# Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's 10 km sprint biathlon competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 11 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was won by Arnd Peiffer, with Michal Krčmář taking silver and Dominik Windisch bronze. This was the first individual Olympic medal for both Peiffer and Windisch, whereas for Krčmář, this was the first Olympic medal.

## Summary

The 2014 champion, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, did not qualify for the event, and only the silver medalist, Dominik Landertinger, was competing. The field also included the 2010 silver, Emil Hegle Svendsen, and bronze, Jakov Fak, medalists. None of them were in medal contention during the event.
The early leader was Julian Eberhard, whose result was first improved by Peiffer. Krčmář finished second, and subsequently Windisch third, moving Eberhard down to fourth. Only four of the 87 competitors did not miss any targets, including the top two, Peiffer and Krčmář.
In the victory ceremony the day after, the medals were presented by Irena Szewińska, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by James Carrabre, IBU Vice President of Medical Issues.

## Schedule

All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 February | 20:15 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 20:15.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 22 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 23:38.8 | 0 (0+0) | — |
| | 36 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 23:43.2 | 0 (0+0) | +4.4 |
| | 42 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 23:46.5 | 1 (0+1) | +7.7 |
| 4 | 5 | Julian Eberhard | Austria | 23:47.2 | 1 (0+1) | +8.4 |
| 5 | 30 | Erlend Bjøntegaard | Norway | 23:56.2 | 2 (0+2) | +17.4 |
| 6 | 6 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 23:56.4 | 1 (0+1) | +17.6 |
| 7 | 24 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 24:00.2 | 1 (0+1) | +21.4 |
| 8 | 54 | Martin Fourcade | France | 24:00.9 | 3 (3+0) | +22.1 |
| 9 | 71 | Serafin Wiestner | Switzerland | 24:02.3 | 1 (0+1) | +23.5 |
| 10 | 18 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 24:09.8 | 2 (1+1) | +31.0 |
| 11 | 32 | Erik Lesser | Germany | 24:10.7 | 1 (0+1) | +31.9 |
| 12 | 41 | Simon Desthieux | France | 24:11.1 | 2 (2+0) | +32.3 |
| 13 | 16 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 24:12.5 | 2 (2+0) | +33.7 |
| 14 | 40 | Sebastian Samuelsson | Sweden | 24:12.6 | 2 (2+0) | +33.8 |
| 15 | 26 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 24:15.5 | 1 (0+1) | +36.7 |
| 16 | 1 | Timofey Lapshin | South Korea | 24:22.6 | 1 (0+1) | +43.8 |
| 17 | 31 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 24:23.5 | 1 (0+1) | +44.7 |
| 18 | 10 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 24:23.8 | 2 (1+1) | +45.0 |
| 19 | 66 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 24:26.3 | 0 (0+0) | +47.5 |
| 20 | 45 | Tero Seppälä | Finland | 24:27.3 | 1 (1+0) | +48.5 |
| 21 | 11 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 24:27.5 | 0 (0+0) | +48.7 |
| 22 | 57 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 24:33.7 | 1 (0+1) | +54.9 |
| 23 | 13 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 24:34.2 | 2 (1+1) | +55.4 |
| 24 | 46 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 24:34.4 | 3 (1+2) | +55.6 |
| 25 | 50 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 24:36.2 | 1 (1+0) | +57.4 |
| 26 | 9 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 24:36.4 | 2 (0+2) | +57.6 |
| 27 | 27 | Antonin Guigonnat | France | 24:37.5 | 3 (1+2) | +58.7 |
| 28 | 28 | Simon Eder | Austria | 24:42.5 | 2 (2+0) | +1:03.7 |
| 29 | 12 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 24:46.7 | 1 (1+0) | +1:07.9 |
| 30 | 72 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 24:46.8 | 3 (1+2) | +1:08.0 |
| 31 | 20 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 24:51.5 | 4 (3+1) | +1:12.7 |
| 32 | 87 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 24:52.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:13.4 |
| 33 | 64 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 24:54.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:15.6 |
| 34 | 23 | Vladimir Chepelin | Belarus | 25:04.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:26.0 |
| 35 | 80 | Anton Smolski | Belarus | 25:05.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:27.1 |
| 36 | 15 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 25:07.2 | 2 (2+0) | +1:28.4 |
| 37 | 2 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 25:08.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:30.0 |
| 38 | 39 | Michael Rösch | Belgium | 25:09.4 | 2 (0+2) | +1:30.6 |
| 39 | 25 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 25:14.1 | 3 (2+1) | +1:35.3 |
| 40 | 35 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 25:14.9 | 2 (1+1) | +1:36.1 |
| 41 | 49 | Roland Lessing | Estonia | 25:19.7 | 2 (1+1) | +1:40.9 |
| 42 | 60 | Sergey Bocharnikov | Belarus | 25:20.9 | 2 (1+1) | +1:42.1 |
| 43 | 43 | Roman Yeremin | Kazakhstan | 25:21.9 | 2 (1+1) | +1:43.1 |
| 44 | 69 | Nathan Smith | Canada | 25:22.3 | 1 (1+0) | +1:43.5 |
| 45 | 3 | Tuomas Grönman | Finland | 25:24.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:45.5 |
| 46 | 65 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 25:24.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:46.1 |
| 47 | 34 | Tim Burke | United States | 25:26.3 | 4 (2+2) | +1:47.5 |
| 48 | 37 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 25:28.1 | 4 (3+1) | +1:49.3 |
| 49 | 61 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 25:32.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:53.6 |
| 50 | 70 | Giuseppe Montello | Italy | 25:35.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:56.5 |
| 51 | 14 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 25:39.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:00.5 |
| 52 | 19 | Martin Otčenáš | Slovakia | 25:39.7 | 4 (0+4) | +2:00.9 |
| 53 | 33 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 25:42.2 | 2 (2+0) | +2:03.4 |
| 54 | 56 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 25:42.7 | 4 (0+4) | +2:03.9 |
| 55 | 29 | Florent Claude | Belgium | 25:43.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:04.9 |
| 56 | 68 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 25:47.9 | 3 (2+1) | +2:09.1 |
| 57 | 21 | Anton Babikov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 25:48.5 | 4 (3+1) | +2:09.7 |
| 58 | 85 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 25:49.0 | 2 (1+1) | +2:10.2 |
| 59 | 4 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 25:52.2 | 2 (0+2) | +2:13.4 |
| 60 | 55 | Cornel Puchianu | Romania | 25:52.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:13.9 |
| 61 | 48 | Scott Gow | Canada | 25:52.8 | 4 (4+0) | +2:14.0 |
| 62 | 7 | Christian Gow | Canada | 25:53.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:14.7 |
| 63 | 47 | Jeremy Finello | Switzerland | 25:54.7 | 3 (2+1) | +2:15.9 |
| 64 | 8 | Mario Dolder | Switzerland | 25:54.8 | 5 (3+2) | +2:16.0 |
| 65 | 17 | Sean Doherty | United States | 25:55.2 | 4 (4+0) | +2:16.4 |
| 66 | 63 | Oskars Muižnieks | Latvia | 25:56.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:17.5 |
| 67 | 51 | Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec | Poland | 25:59.2 | 2 (2+0) | +2:20.4 |
| 68 | 58 | Remus Faur | Romania | 26:03.3 | 1 (0+1) | +2:24.5 |
| 69 | 59 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 26:06.0 | 4 (0+4) | +2:27.2 |
| 70 | 76 | Tomáš Hasilla | Slovakia | 26:10.4 | 3 (1+2) | +2:31.6 |
| 71 | 52 | Raman Yaliotnau | Belarus | 26:12.6 | 6 (2+4) | +2:33.8 |
| 72 | 62 | Mitja Drinovec | Slovenia | 26:13.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:34.9 |
| 73 | 86 | Adam Václavík | Czech Republic | 26:15.4 | 4 (2+2) | +2:36.6 |
| 74 | 81 | Šimon Bartko | Slovakia | 26:18.4 | 5 (2+3) | +2:39.6 |
| 75 | 74 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 26:19.9 | 3 (1+2) | +2:41.1 |
| 76 | 84 | Kauri Kõiv | Estonia | 26:23.3 | 3 (2+1) | +2:44.5 |
| 77 | 67 | Tobias Eberhard | Austria | 26:24.3 | 5 (4+1) | +2:45.5 |
| 78 | 78 | Volodymyr Siemakov | Ukraine | 26:31.7 | 3 (1+2) | +2:52.9 |
| 79 | 73 | Vladislav Vitenko | Kazakhstan | 26:32.7 | 4 (2+2) | +2:53.9 |
| 80 | 77 | Vassiliy Podkorytov | Kazakhstan | 26:34.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:55.9 |
| 81 | 82 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov | Bulgaria | 26:47.9 | 4 (2+2) | +3:09.1 |
| 82 | 83 | Brendan Green | Canada | 26:48.0 | 3 (0+3) | +3:09.2 |
| 83 | 44 | Matvey Eliseev | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 26:59.3 | 5 (3+2) | +3:20.5 |
| 84 | 53 | Mikito Tachizaki | Japan | 27:27.1 | 3 (0+3) | +3:48.3 |
| 85 | 38 | Maxim Braun | Kazakhstan | 27:46.7 | 4 (3+1) | +4:07.9 |
| 86 | 75 | Gheorghe Pop | Romania | 28:04.4 | 5 (2+3) | +4:25.6 |
| 87 | 79 | Marius Ungureanu | Romania | 28:59.1 | 4 (2+2) | +5:20.3 |