# Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

The Men’s individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 8 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft). The event was won by Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, his first individual Olympic medal. Anton Smolski of Belarus won the silver medal. This was his first Olympic medal. The defending champion, Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway, won bronze.

## Summary

In addition to being the defending champion, Johannes Thingnes Bø won the 2018-19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup seasons overall, but in the 2021–22 season before the Olympics was stood fifth overall and fourth in the individual ranking. The 2018 silver medalist, Jakov Fak, qualified for the Olympics, whereas the bronze medalist, Dominik Landertinger, retired from competitions. The overall leader of the 2021-22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Fillon Maillet, and the leader in the individual was Tarjei Bø.
Maxim Tsvetkov started first, and Johannes Thingnes Bø started second. He missed one more target than Tsvetkov but was faster, overtook him at the fourth shooting, and finished three seconds ahead, which eventually cost Tsvetkov a medal. Fillon Maillet, started eleventh, was even faster and finished first. Anton Smolski, who did not miss and had the starting number 28, became the surprising silver medalist.

## Results

The race was started at 16:30.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S+P+S) | Deficit |
| | 11 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 48:47.4 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | |
| | 28 | Anton Smolski | Belarus | 49:02.2 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +14.8 |
| | 2 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 49:18.5 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +31.1 |
| 4 | 1 | Maxim Tsvetkov | ROC | 49:22.3 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +34.9 |
| 5 | 9 | Scott Gow | Canada | 49:53.0 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +1:05.6 |
| 6 | 44 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 49:54.5 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +1:07.1 |
| 7 | 54 | Roman Rees | Germany | 50:09.0 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +1:21.6 |
| 8 | 5 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 50:17.0 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +1:29.6 |
| 9 | 48 | Fabien Claude | France | 50:25.5 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +1:38.1 |
| 10 | 31 | Alexander Loginov | ROC | 50:27.6 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +1:40.2 |
| 11 | 47 | Eduard Latypov | ROC | 51:13.1 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +2:25.7 |
| 12 | 16 | Martin Ponsiluoma | Sweden | 51:16.8 | 3 (2+0+0+1) | +2:29.4 |
| 13 | 23 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway | 51:21.3 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | +2:33.9 |
| 14 | 39 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 51:25.6 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +2:38.2 |
| 15 | 53 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | Norway | 51:28.1 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +2:40.7 |
| 16 | 36 | Felix Leitner | Austria | 51:41.7 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +2:54.3 |
| 17 | 15 | Simon Desthieux | France | 51:46.8 | 3 (1+2+0+0) | +2:59.4 |
| 18 | 21 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 51:49.3 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +3:01.9 |
| 19 | 57 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 52:06.9 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +3:19.5 |
| 20 | 13 | Simon Eder | Austria | 52:09.4 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | +3:22.0 |
| 21 | 20 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 52:10.4 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +3:23.0 |
| 22 | 32 | Joscha Burkhalter | Switzerland | 52:12.4 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +3:25.0 |
| 23 | 92 | Tero Seppälä | Finland | 52:14.3 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +3:26.9 |
| 24 | 37 | Christian Gow | Canada | 52:21.9 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +3:34.5 |
| 25 | 40 | Vladislav Kireyev | Kazakhstan | 52:29.2 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | +3:41.8 |
| 26 | 3 | Pavel Magazeev | Moldova | 52:41.7 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +3:54.3 |
| 27 | 35 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 52:43.6 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | +3:56.2 |
| 28 | 75 | Jake Brown | United States | 52:45.4 | 2 (0+0+2+0) | +3:58.0 |
| 29 | 29 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 52:48.0 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +4:00.6 |
| 30 | 33 | Sebastian Samuelsson | Sweden | 52:51.7 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +4:04.3 |
| 31 | 66 | Mikuláš Karlík | Czech Republic | 52:56.3 | 3 (0+0+0+3) | +4:08.9 |
| 32 | 22 | Campbell Wright | New Zealand | 52:59.8 | 2 (0+1+1+0) | +4:12.4 |
| 33 | 90 | Adam Runnalls | Canada | 53:24.7 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +4:37.3 |
| 34 | 56 | Said Karimulla Khalili | ROC | 53:26.5 | 4 (2+1+0+1) | +4:39.1 |
| 35 | 30 | Paul Schommer | United States | 53:27.6 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | +4:40.2 |
| 36 | 78 | Jules Burnotte | Canada | 53:32.3 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +4:44.9 |
| 37 | 46 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 53:36.2 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +4:48.8 |
| 38 | 45 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 53:39.4 | 2 (0+0+0+2) | +4:52.0 |
| 39 | 49 | Yan Xingyuan | China | 53:40.6 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +4:53.2 |
| 40 | 71 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 53:43.6 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +4:56.2 |
| 41 | 42 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov | Bulgaria | 53:54.2 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +5:06.8 |
| 42 | 55 | Sean Doherty | United States | 53:55.8 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +5:08.4 |
| 43 | 6 | Michal Šíma | Slovakia | 54:09.0 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +5:21.6 |
| 44 | 34 | Tsukasa Kobonoki | Japan | 54:16.6 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +5:29.2 |
| 45 | 65 | David Komatz | Austria | 54:24.1 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +5:36.7 |
| 46 | 76 | Lovro Planko | Slovenia | 54:27.9 | 4 (2+1+0+1) | +5:40.5 |
| 47 | 73 | Mikita Labastau | Belarus | 54:29.7 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +5:42.3 |
| 48 | 79 | Didier Bionaz | Italy | 54:44.7 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +5:57.3 |
| 49 | 24 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 54:47.9 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +6:00.5 |
| 50 | 63 | Anton Dudchenko | Ukraine | 54:54.9 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | +6:07.5 |
| 51 | 8 | Johannes Kühn | Germany | 54:58.0 | 6 (3+2+1+0) | +6:10.6 |
| 52 | 12 | Alexandr Mukhin | Kazakhstan | 55:00.4 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | +6:13.0 |
| 53 | 80 | Sebastian Stalder | Switzerland | 55:12.6 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +6:25.2 |
| 54 | 81 | Rok Tršan | Slovenia | 55:14.7 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +6:27.3 |
| 55 | 91 | Bogdan Tsymbal | Ukraine | 55:19.0 | 4 (3+0+1+0) | +6:31.6 |
| 56 | 77 | Niklas Hartweg | Switzerland | 55:19.7 | 4 (0+2+0+2) | +6:32.3 |
| 57 | 88 | Harald Lemmerer | Austria | 55:22.7 | 4 (0+1+2+1) | +6:35.3 |
| 58 | 14 | Dzmitry Lazouski | Belarus | 55:26.4 | 4 (3+0+1+0) | +6:39.0 |
| 59 | 41 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 55:27.9 | 5 (0+1+3+1) | +6:40.5 |
| 60 | 74 | Kristo Siimer | Estonia | 55:32.7 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | +6:45.3 |
| 61 | 7 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 55:37.5 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | +6:50.1 |
| 62 | 83 | Milan Žemlička | Czech Republic | 55:44.3 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | +6:56.9 |
| 63 | 67 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 55:48.6 | 5 (0+1+2+2) | +7:01.2 |
| 64 | 60 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 55:49.7 | 5 (0+2+0+3) | +7:02.3 |
| 65 | 17 | Jakub Štvrtecký | Czech Republic | 55:52.7 | 5 (0+3+0+2) | +7:05.3 |
| 66 | 4 | Heikki Laitinen | Finland | 55:52.8 | 5 (0+2+1+2) | +7:05.4 |
| 67 | 27 | Erik Lesser | Germany | 55:59.5 | 5 (0+3+0+2) | +7:12.1 |
| 68 | 38 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 56:06.0 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | +7:18.6 |
| 69 | 10 | Cheng Fangming | China | 56:07.8 | 6 (2+1+0+3) | +7:20.4 |
| 70 | 69 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 56:30.0 | 5 (1+0+2+2) | +7:42.6 |
| 71 | 43 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 56:30.1 | 4 (0+1+0+3) | +7:42.7 |
| 72 | 26 | Émilien Jacquelin | France | 56:31.4 | 7 (0+3+2+2) | +7:44.0 |
| 73 | 86 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 56:32.4 | 5 (0+2+1+2) | +7:45.0 |
| 74 | 50 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 56:45.6 | 5 (0+2+0+3) | +7:58.2 |
| 75 | 19 | Florent Claude | Belgium | 57:11.2 | 5 (0+2+3+0) | +8:23.8 |
| 76 | 18 | Timofey Lapshin | South Korea | 57:13.0 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | +8:25.6 |
| 77 | 61 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 57:18.3 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | +8:30.9 |
| 78 | 25 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 57:21.3 | 6 (2+2+0+2) | +8:33.9 |
| 79 | 84 | Linas Banys | Lithuania | 57:46.2 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +8:58.8 |
| 80 | 70 | Tomáš Sklenárik | Slovakia | 58:08.1 | 5 (2+2+1+0) | +9:20.7 |
| 81 | 62 | Tuomas Harjula | Finland | 58:14.9 | 4 (1+2+1+0) | +9:27.5 |
| 82 | 52 | Kosuke Ozaki | Japan | 58:37.9 | 6 (1+0+4+1) | +9:50.5 |
| 83 | 85 | Zhu Zhenyu | China | 58:42.6 | 4 (1+2+1+0) | +9:55.2 |
| 84 | 87 | Matej Baloga | Slovakia | 58:47.1 | 4 (0+1+1+2) | +9:59.7 |
| 85 | 72 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 58:47.6 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | +10:00.2 |
| 86 | 51 | Maksim Varabei | Belarus | 58:59.5 | 8 (1+3+2+2) | +10:12.1 |
| 87 | 89 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 59:29.8 | 7 (2+2+1+2) | +10:42.4 |
| 88 | 58 | Šimon Bartko | Slovakia | 59:47.8 | 7 (2+3+1+1) | +11:00.4 |
| 89 | 59 | George Colțea | Romania | 1:01:55.5 | 8 (1+4+0+3) | +13:08.1 |
| 90 | 68 | Tom Lahaye-Goffart | Belgium | 1:02:26.2 | 7 (2+1+3+1) | +13:38.8 |
| 91 | 82 | César Beauvais | Belgium | 1:02:50.5 | 7 (1+1+1+4) | +14:03.1 |
| 92 | 64 | Zhang Chunyu | China | 1:07:12.2 | 12 (2+4+5+1) | +18:24.8 |