Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February 1998, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over two 3.0 kilometre loops and one 4.0 kilometre loop of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.[1][2]

Men's biathlon sprint
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueNozawa Onsen
Dates18 February 1998
Competitors73 from 30 nations
Winning time27:16.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frode Andresen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ville Räikkönen  Finland
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Results edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties Deficit
  37 Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway 27:16.2 0 (0+0)
  61 Frode Andresen   Norway 28:17.8 2 (1+1) +1:01.6
  73 Ville Räikkönen   Finland 28:21.7 1 (0+1) +1:05.5
4 72 Viktor Maigourov   Russia 28:36.0 0 (0+0) +1:19.8
5 64 Jēkabs Nākums   Latvia 28:36.9 1 (1+0) +1:20.7
6 10 Oļegs Maļuhins   Latvia 28:37.4 1 (0+1) +1:21.2
7 71 Frank Luck   Germany 28:40.3 1 (1+0) +1:24.1
8 19 Halvard Hanevold   Norway 28:40.8 2 (1+1) +1:24.6
9 53 Paavo Puurunen   Finland 28:44.0 0 (0+0) +1:27.8
10 67 Pieralberto Carrara   Italy 28:44.2 2 (1+1) +1:28.0
11 38 Ludwig Gredler   Austria 28:44.3 2 (0+2) +1:28.1
12 14 Vladimir Drachev   Russia 28:46.4 1 (0+1) +1:30.2
13 2 Egil Gjelland   Norway 28:49.1 1 (1+0) +1:32.9
14 54 Wilfried Pallhuber   Italy 28:50.1 1 (1+0) +1:33.9
15 45 Ivan Masařík   Czech Republic 28:58.6 2 (1+1) +1:42.4
16 20 Jože Poklukar   Slovenia 29:00.5 1 (0+1) +1:44.3
17 52 Ricco Groß   Germany 29:13.9 1 (0+1) +1:57.7
18 24 Dimitri Borovik   Estonia 29:19.4 1 (0+1) +2:03.2
19 45 Kyoji Suga   Japan 29:19.4 2 (0+2) +2:03.2
20 18 Harri Eloranta   Finland 29:21.8 2 (1+1) +2:05.6
21 46 Fredrik Kuoppa   Sweden 29:22.0 2 (0+2) +2:05.8
22 51 Sergei Tarasov   Russia 29:23.2 3 (2+1) +2:07.0
23 66 Wojciech Kozub   Poland 29:28.5 3 (2+1) +2:12.3
24 15 Dmitry Pozdnyakov   Kazakhstan 29:30.1 0 (0+0) +2:13.9
25 16 Mikael Löfgren   Sweden 29:31.6 1 (0+1) +2:15.4
26 28 Wiesław Ziemianin   Poland 29:34.4 1 (0+1) +2:18.2
27 41 Oleg Ryzhenkov   Belarus 29:38.2 2 (0+2) +2:22.0
28 40 Tomasz Sikora   Poland 29:40.8 1 (1+0) +2:24.6
29 11 Sven Fischer   Germany 29:47.1 2 (1+1) +2:30.9
30 57 Ruslan Lysenko   Ukraine 29:49.6 0 (0+0) +2:33.4
31 65 Valery Ivanov   Kazakhstan 29:58.8 5 (1+4) +2:42.6
32 42 Ilmārs Bricis   Latvia 30:01.7 4 (2+2) +2:45.5
33 39 Tomaž Globočnik   Slovenia 30:04.4 3 (1+2) +2:48.2
34 1 Carsten Heymann   Germany 30:09.6 2 (0+2) +2:53.4
35 9 Hubert Leitgeb   Italy 30:10.0 1 (1+0) +2:53.8
36 58 Indrek Tobreluts   Estonia 30:11.3 3 (1+2) +2:55.1
37 68 Alexei Aidarov   Belarus 30:12.3 2 (1+1) +2:56.1
38 62 Wolfgang Perner   Austria 30:13.5 4 (2+2) +2:57.3
39 12 Wolfgang Rottmann   Austria 30:16.0 2 (0+2) +2:59.8
40 69 Aleksander Grajf   Slovenia 30:24.2 3 (2+1) +3:08.0
41 47 Ľubomír Machyniak   Slovakia 30:30.3 1 (1+0) +3:14.1
42 6 Tomaž Žemva   Slovenia 30:32.1 1 (0+1) +3:15.9
43 26 Shuichi Sekiya   Japan 30:33.4 3 (3+0) +3:17.2
44 33 Janno Prants   Estonia 30:33.4 3 (3+0) +3:17.2
45 44 Andriy Deryzemlia   Ukraine 30:33.6 3 (1+2) +3:17.4
46 25 Vadim Sashurin   Belarus 30:34.0 1 (1+0) +3:17.8
47 32 Mike Dixon   Great Britain 30:34.4 0 (0+0) +3:18.2
48 59 Steve Cyr   Canada 30:35.0 3 (3+0) +3:18.8
49 70 Dan Westover   United States 30:39.5 1 (1+0) +3:23.3
50 60 Thierry Dusserre   France 30:43.6 1 (1+0) +3:27.4
51 21 Zdeněk Vítek   Czech Republic 30:46.5 2 (1+1) +3:30.3
52 23 René Cattarinussi   Italy 30:50.0 4 (1+3) +3:33.8
53 43 Petr Garabík   Czech Republic 30:51.3 3 (1+2) +3:35.1
54 36 Dmitry Pantov   Kazakhstan 30:51.8 3 (2+1) +3:35.6
55 4 Alexandr Popov   Belarus 30:53.0 2 (2+0) +3:36.8
56 7 Aleksey Kobelev   Russia 31:02.8 4 (2+2) +3:46.6
57 49 Georgi Kasabov   Bulgaria 31:09.5 0 (0+0) +3:53.3
58 30 Thanasis Tsakiris   Greece 31:14.6 2 (1+1) +3:58.4
59 55 Liutauras Barila   Lithuania 31:23.7 5 (4+1) +4:07.5
60 31 Jay Hakkinen   United States 31:31.6 3 (1+2) +4:15.4
61 63 Atsushi Kazama   Japan 31:41.1 6 (2+4) +4:24.9
62 3 Reinhard Neuner   Austria 31:45.3 4 (1+3) +4:29.1
63 48 János Panyik   Hungary 31:50.0 1 (1+0) +4:33.8
64 8 Marius Ene   Romania 31:54.8 2 (2+0) +4:38.6
65 27 Aleksandr Tropnikov   Kyrgyzstan 31:55.8 4 (3+1) +4:39.6
66 35 Kevin Quintilio   Canada 32:32.6 3 (2+1) +5:16.4
67 5 Julien Robert   France 32:52.4 0 (0+0) +5:36.2
68 13 Mark Gee   Great Britain 33:00.3 5 (4+1) +5:44.1
69 29 Andreas Heymann   France 33:06.9 2 (2+0) +5:50.7
70 22 Jeon Jae-won   South Korea 35:09.5 6 (4+2) +7:53.3
71 17 Ion Bucsa   Moldova 36:33.8 6 (2+4) +9:17.6
34 Raphaël Poirée   France DNF 0 (4+ )
50 Jean-Marc Chabloz   Switzerland DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 10 kilometres Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2019.