Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit

Men's pursuit
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Men's pursuit; at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date	12 February 2018
Competitors	60 from 25 nations
Winning time	32:51.7
Medalists
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Last updated January 03, 2025

The men's 12.5 km pursuit competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[1]^[2] The field was the same as for the sprint event, held on the previous day, with competitors starting time dependent on their final time in the sprint event.

Summary

The sprint champion, Arnd Peiffer, started on the first place. The starting intervals were very short, with number 10 starting merely half a minute behind Peiffer.

In the victory ceremony the day after, the medals were presented by Denis Oswald, member of the International Olympic Committee Executive Board, accompanied by Thomas Pfueller, IBU Vice President of Marketing.

Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Round
12 February	21:00	Final

Results

The race was started at 21:00.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Start	Time	Penalties (P+P+S+S)	Deficit
	8	Martin Fourcade	France	0:22	32:51.7	1 (1+0+0+0)	—
	14	Sebastian Samuelsson	Sweden	0:34	33:03.7	1 (0+0+1+0)	+12.0
	6	Benedikt Doll	Germany	0:18	33:06.8	1 (0+1+0+0)	+15.1
4	13	Tarjei Bø	Norway	0:34	33:54.3	3 (0+0+1+2)	+1:02.6
5	7	Simon Schempp	Germany	0:21	33:54.4	3 (0+0+1+2)	+1:02.7
6	15	Benjamin Weger	Switzerland	0:37	33:54.8	2 (1+0+0+1)	+1:03.1
7	12	Simon Desthieux	France	0:32	33:55.4	3 (1+0+1+1)	+1:03.7
8	1	Arnd Peiffer	Germany	0:00	34:05.8	3 (0+0+1+2)	+1:14.1
9	5	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Norway	0:17	34:18.0	4 (1+0+0+3)	+1:26.3
10	10	Lukas Hofer	Italy	0:31	34:24.4	3 (1+1+1+0)	+1:32.7
11	11	Erik Lesser	Germany	0:32	34:27.6	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:35.9
12	24	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Latvia	0:56	34:29.3	4 (1+0+1+2)	+1:37.6
13	17	Tomas Kaukėnas	Lithuania	0:45	34:31.8	2 (0+0+1+1)	+1:40.1
14	28	Simon Eder	Austria	1:04	34:33.1	2 (0+0+0+2)	+1:41.4
15	4	Julian Eberhard	Austria	0:08	34:36.9	6 (0+1+3+2)	+1:45.2
16	3	Dominik Windisch	Italy	0:08	34:57.9	5 (2+0+0+3)	+2:06.2
17	47	Tim Burke	United States	1:48	35:11.3	2 (0+1+1+0)	+2:19.6
18	30	Jesper Nelin	Sweden	1:08	35:15.5	4 (0+1+1+2)	+2:23.8
19	27	Antonin Guigonnat	France	0:59	35:27.9	5 (2+1+0+2)	+2:36.2
20	18	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Norway	0:45	35:33.2	5 (0+2+2+1)	+2:41.5
21	31	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Norway	1:13	35:42.7	6 (0+2+4+0)	+2:51.0
22	16	Timofey Lapshin	South Korea	0:44	35:50.7	4 (1+0+2+1)	+2:59.0
23	38	Michael Rösch	Belgium	1:31	35:55.1	1 (0+0+0+1)	+3:03.4
24	26	Klemen Bauer	Slovenia	0:58	35:55.9	6 (2+0+2+2)	+3:04.2
25	20	Tero Seppälä	Finland	0:49	36:09.9	5 (1+1+3+0)	+3:18.2
26	25	Dominik Landertinger	Austria	0:57	36:22.2	5 (0+0+1+4)	+3:30.5
27	52	Martin Otčenáš	Slovakia	2:01	36:22.5	3 (0+0+3+0)	+3:30.8
28	9	Serafin Wiestner	Switzerland	0:24	36:37.0	6 (0+1+3+2)	+3:45.3
29	39	Fredrik Lindström	Sweden	1:35	36:41.5	5 (0+2+2+1)	+3:49.8
30	2	Michal Krčmář	Czech Republic	0:04	36:41.6	7 (2+0+3+2)	+3:49.9
31	22	Matej Kazár	Slovakia	0:55	36:42.4	5 (1+2+1+1)	+3:50.7
32	33	Lowell Bailey	United States	1:16	36:43.3	5 (0+0+3+2)	+3:51.6
33	35	Anton Smolski	Belarus	1:27	36:44.1	3 (1+1+1+0)	+3:52.4
34	21	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Ukraine	0:49	36:53.2	4 (1+0+2+1)	+4:01.5
35	19	Olli Hiidensalo	Finland	0:48	37:03.9	7 (1+2+1+3)	+4:12.2
36	34	Vladimir Chepelin	Belarus	1:26	37:04.6	6 (0+0+3+3)	+4:12.9
37	42	Sergey Bocharnikov	Belarus	1:42	37:15.6	6 (1+3+0+2)	+4:23.9
38	40	Artem Pryma	Ukraine	1:36	37:16.3	6 (1+1+2+2)	+4:24.6
39	50	Giuseppe Montello	Italy	1:57	37:21.7	3 (0+0+2+1)	+4:30.0
40	57	Anton Babikov	Olympic Athletes from Russia	2:10	37:21.8	4 (1+1+2+0)	+4:30.1
41	36	Kalev Ermits	Estonia	1:28	37:43.0	6 (1+3+0+2)	+4:51.3
42	32	Peppe Femling	Sweden	1:13	37:45.8	5 (1+1+1+2)	+4:54.1
43	49	Vytautas Strolia	Lithuania	1:54	37:47.3	4 (1+0+2+1)	+4:55.6
44	48	Quentin Fillon Maillet	France	1:49	37:57.2	7 (3+0+2+2)	+5:05.5
45	37	Krasimir Anev	Bulgaria	1:30	37:57.9	5 (0+0+3+2)	+5:06.2
46	54	Vladimir Iliev	Bulgaria	2:04	38:08.7	7 (1+3+2+1)	+5:17.0
47	23	Jakov Fak	Slovenia	0:55	38:10.4	6 (2+1+3+0)	+5:18.7
48	51	Thomas Bormolini	Italy	2:01	38:10.7	6 (1+0+4+1)	+5:19.0
49	46	Serhiy Semenov	Ukraine	1:46	38:23.7	5 (1+0+2+2)	+5:32.0
50	58	Leif Nordgren	United States	2:10	38:40.4	5 (2+2+0+1)	+5:48.7
51	29	Ondřej Moravec	Czech Republic	1:08	38:45.9	8 (1+2+2+3)	+5:54.2
52	43	Roman Yeremin	Kazakhstan	1:43	38:51.1	8 (2+1+2+3)	+5:59.4
53	41	Roland Lessing	Estonia	1:41	38:54.4	7 (2+1+3+1)	+6:02.7
54	44	Nathan Smith	Canada	1:44	38:58.2	4 (0+0+1+3)	+6:06.5
55	45	Tuomas Grönman	Finland	1:46	38:58.9	6 (0+1+2+3)	+6:07.2
56	59	Grzegorz Guzik	Poland	2:13	39:07.3	6 (2+1+2+1)	+6:15.6
57	55	Florent Claude	Belgium	2:05	39:22.7	4 (1+1+1+1)	+6:31.0
58	60	Cornel Puchianu	Romania	2:14	39:37.6	5 (1+1+2+1)	+6:45.9
59	53	Miha Dovžan	Slovenia	2:03	40:13.2	7 (0+1+3+3)	+7:21.5
60	56	Anton Sinapov	Bulgaria	2:09	40:49.1	8 (0+1+3+4)	+7:57.4

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References

↑ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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↑ Final results

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[1] "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[2] Start list

[3] Final results

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Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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