 |
50 | 114 | Pavol Hurajt | Slovakia | 25:39.3 | 1 (0+1) | +2:14.2 |
51 | 66 | Junji Nagai | Japan | 25:42.0 | 1 (0+1) | +2:16.9 |
52 | 86 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 25:43.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:18.2 |
53 | 104 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 25:43.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:18.7 |
54 | 61 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 25:44.0 | 4 (1+3) | +2:18.9 |
55 | 63 | Stefan Gavrila | Romania | 25:50.1 | 3 (0+3) | +2:25.0 |
56 | 1 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 25:51.9 | 3 (2+1) | +2:26.8 |
57 | 124 | Vladimir Chepelin | Belarus | 25:52.6 | 1 (0+1) | +2:27.5 |
58 | 40 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 25:55.9 | 4 (1+3) | +2:30.8 |
59 | 36 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 26:00.9 | 2 (1+1) | +2:35.8 |
60 | 123 | Christian Martinelli | Italy | 26:01.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:36.0 |
61 | 98 | Christoffer Eriksson | Sweden | 26:03.7 | 3 (0+3) | +2:38.6 |
62 | 60 | Kevin Kane | Great Britain | 26:04.6 | 0 (0+0) | +2:39.5 |
63 | 95 | Peter Dokl | Slovenia | 26:06.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:41.1 |
64 | 35 | Evgeny Abramenko | Belarus | 26:07.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:42.6 |
65 | 5 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 26:08.3 | 4 (2+2) | +2:43.2 |
66 | 76 | Scott Perras | Canada | 26:08.4 | 3 (2+1) | +2:43.3 |
67 | 121 | Julian Eberhard | Austria | 26:13.6 | 5 (2+3) | +2:48.5 |
68 | 133 | Simon Desthieux | France | 26:14.5 | 3 (1+2) | +2:49.4 |
69 | 80 | Sergey Novikov | Belarus | 26:14.8 | 4 (3+1) | +2:49.7 |
70 | 68 | Ahti Toivanen | Finland | 26:17.8 | 4 (1+3) | +2:52.7 |
70 | 116 | Miroslav Kenanov | Bulgaria | 26:17.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:52.7 |
72 | 120 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 26:17.9 | 3 (1+2) | +2:52.8 |
73 | 134 | Nathan Smith | Canada | 26:22.5 | 2 (1+1) | +2:57.4 |
74 | 59 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 26:25.9 | 2 (1+1) | +3:00.8 |
75 | 13 | Cornel Puchianu | Romania | 26:30.9 | 4 (2+2) | +3:05.8 |
76 | 97 | Remus Faur | Romania | 26:32.1 | 1 (0+1) | +3:07.0 |
77 | 31 | Joel Sloof | Netherlands | 26:35.8 | 1 (1+0) | +3:10.7 |
78 | 11 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 26:37.6 | 5 (3+2) | +3:12.5 |
79 | 44 | Mario Dolder | Switzerland | 26:39.0 | 4 (1+3) | +3:13.9 |
80 | 87 | Krzysztof Plywaczyk | Poland | 26:42.3 | 3 (1+2) | +3:17.2 |
81 | 110 | Sergey Naumik | Kazakhstan | 26:42.9 | 1 (0+1) | +3:17.8 |
82 | 119 | Simon Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 26:43.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:18.5 |
83 | 14 | Chen Haibin | China | 26:44.6 | 1 (1+0) | +3:19.5 |
84 | 81 | Łukasz Szczurek | Poland | 26:46.5 | 2 (0+2) | +3:21.4 |
85 | 39 | Alexsandr Chervykhov | Kazakhstan | 26:47.1 | 2 (1+1) | +3:22.0 |
86 | 92 | Karolis Zlatkauskas | Lithuania | 26:50.5 | 3 (3+0) | +3:25.4 |
87 | 38 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 26:51.3 | 5 (2+3) | +3:26.2 |
88 | 122 | Li Xuezhi | China | 26:52.6 | 4 (2+2) | +3:27.5 |
89 | 132 | Roland Gerbacea | Romania | 26:58.4 | 2 (0+2) | +3:33.3 |
90 | 82 | Danil Steptsenko | Estonia | 26:59.9 | 3 (1+2) | +3:34.8 |
91 | 99 | Michail Kletcherov | Bulgaria | 27:04.3 | 4 (2+2) | +3:39.2 |
92 | 106 | Ondrej Otčenáš | Slovakia | 27:04.9 | 5 (3+2) | +3:39.8 |
93 | 103 | Ville Simola | Finland | 27:07.0 | 2 (1+1) | +3:41.9 |
94 | 4 | Alexei Almoukov | Australia | 27:07.2 | 3 (1+2) | +3:42.1 |
95 | 73 | Pedro Quintana Arias | Spain | 27:11.2 | 0 (0+0) | +3:46.1 |
96 | 109 | Li Zhonghai | China | 27:13.5 | 3 (2+1) | +3:48.4 |
97 | 20 | Adam Kwak | Poland | 27:14.5 | 2 (0+2) | +3:49.4 |
98 | 101 | Rolands Pužulis | Latvia | 27:15.1 | 1 (0+1) | +3:50.0 |
99 | 69 | Ren Long | China | 27:17.9 | 3 (2+1) | +3:52.8 |
100 | 129 | Ryo Maeda | Japan | 27:22.5 | 2 (1+1) | +3:57.4 |
101 | 9 | Victor Pinzaru | Moldova | 27:25.2 | 0 (0+0) | +4:00.1 |
102 | 128 | Lukasz Slonina | Poland | 27:26.7 | 1 (1+0) | +4:01.6 |
103 | 12 | Darko Damjanovski | Macedonia | 27:27.5 | 3 (0+3) | +4:02.4 |
104 | 127 | Pete Beyer | Great Britain | 27:29.5 | 2 (1+1) | +4:04.4 |
105 | 136 | Mika Kaljunen | Finland | 27:30.3 | 1 (1+0) | +4:05.2 |
106 | 43 | Lee-Steve Jackson | Great Britain | 27:33.0 | 4 (2+2) | +4:07.9 |
107 | 75 | Nemanja Košarac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27:33.5 | 2 (1+1) | +4:08.4 |
108 | 6 | Dino Butković | Croatia | 27:33.7 | 1 (0+1) | +4:08.6 |
109 | 102 | Marcel Laponder | Great Britain | 27:37.9 | 2 (1+1) | +4:12.8 |
110 | 90 | Damir Rastić | Serbia | 27:39.3 | 3 (1+2) | +4:14.2 |
111 | 72 | Lee In-bok | South Korea | 27:44.3 | 2 (0+2) | +4:19.2 |
113 | 115 | Alexandr Trifonov | Kazakhstan | 27:51.5 | 3 (1+2) | +4:26.4 |
113 | 118 | Oskars Muižnieks | Latvia | 27:52.4 | 2 (1+1) | +4:27.3 |
114 | 108 | Lee Su-young | South Korea | 28:00.3 | 3 (2+1) | +4:35.2 |
115 | 19 | Milán Szabó | Hungary | 28:02.9 | 6 (4+2) | +4:37.8 |
116 | 16 | Emir Hrkalović | Serbia | 28:07.8 | 4 (3+1) | +4:42.7 |
117 | 131 | Edin Hodžić | Serbia | 28:15.8 | 0 (0+0) | +4:50.7 |
118 | 51 | Károly Gombos | Hungary | 28:19.5 | 3 (1+2) | +4:54.4 |
119 | 25 | Thorsten Langer | Belgium | 28:33.0 | 2 (2+0) | +5:07.9 |
120 | 94 | Victor Lobo Escolar | Spain | 28:33.1 | 4 (1+3) | +5:08.0 |
121 | 125 | Kim Yong-gyu | South Korea | 28:44.7 | 4 (1+3) | +5:19.6 |
122 | 23 | Samuel Pulido Serrano | Spain | 28:53.9 | 4 (1+3) | +5:28.8 |
123 | 56 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 28:58.5 | 2 (0+2) | +5:33.4 |
124 | 41 | Ahmet Üstüntaş | Turkey | 29:01.8 | 3 (1+2) | +5:36.7 |
125 | 30 | Øystein Slettemark | Greenland | 29:05.7 | 6 (2+4) | +5:40.6 |
126 | 107 | Sho Wakamatsu | Japan | 29:10.8 | 4 (2+2) | +5:45.7 |
127 | 135 | Aleksandr Lavrinovič | Lithuania | 29:11.6 | 4 (3+1) | +5:46.5 |
128 | 57 | Orhangazi Civil | Turkey | 29:22.6 | 3 (0+3) | +5:57.5 |
129 | 67 | Gjorgji Icoski | Macedonia | 29:25.6 | 1 (1+0) | +6:00.5 |
130 | 29 | Jun Je-uk | South Korea | 29:48.5 | 4 (1+3) | +6:23.4 |
131 | 77 | Cameron Morton | Australia | 30:32.6 | 5 (2+3) | +7:07.5 |
132 | 130 | Manuel Fernández Musso | Spain | 30:40.6 | 3 (1+2) | +7:15.5 |
133 | 84 | Dyllan Harmer | Australia | 30:42.6 | 2 (1+1) | +7:17.5 |
134 | 55 | Jurica Veverec | Croatia | 31:11.0 | 5 (4+1) | +7:45.9 |
135 | 74 | Kleanthis Karamichas | Greece | 31:17.8 | 4 (3+1) | +7:52.7 |
136 | 91 | István Muskatal | Hungary | 31:39.1 | 5 (2+3) | +8:14.0 |
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