# Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit

The Men's 12.5 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 18 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
The starting order for the pursuit was based on the results of the sprint; the top 60 finishers in that race qualified for the pursuit. In addition, each racer's final deficit behind sprint winner Sven Fischer corresponded to their starting deficit in the pursuit; Halvard Hanevold, who finished 8 seconds behind Fischer in the sprint, started 8 seconds after him in the pursuit. The winner was the first racer over the finish line, Vincent Defrasne.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen was the defending World and Olympic champion in this event, but was ranked fourth in the World Cup standings before the Games, behind Germany's Michael Rösch, Frenchman Raphaël Poirée and another German, Sven Fischer.

## Results

Two Austrian athletes were disqualified after the IOC determined they had violated the Anti-Doping rules; Wolfgang Rottmann had originally placed 21st, while Wolfgang Perner had placed 25th.
The race was held at 14:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Deficit |
| | 5 | Vincent Defrasne | France | 0:43 | 35:20.2 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | – |
| | 12 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 1:14 | 35:22.9 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +2.7 |
| | 1 | Sven Fischer | Germany | 0:00 | 35:35.8 | 4 (2+2+0+0) | +15.6 |
| 4 | 13 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 1:15 | 35:46.9 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +26.7 |
| 5 | 2 | Halvard Hanevold | Norway | 0:08 | 35:57.7 | 3 (0+0+3+0) | +37.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Frode Andresen | Norway | 0:20 | 36:16.9 | 5 (0+3+1+1) | +56.7 |
| 7 | 16 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 1:31 | 36:39.7 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +1:19.5 |
| 8 | 35 | Michael Greis | Germany | 2:11 | 36:39.9 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +1:19.7 |
| 9 | 10 | Maxim Tchoudov | Russia | 1:09 | 36:41.4 | 4 (2+0+0+2) | +1:21.2 |
| 10 | 19 | Julien Robert | France | 1:43 | 37:15.9 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +1:55.7 |
| 11 | 22 | Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. | Russia | 1:54 | 37:18.9 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +1:58.7 |
| 12 | 7 | Ricco Groß | Germany | 1:04 | 37:23.5 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +2:03.3 |
| 13 | 41 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | Italy | 2:35 | 37:27.3 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +2:07.1 |
| 14 | 28 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 2:03 | 37:28.5 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +2:08.3 |
| 15 | 6 | Ivan Tcherezov | Russia | 0:57 | 37:29.7 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +2:09.5 |
| 16 | 11 | Zdeněk Vítek | Czech Republic | 1:13 | 37:30.2 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | +2:10.0 |
| 17 | 23 | Wilfried Pallhuber | Italy | 1:54 | 37:30.3 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +2:10.1 |
| 18 | 20 | Tomasz Sikora | Poland | 1:43 | 37:31.6 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | +2:11.4 |
| 19 | 15 | Alexander Wolf | Germany | 1:23 | 37:35.4 | 4 (0+2+0+2) | +2:15.2 |
| 20 | 8 | Mattias Nilsson | Sweden | 1:07 | 37:47.4 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +2:27.2 |
| 21 | 17 | Stian Eckhoff | Norway | 1:36 | 38:00.2 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +2:40.0 |
| 22 | 47 | Paavo Puurunen | Finland | 2:46 | 38:01.2 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +2:41.0 |
| 23 | 45 | Matthias Simmen | Switzerland | 2:45 | 38:08.8 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +2:48.6 |
| 24 | 31 | Pavol Hurajt | Slovakia | 2:06 | 38:20.6 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +3:00.4 |
| 25 | 14 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | 1:20 | 38:25.5 | 4 (1+0+0+3) | +3:04.2 |
| 26 | 25 | Rustam Valiullin | Belarus | 1:57 | 38:32.7 | 5 (2+1+2+0) | +3:12.5 |
| 27 | 30 | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Belarus | 2:04 | 38:37.8 | 5 (1+0+2+2) | +3:17.6 |
| 28 | 26 | Wiesław Ziemianin | Poland | 1:59 | 38:42.3 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +3:22.1 |
| 29 | 44 | Roman Dostál | Czech Republic | 2:39 | 38:48.0 | 4 (0+0+2+2) | +3:27.8 |
| 30 | 32 | Sergei Novikov | Belarus | 2:07 | 38:49.6 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | +3:29.4 |
| 31 | 29 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ukraine | 2:04 | 38:54.3 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | +3:34.1 |
| 32 | 57 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 3:11 | 39:03.7 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +3:43.5 |
| 33 | 21 | Vitaliy Rudenchyk | Bulgaria | 1:48 | 39:04.7 | 4 (1+1+2+0) | +3:44.5 |
| 34 | 18 | Zhang Chengye | China | 1:39 | 39:04.7 | 7 (0+1+2+4) | +3:44.5 |
| 35 | 40 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 2:26 | 39:11.2 | 4 (2+0+2+0) | +3:51.0 |
| 36 | 37 | Tim Burke | United States | 2:16 | 39:17.6 | 4 (0+2+2+0) | +3:57.4 |
| 37 | 38 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 2:17 | 39:42.4 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | +4:22.2 |
| 38 | 39 | David Ekholm | Sweden | 2:22 | 39:43.8 | 3 (2+1+0+0) | +4:23.6 |
| 39 | 34 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 2:09 | 39:52.3 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +4:32.1 |
| 40 | 33 | Ferreol Cannard | France | 2:08 | 40:07.7 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | +4:47.5 |
| 41 | 46 | Ruslan Lysenko | Ukraine | 2:45 | 40:16.4 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +4:56.2 |
| 42 | 50 | Jānis Bērziņš | Latvia | 2:58 | 40:22.8 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +5:02.6 |
| 43 | 45 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 2:36 | 40:25.8 | 4 (2+1+1+0) | +5:05.6 |
| 44 | 52 | Robin Clegg | Canada | 3:01 | 40:30.3 | 4 (2+0+1+1) | +5:10.1 |
| 45 | 54 | Ludwig Gredler | Austria | 3:06 | 40:57.5 | 6 (2+1+3+0) | +5:37.3 |
| 46 | 51 | Raivis Zimelis | Latvia | 3:00 | 40:58.0 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | +5:37.8 |
| 47 | 43 | David Leoni | Canada | 2:39 | 41:07.4 | 5 (1+0+3+1) | +5:47.2 |
| 48 | 48 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 2:50 | 41:31.3 | 6 (3+1+1+1) | +6:11.1 |
| 49 | 53 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 3:01 | 41:32.5 | 6 (2+2+1+1) | +6:12.3 |
| 50 | 49 | Tatsumi Kasahara | Japan | 2:55 | 41:42.0 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | +6:21.8 |
| 51 | 60 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 3:19 | 41:53.4 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +6:33.2 |
| 52 | 59 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 3:18 | 42:46.6 | 7 (2+1+2+2) | +7:26.4 |
| 53 | 58 | Alexandr Chervyakov | Kazakhstan | 3:16 | 43:28.4 | 6 (2+0+2+2) | +8:08.2 |
| 54 | 56 | Kristaps Libietis | Latvia | 3:10 | 43:51.2 | 6 (1+0+3+2) | +8:31.0 |
| | 9 | Raphaël Poirée | France | 1:07 | DNF | 2 (2+0+ + ) | – |
| | 24 | Sergei Tchepikov | Russia | 1:57 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 36 | Olexander Bilanenko | Ukraine | 2:15 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 55 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 3:10 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| DSQ | 27 | Wolfgang Rottman | Austria | 2:00 | 37:50.5 | 4 (0+2+1+1) | +2:30.3 |
| DSQ | 4 | Wolfgang Perner | Austria | 0:40 | 38:13.5 | 7 (3+3+0+1) | +2:53.3 |