Men's biathlon individual at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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![]() Men's biathlon 20 km individual final | |||||||||||||
Venue | Cesana San Sicario | ||||||||||||
Dates | 11 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 88 from 34 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 54:23.0 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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Individual | men | women |
Sprint | men | women |
Pursuit | men | women |
Mass start | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
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. [1]
The individual race consisted of five laps around a four kilometre loop with four stops at the shooting range. During each shooting section, each biathlete fired five shots at five targets. Misses resulted in penalties of one minute per miss being added to the time for the course. The first and third shooting sections were conducted in the prone position, while the second and fourth were done standing. A total of 88 biathletes competed, starting with a staggered start and 30 seconds behind each competitor. [2]
Michael Greis of Germany hit 19 of the 20 targets and used a net time of 54:23.0 (with one penalty minute) to clinch the gold medal, 16 seconds ahead of Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Norway also won the bronze medal, with Halvard Hanevold beating Sergei Tchepikov by 0.8 seconds despite two penalty minutes to the Russian's one.
The previous year's trial World Cup event at this track saw Michael Greis of Germany win the event in a time of 53:18.7. [3] At the 2005 World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, the Czech Roman Dostál won, [4] while Ole Einar Bjørndalen was the defending Olympic champion, as he was in all the other men's events (except the mass start, which is held for the first time at the Olympics). However, neither Bjørndalen (9th) nor Dostal (33rd) headed the men's individual World Cup standings—the German Michael Greis did. [5]
The event started with early starters Ricco Groß (Germany, started as number 4) and Pavel Rostovtsev (Russia, 1) shooting well, missing one and two of their 20 shots respectively; Groß suffered his missed shot on the last of the four shootings. However, their cross-country times were not good enough, as Rene Vuillermoz (Italy, 13) beat Groß by 14 seconds on the first loop. With only one miss in his first 15 shots, Vuillermoz could have taken the lead if he had hit all five targets on the final shooting. However, he missed three times and eventually finished 25th. Maxim Tchoudov (Russia, 14) led after two loops, 28 seconds ahead of Groß, but had spoiled his chance with three missed shots. By that time, many of the best skiers had started, with Greis (38) coming into the third shooting after one miss on the second. He hit five targets, and went out in the second best time, 12 seconds behind Marek Matiasko (Slovakia, 21), who was yet to miss a shot. Meanwhile, the defending champion Bjørndalen (54) had missed once on each of the first two shootings, and when all had passed the second loop he was 15th. [2]
However, Bjørndalen completed the third loop quickly, and with five hits he cut Greis' lead from 39 to 23 seconds just before Greis was to shoot his fourth shooting. Greis did not miss, and with the leader Matiasko conceding one penalty minute, Greis took the lead nearly a minute ahead of second-placed Julien Robert (France, 35), who had not missed a single shot. Some other late starters visited the top ten after the first loops, such as Sven Fischer (Germany, 63) and Zdeněk Vítek (Czech Republic, 67) but vanished, and there were only four others who could beat Greis' skiing speed. Except for Bjørndalen, all of the previous had started before him, but missed too many shots to compete; however, Bjørndalen had caught 37 seconds on the first 12 km, and needed a further 23. Thus, Bjørndalen was the only threat, and though Bjørndalen hit all five targets on the final shooting, he struggled with loading the rifle before the final shot. He later said he lost "7-8 seconds" on the error. [6] Thus, Bjørndalen did not beat the German in the fourth loop, and though he cut a further seven seconds off Greis' time in the final loop, it was only enough to take the silver. The late starting Halvard Hanevold (Norway, 74), shot down the last 10 targets to jump from 28th place after two loops to a fourth place after the fourth, with third-placed Robert eight seconds ahead with two penalty minutes less. Hanevold had no problems with catching Robert on the final lap, ending nearly half a minute ahead, but lost seconds to Sergei Tchepikov (Russia, 28), who improved all the way through the course. [2] Eventually, his 6.3-second lead after the fourth loop turned into 0.8 seconds in goal; it was enough, though, and Hanevold could celebrate his second Olympic medal on the individual event. Jay Hakkinen become the first American to finish in the Top 10 ever in the Winter Olympic biathlon with his 10th-place finish.
One Austrian athlete was disqualified after the IOC determined they had violated the Anti-Doping rules; Wolfgang Perner had originally placed 60th. [7]
The race was held at 13:00. [8]
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Result | Penalties (P+S+P+S) | Deficit |
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![]() | 38 | Michael Greis | ![]() | 54:23.0 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | — |
![]() | 57 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ![]() | 54:39.0 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +16.0 |
![]() | 74 | Halvard Hanevold | ![]() | 55:31.9 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +1:08.9 |
4 | 28 | Sergei Tchepikov | ![]() | 55:32.7 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +1:09.7 |
5 | 21 | Marek Matiaško | ![]() | 55:48.6 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:25.6 |
6 | 35 | Julien Robert | ![]() | 55:59.4 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +1:36.4 |
7 | 54 | Christian De Lorenzi | ![]() | 56:04.0 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:41.0 |
8 | 22 | Ivan Tcherezov | ![]() | 56:05.7 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +1:42.7 |
9 | 66 | Wilfried Pallhuber | ![]() | 56:08.4 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +1:45.4 |
10 | 31 | Jay Hakkinen | ![]() | 56:10.9 | 3 (2+0+1+0) | +1:47.9 |
11 | 4 | Ricco Groß | ![]() | 56:14.3 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:51.3 |
12 | 8 | Paavo Puurunen | ![]() | 56:38.9 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +2:15.9 |
13 | 1 | Pavel Rostovtsev | ![]() | 56:47.2 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +2:24.2 |
14 | 52 | Kyoji Suga | ![]() | 56:57.7 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +2:34.7 |
15 | 48 | Frode Andresen | ![]() | 57:10.2 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +2:47.2 |
16 | 64 | Stian Eckhoff | ![]() | 57:11.8 | 3 (2+0+0+1) | +2:48.8 |
17 | 63 | Sven Fischer | ![]() | 57:14.3 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +2:51.3 |
18 | 61 | Ruslan Lysenko | ![]() | 57:16.6 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +2:53.6 |
19 | 15 | Ilmārs Bricis | ![]() | 57:19.2 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | +2:56.2 |
20 | 9 | Raphaël Poirée | ![]() | 57:21.1 | 3 (2+0+1+0) | +2:58.1 |
21 | 19 | Tomasz Sikora | ![]() | 57:22.1 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +2:59.1 |
22 | 67 | Zdeněk Vítek | ![]() | 57:26.8 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +3:03.8 |
23 | 5 | Carl Johan Bergman | ![]() | 57:30.9 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +3:07.9 |
24 | 6 | Sergey Novikov | ![]() | 58:02.6 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +3:39.6 |
25 | 13 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | ![]() | 58:17.9 | 4 (0+1+0+3) | +3:54.9 |
26 | 70 | Friedrich Pinter | ![]() | 58:25.7 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +4:02.7 |
27 | 79 | Lowell Bailey | ![]() | 58:45.1 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | +4:22.1 |
28 | 58 | Björn Ferry | ![]() | 58:49.0 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +4:26.0 |
29 | 56 | Pavol Hurajt | ![]() | 58:49.6 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +4:26.6 |
30 | 59 | Roman Dostál | ![]() | 58:53.5 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +4:30.5 |
31 | 43 | Simon Fourcade | ![]() | 59:01.7 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +4:38.7 |
32 | 14 | Maxim Tchoudov | ![]() | 59:12.0 | 5 (0+0+3+2) | +4:49.0 |
33 | 81 | Tomáš Holubec | ![]() | 59:13.1 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +4:50.1 |
34 | 2 | Vincent Defrasne | ![]() | 59:16.1 | 6 (3+1+0+2) | +4:53.1 |
35 | 83 | David Ekholm | ![]() | 59:18.2 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +4:55.2 |
36 | 3 | Robin Clegg | ![]() | 59:21.5 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +4:58.5 |
37 | 55 | Jānis Bērziņš | ![]() | 59:24.3 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +5:01.3 |
38 | 89 | Miroslav Matiaško | ![]() | 59:43.8 | 3 (3+0+0+0) | +5:20.8 |
39 | 47 | Andriy Deryzemlya | ![]() | 59:47.2 | 3 (3+0+0+0) | +5:24.2 |
40 | 33 | Janez Marič | ![]() | 59:53.0 | 5 (2+2+1+0) | +5:30.0 |
41 | 20 | Ludwig Gredler | ![]() | 59:55.1 | 3 (0+3+0+0) | +5:32.1 |
42 | 41 | Michael Rösch | ![]() | 59:56.6 | 6 (2+0+1+3) | +5:33.6 |
43 | 46 | Vladimir Drachev | ![]() | 59:59.5 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | +5:36.5 |
44 | 68 | Mattias Nilsson Jr. | ![]() | 1:00:01.1 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | +5:38.1 |
45 | 18 | Michal Šlesingr | ![]() | 1:00:03.8 | 5 (1+0+2+2) | +5:40.8 |
46 | 86 | Rustam Valiullin | ![]() | 1:00:04.1 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | +5:41.1 |
47 | 51 | Matjaž Poklukar | ![]() | 1:00:07.6 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +5:44.6 |
48 | 77 | Jean Philippe Leguellec | ![]() | 1:00:28.0 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +6:05.0 |
49 | 32 | Olexander Bilanenko | ![]() | 1:00:28.6 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | +6:05.6 |
50 | 24 | Zhang Chengye | ![]() | 1:00:49.1 | 7 (1+4+1+1) | +6:26.1 |
51 | 73 | Jeremy Teela | ![]() | 1:01:03.3 | 5 (1+0+1+3) | +6:40.3 |
52 | 44 | Matthias Simmen | ![]() | 1:01:04.9 | 5 (2+0+0+3) | +6:41.9 |
53 | 23 | Wiesław Ziemianin | ![]() | 1:01:16.0 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | +6:53.0 |
54 | 82 | Oleksiy Korobeinikov | ![]() | 1:01:17.8 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | +6:54.8 |
55 | 87 | Paolo Longo | ![]() | 1:01:27.9 | 5 (0+2+1+2) | +7:04.9 |
56 | 76 | Dušan Šimočko | ![]() | 1:01:37.8 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +7:14.8 |
57 | 49 | Tom Clemens | ![]() | 1:01:43.9 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | +7:20.9 |
58 | 42 | Tim Burke | ![]() | 1:01:55.0 | 7 (3+3+1+0) | +7:32.0 |
59 | 60 | Daniel Mesotitsch | ![]() | 1:01:59.7 | 5 (1+3+0+1) | +7:36.7 |
60 | 80 | Klemen Bauer | ![]() | 1:02:25.5 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | +8:02.5 |
61 | 25 | Vitaly Rudenchik | ![]() | 1:02:30.0 | 6 (0+3+1+2) | +8:07.0 |
62 | 45 | Roland Lessing | ![]() | 1:02:31.2 | 5 (3+0+1+1) | +8:08.2 |
63 | 7 | Hidenori Isa | ![]() | 1:02:33.2 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | +8:10.2 |
64 | 50 | David Leoni | ![]() | 1:02:37.8 | 6 (0+2+3+1) | +8:14.8 |
65 | 16 | Marian Blaj | ![]() | 1:02:38.8 | 6 (0+3+2+1) | +8:15.8 |
66 | 75 | Indrek Tobreluts | ![]() | 1:02:43.6 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | +8:20.6 |
67 | 65 | Tatsumi Kasahara | ![]() | 1:02:44.6 | 5 (2+1+0+2) | +8:21.6 |
68 | 84 | Kristaps Lībietis | ![]() | 1:03:13.4 | 4 (2+1+1+0) | +8:50.4 |
69 | 71 | Janez Ožbolt | ![]() | 1:03:18.5 | 5 (2+2+0+1) | +8:55.5 |
70 | 10 | Dimitri Borovik | ![]() | 1:03:25.8 | 5 (2+1+2+0) | +9:02.8 |
71 | 72 | Alexandre Syman | ![]() | 1:03:31.4 | 7 (2+3+1+1) | +9:08.4 |
72 | 62 | Grzegorz Bodziana | ![]() | 1:03:39.6 | 5 (0+2+1+2) | +9:16.6 |
73 | 11 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov | ![]() | 1:03:56.4 | 6 (1+3+1+1) | +9:33.4 |
74 | 88 | Priit Viks | ![]() | 1:04:08.1 | 5 (2+2+0+1) | +9:45.1 |
75 | 53 | Krzysztof Pływaczyk | ![]() | 1:04:12.9 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +9:49.9 |
76 | 37 | Simon Hallenbarter | ![]() | 1:04:37.0 | 8 (3+1+1+3) | +10:14.0 |
77 | 34 | Imre Tagscherer | ![]() | 1:05:11.1 | 7 (1+3+1+2) | +10:48.1 |
78 | 85 | Shinya Saito | ![]() | 1:05:29.4 | 8 (2+2+3+1) | +11:06.4 |
79 | 69 | Edgars Piksons | ![]() | 1:06:12.5 | 7 (4+1+1+1) | +11:49.5 |
80 | 12 | Luis Alberto Hernando | ![]() | 1:06:54.4 | 7 (2+2+0+3) | +12:31.4 |
81 | 39 | Park Yun-bae | ![]() | 1:07:03.4 | 6 (0+3+2+1) | +12:40.4 |
82 | 36 | Cameron Morton | ![]() | 1:07:03.7 | 7 (1+2+1+3) | +12:40.7 |
83 | 30 | Miro Ćosić | ![]() | 1:08:32.7 | 7 (1+3+1+2) | +14:09.7 |
84 | 17 | Sebastian Beltrame | ![]() | 1:09:24.3 | 9 (1+2+4+2) | +15:01.3 |
85 | 27 | Aleksandar Milenković | ![]() | 1:10:36.3 | 9 (1+3+1+4) | +16:13.3 |
86 | 29 | Marco Zúñiga | ![]() | 1:11:02.5 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | +16:39.5 |
87 | 40 | Stavros Christoforidis | ![]() | 1:13:13.3 | 11 (4+2+1+4) | +18:50.3 |
26 | Mihail Gribusencov | ![]() | Did not start | |||
DSQ | 78 | Wolfgang Perner | ![]() | 1:02:22.5 | 5 (1+2+1+1) | +7:59.5 |
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