# Biathlon World Championships 2016 – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint event of the Biathlon World Championships 2016 was held on 5 March 2016 at 11:30 local time.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 8 | Martin Fourcade | France | 25:35.4 | 0 (0+0) | — |
| | 53 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 26:02.3 | 0 (0+0) | +26.9 |
| | 69 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 26:03.0 | 0 (0+0) | +27.6 |
| 4 | 58 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 26:10.9 | 1 (0+1) | +35.5 |
| 5 | 34 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 26:14.9 | 1 (1+0) | +39.5 |
| 6 | 9 | Evgeniy Garanichev | Russia | 26:15.8 | 1 (0+1) | +40.4 |
| 7 | 47 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 26:17.5 | 0 (0+0) | +42.1 |
| 8 | 84 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 26:19.2 | 1 (1+0) | +43.8 |
| 9 | 81 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 26:21.4 | 1 (1+0) | +46.0 |
| 10 | 45 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 26:27.6 | 1 (0+1) | +52.2 |
| 11 | 76 | Serafin Wiestner | Switzerland | 26:32.8 | 1 (0+1) | +57.4 |
| 12 | 82 | Simon Desthieux | France | 26:35.1 | 1 (0+1) | +59.7 |
| 13 | 33 | Vladimir Chepelin | Belarus | 26:43.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:08.2 |
| 14 | 35 | Tim Burke | United States | 26:44.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:09.1 |
| 15 | 83 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 26:44.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:09.5 |
| 16 | 12 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 26:47.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:12.5 |
| 17 | 87 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 26:51.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:15.9 |
| 18 | 91 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 26:52.2 | 0 (0+0) | +1:16.8 |
| 19 | 80 | Erik Lesser | Germany | 26:53.9 | 2 (0+2) | +1:18.5 |
| 20 | 24 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 26:55.0 | 2 (0+2) | +1:19.6 |
| 21 | 73 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 26:55.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:20.3 |
| 22 | 93 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 26:57.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:21.6 |
| 23 | 30 | Anton Babikov | Russia | 26:58.9 | 0 (0+0) | +1:23.5 |
| 24 | 101 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 27:00.8 | 1 (1+0) | +1:25.4 |
| 25 | 65 | Martin Otčenáš | Slovakia | 27:04.2 | 1 (0+1) | +1:28.8 |
| 26 | 96 | Cornel Puchianu | Romania | 27:04.8 | 0 (0+0) | +1:29.4 |
| 27 | 62 | Simon Eder | Austria | 27:09.2 | 3 (1+2) | +1:33.8 |
| 28 | 3 | Oleksander Zhyrnyi | Ukraine | 27:09.9 | 0 (0+0) | +1:34.5 |
| 29 | 79 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 27:10.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:34.8 |
| 30 | 43 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 27:10.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:35.3 |
| 31 | 75 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 27:12.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:36.8 |
| 32 | 71 | Aliaksandr Darozhka | Belarus | 27:12.6 | 1 (0+1) | +1:37.2 |
| 33 | 46 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 27:16.3 | 3 (1+2) | +1:40.9 |
| 34 | 61 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 27:16.5 | 2 (0+2) | +1:41.1 |
| 35 | 60 | Brendan Green | Canada | 27:19.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:44.1 |
| 36 | 97 | Julian Eberhard | Austria | 27:20.3 | 4 (2+2) | +1:44.9 |
| 37 | 44 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 27:20.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:45.1 |
| 38 | 88 | Kauri Kõiv | Estonia | 27:21.7 | 0 (0+0) | +1:46.3 |
| 39 | 36 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 27:22.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:46.8 |
| 40 | 32 | Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan | 27:23.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:47.9 |
| 41 | 25 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 27:23.6 | 2 (1+1) | +1:48.2 |
| 42 | 67 | Maxim Tsvetkov | Russia | 27:29.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:54.4 |
| 43 | 20 | Sean Doherty | United States | 27:31.9 | 2 (1+1) | +1:56.5 |
| 44 | 27 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 27:32.4 | 2 (2+0) | +1:57.0 |
| 45 | 1 | Anton Shipulin | Russia | 27:33.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:57.7 |
| 46 | 40 | Nathan Smith | Canada | 27:34.1 | 4 (1+3) | +1:58.7 |
| 47 | 99 | Scott Gow | Canada | 27:39.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:03.6 |
| 48 | 100 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 27:40.1 | 2 (0+2) | +2:04.7 |
| 49 | 90 | Michail Kletcherov | Bulgaria | 27:41.0 | 0 (0+0) | +2:05.6 |
| 50 | 70 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 27:42.1 | 2 (0+2) | +2:06.7 |
| 51 | 37 | Sven Grossegger | Austria | 27:43.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:08.4 |
| 51 | 52 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 27:43.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:08.4 |
| 53 | 59 | Simon Fourcade | France | 27:44.1 | 2 (2+0) | +2:08.7 |
| 54 | 86 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 27:44.9 | 4 (1+3) | +2:09.5 |
| 55 | 48 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 27:47.2 | 1 (0+1) | +2:11.8 |
| 56 | 102 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 27:50.1 | 2 (0+2) | +2:14.7 |
| 57 | 26 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 27:56.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:21.1 |
| 58 | 15 | Macx Davies | Canada | 27:57.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:22.0 |
| 59 | 42 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 27:58.2 | 3 (0+3) | +2:22.8 |
| 60 | 11 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 28:02.9 | 3 (1+2) | +2:27.5 |
| 61 | 14 | Torstein Stenersen | Sweden | 28:03.6 | 1 (0+1) | +2:28.2 |
| 62 | 19 | Tomáš Hasilla | Slovakia | 28:05.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:30.4 |
| 63 | 10 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 28:10.1 | 3 (3+0) | +2:34.7 |
| 64 | 50 | Mateusz Janik | Poland | 28:13.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:38.5 |
| 65 | 7 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 28:14.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:39.4 |
| 66 | 18 | Mario Dolder | Switzerland | 28:18.0 | 3 (2+1) | +2:42.6 |
| 67 | 84 | Tsukasa Kobonoki | Japan | 28:20.7 | 1 (0+1) | +2:45.3 |
| 68 | 23 | Mikito Tachizaki | Japan | 28:23.4 | 0 (0+0) | +2:48.0 |
| 69 | 94 | Erlend Bjøntegaard | Norway | 28:25.5 | 3 (1+2) | +2:50.1 |
| 70 | 55 | George Buta | Romania | 28:27.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:52.5 |
| 71 | 98 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 28:29.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:54.0 |
| 72 | 13 | Vassiliy Podkorytov | Kazakhstan | 28:31.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:55.7 |
| 73 | 28 | Junji Nagai | Japan | 28:39.3 | 1 (0+1) | +3:03.9 |
| 74 | 5 | Raman Yaliotnau | Belarus | 28:41.0 | 4 (2+2) | +3:05.6 |
| 75 | 63 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 28:46.5 | 3 (1+2) | +3:11.1 |
| 76 | 78 | Łukasz Szczurek | Poland | 28:50.3 | 2 (1+1) | +3:14.9 |
| 77 | 72 | Maxim Braun | Kazakhstan | 28:52.9 | 0 (0+0) | +3:17.5 |
| 78 | 22 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 28:59.1 | 3 (2+1) | +3:23.7 |
| 79 | 89 | Maksim Varabei | Belarus | 29:08.2 | 3 (1+2) | +3:32.8 |
| 80 | 31 | Michael Rösch | Belgium | 29:12.4 | 3 (1+2) | +3:37.0 |
| 81 | 64 | Remus Faur | Romania | 29:20.7 | 2 (1+1) | +3:45.3 |
| 82 | 17 | Sami Orpana | Finland | 29:22.9 | 2 (0+2) | +3:47.5 |
| 83 | 4 | Krešimir Crnković | Croatia | 29:23.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:48.2 |
| 84 | 74 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 29:25.1 | 2 (2+0) | +3:49.7 |
| 85 | 16 | Rok Tršan | Slovenia | 29:34.0 | 5 (3+2) | +3:58.6 |
| 86 | 6 | Lee In-bok | South Korea | 29:53.2 | 4 (3+1) | +4:17.8 |
| 87 | 95 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 29:56.9 | 6 (2+4) | +4:21.5 |
| 88 | 92 | Ted Armgren | Sweden | 30:03.1 | 5 (3+2) | +4:27.7 |
| 89 | 66 | Tuomas Grönman | Finland | 30:08.3 | 4 (2+2) | +4:32.9 |
| 90 | 77 | Marcel Laponder | Great Britain | 30:08.9 | 2 (0+2) | +4:33.5 |
| 91 | 51 | Scott Dixon | Great Britain | 30:13.8 | 4 (1+3) | +4:38.4 |
| 92 | 57 | Kim Jong-min | South Korea | 30:22.1 | 3 (3+0) | +4:46.7 |
| 93 | 46 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 30:30.1 | 4 (1+3) | +4:54.7 |
| 94 | 49 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 30:40.7 | 3 (3+0) | +5:05.3 |
| 95 | 39 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 30:48.3 | 4 (1+3) | +5:12.9 |
| 96 | 56 | Károly Gombos | Hungary | 31:34.6 | 3 (1+2) | +5:59.2 |
| 97 | 38 | Mehmet Üstüntaş | Turkey | 31:39.3 | 0 (0+0) | +6:03.9 |
| 98 | 29 | Filip Petrović | Croatia | 31:45.8 | 5 (3+2) | +6:10.0 |
| 99 | 2 | Emir Hrkalović | Serbia | 31:54.2 | 3 (1+2) | +6:18.8 |
| 100 | 41 | Aleksandrs Patrijuks | Latvia | 32:01.1 | 5 (3+2) | +6:25.7 |
| 101 | 21 | Ahmet Üstüntaş | Turkey | 32:01.2 | 2 (1+1) | +6:25.8 |
| 102 | 54 | Dejan Krsmanović | Serbia | 32:41.5 | 5 (4+1) | +7:06.1 |