| Men's 12.5 kilometre pursuit at the 2017 Asian Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nishioka Biathlon Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 February 2017 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games | ||
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| Sprint | men | women |
| Pursuit | men | women |
| Mass start | men | women |
| Relay | mixed | |
The men's 12.5 kilometre pursuit at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held on February 24, 2017 at the Nishioka Biathlon Stadium. [1]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 24 February 2017 | 10:00 | Final |
| Rank | Athlete | Start | Penalties | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | P | S | S | Total | ||||
 |  Mikito Tachizaki (JPN) | 0:20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 38:47.2 |
 |  Yan Savitskiy (KAZ) | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 38:53.0 |
 |  Kim Yong-gyu (KOR) | 0:37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 39:58.7 |
| 4 | Kim Jong-min (KOR) | 0:53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 40:13.3 |
| 5 | Junji Nagai (JPN) | 0:49 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 40:14.2 |
| 6 | Lee In-bok (KOR) | 1:56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41:02.9 |
| 7 | Tsukasa Kobonoki (JPN) | 0:34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 41:13.7 |
| 8 |  Wang Wenqiang (CHN) | 1:56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 41:14.5 |
| 9 | Vassiliy Podkorytov (KAZ) | 0:15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 41:36.2 |
| 10 | Maxim Braun (KAZ) | 1:10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 41:52.8 |
| 11 | Kosuke Ozaki (JPN) | 2:05 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 42:36.3 |
| 12 | Anton Pantov (KAZ) | 1:53 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 42:45.6 |
| 13 |  Damon Morton (AUS) | 2:23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 43:52.8 |
| 14 | Tang Jinle (CHN) | 2:26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 44:15.1 |
| 15 | Heo Seon-hoe (KOR) | 3:11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lapped | ||
| 16 |  Erdenechimegiin Barkhüü (MGL) | 3:56 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Lapped | ||
| 17 | Enkhbayaryn Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) | 7:38 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Lapped | ||
| 18 | Hu Weiyao (CHN) | 5:36 | 1 | 0 | Lapped | |||
| 19 | Jeremy Flanagan (AUS) | 6:41 | 1 | 2 | Lapped | |||
| 20 | Kao Pengyu (CHN) | 7:13 | 1 | 2 | Lapped | |||
| 21 | Battüvshingiin Bat-Erdene (MGL) | 6:44 | 2 | 4 | Lapped | |||
| 22 |  Tariel Zharkymbaev (KGZ) | 7:15 | 4 | Lapped | ||||
| 23 | Nurbek Doolatov (KGZ) | 12:14 | 5 | Lapped | ||||
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