| Men's sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2019 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Östersund Ski Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Östersund, Sweden | |||||||||
| Dates | 9 March | |||||||||
| Competitors | 104 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 24:37.6 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon World Championships 2019 | ||
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| Individual | men | women |
| Sprint | men | women |
| Pursuit | men | women |
| Mass start | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
| Mixed relay | single | team |
The men's sprint competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2019 was held on 9 March 2019 at 16:30 local time. [1] [2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 28 | Johannes Thingnes Bø |  Norway | 24:37.6 | 1 (0+1) | — |
 | 36 | Alexander Loginov |  Russia | 24:51.3 | 0 (0+0) | +13.7 |
 | 17 | Quentin Fillon Maillet |  France | 24:54.1 | 0 (0+0) | +16.5 |
| 4 | 25 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi |  Ukraine | 24:54.4 | 0 (0+0) | +16.8 |
| 5 | 32 | Simon Desthieux | France | 25:02.4 | 0 (0+0) | +24.8 |
| 6 | 57 | Martin Fourcade | France | 25:10.1 | 0 (0+0) | +32.5 |
| 7 | 67 | Erlend Bjøntegaard | Norway | 25:12.4 | 0 (0+0) | +34.8 |
| 8 | 30 | Erik Lesser |  Germany | 25:22.3 | 0 (0+0) | +44.7 |
| 9 | 39 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 25:24.9 | 1 (0+1) | +47.3 |
| 10 | 48 | Benjamin Weger |  Switzerland | 25:27.4 | 0 (0+0) | +49.8 |
| 11 | 65 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 25:33.8 | 2 (0+2) | +56.2 |
| 12 | 3 | Philipp Nawrath | Germany | 25:42.2 | 1 (0+1) | +1:04.6 |
| 13 | 9 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 25:43.1 | 2 (0+2) | +1:05.5 |
| 14 | 7 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs |  Latvia | 25:49.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:11.9 |
| 15 | 15 | Simon Eder |  Austria | 25:52.4 | 0 (0+0) | +1:14.8 |
| 16 | 19 | Julian Eberhard | Austria | 25:59.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:21.5 |
| 17 | 27 | Jakov Fak |  Slovenia | 25:59.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:21.7 |
| 17 | 38 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 25:59.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:21.7 |
| 19 | 4 | Evgeniy Garanichev | Russia | 26:00.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:23.0 |
| 20 | 37 | Antonin Guigonnat | France | 26:01.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:24.2 |
| 21 | 1 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 26:02.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:25.1 |
| 22 | 10 | Sean Doherty |  United States | 26:09.7 | 0 (0+0) | +1:32.1 |
| 23 | 69 | Johannes Kühn | Germany | 26:10.3 | 3 (1+2) | +1:32.7 |
| 24 | 5 | Émilien Jacquelin | France | 26:11.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:33.5 |
| 25 | 29 | Olli Hiidensalo |  Finland | 26:12.2 | 0 (0+0) | +1:34.6 |
| 26 | 53 | Vytautas Strolia |  Lithuania | 26:15.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:37.5 |
| 27 | 18 | Dominik Windisch |  Italy | 26:17.4 | 3 (1+2) | +1:39.8 |
| 28 | 62 | Krasimir Anev |  Bulgaria | 26:19.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:42.3 |
| 29 | 33 | Sebastian Samuelsson |  Sweden | 26:21.6 | 3 (0+3) | +1:44.0 |
| 30 | 74 | Tomáš Krupčík |  Czech Republic | 26:26.3 | 1 (1+0) | +1:48.7 |
| 31 | 13 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway | 26:26.7 | 2 (1+1) | +1:49.1 |
| 32 | 46 | Jeremy Finello | Switzerland | 26:27.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:50.0 |
| 33 | 77 | Dmitry Malyshko | Russia | 26:28.5 | 2 (2+0) | +1:50.9 |
| 34 | 41 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 26:29.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:51.5 |
| 35 | 90 | Tero Seppälä | Finland | 26:33.4 | 2 (2+0) | +1:55.8 |
| 36 | 63 | Felix Leitner | Austria | 26:34.1 | 1 (0+1) | +1:56.5 |
| 37 | 101 | Tuomas Grönman | Finland | 26:35.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:57.7 |
| 38 | 22 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 26:37.2 | 3 (1+2) | +1:59.6 |
| 39 | 80 | Tomáš Hasilla |  Slovakia | 26:37.4 | 0 (0+0) | +1:59.8 |
| 40 | 8 | Vladimir Chepelin |  Belarus | 26:39.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:01.4 |
| 41 | 86 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 26:39.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:02.0 |
| 42 | 66 | Ruslan Tkalenko | Ukraine | 26:40.0 | 1 (0+1) | +2:02.4 |
| 43 | 35 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 26:45.6 | 1 (1+0) | +2:08.0 |
| 44 | 24 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 26:46.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:08.6 |
| 45 | 92 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 26:47.3 | 2 (0+2) | +2:09.7 |
| 46 | 21 | Serafin Wiestner | Switzerland | 26:48.7 | 2 (0+2) | +2:11.1 |
| 47 | 11 | Roman Yeremin |  Kazakhstan | 26:50.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:13.1 |
| 48 | 91 | Tsukasa Kobonoki |  Japan | 26:53.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:16.1 |
| 49 | 14 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 26:55.1 | 1 (0+1) | +2:17.5 |
| 50 | 2 | Scott Gow |  Canada | 26:55.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:18.2 |
| 51 | 60 | Matvey Eliseev | Russia | 26:57.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:20.2 |
| 52 | 23 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 26:59.0 | 5 (3+2) | +2:21.4 |
| 53 | 68 | George Buta |  Romania | 27:06.8 | 0 (0+0) | +2:29.2 |
| 54 | 45 | Martin Otčenáš | Slovakia | 27:10.3 | 1 (1+0) | +2:32.7 |
| 55 | 93 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 27:12.8 | 0 (0+0) | +2:35.2 |
| 56 | 104 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov | Bulgaria | 27:15.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:37.5 |
| 57 | 6 | Grzegorz Guzik |  Poland | 27:16.7 | 2 (0+2) | +2:39.1 |
| 58 | 88 | Jake Brown | United States | 27:18.6 | 3 (0+3) | +2:41.0 |
| 59 | 61 | Kosuke Ozaki | Japan | 27:18.7 | 2 (1+1) | +2:41.1 |
| 60 | 16 | Mikito Tachizaki | Japan | 27:19.9 | 0 (0+0) | +2:42.3 |
| 61 | 70 | Aidan Millar | Canada | 27:21.1 | 1 (1+0) | +2:43.5 |
| 62 | 78 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 27:22.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:44.7 |
| 63 | 20 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 27:22.9 | 2 (1+1) | +2:45.3 |
| 64 | 47 | Mihail Usov |  Moldova | 27:24.9 | 1 (1+0) | +2:47.3 |
| 65 | 94 | Jakub Štvrtecký | Czech Republic | 27:25.7 | 3 (2+1) | +2:48.1 |
| 66 | 102 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 27:27.2 | 3 (1+2) | +2:49.6 |
| 67 | 34 | Kalev Ermits |  Estonia | 27:27.4 | 3 (2+1) | +2:49.8 |
| 68 | 26 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 27:30.4 | 2 (1+1) | +2:52.8 |
| 69 | 55 | Raman Yaliotnau | Belarus | 27:39.7 | 3 (2+1) | +3:02.1 |
| 70 | 59 | Łukasz Szczurek | Poland | 27:41.6 | 2 (0+2) | +3:04.0 |
| 71 | 42 | Florent Claude |  Belgium | 27:43.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:06.0 |
| 72 | 83 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 27:45.4 | 3 (1+2) | +3:07.8 |
| 73 | 103 | Sergey Bocharnikov | Belarus | 27:47.9 | 3 (2+1) | +3:10.3 |
| 74 | 98 | Raul Antonio Flore | Romania | 27:52.1 | 0 (0+0) | +3:14.5 |
| 75 | 89 | Giuseppe Montello | Italy | 27:53.5 | 3 (1+2) | +3:15.9 |
| 76 | 97 | Jules Burnotte | Canada | 27:55.7 | 2 (2+0) | +3:18.1 |
| 77 | 73 | Anton Smolski | Belarus | 27:55.8 | 3 (1+2) | +3:18.2 |
| 78 | 40 | Timur Kuts | Kazakhstan | 27:56.8 | 0 (0+0) | +3:19.2 |
| 79 | 50 | Timofey Lapshin |  South Korea | 27:57.3 | 4 (2+2) | +3:19.7 |
| 80 | 72 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 27:57.9 | 2 (0+2) | +3:20.3 |
| 81 | 85 | Artem Tyshchenko | Ukraine | 27:58.9 | 2 (0+2) | +3:21.3 |
| 82 | 87 | Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec | Poland | 28:04.4 | 2 (1+1) | +3:26.8 |
| 83 | 31 | Damir Rastić |  Serbia | 28:06.7 | 3 (2+1) | +3:29.1 |
| 84 | 58 | Christian Gow | Canada | 28:10.1 | 4 (2+2) | +3:32.5 |
| 85 | 99 | Mitja Drinovec | Slovenia | 28:15.4 | 4 (1+3) | +3:37.8 |
| 86 | 12 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 28:18.1 | 5 (2+3) | +3:40.5 |
| 87 | 75 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 28:19.1 | 2 (1+1) | +3:41.5 |
| 88 | 51 | Cornel Puchianu | Romania | 28:39.5 | 4 (2+2) | +4:01.9 |
| 89 | 82 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 28:39.8 | 3 (2+1) | +4:02.2 |
| 90 | 49 | Apostolos Angelis |  Greece | 28:42.6 | 3 (1+2) | +4:05.0 |
| 91 | 64 | Aleksandrs Patrijuks | Latvia | 28:46.3 | 4 (3+1) | +4:08.7 |
| 92 | 44 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 28:47.0 | 3 (1+2) | +4:09.4 |
| 93 | 95 | Max Durtschi | United States | 28:48.4 | 4 (1+3) | +4:10.8 |
| 94 | 96 | Vitaliy Trush | Ukraine | 28:53.1 | 3 (1+2) | +4:15.5 |
| 95 | 71 | Wang Wenqiang |  China | 28:54.3 | 4 (2+2) | +4:16.7 |
| 96 | 76 | Choi Du-jin | South Korea | 29:13.0 | 2 (2+0) | +4:35.4 |
| 97 | 52 | Stavre Jada |  North Macedonia | 30:18.5 | 4 (2+2) | +5:40.9 |
| 98 | 79 | Petr Yermolenko | Kazakhstan | 30:27.7 | 4 (2+2) | +5:50.1 |
| 99 | 56 | Yan Xingyuan | China | 30:27.9 | 6 (3+3) | +5:50.3 |
| 100 | 100 | Lee Su-young | South Korea | 30:42.4 | 2 (0+2) | +6:04.8 |
| 101 | 43 | Roberto Piqueras |  Spain | 31:29.8 | 4 (2+2) | +6:52.2 |
| 102 | 54 | Dávid Panyik |  Hungary | 32:01.2 | 4 (1+3) | +7:23.6 |
| 103 | 84 | Soma Gyallai | Hungary | 32:17.2 | 5 (1+4) | +7:39.6 |
| 81 | Milanko Petrović | Serbia | DNF | (4+ ) |
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