Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start

Men's mass start
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Men's mass start; at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
	Pictogram for biathlon
Venue	Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date	18 February
Competitors	30 from 13 nations
Winning time	42:29.1
Medalists
	← 2010 2018 →

Last updated October 08, 2022

The men's mass start competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.^[1] The race was initially scheduled for the evening of 16 February 2014, but it was rescheduled for the following morning due to poor visibility conditions.^[2] However, fog caused two additional delays on 17 February 2014, so the race was not run until the afternoon of 18 February.^[3]

Results

The race started at 14:30.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Penalties (P+P+S+S)	Deficit
	9	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	42:29.1	0 (0+0+0+0)	—
	2	Martin Fourcade	France	42:29.1	1 (1+0+0+0)	+0.0
	4	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	42:42.9	0 (0+0+0+0)	+13.8
4	25	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	42:57.2	2 (0+1+1+0)	+28.1
5	8	Evgeniy Garanichev	Russia	43:25.3	3 (0+1+1+1)	+56.2
6	18	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	43:30.5	2 (0+1+0+1)	+1:01.4
7	3	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	43:32.8	2 (1+0+0+1)	+1:03.7
8	12	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Norway	43:34.2	1 (1+0+0+0)	+1:05.1
9	28	Brendan Green	Canada	43:38.3	2 (1+1+0+0)	+1:09.2
10	22	Jean-Philippe Leguellec	Canada	43:41.6	1 (0+0+0+1)	+1:12.5
11	13	Anton Shipulin	Russia	43:48.2	3 (0+1+1+1)	+1:19.1
12	23	Björn Ferry	Sweden	43:48.3	3 (1+1+1+0)	+1:19.2
13	10	Simon Schempp	Germany	43:48.3	3 (2+1+0+0)	+1:19.2
14	21	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	43:53.1	3 (0+1+1+1)	+1:24.0
15	27	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	44:25.6	2 (0+1+1+0)	+1:56.5
16	11	Simon Eder	Austria	44:30.7	4 (1+1+1+1)	+2:01.6
17	7	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	France	44:34.2	3 (0+0+2+1)	+2:05.1
18	16	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	44:35.0	4 (0+1+2+1)	+2:05.9
19	14	Evgeny Ustyugov	Russia	44:37.3	3 (0+0+1+2)	+2:08.2
20	15	Dmitry Malyshko	Russia	44:42.9	4 (1+0+3+0)	+2:13.8
21	30	Tim Burke	United States	44:55.9	4 (2+0+2+0)	+2:26.8
22	1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Norway	45:08.3	6 (2+0+0+4)	+2:39.2
23	29	Lowell Bailey	United States	45:19.2	5 (2+1+1+1)	+2:50.1
24	6	Jaroslav Soukup	Czech Republic	45:22.2	4 (0+1+0+3)	+2:53.1
25	26	Dominik Windisch	Italy	45:28.4	5 (1+1+3+0)	+2:59.3
26	5	Erik Lesser	Germany	45:34.2	4 (0+0+2+2)	+3:05.1
27	20	Christoph Sumann	Austria	45:39.0	4 (1+2+1+0)	+3:09.9
	17	Lukas Hofer	Italy	DNF	4 (2+2+0)
	19	Nathan Smith	Canada	DNF	5 (2+3)
	24	Simon Fourcade	France	DNF	2 (2)

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References

↑ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
↑ "Men's Mass Start Moved to Monday at 10 AM Local Time". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ O'Brien, James (17 February 2014). "Men's Biathlon Mass Start Postponed for Third Time". NBC Sports.
↑ Final Results

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[1] "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[2] "Men's Mass Start Moved to Monday at 10 AM Local Time". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

[3] O'Brien, James (17 February 2014). "Men's Biathlon Mass Start Postponed for Third Time". NBC Sports.

[4] Final Results

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Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Qualification
Individual	men	women
Sprint	men	women
Pursuit	men	women
Mass start	men	women
Relay	men	women	mixed
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