Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start

Men's biathlon mass start
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Men's biathlon mass start; at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Cesana San Sicario
Dates	25 February 2006
Competitors	30 from 14 nations
Winning time	47:20.0
Medalists
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Last updated January 03, 2025

The Men's 15 kilometre biathlon mass start competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 25 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.^[1]

Only thirty athletes competed in the mass start, which was making its Olympic debut. Ole Einar Bjørndalen was defending World Champion, but was tenth in the overall World Cup, which was led by France's Raphaël Poirée.^{[ citation needed ]} Tomasz Sikora's silver medal finish was the first biathlon medal ever for Poland, men's or women's.

Results

The race was held at 10:00.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Penalties (P+P+S+S)	Deficit
	1	Michael Greis	Germany	47:20.0	1 (0+0+1+0)	–
	12	Tomasz Sikora	Poland	47:26.3	1 (0+0+0+1)	+6.3
	4	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	47:32.3	3 (0+0+1+2)	+12.3
4	27	Paavo Puurunen	Finland	47:43.7	0 (0+0+0+0)	+23.7
5	11	Sergei Tchepikov	Russia	47:59.1	0 (0+0+0+0)	+39.1
6	18	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	48:13.8	2 (0+1+0+1)	+53.8
7	5	Halvard Hanevold	Norway	48:14.9	3 (1+0+1+1)	+54.9
8	10	Alexander Wolf	Germany	48:15.3	2 (0+0+1+1)	+55.3
9	15	Christoph Sumann	Austria	48:17.4	2 (1+0+0+1)	+57.4
10	8	Michael Rösch	Germany	48:19.9	3 (1+0+1+1)	+59.9
11	3	Vincent Defrasne	France	48:20.7	4 (0+1+1+2)	+1:00.7
12	7	Raphaël Poirée	France	48:24.9	2 (1+1+0+0)	+1:04.9
13	29	Jay Hakkinen	United States	48:29.6	1 (0+0+1+0)	+1:09.6
14	25	Mattias Nilsson	Sweden	48:37.7	1 (1+0+0+0)	+1:17.7
15	9	Maxim Tchoudov	Russia	48:40.2	4 (1+0+1+2)	+1:20.2
16	16	Julien Robert	France	48:51.8	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:31.8
17	2	Sven Fischer	Germany	48:53.7	2 (0+1+0+1)	+1:33.7
18	17	Björn Ferry	Sweden	48:56.4	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:36.4
19	6	Frode Andresen	Norway	49:03.6	6 (0+2+2+2)	+1:43.6
20	20	Sergei Rozhkov	Russia	49:09.7	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:49.7
21	14	Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.	Russia	49:20.1	2 (1+0+1+0)	+2:00.1
22	24	Zdeněk Vítek	Czech Republic	49:21.3	2 (0+0+1+1)	+2:01.3
23	21	Roman Dostál	Czech Republic	49:29.9	4 (0+0+2+2)	+2:09.9
24	23	Wilfried Pallhuber	Italy	49:41.5	2 (2+0+0+0)	+2:21.5
25	28	Rene Laurent Vuillermoz	Italy	49:53.1	4 (2+0+1+1)	+2:33.1
26	22	Christian De Lorenzi	Italy	49:59.6	4 (2+1+0+1)	+2:39.6
27	26	Marek Matiaško	Slovakia	50:11.1	3 (0+0+1+2)	+2:51.1
28	13	Ilmārs Bricis	Latvia	50:27.6	3 (0+0+1+2)	+3:07.6
29	19	Carl Johan Bergman	Sweden	50:54.4	4 (2+1+0+1)	+3:34.4
30	30	Kyoji Suga	Japan	52:01.6	5 (1+0+3+1)	+4:41.6

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References

↑ "Biathlon at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres Mass Start". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
↑ Final results

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[SR-1] "Biathlon at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres Mass Start". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[2] Final results

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