| Men's biathlon individual at the XI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Makomanai Biathlon Site | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 9 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:14:12.3 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics | |
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| Individual | men |
| Relay | men |
The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at Makomanai Biathlon Site. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute. [1] [2]
Alexander Tikhonov and Dieter Speer, who between them had the last three world titles, were two of the fastest skiers, but neither managed to medal; Speer took seven minutes of penalties to put himself out of contention, and Tikhonov was unable to recover from three penalties on the first shoot, as he managed to get back to 4th place, but finished more than twenty seconds clear of the medalists. The winner was the defending Olympic champion Magnar Solberg. Solberg led early, and limited his penalties to only two, one of the better rounds of the day. Silver went to Hansjörg Knauthe, who was one of only two men to receive only one shooting penalty. Lars-Göran Arwidson took bronze, holding off Tikhonov by 30 seconds. Finland's Esko Saira skied even quicker than Tikhonov, but had five minutes in penalties, and ended up 6th.
Solberg remains the only champion to defend his title.
Penalties refer to minutes added, as described above, not (necessarily) number of targets missed. [1]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Ski Time | Penalties (P+S+P+S) | Result | Deficit |
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 | 28 | Magnar Solberg |  Norway | 1:13:55.50 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 1:15:55.50 | – |
 | 30 | Hansjörg Knauthe |  East Germany | 1:15:07.60 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | 1:16:07.60 | +12.10 |
 | 38 | Lars-Göran Arwidson |  Sweden | 1:14:27.03 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | 1:16:27.03 | +31.53 |
| 4 | 29 | Aleksandr Tikhonov |  Soviet Union | 1:12:48.65 | 4 (3+1+0+0) | 1:16:48.65 | +53.15 |
| 5 | 9 | Yrjö Salpakari |  Finland | 1:14:51.43 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | 1:16:51.43 | +55.93 |
| 6 | 40 | Esko Saira | Finland | 1:12:34.80 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | 1:17:34.80 | +1:39.30 |
| 7 | 15 | Viktor Mamatov | Soviet Union | 1:16:16.26 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | 1:18:16.26 | +2:20.76 |
| 8 | 48 | Tor Svendsberget | Norway | 1:15:26.54 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | 1:18:26.54 | +2:31.04 |
| 9 | 36 | Aleksander Klima |  Poland | 1:17:00.86 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | 1:19:00.86 | +3:05.36 |
| 10 | 24 | Daniel Claudon |  France | 1:18:14.67 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 1:19:14.67 | +3:19.17 |
| 11 | 41 | Keith Oliver |  Great Britain | 1:17:40.31 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 1:20:40.31 | +4:44.81 |
| 12 | 47 | Ivan Biakov | Soviet Union | 1:17:42.78 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 1:20:42.78 | +4:47.28 |
| 13 | 26 | Dieter Speer | East Germany | 1:13:43.63 | 7 (1+1+1+4) | 1:20:43.63 | +4:48.13 |
| 14 | 11 | Peter Karns |  United States | 1:18:59.67 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | 1:20:59.67 | +5:04.17 |
| 15 | 2 | Günter Bartnik | East Germany | 1:16:01.73 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | 1:21:01.73 | +5:06.23 |
| 16 | 19 | Willy Bertin |  Italy | 1:16:03.04 | 5 (1+0+0+4) | 1:21:03.04 | +5:07.54 |
| 17 | 22 | Miki Shibuya |  Japan | 1:16:57.27 | 5 (1+1+0+3) | 1:21:57.27 | +6:01.77 |
| 18 | 3 | Kåre Hovda | Norway | 1:16:20.37 | 6 (1+2+1+2) | 1:22:20.37 | +6:24.87 |
| 19 | 8 | Rinnat Safin | Soviet Union | 1:15:22.59 | 7 (3+2+1+1) | 1:22:22.59 | +6:27.09 |
| 20 | 52 | Horst Koschka | East Germany | 1:17:24.58 | 5 (0+3+0+2) | 1:22:24.58 | +6:29.08 |
| 21 | 46 | Holmfrid Olsson | Sweden | 1:19:28.78 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | 1:22:28.78 | +6:33.28 |
| 22 | 37 | Giovanni Astegiano | Italy | 1:16:45.90 | 6 (3+1+1+1) | 1:22:45.90 | +6:50.40 |
| 23 | 1 | Shozo Sasaki | Japan | 1:18:05.54 | 5 (1+3+1+0) | 1:23:05.54 | +7:10.04 |
| 24 | 20 | Dennis Donahue | United States | 1:19:20.39 | 4 (1+0+3+0) | 1:23:20.39 | +7:24.89 |
| 25 | 31 | Isao Ono | Japan | 1:16:26.83 | 7 (5+0+0+2) | 1:23:26.83 | +7:31.33 |
| 26 | 7 | Jeffrey Stevens | Great Britain | 1:19:28.95 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | 1:23:28.95 | +7:33.45 |
| 27 | 21 | Mauri Röppänen | Finland | 1:16:45.88 | 7 (1+2+2+2) | 1:23:45.88 | +7:50.38 |
| 28 | 35 | Victor Fontana |  Romania | 1:19:17.85 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | 1:24:17.85 | +8:22.35 |
| 29 | 33 | Ragnar Tveiten | Norway | 1:17:19.91 | 7 (2+3+0+2) | 1:24:19.91 | +8:24.41 |
| 30 | 49 | Juhani Suutarinen | Finland | 1:14:26.99 | 10 (2+2+0+6) | 1:24:26.99 | +8:30.49 |
| 31 | 5 | Pierantonio Clementi | Italy | 1:19:28.74 | 6 (3+1+0+2) | 1:25:28.74 | +9:33.24 |
| 32 | 27 | Vilmoş Gheorghe | Romania | 1:17:52.27 | 8 (2+5+0+1) | 1:25:52.27 | +9:56.77 |
| 33 | 10 | Andrzej Rapacz | Poland | 1:17:21.02 | 9 (2+4+0+3) | 1:26:21.02 | +10:25.52 |
| 34 | 42 | Nicolae Veştea | Romania | 1:21:08.21 | 6 (0+1+1+4) | 1:27:08.21 | +11:12.71 |
| 35 | 25 | Józef Stopka | Poland | 1:19:18.66 | 8 (2+2+1+3) | 1:27:18.66 | +11:23.16 |
| 36 | 13 | Ladislav Žižka |  Czechoslovakia | 1:16:36.81 | 11 (6+1+1+3) | 1:27:36.81 | +11:41.31 |
| 37 | 39 | René Arpin | France | 1:19:52.64 | 8 (1+3+1+3) | 1:27:52.64 | +11:57.14 |
| 38 | 43 | Kazuo Sasakubo | Japan | 1:19:07.43 | 9 (3+4+1+1) | 1:28:07.43 | +12:11.93 |
| 39 | 16 | Arnošt Hájek | Czechoslovakia | 1:19:22.37 | 9 (3+3+2+1) | 1:28:22.37 | +12:26.87 |
| 40 | 45 | Lino Jordan | Italy | 1:16:26.09 | 12 (2+3+2+5) | 1:28:26.09 | +12:30.59 |
| 41 | 32 | Terry Morse | United States | 1:21:40.14 | 7 (1+1+4+1) | 1:28:40.14 | +12:44.64 |
| 42 | 14 | Olle Petrusson | Sweden | 1:16:40.58 | 12 (2+0+5+5) | 1:28:40.58 | +12:45.08 |
| 43 | 18 | Alan Notley | Great Britain | 1:21:48.72 | 7 (1+2+4+0) | 1:28:48.72 | +12:53.22 |
| 44 | 50 | Stanislav Fajstavr | Czechoslovakia | 1:19:53.33 | 9 (3+1+3+2) | 1:28:53.33 | +12:57.83 |
| 45 | 54 | Jay Bowerman | United States | 1:22:13.71 | 7 (1+3+1+2) | 1:29:13.71 | +13:18.21 |
| 46 | 23 | Josef Niedermeier |  West Germany | 1:21:26.44 | 8 (2+0+3+3) | 1:29:26.44 | +13:30.94 |
| 47 | 34 | Pavel Ploc | Czechoslovakia | 1:18:38.79 | 11 (1+6+0+4) | 1:29:38.79 | +13:43.29 |
| 48 | 44 | Andrzej Fiedor | Poland | 1:19:17.25 | 11 (3+4+3+1) | 1:30:17.25 | +14:21.75 |
| 49 | 17 | Torsten Wadman | Sweden | 1:17:17.56 | 13 (2+2+5+4) | 1:30:17.56 | +14:22.06 |
| 50 | 4 | Theo Merkel | West Germany | 1:19:58.17 | 11 (2+3+2+4) | 1:30:58.17 | +15:02.67 |
| 51 | 53 | Aimé Gruet-Masson | France | 1:18:44.41 | 15 (2+6+4+3) | 1:33:44.41 | +17:48.91 |
| 52 | 6 | Constantin Carabela | Romania | 1:22:45.95 | 11 (3+5+0+3) | 1:33:45.95 | +17:50.45 |
| 53 | 51 | Malcolm Hirst | Great Britain | 1:20:55.59 | 14 (0+6+4+4) | 1:34:55.59 | +19:00.09 |
| - | 12 | Paul Chassagne | France | DNF | - | - | - |
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not timed per se, but depending on the competition, missed shots result in extra distance or time being added to the contestant's total.
The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 11 February, at Cesana San Sicario.
Guam sent a four-member delegation to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. This is, as of 2022, Guam's only appearance in the Winter Olympic Games. The Guam delegation included only one athlete biathlete, Judd Bankert, who became Guam's first Olympic athlete. In his only event, the sprint, Bankert finished in 71st out of 72 competitors.
Dieter Speer is a former East German biathlete.
The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February, at Soldier Hollow. Competitors raced over two 3.0 kilometre loops and one 4.0 kilometre loop of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.
The Men's 12.5 kilometre pursuit biathlon competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February, at Soldier Hollow. Competitors raced over four 2.5 kilometre loops and one 2.75 kilometre loop of the skiing course, shooting four times, twice prone and twice standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.
The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics 20 February, at Soldier Hollow. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.
The Women's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics 18 February, at Soldier Hollow. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.
The men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.
The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February, at Igman - Veliko Polke. Competitors raced over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.
The men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February, at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. In sprint, competitors race over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing, with each miss being penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.
The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February, at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.
The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place on 22 February, at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.
The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place on 13 February, at Seefeld. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.
The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics was held on 6 February, at Seefeld. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.
The Men's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at Makomanai Biathlon Site. Each national team consisted of four members, with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice, once prone and once standing.
The men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at Autrans. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.
The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1964 Winter Olympics was held on 4 February, at Seefeld. The firing ranges were located at the following points on the 20-kilometer course: 6 km — 200 meter range, 10.4 km — 250 meter range, 11.8 km — 150 meter range and 17.1 km — 100 meter range. The first three series were fired from a prone position, the last standing. Each miss of the target cost two minutes.
The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1960 Winter Olympics was held on 21 February, at McKinney Creek Stadium. The firing ranges were located at the following points on the 20-kilometer course: 6.5 km — 200 meter range, 9.5 km — 250 meter range, 12.5 km — 150 meter range and 15 km — 100 meter range. The first three series were fired from a prone position, the last standing. Each miss of the target cost two minutes.
The Men’s individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 8 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft). The event was won by Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, his first individual Olympic medal. Anton Smolski of Belarus won the silver medal. This was his first Olympic medal. The defending champion, Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway, won bronze.
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