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

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Men's mass start
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
Pictogram for biathlon
Venue Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date18 February 2014
Competitors30 from 13 nations
Winning time42:29.1
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Emil Hegle Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Ondřej Moravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2010
2018  

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]

RankBibNameCountryTimePenalties (P+P+S+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg9 Emil Hegle Svendsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 42:29.10 (0+0+0+0)
Silver medal icon.svg2 Martin Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France 42:29.11 (1+0+0+0)+0.0
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Ondřej Moravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 42:42.90 (0+0+0+0)+13.8
425 Jakov Fak Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 42:57.22 (0+1+1+0)+28.1
58 Evgeniy Garanichev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 43:25.33 (0+1+1+1)+56.2
618 Fredrik Lindström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43:30.52 (0+1+0+1)+1:01.4
73 Dominik Landertinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 43:32.82 (1+0+0+1)+1:03.7
812 Johannes Thingnes Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 43:34.21 (1+0+0+0)+1:05.1
928 Brendan Green Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 43:38.32 (1+1+0+0)+1:09.2
1022 Jean-Philippe Leguellec Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 43:41.61 (0+0+0+1)+1:12.5
1113 Anton Shipulin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 43:48.23 (0+1+1+1)+1:19.1
1223 Björn Ferry Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43:48.33 (1+1+1+0)+1:19.2
1310 Simon Schempp Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 43:48.33 (2+1+0+0)+1:19.2
1421 Andrejs Rastorgujevs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 43:53.13 (0+1+1+1)+1:24.0
1527 Matej Kazár Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 44:25.62 (0+1+1+0)+1:56.5
1611 Simon Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 44:30.74 (1+1+1+1)+2:01.6
177 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Flag of France.svg  France 44:34.23 (0+0+2+1)+2:05.1
1816 Arnd Peiffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 44:35.04 (0+1+2+1)+2:05.9
1914 Evgeny Ustyugov [5] Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 44:37.3DSQ3 (0+0+1+2)+2:08.2
2015 Dmitry Malyshko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 44:42.94 (1+0+3+0)+2:13.8
2130 Tim Burke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 44:55.94 (2+0+2+0)+2:26.8
221 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45:08.36 (2+0+0+4)+2:39.2
2329 Lowell Bailey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45:19.25 (2+1+1+1)+2:50.1
246 Jaroslav Soukup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 45:22.24 (0+1+0+3)+2:53.1
2526 Dominik Windisch Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45:28.45 (1+1+3+0)+2:59.3
265 Erik Lesser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 45:34.24 (0+0+2+2)+3:05.1
2720 Christoph Sumann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 45:39.04 (1+2+1+0)+3:09.9
17 Lukas Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF4 (2+2+0)
19 Nathan Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF5 (2+3)
24 Simon Fourcade Flag of France.svg  France DNF2 (2)

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