Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

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Men's individual
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
Pictogram for biathlon
Venue Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date13 February 2014
Competitors89 from 31 nations
Winning time49:31.7
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Martin Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Lesser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Evgeniy Garanichev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
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The men's individual competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 13 February 2014. [1] The gold medal was won by Martin Fourcade, France, the silver medal by Erik Lesser, Germany and the bronze medal was won by Evgeniy Garanichev, Russia. [2]

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the individual competition, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.

During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete needed two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They could also have a combination of both criteria (one of each). [3]

Schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeRound
13 February18:00–19:40Final

Results

The race was started at 18:00. [4]

RankBibNameCountryTimePenalties (P+S+P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg31 Martin Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 49:31.71 ( 0+1+0+0 )
Silver medal icon.svg41 Erik Lesser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 49:43.90 ( 0+0+0+0 )+12.2
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Evgeniy Garanichev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 50:06.21 ( 0+1+0+0 )+34.5
416 Simon Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50:09.51 ( 0+1+0+0 )+37.8
519 Dominik Landertinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 50:14.20 ( 0+0+0+0 )+42.5
621 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Flag of France.svg  France 50:15.51 ( 0+0+0+1 )+43.8
79 Emil Hegle Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50:30.31 ( 0+0+1+0 )+58.6
858 Lowell Bailey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50:57.41 ( 0+1+0+0 )+1:25.7
926 Serhiy Semenov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51:07.91 ( 1+0+0+0 )+1:36.2
1060 Daniel Böhm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51:09.41 ( 0+1+0+0 )+1:37.7
1152 Johannes Thingnes Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51:16.51 ( 0+1+0+0 )+1:44.8
1238 Björn Ferry Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 51:18.31 ( 0+0+1+0 )+1:46.6
1335 Simon Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 51:29.92 ( 0+2+0+0 )+1:58.2
1412 Lukas Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51:34.62 ( 0+1+0+1 )+2:02.9
1520 Fredrik Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 51:50.22 ( 0+1+0+1 )+2:18.5
1624 Simon Schempp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51:50.31 ( 0+1+0+0 )+2:18.6
178 Jaroslav Soukup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 51:55.11 ( 1+0+0+0 )+2:23.4
1825 Ondřej Moravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 51:55.82 ( 1+0+0+1 )+2:24.1
1940 Matej Kazár Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 51:56.92 ( 1+0+1+0 )+2:25.2
2023 Yan Savitskiy Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 52:00.01 ( 0+1+0+0 )+2:28.3
2169 Brendan Green Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52:05.32 ( 0+1+1+0 )+2:33.6
227 Andreas Birnbacher Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 52:17.92 ( 1+0+0+1 )+2:46.2
2310 Tomas Kaukėnas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 52:38.93 ( 0+0+0+3 )+3:07.2
2446 Christoph Sumann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52:39.11 ( 0+1+0+0 )+3:07.4
2514 Nathan Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52:41.33 ( 0+2+0+1 )+3:09.6
2636 Tarjei Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52:41.52 ( 0+2+0+0 )+3:09.8
2745 Anton Pantov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 52:51.50 ( 0+0+0+0 )+3:19.8
2822 Pavol Hurajt Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 52:53.31 ( 0+1+0+0 )+3:21.6
2911 Indrek Tobreluts Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 53:02.52 ( 0+1+0+1 )+3:30.8
3063 Christian De Lorenzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53:13.12 ( 1+0+0+1 )+3:41.4
314 Jakov Fak Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 53:17.64 ( 1+0+1+2 )+3:45.9
3227 Andrejs Rastorgujevs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 53:18.93 ( 0+1+0+2 )+3:47.2
3315 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53:21.94 ( 1+1+1+1 )+3:50.2
3456 Jean-Philippe Leguellec Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53:25.52 ( 0+1+0+1 )+3:53.8
3532 Krasimir Anev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 53:30.32 ( 0+0+2+0 )+3:58.6
3672 Carl Johan Bergman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53:37.53 ( 1+0+0+2 )+4:05.8
3748 Evgeny Ustyugov [5] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53:47.8DSQ3 ( 2+0+0+1 )+4:16.1
3849 Vladimir Iliev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 53:52.63 ( 2+0+0+1 )+4:20.9
3975 Daniel Mesotitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53:53.33 ( 2+0+1+0 )+4:21.6
4080 Tobias Arwidson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54:03.01 ( 1+0+0+0 )+4:31.3
4128 Lee-Steve Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54:11.31 ( 0+0+0+1 )+4:39.6
4282 Tomáš Hasilla Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54:16.92 ( 1+1+0+0 )+4:45.2
4329 Tim Burke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54:21.24 ( 0+2+0+2 )+4:49.5
446 Alexei Almoukov Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 54:35.42 ( 0+0+0+2 )+5:03.7
4553 Andriy Deryzemlya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 54:40.03 ( 0+2+1+0 )+5:08.3
4683 Simon Hallenbarter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 54:52.21 ( 1+0+0+0 )+5:20.5
4713 Benjamin Weger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 54:54.54 ( 1+1+1+1 )+5:22.8
485 Vladimir Chepelin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 54:59.23 ( 1+1+0+1 )+5:27.5
4979 Russell Currier Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55:07.54 ( 2+2+0+0 )+5:35.8
503 Łukasz Szczurek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55:18.61 ( 0+0+1+0 )+5:46.9
5142 Klemen Bauer Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 55:29.15 ( 2+0+1+2 )+5:57.4
5268 Evgeny Abramenko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 55:38.83 ( 1+1+1+0 )+6:07.1
5344 Sergey Novikov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 55:41.72 ( 0+1+1+0 )+6:10.0
5477 Dmytro Pidruchnyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55:53.43 ( 1+0+1+1 )+6:21.7
5537 Ahti Toivanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55:55.43 ( 1+0+1+1 )+6:23.7
5655 Michal Šlesingr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55:57.92 ( 1+0+0+1 )+6:26.2
5766 Miroslav Matiaško Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 55:58.74 ( 1+1+0+2 )+6:27.0
5881 Scott Perras Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56:04.34 ( 0+3+1+0 )+6:32.6
5947 Cornel Puchianu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 56:10.44 ( 0+0+1+3 )+6:38.7
6061 Michal Krčmář Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 56:14.13 ( 1+1+1+0 )+6:42.4
6164 Daniil Steptšenko Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 56:14.43 ( 1+2+0+0 )+6:42.7
6265 Janez Marič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 56:22.43 ( 1+1+0+1 )+6:50.7
6371 Alexey Volkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 56:30.34 ( 1+1+1+1 )+6:58.6
6457 Dominik Windisch Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 56:31.46 ( 1+1+1+3 )+6:59.7
6534 Ren Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56:35.84 ( 1+2+0+1 )+7:04.1
6659 Ivan Joller Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 56:40.63 ( 0+1+1+1 )+7:08.9
6770 Michail Kletcherov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 56:41.82 ( 0+0+1+1 )+7:10.1
6818 Milanko Petrović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 56:45.46 ( 1+2+0+3 )+7:13.7
6985 Kalev Ermits Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57:04.52 ( 1+1+0+0 )+7:32.8
7078 Markus Windisch Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57:18.54 ( 0+2+1+1 )+7:46.8
7117 Victor Lobo Escolar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 57:22.83 ( 0+2+0+1 )+7:51.1
7233 Lee In-Bok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 57:29.01 ( 0+1+0+0 )+7:57.3
7388 Peter Dokl Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 57:51.53 ( 0+2+0+1 )+8:19.8
7487 Miroslav Kenanov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 58:01.11 ( 0+0+1+0 )+8:29.4
7576 Sergey Naumik Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 58:03.25 ( 0+1+2+2 )+8:31.5
7639 Krzysztof Pływaczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 58:12.55 ( 3+0+1+1 )+8:40.8
7751 Kauri Kõiv Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 58:17.37 ( 1+2+2+2 )+8:45.6
7854 Claudio Böckli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 58:19.24 ( 1+1+0+2 )+8:47.5
7989 Aliaksandr Darozhka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 58:27.75 ( 2+0+2+1 )+8:56.0
8074 Artem Pryma Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 58:35.27 ( 3+1+0+3 )+9:03.5
8167 Alexis Bœuf Flag of France.svg  France 58:39.04 ( 1+1+1+1 )+9:07.3
8262 Leif Nordgren Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58:47.66 ( 1+0+5+0 )+9:15.9
8330 Hidenori Isa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58:56.16 ( 2+1+1+2 )+9:24.4
8484 Alexandr Trifonov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:00:08.95 ( 1+1+2+1 )+10:37.2
8586 Grzegorz Guzik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:00:20.74 ( 1+2+0+1 )+10:49.0
8673 Łukasz Słonina Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:00:29.53 ( 0+2+0+1 )+10:57.8
8743 Károly Gombos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:05:16.78 ( 0+4+1+3 )+15:45.0
2 Jarkko Kauppinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF5 ( 3+2 )
DSQ50 Alexander Loginov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 53:04.32 ( 0+1+1+0 )+3:32.6

References

  1. "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. "Martin Fourcade earns another gold". ESPN. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. Final Results
  5. "IBU anti-doping hearing panel renders verdicts on Sleptsova and Ustyugov". Biathlon World. International Biathlon Union. 15 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 2024-09-01.