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

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 14 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of the 3.3 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway was the defending World and Olympic champion, but Germany's Michael Greis led the World Cup standings before the Torino Games, with three more Germans in the top six.

## Results

Two Austrian athletes were disqualified after the IOC determined they had violated the Anti-Doping rules; Wolfgang Rottmann had originally placed 27th, while Wolfgang Perner had placed 4th.
The race was held at 13:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 25 | Sven Fischer | Germany | 26:11.6 | 0 (0+0) | – |
| | 15 | Halvard Hanevold | Norway | 26:19.8 | 0 (0+0) | +8.2 |
| | 10 | Frode Andresen | Norway | 26:31.3 | 1 (0+1) | +19.7 |
| 4 | 13 | Vincent Defrasne | France | 26:54.2 | 1 (0+1) | +42.6 |
| 5 | 35 | Ivan Tcherezov | Russia | 27:09.0 | 0 (0+0) | +57.4 |
| 6 | 38 | Ricco Groß | Germany | 27:15.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:03.5 |
| 7 | 74 | Mattias Nilsson | Sweden | 27:18.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:06.9 |
| 8 | 31 | Raphaël Poirée | France | 27:19.0 | 1 (1+0) | +1:07.4 |
| 9 | 14 | Maxim Tchoudov | Russia | 27:20.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:08.9 |
| 10 | 47 | Zdeněk Vítek | Czech Republic | 27:24.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:12.8 |
| 11 | 39 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 27:25.5 | 3 (1+2) | +1:13.9 |
| 12 | 8 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 27:26.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:15.3 |
| 13 | 56 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | 27:31.1 | 2 (0+2) | +1:19.5 |
| 14 | 19 | Alexander Wolf | Germany | 27:34.5 | 2 (0+2) | +1:22.9 |
| 15 | 24 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 27:42.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:30.7 |
| 16 | 37 | Stian Eckhoff | Norway | 27:48.0 | 2 (1+1) | +1:36.4 |
| 17 | 32 | Zhang Chengye | China | 27:50.9 | 3 (0+3) | +1:39.3 |
| 18 | 33 | Julien Robert | France | 27:54.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:42.5 |
| 19 | 63 | Tomasz Sikora | Poland | 27:54.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:42.7 |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaliy Rudenchyk | Bulgaria | 27:59.1 | 1 (0+1) | +1:47.5 |
| 21 | 1 | Nikolay Kruglov | Russia | 28:05.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:53.6 |
| 22 | 72 | Wilfried Pallhuber | Italy | 28:05.6 | 1 (1+0) | +1:54.0 |
| 23 | 6 | Sergei Tchepikov | Russia | 28:08.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:56.5 |
| 24 | 86 | Rustam Valiullin | Belarus | 28:08.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:56.8 |
| 25 | 64 | Wiesław Ziemianin | Poland | 28:10.1 | 0 (0+0) | +1:58.5 |
| 26 | 59 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 28:14.5 | 2 (1+1) | +2:02.9 |
| 27 | 28 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ukraine | 28:15.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:03.6 |
| 28 | 57 | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Belarus | 28:15.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:04.3 |
| 29 | 45 | Pavol Hurajt | Slovakia | 28:17.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:06.2 |
| 30 | 16 | Sergei Novikov | Belarus | 28:18.5 | 1 (1+0) | +2:06.9 |
| 31 | 55 | Ferreol Cannard | France | 28:19.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:08.1 |
| 32 | 82 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 28:20.3 | 1 (1+0) | +2:08.7 |
| 33 | 40 | Michael Greis | Germany | 28:22.9 | 3 (2+1) | +2:11.3 |
| 34 | 46 | Olexander Bilanenko | Ukraine | 28:26.6 | 0 (0+0) | +2:15.0 |
| 35 | 50 | Tim Burke | United States | 28:27.8 | 3 (1+2) | +2:16.2 |
| 36 | 36 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 28:28.6 | 3 (2+1) | +2:17.0 |
| 37 | 89 | David Ekholm | Sweden | 28:33.3 | 2 (2+0) | +2:21.7 |
| 38 | 7 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 28:37.1 | 1 (1+0) | +2:25.5 |
| 39 | 3 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | Italy | 28:46.7 | 4 (1+3) | +2:35.1 |
| 40 | 44 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 28:47.5 | 1 (1+0) | +2:35.9 |
| 41 | 54 | David Leoni | Canada | 28:50.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:38.8 |
| 42 | 20 | Roman Dostál | Czech Republic | 28:50.6 | 3 (1+2) | +2:39.0 |
| 43 | 2 | Matthias Simmen | Switzerland | 28:56.3 | 3 (2+1) | +2:44.7 |
| 44 | 80 | Ruslan Lysenko | Ukraine | 28:56.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:45.0 |
| 45 | 17 | Paavo Puurunen | Finland | 28:57.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:45.7 |
| 46 | 77 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 29:02.0 | 3 (1+2) | +2:50.4 |
| 47 | 68 | Tatsumi Kasahara | Japan | 29:07.0 | 1 (0+1) | +2:55.4 |
| 48 | 52 | Jānis Bērziņš | Latvia | 29:09.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:58.3 |
| 49 | 71 | Raivis Zimelis | Latvia | 29:11.4 | 2 (1+1) | +2:59.8 |
| 50 | 73 | Robin Clegg | Canada | 29:12.4 | 3 (1+2) | +3:00.8 |
| 51 | 69 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 29:13.0 | 2 (1+1) | +3:01.4 |
| 52 | 65 | Ludwig Gredler | Austria | 29:17.6 | 4 (3+1) | +3:06.0 |
| 53 | 41 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 29:21.5 | 0 (0+0) | +3:09.9 |
| 54 | 88 | Kristaps Libietis | Latvia | 29:21.9 | 0 (0+0) | +3:10.3 |
| 55 | 70 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 29:22.9 | 3 (1+2) | +3:11.3 |
| 56 | 5 | Alexsandr Chervyhkov | Kazakhstan | 29:27.1 | 2 (0+2) | +3:15.5 |
| 57 | 83 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 29:29.4 | 1 (0+1) | +3:17.8 |
| 58 | 58 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 29:30.7 | 2 (1+1) | +3:19.1 |
| 59 | 9 | Jean Philippe Leguellec | Canada | 29:32.3 | 2 (1+1) | +3:20.7 |
| 60 | 85 | Jeremy Teela | United States | 29:32.7 | 4 (2+2) | +3:21.1 |
| 61 | 66 | Vladimir Drachev | Belarus | 29:48.3 | 3 (2+1) | +3:36.7 |
| 62 | 82 | Daisuke Ebisawa | Japan | 29:49.7 | 3 (1+2) | +3:38.1 |
| 63 | 62 | Matjaž Poklukar | Slovenia | 30:00.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:49.0 |
| 64 | 60 | Michał Piecha | Poland | 30:01.6 | 2 (1+1) | +3:50.0 |
| 65 | 53 | Simon Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 30:05.7 | 5 (4+1) | +3:54.1 |
| 66 | 78 | Sergio Bonaldi | Italy | 30:06.7 | 3 (2+1) | +3:55.1 |
| 67 | 79 | Grzegorz Bodziana | Poland | 30:08.4 | 1 (0+1) | +3:56.8 |
| 68 | 76 | Janez Ožbolt | Slovenia | 30:08.8 | 2 (1+1) | +3:57.2 |
| 69 | 90 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 30:09.3 | 2 (0+2) | +3:57.7 |
| 70 | 49 | Kyoji Suga | Japan | 30:10.6 | 2 (2+0) | +3:59.0 |
| 71 | 22 | Marek Matiasko | Slovakia | 30:11.0 | 6 (3+3) | +3:59.4 |
| 72 | 75 | Vyacheslav Derkach | Ukraine | 30:15.8 | 2 (0+2) | +4:04.2 |
| 73 | 67 | Dimitri Borovik | Estonia | 30:31.6 | 4 (2+2) | +4:20.0 |
| 74 | 26 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 30:38.1 | 3 (1+2) | +4:26.5 |
| 75 | 84 | Janno Prants | Estonia | 30:41.0 | 2 (1+1) | +4:29.4 |
| 76 | 51 | Marian Blaj | Romania | 30:44.4 | 4 (4+0) | +4:32.8 |
| 77 | 61 | Tom Clemens | Great Britain | 31:05.0 | 4 (2+2) | +4:53.4 |
| 78 | 11 | Jay Hakkinen | United States | 31:22.2 | 6 (5+1) | +5:10.6 |
| 79 | 43 | Park Yoon-bae | South Korea | 31:29.5 | 3 (3+0) | +5:17.9 |
| 80 | 34 | Cameron Morton | Australia | 32:07.4 | 4 (2+2) | +5:55.8 |
| 81 | 18 | Mihail Gribusencov | Moldova | 32:17.6 | 2 (1+1) | +6:06.0 |
| 82 | 29 | Luis Alberto Hernando | Spain | 32:26.0 | 4 (1+3) | +6:14.4 |
| 83 | 42 | Stavros Christoforidis | Greece | 32:48.3 | 3 (1+2) | +6:36.7 |
| 84 | 4 | Miro Ćosić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32:56.1 | 4 (1+3) | +6:44.5 |
| 85 | 27 | Aleksandar Milenković | Serbia and Montenegro | 33:17.7 | 6 (1+5) | +7:06.1 |
| 86 | 30 | Sebastian Beltrame | Argentina | 33:32.4 | 5 (2+3) | +7:20.8 |
| 87 | 23 | Marco Zuniga | Chile | 33:38.1 | 1 (1+0) | +7:26.5 |
| 88 | 12 | Karolis Zlatkauskas | Lithuania | 34:33.8 | 4 (2+2) | +8:22.2 |
| DSQ | 87 | Wolfgang Perner | Austria | 26:51.6 | 1 (0+1) | +40.0 |
| DSQ | 48 | Wolfgang Rottman | Austria | 28:11.8 | 3 (1+2) | +2:00.2 |