The men's sprint competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 8 February 2014. It was 10 kilometres in length (6.2 miles).

The defending Olympic Champion was Vincent Jay of France, who has retired since the previous Olympics. The defending World Champion is Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway.

Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 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 sprint, 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 must have 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 also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each).

Schedule All dates and times are (UTC+4). Date Time Round8 February 18:30–20:20 Final

Results The race was started at 18:30.Final Results

Ole Einar Bjørndalen won the event with a time of 24:33.5, 1.3 seconds ahead of silver medalist Dominik Landertinger. Bjørndalen missed one of the targets but was able to use his speed to make up the lost time. Jaroslav Soukup finished third for the bronze medal.

The gold medal was Bjørndalen's 12th Olympic medal, equaling a record set by fellow Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie. At 40 years old, he is also the oldest man ever to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event at the Winter Games. Bjørndalen won his 3rd gold medal in the Olympic men's sprint.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit 24 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 24:33.5 1 (0+1) — 15 Dominik Landertinger 24:34.8 0 (0+0) +1.3 40 Jaroslav Soukup 24:39.2 0 (0+0) +5.7 48 Anton Shipulin 24:39.9 1 (0+1) +6.4 65 Jean-Philippe Leguellec 24:43.2 0 (0+0) +9.7 39 Martin Fourcade 24:45.9 1 (1+0) +12.4 30 Simon Eder 24:47.2 0 (0+0) +13.7 6 Ondřej Moravec 24:48.1 0 (0+0) +14.6 29 Emil Hegle Svendsen 25:02.8 1 (0+1) +29.3 10 72 Jakov Fak 25:06.5 0 (0+0) +33.0 11 37 Dominik Windisch 25:07.6 1 (1+0) +34.1 12 75 Lukas Hofer 25:08.8 1 (0+1) +35.3 13 1 Nathan Smith 25:09.7 0 (0+0) +36.2 14 57 Jean-Guillaume Béatrix 25:12.1 1 (1+0) +38.6 15 55 Simon Schempp 25:16.4 0 (0+0) +42.9 16 8 Evgeny Ustyugov 25:19.1 DSQ 1 (1+0) +45.6 17 35 Andrejs Rastorgujevs 25:20.2 1 (1+0) +46.7 18 2 Fredrik Lindström 25:21.0 0 (0+0) +47.5 19 43 Tim Burke 25:23.3 1 (0+1) +49.8 20 32 Christoph Sumann 25:25.5 0 (0+0) +52.0 21 62 Erik Lesser 25:26.7 1 (0+1) +53.2 22 31 Andriy Deryzemlya 25:29.0 1 (0+1) +55.5 23 51 Brendan Green 25:31.7 1 (1+0) +58.2 24 70 Carl Johan Bergman 25:35.9 1 (0+1) +1:02.4 25 36 Björn Ferry 25:36.4 2 (2+0) +1:02.9 26 54 Klemen Bauer 25:40.7 2 (1+1) +1:07.2 27 68 Evgeniy Garanichev 25:43.0 1 (0+1) +1:09.5 28 46 Dmitry Malyshko 25:48.5 0 (0+0) +1:15.0 29 19 Vladimir Chepelin 25:49.7 1 (0+1) +1:16.2 30 13 Cornel Puchianu 25:50.7 0 (0+0) +1:17.2 31 27 Michal Šlesingr 25:51.7 1 (1+0) +1:18.2 32 77 Artem Pryma 25:57.6 1 (0+1) +1:24.1 33 50 Sergey Novikov 26:00.8 0 (0+0) +1:27.3 34 38 Arnd Peiffer 26:01.2 3 (2+1) +1:27.7 35 26 Lowell Bailey 26:04.1 2 (1+1) +1:30.6 36 64 Simon Fourcade 26:04.2 2 (1+1) +1:30.7 37 21 Matej Kazár 26:04.8 3 (2+1) +1:31.3 38 69 Daniel Mesotitsch 26:06.6 2 (0+2) +1:33.1 39 52 Tarjei Bø 26:10.1 3 (0+3) +1:36.6 40 14 Serafin Wiestner 26:10.2 2 (1+1) +1:36.7 41 67 Serhiy Semenov 26:10.4 1 (1+0) +1:36.9 42 82 Tobias Arwidson 26:11.8 1 (1+0) +1:38.3 43 16 Yan Savitskiy 26:13.0 1 (1+0) +1:39.5 44 18 Serhiy Sednev 26:16.8 1 (1+0) +1:43.3 45 73 Leif Nordgren 26:17.4 0 (0+0) +1:43.9 46 3 Simon Desthieux 26:18.2 2 (0+2) +1:44.7 47 81 Christian De Lorenzi 26:25.4 2 (1+1) +1:51.9 48 4 Tomas Kaukėnas 26:26.2 2 (0+2) +1:52.7 49 45 Krasimir Anev 26:28.0 3 (3+0) +1:54.5 50 44 Daniil Steptšenko 26:40.5 2 (1+1) +2:07.0 51 86 Janez Marič 26:41.3 1 (0+1) +2:07.8 52 56 Pavol Hurajt 26:45.8 0 (0+0) +2:12.3 53 66 Indrek Tobreluts 26:46.5 3 (0+3) +2:13.0 54 5 Kauri Kõiv 26:47.1 3 (2+1) +2:13.6 55 34 Johannes Thingnes Bø 26:51.0 4 (2+2) +2:17.5 56 61 Evgeny Abramenko 26:55.0 2 (1+1) +2:21.5 57 80 Yuryi Liadov 26:55.1 2 (1+1) +2:21.6 58 11 Christoph Stephan 26:55.4 2 (1+1) +2:21.9 59 71 Sergey Naumik 26:55.5 1 (0+1) +2:22.0 60 59 Vladimir Iliev 26:55.9 4 (2+2) +2:22.4 61 87 Russell Currier 26:58.5 4 (4+0) +2:25.0 62 58 Ahti Toivanen 26:58.6 2 (1+1) +2:25.1 63 41 Benjamin Weger 27:00.5 1 (1+0) +2:27.0 64 17 Krzysztof Pływaczyk 27:02.3 1 (0+1) +2:28.8 65 74 Tomáš Hasilla 27:05.4 3 (2+1) +2:31.9 66 76 Roland Lessing 27:06.3 3 (0+3) +2:32.8 67 42 Lee-Steve Jackson 27:07.5 1 (0+1) +2:34.0 68 83 Martin Otčenáš 27:07.8 3 (1+2) +2:34.3 69 20 Milanko Petrović 27:08.2 3 (1+2) +2:34.7 70 12 Michail Kletcherov 27:13.6 2 (1+1) +2:40.1 71 28 Hidenori Isa 27:15.2 3 (1+2) +2:41.7 72 25 Peter Dokl 27:20.1 1 (1+0) +2:46.6 73 33 Alexei Almoukov 27:24.6 2 (0+2) +2:51.1 74 78 Scott Perras 27:32.1 3 (2+1) +2:58.6 75 63 Tomáš Krupčík 27:39.3 2 (1+1) +3:05.8 76 85 Ivan Zlatev 27:48.5 2 (1+1) +3:15.0 77 53 Łukasz Szczurek 27:57.2 2 (2+0) +3:23.7 78 7 Jarkko Kauppinen 27:57.8 3 (2+1) +3:24.3 79 47 Károly Gombos 28:04.3 1 (0+1) +3:30.8 80 49 Anton Pantov 28:05.0 4 (2+2) +3:31.5 81 23 Markus Windisch 28:14.4 2 (1+1) +3:40.9 82 22 Lee In-Bok 28:35.9 1 (0+1) +4:02.4 83 10 Ren Long 28:53.2 4 (0+4) +4:19.7 84 9 Victor Lobo Escolar 28:53.3 4 (4+0) +4:19.8 85 60 Grzegorz Guzik 29:17.2 5 (4+1) +4:43.7 86 84 Rafał Lepel 29:25.8 2 (1+1) +4:52.3 87 79 Dias Keneshev 30:06.8 4 (2+2) +5:33.3

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