| Men's sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Kontiolahti, Finland | |||||||||
| Date | 7 March 2015 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 129 from 37 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24:12.8 | |||||||||
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| Relay | men | women | mixed |
The Men's sprint event of the Biathlon World Championships 2015 was held on 7 March 2015 at 14:00 local time. [1] [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16 | Johannes Thingnes Bø |  Norway | 24:12.8 | 1 (0+1) | — |
 | 12 | Nathan Smith |  Canada | 24:24.9 | 1 (0+1) | +12.1 |
 | 38 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 24:38.1 | 0 (0+0) | +25.3 |
| 4 | 41 | Simon Fourcade |  France | 24:42.3 | 1 (0+1) | +29.5 |
| 5 | 36 | Erik Lesser |  Germany | 24:43.1 | 1 (0+1) | +30.3 |
| 6 | 11 | Evgeniy Garanichev |  Russia | 24:48.4 | 2 (0+2) | +35.6 |
| 7 | 10 | Michal Šlesingr |  Czech Republic | 24:48.9 | 2 (1+1) | +36.1 |
| 8 | 4 | Vladimir Iliev |  Bulgaria | 24:53.0 | 1 (1+0) | +40.2 |
| 9 | 23 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 24:56.7 | 1 (0+1) | +43.9 |
| 10 | 39 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 24:59.3 | 2 (0+2) | +46.5 |
| 11 | 43 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 25:02.4 | 0 (0+0) | +49.6 |
| 12 | 25 | Martin Fourcade | France | 25:02.5 | 3 (0+3) | +49.7 |
| 13 | 7 | Benjamin Weger |  Switzerland | 25:07.7 | 2 (1+1) | +54.9 |
| 14 | 17 | Jakov Fak |  Slovenia | 25:08.1 | 3 (1+2) | +55.3 |
| 15 | 5 | Tim Burke |  United States | 25:12.4 | 2 (1+1) | +59.6 |
| 16 | 21 | Yuryi Liadov |  Belarus | 25:12.5 | 2 (0+2) | +59.7 |
| 17 | 40 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 25:14.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:01.5 |
| 18 | 28 | Anton Shipulin | Russia | 25:15.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:02.5 |
| 19 | 34 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 25:21.7 | 3 (1+2) | +1:08.9 |
| 20 | 26 | Fredrik Lindström |  Sweden | 25:26.0 | 3 (0+3) | +1:13.2 |
| 21 | 18 | Brendan Green | Canada | 25:27.1 | 1 (0+1) | +1:14.3 |
| 21 | 54 | Michael Rösch |  Belgium | 25:27.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:14.3 |
| 23 | 14 | Dominik Windisch |  Italy | 25:28.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:15.5 |
| 24 | 2 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 25:32.1 | 3 (1+2) | +1:19.3 |
| 25 | 58 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 25:33.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:21.1 |
| 26 | 6 | Serhiy Semenov |  Ukraine | 25:38.2 | 3 (1+2) | +1:25.4 |
| 27 | 31 | Timofey Lapshin | Russia | 25:40.9 | 3 (1+2) | +1:28.1 |
| 28 | 3 | Mario Dolder | Switzerland | 25:42.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:29.5 |
| 29 | 53 | Serafin Wiestner | Switzerland | 25:43.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:30.3 |
| 30 | 27 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 25:44.0 | 3 (1+2) | +1:31.2 |
| 31 | 57 | Roland Lessing |  Estonia | 25:45.2 | 2 (2+0) | +1:32.4 |
| 32 | 51 | Cornel Puchianu |  Romania | 25:45.9 | 2 (1+1) | +1:33.1 |
| 33 | 48 | Matej Kazár |  Slovakia | 25:48.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:35.5 |
| 34 | 37 | Dmitry Malyshko | Russia | 25:48.4 | 3 (3+0) | +1:35.6 |
| 35 | 59 | Henrik L'Abée-Lund | Norway | 25:50.7 | 1 (1+0) | +1:37.9 |
| 36 | 8 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 25:53.3 | 4 (2+2) | +1:40.5 |
| 36 | 46 | Ivan Joller | Switzerland | 25:53.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:40.5 |
| 38 | 29 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 25:54.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:41.4 |
| 39 | 30 | Dominik Landertinger |  Austria | 25:59.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:46.5 |
| 39 | 42 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | France | 25:59.3 | 3 (0+3) | +1:46.5 |
| 41 | 35 | Daniel Mesotitsch | Austria | 26:00.5 | 3 (2+1) | +1:47.7 |
| 42 | 1 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs |  Latvia | 26:00.7 | 4 (2+2) | +1:47.9 |
| 43 | 9 | Vladimir Chepelin | Belarus | 26:02.0 | 3 (2+1) | +1:49.2 |
| 44 | 50 | Julian Eberhard | Austria | 26:03.9 | 4 (2+2) | +1:51.1 |
| 45 | 22 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 26:09.4 | 3 (0+3) | +1:56.6 |
| 46 | 19 | Simon Eder | Austria | 26:11.0 | 4 (2+2) | +1:58.2 |
| 47 | 15 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 26:13.9 | 5 (2+3) | +2:01.1 |
| 48 | 56 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi | Ukraine | 26:17.0 | 3 (2+1) | +2:04.2 |
| 49 | 24 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 26:18.8 | 3 (2+1) | +2:06.0 |
| 50 | 55 | Scott Gow | Canada | 26:19.0 | 2 (1+1) | +2:06.2 |
| 51 | 70 | Jarkko Kauppinen |  Finland | 26:21.2 | 1 (0+1) | +2:08.4 |
| 52 | 13 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 26:30.4 | 3 (0+3) | +2:17.6 |
| 53 | 89 | Kauri Kõiv | Estonia | 26:33.1 | 3 (1+2) | +2:20.3 |
| 54 | 61 | Ahti Toivanen | Finland | 26:35.4 | 2 (1+1) | +2:22.6 |
| 55 | 97 | Sean Doherty | United States | 26:41.7 | 3 (2+1) | +2:28.9 |
| 56 | 47 | Dmitriy Dyuzhev | Belarus | 26:50.5 | 2 (1+1 | +2:37.7 |
| 57 | 64 | Ivan Zlatev | Bulgaria | 26:57.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:44.9 |
| 58 | 120 | Krzysztof Pływaczyk |  Poland | 26:58.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:45.2 |
| 59 | 33 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 26:59.4 | 5 (3+2) | +2:46.6 |
| 60 | 88 | Tomas Kaukėnas |  Lithuania | 27:00.6 | 3 (1+2) | +2:47.8 |
| 61 | 108 | George Buta | Romania | 27:03.5 | 2 (0+2) | +2:50.7 |
| 62 | 32 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 27:05.3 | 4 (1+3) | +2:52.5 |
| 63 | 68 | Łukasz Szczurek | Poland | 27:07.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:54.5 |
| 64 | 52 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 27:10.1 | 6 (4+2) | +2:57.3 |
| 65 | 62 | Martin Otčenáš | Slovakia | 27:13.2 | 4(2+2) | +3:00.4 |
| 66 | 102 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 27:13.5 | 4 (0+4) | +3:00.7 |
| 67 | 44 | Tsukasa Kobonoki |  Japan | 27:18.9 | 3 (1+2) | +3:06.1 |
| 68 | 80 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 27:19.7 | 2 (0+2) | +3:06.9 |
| 69 | 110 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 27:20.3 | 3 (1+2) | +3:07.5 |
| 70 | 99 | Dzmitry Abasheu | Belarus | 27:22.1 | 4 (2+2) | +3:09.3 |
| 71 | 98 | Rok Tršan | Slovenia | 27:23.3 | 4 (0+4) | +3:10.5 |
| 72 | 60 | Ted Armgren | Sweden | 27:23.5 | 4 (0+4) | +3:10.7 |
| 73 | 109 | Christian Gow | Canada | 27:23.8 | 3 (1+2) | +3:11.0 |
| 74 | 111 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 27:28.1 | 4 (1+3) | +3:15.3 |
| 75 | 92 | Tomáš Hasilla | Slovakia | 27:28.7 | 3 (1+2) | +3:15.9 |
| 76 | 128 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 27:30.1 | 3 (2+1) | +3:17.3 |
| 77 | 20 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 27:32.3 | 7 (4+3) | +3:19.5 |
| 78 | 49 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 27:39.7 | 6 (3+3) | +3:26.9 |
| 79 | 93 | Lee-Steve Jackson |  Great Britain | 27:44.1 | 3 (1+2) | +3:31.3 |
| 80 | 105 | Mikito Tachizaki | Japan | 27:45.4 | 4 (2+2) | +3:32.6 |
| 81 | 78 | Scott Dixon | Great Britain | 27:48.6 | 1 (0+1) | +3:35.8 |
| 82 | 69 | Anton Pantov |  Kazakhstan | 27:52.2 | 2 (0+2) | +3:39.5 |
| 83 | 74 | Christofer Eriksson | Sweden | 27:54.6 | 5 (2+3) | +3:41.8 |
| 84 | 77 | Kazuya Inomata | Japan | 27:58.0 | 4 (2+2) | +3:45.2 |
| 85 | 83 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 28:05.7 | 6 (2+4) | +3:52.9 |
| 86 | 100 | Maxim Braun | Kazakhstan | 28:07.2 | 2 (0+2) | +3:54.4 |
| 87 | 96 | Tang Jinle |  China | 28:22.9 | 3 (0+3) | +4:10.1 |
| 88 | 73 | Ren Long | China | 28:37.5 | 5 (1+4) | +4:24.7 |
| 89 | 90 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 28:39.3 | 6 (4+2) | +4:26.5 |
| 90 | 45 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 28:45.8 | 5 (1+4) | +4:33.0 |
| 91 | 84 | Kim Yong-gyu |  South Korea | 28:46.6 | 3 (1+2) | +4:33.8 |
| 92 | 104 | Alexei Almoukov |  Australia | 28:47.1 | 3 (1+2) | +4:34.3 |
| 93 | 94 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 28:51.5 | 4 (1+3) | +4:38.7 |
| 94 | 101 | Remus Faur | Romania | 28:58.1 | 5 (2+3) | +4:45.3 |
| 95 | 106 | Damir Rastić |  Serbia | 29:02.0 | 4 (1+3) | +4:49.2 |
| 96 | 63 | Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan | 29:07.8 | 6 (2+4) | +4:55.0 |
| 97 | 91 | Jun Je-uk | South Korea | 29:12.8 | 4 (2+2) | +5:00.0 |
| 98 | 75 | Apostolos Angelis |  Greece | 29:15.7 | 4 (2+2) | +5:02.9 |
| 99 | 86 | Thorsten Langer | Belgium | 29:22.3 | 1 (1+0) | +5:09.5 |
| 100 | 124 | Kim Jong-min | South Korea | 29:26.7 | 3 (2+1) | +5:13.9 |
| 101 | 118 | Marian Marcel Dănilă | Romania | 29:47.7 | 7 (3+4) | +5:34.9 |
| 102 | 103 | Károly Gombos |  Hungary | 29:50.2 | 3 (1+2) | +5:37.4 |
| 103 | 126 | Tuomas Grönman | Finland | 29:51.8 | 7 (2+5) | +5:39.0 |
| 104 | 107 | Edin Hodžić | Serbia | 30:08.7 | 3 (2+1) | +5:55.9 |
| 105 | 125 | Lee Su-young | South Korea | 30:13.9 | 5 (1+4) | +6:01.1 |
| 106 | 127 | Toms Praulītis | Latvia | 30:14.0 | 2 (1+1) | +6:01.2 |
| 107 | 85 | Filip Petrović |  Croatia | 30:22.8 | 3 (0+3) | +6:10.0 |
| 108 | 114 | Kevin Kane | Great Britain | 30:39.2 | 6 (3+3) | +6:26.4 |
| 109 | 123 | Rokas Suslavičius | Lithuania | 30:40.7 | 4 (3+1) | +6:27.9 |
| 110 | 121 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 30:41.9 | 5 (4+1) | +6:29.1 |
| 111 | 112 | Ahmet Üstüntaş |  Turkey | 30:57.8 | 3 (1+2) | +6:45.0 |
| 112 | 119 | Ryo Maeda | Japan | 31:04.4 | 4 (2+2) | +6:51.6 |
| 113 | 129 | Vassiliy Podkorytov | Kazakhstan | 31:06.8 | 6 (1+5) | +6:54.0 |
| 114 | 81 | Gjorgji Icoski |  Macedonia | 31:19.2 | 3 (0+3) | +7:06.4 |
| 115 | 66 | Rolands Pužulis | Latvia | 31:23.7 | 5 (3+2) | +7:10.9 |
| 116 | 116 | Dimitrios Kyriazis | Greece | 31:25.5 | 2 (0+2) | +7:12.7 |
| 117 | 95 | Kleanthis Karamichas | Czech Republic | 31:33.5 | 4 (3+1) | +7:20.7 |
| 118 | 115 | Marcel Laponder | Great Britain | 31:49.8 | 7 (2+5) | +7:37.0 |
| 119 | 82 | Tom Lahaye-Goffart | Belgium | 32:14.1 | 7 (4+3) | +8:01.3 |
| 120 | 122 | Dejan Krsmanović | Serbia | 32:23.3 | 6 (3+3) | +8:10.5 |
| 121 | 72 | Victor Pînzaru |  Moldova | 32:33.7 | 2 (1+1) | +8:20.9 |
| 122 | 117 | Ajlan Rastić | Serbia | 32:42.3 | 7 (2+5) | +8:29.5 |
| 123 | 87 | Dyllan Harmer | Australia | 33:12.2 | 6 (3+3) | +8:59.4 |
| 124 | 71 | Orhangazi Civil | Turkey | 33:31.2 | 6 (3+3) | +9:18.4 |
| 125 | 67 | Toni Stanoeski | Macedonia | 33:41.9 | 7 (3+4) | +9:29.1 |
| 126 | 65 | Mehmet Üstüntaş | Turkey | 33:51.7 | 6 (1+5) | +9:38.9 |
| 127 | 113 | Daniel Walker | Australia | 34:40.9 | 7 (3+4) | +10:28.1 |
| 76 | Joel Sloof |  Netherlands | DNF | |||
| 79 | Martin Remmelg | Estonia | DNF |
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