Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

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Men's biathlon individual
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue Soldier Hollow
Dates11 February
Competitors87 from 34 nations
Winning time49:03.3
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Frank Luck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Viktor Maigourov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at Soldier Hollow. Competitors raced over five loops of a 4.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting four times, twice prone and twice standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time. [1] [2]

Results

Raphaël Poirée was defending overall World Cup champion, while Sergei Rozhkov was the defending World Cup champion in the individual race. Paavo Puurunen had won the most recent world championships, and Halvard Hanevold had won the 1998 Olympic title. [3] Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who had finished just behind Poirée in the overall world cup, had dominated the test event in 2001, winning all three races, including the individual, beating Sven Fischer. [4] Frank Luck led the World Cup in the Individual entering the Games, having won one of the warmup events, with Pavel Rostovtsev and Daniel Mesotitsch winning the others. [1]

Bjørndalen, having just placed 5th in the 30 kilometre cross-country race, was the earliest of the favourites to start. He missed once on both his second and third shoots, but still had the fastest time, just ahead of Viktor Maigourov, who had missed only once. Neither would miss on the last shoot, but over the final two loops, Bjørndalen would gain more than 30 seconds on the Russian, easily taking the early lead. Poirée was ahead of Bjørndalen with only a single miss on the first three shots, but faded after missing a shot on the last set, ending up 10th. Rozkhov shot clear, but struggled with his skiing, unable to get anywhere near the leaders with his pace on the snow, and ending up 12th. [5]

Just behind him, Ricco Groß was level with Bjørndalen early, and while he did record one of the faster ski times, his two misses meant he finished nearly a minute behind, in third for the time being. Like Rozkhov, Frank Luck also shot clear, and after Bjørndalen's second miss, he was ahead of the Norwegian by 23 seconds. He couldn't match the Norwegian's ski time over the final section, though, ending up just ahead of Maigurov in silver medal position. Hanevold was another who shot clear, but ended up 5th. Frode Andresen, the last starter, and the closest to matching Bjørndalen in ski pace, was ahead of his countryman by 90 seconds after the third shoot, having been clear to that point, but then missed three on the final shoot, sending him all the way down to 7th and securing Bjørndalen's victory. [5] "It was worse to stand here watching Frode shoot than shoot myself," Bjørndalen said. [6]

The race was started at 13:30. [7]

RankBibNameCountryResultPenalties (P+S+P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg26 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51:03.32 (0+1+1+0)
Silver medal icon.svg77 Frank Luck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51:39.40 (0+0+0+0)+36.1
Bronze medal icon.svg28 Viktor Maigourov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 51:40.61 (0+0+1+0)+37.3
453 Ricco Groß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51:58.72 (0+1+0+1)+55.4
578 Halvard Hanevold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52:16.30 (0+0+0+0)+1:13.0
639 Pavel Rostovtsev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52:33.51 (0+1+0+0)+1:30.2
787 Frode Andresen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52:39.13 (0+0+0+3)+1:35.8
811 Sergei Tchepikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52:44.21 (0+0+0+1)+1:40.9
950 Vadim Sashurin Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 52:52.60 (0+0+0+0)+1:49.3
1031 Raphaël Poirée Flag of France.svg  France 52:52.92 (0+1+0+1)+1:49.6
1112 Ludwig Gredler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53:19.32 (2+0+0+0)+2:16.0
1252 Sergei Rozhkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53:43.80 (0+0+0+0)+2:40.5
1367 Marko Dolenc Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 53:45.82 (0+0+1+1)+2:42.5
1448 Jeremy Teela Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53:56.52 (1+1+0+0)+2:53.2
154 Paavo Puurunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54:15.73 (1+1+0+1)+3:12.4
1661 Egil Gjelland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54:16.12 (0+0+0+2)+3:12.8
1727 Alexei Aidarov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 54:25.33 (1+0+2+0)+3:22.0
1849 Tomaž Globočnik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 54:40.61 (0+1+0+0)+3:37.3
1955 Vesa Hietalahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 54:47.02 (0+0+0+2)+3:43.7
2015 Kyoji Suga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54:51.92 (0+0+2+0)+3:48.6
2140 René Cattarinussi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54:57.22 (0+1+0+1)+3:53.9
2236 Christoph Sumann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55:00.33 (0+1+0+2)+3:57.0
2362 Vyacheslav Derkach Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55:01.31 (0+0+0+1)+3:58.0
2484 Ruslan Lysenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55:02.12 (1+1+0+0)+3:58.8
2543 Petr Garabík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55:12.22 (1+1+0+0)+4:08.9
2614 Jay Hakkinen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55:13.83 (0+2+0+1)+4:10.5
2747 Andriy Deryzemlia Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55:14.81 (0+1+0+0)+4:11.5
2834 Robin Clegg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55:17.52 (0+1+0+1)+4:14.2
2960 Sven Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55:23.24 (1+1+1+1)+4:19.9
3075 Wiesław Ziemianin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55:35.21 (0+0+0+1)+4:31.9
3123 Oleg Ryzhenkov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 55:56.64 (0+1+1+2)+4:53.3
3264 Wolfgang Perner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 56:00.45 (0+2+0+3)+4:57.1
333 Paolo Longo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 56:11.91 (0+1+0+0)+5:08.6
3430 Alexander Wolf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56:16.65 (1+2+0+2)+5:13.3
358 Roman Dostál Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56:19.64 (0+1+0+3)+5:16.3
3582 Jēkabs Nākums Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 56:19.61 (0+0+0+1)+5:16.3
3758 Vincent Defrasne Flag of France.svg  France 56:20.33 (1+1+0+1)+5:17.0
3835 Björn Ferry Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56:20.74 (2+1+0+1)+5:17.4
3956 Ilmārs Bricis Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 56:24.43 (0+2+1+0)+5:21.1
4079 Carl Johan Bergman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56:24.53 (1+1+1+0)+5:21.2
4169 Timo Antila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 56:33.53 (1+1+1+0)+5:30.2
4281 Ivan Masařík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56:40.63 (1+1+0+1)+5:37.3
4317 Janez Marič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 56:51.95 (0+3+0+2)+5:48.6
4437 Hidenori Isa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56:52.84 (0+1+2+1)+5:49.5
4580 Roland Lessing Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57:08.43 (2+1+0+0)+6:05.1
4654 Tomasz Sikora Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 57:08.54 (0+1+2+1)+6:05.2
4771 Henrik Forsberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57:22.06 (3+0+2+1)+6:18.7
4865 Jason Sklenar Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57:27.23 (0+1+1+1)+6:23.9
4945 Dmitry Pantov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 57:32.83 (1+2+0+0)+6:29.5
5076 Wilfried Pallhuber Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57:33.25 (0+2+1+2)+6:29.9
512 Marian Blaj Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 57:36.83 (1+1+0+1)+6:33.5
5246 Marek Matiaško Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 57:37.84 (1+0+1+2)+6:34.5
5366 Indrek Tobreluts Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57:52.14 (1+1+0+2)+6:48.8
5441 Julien Robert Flag of France.svg  France 57:54.03 (1+0+0+2)+6:50.7
5522 Tord Wiksten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 58:02.32 (0+1+0+1)+6:59.0
5621 Dimitri Borovik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 58:02.55 (0+2+1+2)+6:59.2
5768 Zdeněk Vítek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 58:07.96 (1+1+2+2)+7:04.6
5833 Roland Zwahlen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58:10.64 (2+1+0+1)+7:07.3
5929 Zhang Qing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58:13.94 (2+0+0+2)+7:10.6
6070 Rustam Valiullin Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 58:46.76 (3+1+0+2)+7:43.4
6172 Jean-Marc Chabloz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58:59.43 (1+2+0+0)+7:56.1
6216 Liutauras Barila Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 59:02.34 (0+2+1+1)+7:59.0
6324 Janno Prants Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 59:14.06 (0+2+3+1)+8:10.7
6444 Daniel Mesotitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59:15.96 (2+0+2+2)+8:12.6
656 Georgi Kassabov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 59:16.14 (2+1+0+1)+8:12.8
6663 Hironao Meguro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59:29.23 (1+0+0+2)+8:25.9
6751 Ville Räikkönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 59:34.24 (1+1+2+0)+8:30.9
6820 Oleksandr Bilanenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 59:34.44 (0+2+0+2)+8:31.1
697 Wojciech Kozub Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 59:35.15 (2+0+1+2)+8:31.8
705 Imre Tagscherer Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59:51.83 (1+0+0+2)+8:48.5
7159 Gundars Upenieks Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 59:56.05 (2+0+3+0)+8:52.7
7285 Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:00:00.76 (2+1+1+2)+8:57.4
7342 Aleksandr Tropnikov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1:00:05.32 (0+1+1+0)+9:02.0
7483 Krzysztof Topór Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:00:36.86 (0+4+0+2)+9:33.5
7532 Shin Byung-kook Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:00:58.14 (1+2+1+0)+9:54.8
7673 Dan Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00:58.66 (2+1+2+1)+9:55.3
7774 Ferréol Cannard Flag of France.svg  France 1:01:32.95 (1+1+1+2)+10:29.6
7818 Matthias Simmen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:02:03.06 (2+2+0+2)+10:59.7
7938 Mike Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:02:04.95 (2+1+1+1)+11:01.6
801 Ricardo Oscare Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 1:02:08.16 (2+2+1+1)+11:04.8
8119 Mark Gee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:02:10.25 (0+2+2+1)+11:06.9
8286 Janez Ožbolt Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:03:16.26 (1+2+2+1)+12:12.9
8325 Žarko Galjanić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:04:54.46 (0+2+1+3)+13:51.1
8457 Mihail Gribuşencov Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 1:05:58.57 (2+2+1+2)+14:55.2
8513 Stavros Khristoforidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:08:09.55 (2+1+0+2)+17:06.2
869 Carlos Varas Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:10:32.23 (0+1+1+1)+19:28.9
10 Oļegs Maļuhins Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia DNF4 (1+2+1+ )

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