# Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Sprint

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Competitors raced over three loops 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.

## Results

Frank-Peter Roetsch had led an East German sweep of the sprint podium at the 1987 Biathlon World Championships, and despite a penalty loop, won by more than 15 seconds over two clean shooting Soviet racers, 1986 sprint world champion Valeriy Medvedtsev and 21-year-old Sergei Tchepikov. Roetsch had also won the 20 kilometre event earlier in the week, ending up with both individual gold medals in Calgary.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties | Deficit |
| | 63 | Frank-Peter Roetsch | East Germany | 25:08.1 | 1 (0+1) | – |
| | 50 | Valeriy Medvedtsev | Soviet Union | 25:23.7 | 0 (0+0) | +15.6 |
| | 31 | Sergei Tchepikov | Soviet Union | 25:29.4 | 0 (0+0) | +21.3 |
| 4 | 10 | Birk Anders | East Germany | 25:51.8 | 2 (0+2) | +43.7 |
| 5 | 42 | André Sehmisch | East Germany | 25:52.3 | 2 (1+1) | +44.2 |
| 6 | 36 | Frank Luck | East Germany | 25:57.6 | 1 (0+1) | +49.5 |
| 7 | 37 | Tapio Piipponen | Finland | 26:02.2 | 1 (0+1) | +54.1 |
| 8 | 49 | Johann Passler | Italy | 26:07.7 | 2 (1+1) | +59.6 |
| 9 | 69 | Dmitry Vasilyev | Soviet Union | 26:09.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:01.6 |
| 10 | 52 | Peter Angerer | West Germany | 26:13.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:05.1 |
| 11 | 28 | Geir Einang | Norway | 26:13.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:05.2 |
| 12 | 67 | Fritz Fischer | West Germany | 26:25.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:17.8 |
| 13 | 57 | Pieralberto Carrara | Italy | 26:32.7 | 2 (2+0) | +1:24.6 |
| 14 | 64 | Frode Løberg | Norway | 26:32.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:24.8 |
| 15 | 24 | Andreas Zingerle | Italy | 26:33.0 | 2 (1+1) | +1:24.9 |
| 16 | 56 | Jan Matouš | Czechoslovakia | 26:33.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:25.2 |
| 17 | 53 | Franz Schuler | Austria | 26:45.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:36.9 |
| 18 | 11 | Juri Kashkarov | Soviet Union | 26:49.1 | 3 (1+2) | +1:41.0 |
| 19 | 34 | Ernst Reiter | West Germany | 26:50.2 | 2 (2+0) | +1:42.1 |
| 20 | 45 | Eirik Kvalfoss | Norway | 26:51.9 | 4 (2+2) | +1:43.8 |
| 21 | 38 | Mike Dixon | Great Britain | 26:53.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:45.2 |
| 22 | 9 | Mikael Löfgren | Sweden | 27:01.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:52.9 |
| 23 | 68 | Bruno Hofstätter | Austria | 27:02.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:54.7 |
| 24 | 23 | Tomáš Kos | Czechoslovakia | 27:13.5 | 1 (0+1) | +2:05.4 |
| 25 | 41 | Harri Eloranta | Finland | 27:15.2 | 3 (2+1) | +2:07.1 |
| 26 | 18 | Stefan Höck | West Germany | 27:26.2 | 3 (0+3) | +2:18.1 |
| 27 | 33 | Josh Thompson | United States | 27:27.7 | 4 (2+2) | +2:19.6 |
| 28 | 62 | Jiří Holubec | Czechoslovakia | 27:29.8 | 3 (0+3) | +2:21.7 |
| 29 | 65 | Krasimir Videnov | Bulgaria | 27:31.1 | 1 (0+1) | +2:23.0 |
| 30 | 17 | Sverre Istad | Norway | 27:34.3 | 5 (1+4) | +2:26.2 |
| 30 | 47 | Lyle Nelson | United States | 27:34.3 | 1 (0+1) | +2:26.2 |
| 32 | 32 | Francis Mougel | France | 27:34.9 | 3 (1+2) | +2:26.8 |
| 33 | 13 | Roberto Marchesi | Italy | 27:36.7 | 2 (0+2) | +2:28.6 |
| 34 | 7 | Jaromír Šimůnek | Czechoslovakia | 27:38.6 | 1 (0+1) | +2:30.5 |
| 34 | 32 | Glenn Rupertus | Canada | 27:38.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:30.5 |
| 36 | 16 | Khristo Vodenicharov | Bulgaria | 27:40.5 | 1 (1+0) | +2:32.4 |
| 37 | 12 | Egon Leitner | Austria | 27:42.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:34.3 |
| 38 | 30 | Vladimir Velichkov | Bulgaria | 27:48.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:40.7 |
| 39 | 26 | Misao Kodate | Japan | 27:52.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:44.5 |
| 40 | 21 | Alfred Eder | Austria | 27:57.3 | 2 (0+2) | +2:49.2 |
| 41 | 6 | Juha Tella | Finland | 27:58.3 | 3 (2+1) | +2:50.2 |
| 42 | 60 | Antero Lähde | Finland | 27:59.9 | 3 (2+1) | +2:51.8 |
| 43 | 55 | Vasil Bozhilov | Bulgaria | 28:06.5 | 2 (1+1) | +2:58.4 |
| 44 | 51 | Tadashi Nakamura | Japan | 28:11.4 | 2 (1+1) | +3:03.3 |
| 45 | 48 | Carl Davies | Great Britain | 28:12.1 | 2 (1+1) | +3:04.0 |
| 46 | 61 | Ken Karpoff | Canada | 28:12.9 | 1 (0+1) | +3:04.8 |
| 47 | 43 | Peter Sjödén | Sweden | 28:13.3 | 2 (1+1) | +3:05.2 |
| 48 | 25 | Zsolt Kovács | Hungary | 28:13.9 | 0 (0+0) | +3:05.8 |
| 49 | 71 | Bill Carow | United States | 28:19.6 | 4 (1+3) | +3:11.5 |
| 50 | 2 | Curt Schreiner | United States | 28:19.9 | 3 (2+1) | +3:11.8 |
| 51 | 1 | Christian Dumont | France | 28:20.3 | 2 (1+1) | +3:12.2 |
| 52 | 29 | Hervé Flandin | France | 28:21.4 | 4 (3+1) | +3:13.3 |
| 53 | 27 | Jure Velepec | Yugoslavia | 28:21.9 | 2 (2+0) | +3:13.8 |
| 54 | 22 | Roger Westling | Sweden | 28:24.8 | 4 (1+3) | +3:16.7 |
| 55 | 44 | Charles Plamondon | Canada | 28:30.5 | 3 (2+1) | +3:22.4 |
| 56 | 54 | Xavier Blond | France | 28:36.6 | 3 (2+1) | +3:28.5 |
| 57 | 72 | Leif Andersson | Sweden | 28:48.9 | 4 (3+1) | +3:40.8 |
| 58 | 8 | Paget Stewart | Canada | 29:06.9 | 4 (1+3) | +3:58.8 |
| 59 | 14 | Koichi Sato | Japan | 29:43.1 | 3 (1+2) | +4:35.0 |
| 60 | 5 | Mark Langin | Great Britain | 29:52.1 | 5 (3+2) | +4:44.0 |
| 61 | 59 | Trevor King | Great Britain | 30:00.5 | 5 (3+2) | +4:52.4 |
| 62 | 35 | Andrew Paul | Australia | 30:36.6 | 1 (0+1) | +5:28.5 |
| 63 | 70 | Akihiro Takizawa | Japan | 31:38.7 | 5 (3+2) | +6:30.6 |
| 64 | 19 | Shin Young-sun | South Korea | 33:05.4 | 4 (2+2) | +7:57.3 |
| 65 | 20 | Alejandro Giró | Argentina | 33:55.4 | 3 (3+0) | +8:47.3 |
| 66 | 58 | Joo Young-dai | South Korea | 34:50.4 | 8 (3+5) | +9:42.3 |
| 67 | 39 | Kim Yong-woon | South Korea | 35:18.6 | 7 (3+4) | +10:10.5 |
| 68 | 40 | Luis Argel | Argentina | 35:25.1 | 8 (4+4) | +10:17.0 |
| 69 | 46 | Joung Young-suk | South Korea | 35:31.3 | 6 (4+2) | +10:23.2 |
| 70 | 4 | Gustavo Giró | Argentina | 36:38.8 | 6 (3+3) | +11:30.7 |
| 71 | 3 | Judd Bankert | Guam | 45:37.1 | 8 (4+4) | +20:29.0 |
| 72 | 15 | Elliot Archilla | Puerto Rico | 47:47.4 | 6 (3+3) | +22:39.3 |