Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

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Men’s individual
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon pictogram.svg
VenueHualindong Ski Resort
Date8 February
Competitors92 from 28 nations
Winning time48:47.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Quentin Fillon Maillet Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Anton Smolski Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Bronze medal icon.svg Johannes Thingnes Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2018
2026 

The Men’s individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 8 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, [1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft). [2] The event was won by Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, his first individual Olympic medal. Anton Smolski of Belarus won the silver medal. This was his first Olympic medal. The defending champion, Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway, won bronze.

Summary

In addition to being the defending champion, Johannes Thingnes Bø won the 2018-19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup seasons overall, but in the 2021–22 season before the Olympics was stood fifth overall and fourth in the individual ranking. The 2018 silver medalist, Jakov Fak, qualified for the Olympics, whereas the bronze medalist, Dominik Landertinger, retired from competitions. The overall leader of the 2021-22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Fillon Maillet, and the leader in the individual was Tarjei Bø.

Maxim Tsvetkov started first, and Johannes Thingnes Bø started second. He missed one more target than Tsvetkov but was faster, overtook him at the fourth shooting, and finished three seconds ahead, which eventually cost Tsvetkov a medal. Fillon Maillet, started eleventh, was even faster and finished first. Anton Smolski, who did not miss and had the starting number 28, became the surprising silver medalist.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 16:30. [3]

RankBibNameCountryTimePenalties (P+S+P+S)Deficit
Gold medal icon.svg11 Quentin Fillon Maillet Flag of France.svg  France 48:47.42 (0+1+1+0)
Silver medal icon.svg28 Anton Smolski Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 49:02.20 (0+0+0+0)+14.8
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Johannes Thingnes Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 49:18.52 (1+0+0+1)+31.1
41 Maxim Tsvetkov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 49:22.31 (0+0+0+1)+34.9
59 Scott Gow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 49:53.01 (0+1+0+0)+1:05.6
644 Benedikt Doll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 49:54.52 (1+0+0+1)+1:07.1
754 Roman Rees Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50:09.01 (0+0+1+0)+1:21.6
85 Tarjei Bø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50:17.01 (0+0+0+1)+1:29.6
948 Fabien Claude Flag of France.svg  France 50:25.52 (1+1+0+0)+1:38.1
1031 Alexander Loginov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 50:27.63 (0+1+0+2)+1:40.2
1147 Eduard Latypov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 51:13.13 (0+1+1+1)+2:25.7
1216 Martin Ponsiluoma Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 51:16.83 (2+0+0+1)+2:29.4
1323 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51:21.33 (1+2+0+0)+2:33.9
1439 Dominik Windisch Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51:25.62 (0+0+1+1)+2:38.2
1553 Sturla Holm Lægreid Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51:28.13 (1+1+1+0)+2:40.7
1636 Felix Leitner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 51:41.71 (1+0+0+0)+2:54.3
1715 Simon Desthieux Flag of France.svg  France 51:46.83 (1+2+0+0)+2:59.4
1821 Dmytro Pidruchnyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 51:49.33 (0+1+1+1)+3:01.9
1957 Benjamin Weger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52:06.92 (0+0+1+1)+3:19.5
2013 Simon Eder Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52:09.42 (0+0+1+1)+3:22.0
2120 Vytautas Strolia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 52:10.41 (0+0+0+1)+3:23.0
2232 Joscha Burkhalter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52:12.42 (0+2+0+0)+3:25.0
2392 Tero Seppälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 52:14.32 (0+2+0+0)+3:26.9
2437 Christian Gow Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52:21.92 (0+0+2+0)+3:34.5
2540 Vladislav Kireyev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 52:29.20 (0+0+0+0)+3:41.8
263 Pavel Magazeev Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 52:41.72 (1+1+0+0)+3:54.3
2735 Lukas Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52:43.62 (0+2+0+0)+3:56.2
2875 Jake Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52:45.42 (0+0+2+0)+3:58.0
2929 Jakov Fak Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 52:48.03 (1+1+0+1)+4:00.6
3033 Sebastian Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52:51.73 (1+1+1+0)+4:04.3
3166 Mikuláš Karlík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 52:56.33 (0+0+0+3)+4:08.9
3222 Campbell Wright Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 52:59.82 (0+1+1+0)+4:12.4
3390 Adam Runnalls Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53:24.73 (1+0+0+2)+4:37.3
3456 Said Karimulla Khalili Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 53:26.54 (2+1+0+1)+4:39.1
3530 Paul Schommer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53:27.63 (0+1+0+2)+4:40.2
3678 Jules Burnotte Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53:32.33 (1+1+1+0)+4:44.9
3746 Artem Pryma Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53:36.24 (1+2+0+1)+4:48.8
3845 Miha Dovžan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 53:39.42 (0+0+0+2)+4:52.0
3949 Yan Xingyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 53:40.63 (1+1+1+0)+4:53.2
4071 Peppe Femling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53:43.62 (1+0+0+1)+4:56.2
4142 Dimitar Gerdzhikov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 53:54.22 (1+0+1+0)+5:06.8
4255 Sean Doherty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53:55.84 (1+1+1+1)+5:08.4
436 Michal Šíma Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 54:09.02 (0+1+0+1)+5:21.6
4434 Tsukasa Kobonoki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54:16.63 (1+0+1+1)+5:29.2
4565 David Komatz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 54:24.13 (1+0+1+1)+5:36.7
4676 Lovro Planko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 54:27.94 (2+1+0+1)+5:40.5
4773 Mikita Labastau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 54:29.74 (1+2+0+1)+5:42.3
4879 Didier Bionaz Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54:44.73 (1+1+1+0)+5:57.3
4924 Grzegorz Guzik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 54:47.93 (0+1+1+1)+6:00.5
5063 Anton Dudchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 54:54.94 (1+0+1+2)+6:07.5
518 Johannes Kühn Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 54:58.06 (3+2+1+0)+6:10.6
5212 Alexandr Mukhin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 55:00.44 (1+1+0+2)+6:13.0
5380 Sebastian Stalder Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 55:12.63 (0+1+1+1)+6:25.2
5481 Rok Tršan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 55:14.71 (1+0+0+0)+6:27.3
5591 Bogdan Tsymbal Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55:19.04 (3+0+1+0)+6:31.6
5677 Niklas Hartweg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 55:19.74 (0+2+0+2)+6:32.3
5788 Harald Lemmerer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55:22.74 (0+1+2+1)+6:35.3
5814 Dzmitry Lazouski Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 55:26.44 (3+0+1+0)+6:39.0
5941 Michal Krčmář Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55:27.95 (0+1+3+1)+6:40.5
6074 Kristo Siimer Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 55:32.73 (0+0+1+2)+6:45.3
617 Vladimir Iliev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 55:37.55 (2+1+1+1)+6:50.1
6283 Milan Žemlička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55:44.32 (0+1+0+1)+6:56.9
6367 Thomas Bormolini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 55:48.65 (0+1+2+2)+7:01.2
6460 Jesper Nelin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55:49.75 (0+2+0+3)+7:02.3
6517 Jakub Štvrtecký Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55:52.75 (0+3+0+2)+7:05.3
664 Heikki Laitinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55:52.85 (0+2+1+2)+7:05.4
6727 Erik Lesser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 55:59.55 (0+3+0+2)+7:12.1
6838 Rene Zahkna Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 56:06.03 (0+0+1+2)+7:18.6
6910 Cheng Fangming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 56:07.86 (2+1+0+3)+7:20.4
7069 Tomas Kaukėnas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 56:30.05 (1+0+2+2)+7:42.6
7143 Karol Dombrovski Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 56:30.14 (0+1+0+3)+7:42.7
7226 Émilien Jacquelin Flag of France.svg  France 56:31.47 (0+3+2+2)+7:44.0
7386 Raido Ränkel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 56:32.45 (0+2+1+2)+7:45.0
7450 Olli Hiidensalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 56:45.65 (0+2+0+3)+7:58.2
7519 Florent Claude Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 57:11.25 (0+2+3+0)+8:23.8
7618 Timofey Lapshin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 57:13.05 (1+1+2+1)+8:25.6
7761 Thierry Langer Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 57:18.35 (1+1+2+1)+8:30.9
7825 Kalev Ermits Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 57:21.36 (2+2+0+2)+8:33.9
7984 Linas Banys Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 57:46.23 (1+1+0+1)+8:58.8
8070 Tomáš Sklenárik Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58:08.15 (2+2+1+0)+9:20.7
8162 Tuomas Harjula Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58:14.94 (1+2+1+0)+9:27.5
8252 Kosuke Ozaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58:37.96 (1+0+4+1)+9:50.5
8385 Zhu Zhenyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58:42.64 (1+2+1+0)+9:55.2
8487 Matej Baloga Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 58:47.14 (0+1+1+2)+9:59.7
8572 Anton Sinapov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 58:47.66 (2+1+1+2)+10:00.2
8651 Maksim Varabei Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 58:59.58 (1+3+2+2)+10:12.1
8789 Leif Nordgren Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59:29.87 (2+2+1+2)+10:42.4
8858 Šimon Bartko Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 59:47.87 (2+3+1+1)+11:00.4
8959 George Colțea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:01:55.58 (1+4+0+3)+13:08.1
9068 Tom Lahaye-Goffart Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:02:26.27 (2+1+3+1)+13:38.8
9182 César Beauvais Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:02:50.57 (1+1+1+4)+14:03.1
9264 Zhang Chunyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:07:12.212 (2+4+5+1)+18:24.8

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