Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

The men's individual competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 13 February 2014. 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.

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).

Schedule All times are (UTC+4). Date Time Round 13 February 18:00–19:40 Final

Results The race was started at 18:00.Final Results

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S+P+S) Deficit 31 Martin Fourcade 49:31.7 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) — 41 Erik Lesser 49:43.9 0 ( 0+0+0+0 ) +12.2 1 Evgeniy Garanichev 50:06.2 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +34.5 16 Simon Eder 50:09.5 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +37.8 19 Dominik Landertinger 50:14.2 0 ( 0+0+0+0 ) +42.5 21 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 50:15.5 1 ( 0+0+0+1 ) +43.8 9 Emil Hegle Svendsen 50:30.3 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) +58.6 58 Lowell Bailey 50:57.4 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +1:25.7 26 Serhiy Semenov 51:07.9 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) +1:36.2 10 60 Daniel Böhm 51:09.4 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +1:37.7 11 52 Johannes Thingnes Bø 51:16.5 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +1:44.8 12 38 Björn Ferry 51:18.3 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) +1:46.6 13 35 Simon Fourcade 51:29.9 2 ( 0+2+0+0 ) +1:58.2 14 12 Lukas Hofer 51:34.6 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) +2:02.9 15 20 Fredrik Lindström 51:50.2 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) +2:18.5 16 24 Simon Schempp 51:50.3 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +2:18.6 17 8 Jaroslav Soukup 51:55.1 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) +2:23.4 18 25 Ondřej Moravec 51:55.8 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) +2:24.1 19 40 Matej Kazár 51:56.9 2 ( 1+0+1+0 ) +2:25.2 20 23 Yan Savitskiy 52:00.0 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +2:28.3 21 69 Brendan Green 52:05.3 2 ( 0+1+1+0 ) +2:33.6 22 7 Andreas Birnbacher 52:17.9 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) +2:46.2 23 10 Tomas Kaukėnas 52:38.9 3 ( 0+0+0+3 ) +3:07.2 24 46 Christoph Sumann 52:39.1 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +3:07.4 25 14 Nathan Smith 52:41.3 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) +3:09.6 26 36 Tarjei Bø 52:41.5 2 ( 0+2+0+0 ) +3:09.8 27 45 Anton Pantov 52:51.5 0 ( 0+0+0+0 ) +3:19.8 28 22 Pavol Hurajt 52:53.3 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +3:21.6 29 11 Indrek Tobreluts 53:02.5 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) +3:30.8 30 63 Christian De Lorenzi 53:13.1 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) +3:41.4 31 4 Jakov Fak 53:17.6 4 ( 1+0+1+2 ) +3:45.9 32 27 Andrejs Rastorgujevs 53:18.9 3 ( 0+1+0+2 ) +3:47.2 33 15 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 53:21.9 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) +3:50.2 34 56 Jean-Philippe Leguellec 53:25.5 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) +3:53.8 35 32 Krasimir Anev 53:30.3 2 ( 0+0+2+0 ) +3:58.6 36 72 Carl Johan Bergman 53:37.5 3 ( 1+0+0+2 ) +4:05.8 37 48 Evgeny Ustyugov 53:47.8 DSQ 3 ( 2+0+0+1 ) +4:16.1 38 49 Vladimir Iliev 53:52.6 3 ( 2+0+0+1 ) +4:20.9 39 75 Daniel Mesotitsch 53:53.3 3 ( 2+0+1+0 ) +4:21.6 40 80 Tobias Arwidson 54:03.0 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) +4:31.3 41 28 Lee-Steve Jackson 54:11.3 1 ( 0+0+0+1 ) +4:39.6 42 82 Tomáš Hasilla 54:16.9 2 ( 1+1+0+0 ) +4:45.2 43 29 Tim Burke 54:21.2 4 ( 0+2+0+2 ) +4:49.5 44 6 Alexei Almoukov 54:35.4 2 ( 0+0+0+2 ) +5:03.7 45 53 Andriy Deryzemlya 54:40.0 3 ( 0+2+1+0 ) +5:08.3 46 83 Simon Hallenbarter 54:52.2 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) +5:20.5 47 13 Benjamin Weger 54:54.5 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) +5:22.8 48 5 Vladimir Chepelin 54:59.2 3 ( 1+1+0+1 ) +5:27.5 49 79 Russell Currier 55:07.5 4 ( 2+2+0+0 ) +5:35.8 50 3 Łukasz Szczurek 55:18.6 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) +5:46.9 51 42 Klemen Bauer 55:29.1 5 ( 2+0+1+2 ) +5:57.4 52 68 Evgeny Abramenko 55:38.8 3 ( 1+1+1+0 ) +6:07.1 53 44 Sergey Novikov 55:41.7 2 ( 0+1+1+0 ) +6:10.0 54 77 Dmytro Pidruchnyi 55:53.4 3 ( 1+0+1+1 ) +6:21.7 55 37 Ahti Toivanen 55:55.4 3 ( 1+0+1+1 ) +6:23.7 56 55 Michal Šlesingr 55:57.9 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) +6:26.2 57 66 Miroslav Matiaško 55:58.7 4 ( 1+1+0+2 ) +6:27.0 58 81 Scott Perras 56:04.3 4 ( 0+3+1+0 ) +6:32.6 59 47 Cornel Puchianu 56:10.4 4 ( 0+0+1+3 ) +6:38.7 60 61 Michal Krčmář 56:14.1 3 ( 1+1+1+0 ) +6:42.4 61 64 Daniil Steptšenko 56:14.4 3 ( 1+2+0+0 ) +6:42.7 62 65 Janez Marič 56:22.4 3 ( 1+1+0+1 ) +6:50.7 63 71 Alexey Volkov 56:30.3 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) +6:58.6 64 57 Dominik Windisch 56:31.4 6 ( 1+1+1+3 ) +6:59.7 65 34 Ren Long 56:35.8 4 ( 1+2+0+1 ) +7:04.1 66 59 Ivan Joller 56:40.6 3 ( 0+1+1+1 ) +7:08.9 67 70 Michail Kletcherov 56:41.8 2 ( 0+0+1+1 ) +7:10.1 68 18 Milanko Petrović 56:45.4 6 ( 1+2+0+3 ) +7:13.7 69 85 Kalev Ermits 57:04.5 2 ( 1+1+0+0 ) +7:32.8 70 78 Markus Windisch 57:18.5 4 ( 0+2+1+1 ) +7:46.8 71 17 Victor Lobo Escolar 57:22.8 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) +7:51.1 72 33 Lee In-Bok 57:29.0 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) +7:57.3 73 88 Peter Dokl 57:51.5 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) +8:19.8 74 87 Miroslav Kenanov 58:01.1 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) +8:29.4 75 76 Sergey Naumik 58:03.2 5 ( 0+1+2+2 ) +8:31.5 76 39 Krzysztof Pływaczyk 58:12.5 5 ( 3+0+1+1 ) +8:40.8 77 51 Kauri Kõiv 58:17.3 7 ( 1+2+2+2 ) +8:45.6 78 54 Claudio Böckli 58:19.2 4 ( 1+1+0+2 ) +8:47.5 79 89 Aliaksandr Darozhka 58:27.7 5 ( 2+0+2+1 ) +8:56.0 80 74 Artem Pryma 58:35.2 7 ( 3+1+0+3 ) +9:03.5 81 67 Alexis Bœuf 58:39.0 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) +9:07.3 82 62 Leif Nordgren 58:47.6 6 ( 1+0+5+0 ) +9:15.9 83 30 Hidenori Isa 58:56.1 6 ( 2+1+1+2 ) +9:24.4 84 84 Alexandr Trifonov 1:00:08.9 5 ( 1+1+2+1 ) +10:37.2 85 86 Grzegorz Guzik 1:00:20.7 4 ( 1+2+0+1 ) +10:49.0 86 73 Łukasz Słonina 1:00:29.5 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) +10:57.8 87 43 Károly Gombos 1:05:16.7 8 ( 0+4+1+3 ) +15:45.0 2 Jarkko Kauppinen DNF 5 ( 3+2 ) DSQ 50 Alexander Loginov 53:04.3 2 ( 0+1+1+0 ) +3:32.6

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