# Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

The men's individual competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 13 February 2014. The gold medal was won by Martin Fourcade, France, the silver medal by Erik Lesser, Germany and the bronze medal was won by Evgeniy Garanichev, Russia.

## Qualification

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top three athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the individual competition, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.
During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete needed two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They could also have a combination of both criteria (one of each).

## Schedule

All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 13 February | 18:00–19:40 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 18:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S+P+S) | Deficit |
| | 31 | Martin Fourcade | France | 49:31.7 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | — |
| | 41 | Erik Lesser | Germany | 49:43.9 | 0 ( 0+0+0+0 ) | +12.2 |
| | 1 | Evgeniy Garanichev | Russia | 50:06.2 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +34.5 |
| 4 | 16 | Simon Eder | Austria | 50:09.5 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +37.8 |
| 5 | 19 | Dominik Landertinger | Austria | 50:14.2 | 0 ( 0+0+0+0 ) | +42.5 |
| 6 | 21 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | France | 50:15.5 | 1 ( 0+0+0+1 ) | +43.8 |
| 7 | 9 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | 50:30.3 | 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) | +58.6 |
| 8 | 58 | Lowell Bailey | United States | 50:57.4 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +1:25.7 |
| 9 | 26 | Serhiy Semenov | Ukraine | 51:07.9 | 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) | +1:36.2 |
| 10 | 60 | Daniel Böhm | Germany | 51:09.4 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +1:37.7 |
| 11 | 52 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 51:16.5 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +1:44.8 |
| 12 | 38 | Björn Ferry | Sweden | 51:18.3 | 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) | +1:46.6 |
| 13 | 35 | Simon Fourcade | France | 51:29.9 | 2 ( 0+2+0+0 ) | +1:58.2 |
| 14 | 12 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 51:34.6 | 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) | +2:02.9 |
| 15 | 20 | Fredrik Lindström | Sweden | 51:50.2 | 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) | +2:18.5 |
| 16 | 24 | Simon Schempp | Germany | 51:50.3 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +2:18.6 |
| 17 | 8 | Jaroslav Soukup | Czech Republic | 51:55.1 | 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) | +2:23.4 |
| 18 | 25 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 51:55.8 | 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) | +2:24.1 |
| 19 | 40 | Matej Kazár | Slovakia | 51:56.9 | 2 ( 1+0+1+0 ) | +2:25.2 |
| 20 | 23 | Yan Savitskiy | Kazakhstan | 52:00.0 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +2:28.3 |
| 21 | 69 | Brendan Green | Canada | 52:05.3 | 2 ( 0+1+1+0 ) | +2:33.6 |
| 22 | 7 | Andreas Birnbacher | Germany | 52:17.9 | 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) | +2:46.2 |
| 23 | 10 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 52:38.9 | 3 ( 0+0+0+3 ) | +3:07.2 |
| 24 | 46 | Christoph Sumann | Austria | 52:39.1 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +3:07.4 |
| 25 | 14 | Nathan Smith | Canada | 52:41.3 | 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) | +3:09.6 |
| 26 | 36 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 52:41.5 | 2 ( 0+2+0+0 ) | +3:09.8 |
| 27 | 45 | Anton Pantov | Kazakhstan | 52:51.5 | 0 ( 0+0+0+0 ) | +3:19.8 |
| 28 | 22 | Pavol Hurajt | Slovakia | 52:53.3 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +3:21.6 |
| 29 | 11 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 53:02.5 | 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) | +3:30.8 |
| 30 | 63 | Christian De Lorenzi | Italy | 53:13.1 | 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) | +3:41.4 |
| 31 | 4 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 53:17.6 | 4 ( 1+0+1+2 ) | +3:45.9 |
| 32 | 27 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 53:18.9 | 3 ( 0+1+0+2 ) | +3:47.2 |
| 33 | 15 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 53:21.9 | 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) | +3:50.2 |
| 34 | 56 | Jean-Philippe Leguellec | Canada | 53:25.5 | 2 ( 0+1+0+1 ) | +3:53.8 |
| 35 | 32 | Krasimir Anev | Bulgaria | 53:30.3 | 2 ( 0+0+2+0 ) | +3:58.6 |
| 36 | 72 | Carl Johan Bergman | Sweden | 53:37.5 | 3 ( 1+0+0+2 ) | +4:05.8 |
| 37 | 48 | Evgeny Ustyugov | Russia | 53:47.8 DSQ | 3 ( 2+0+0+1 ) | +4:16.1 |
| 38 | 49 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 53:52.6 | 3 ( 2+0+0+1 ) | +4:20.9 |
| 39 | 75 | Daniel Mesotitsch | Austria | 53:53.3 | 3 ( 2+0+1+0 ) | +4:21.6 |
| 40 | 80 | Tobias Arwidson | Sweden | 54:03.0 | 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) | +4:31.3 |
| 41 | 28 | Lee-Steve Jackson | Great Britain | 54:11.3 | 1 ( 0+0+0+1 ) | +4:39.6 |
| 42 | 82 | Tomáš Hasilla | Slovakia | 54:16.9 | 2 ( 1+1+0+0 ) | +4:45.2 |
| 43 | 29 | Tim Burke | United States | 54:21.2 | 4 ( 0+2+0+2 ) | +4:49.5 |
| 44 | 6 | Alexei Almoukov | Australia | 54:35.4 | 2 ( 0+0+0+2 ) | +5:03.7 |
| 45 | 53 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Ukraine | 54:40.0 | 3 ( 0+2+1+0 ) | +5:08.3 |
| 46 | 83 | Simon Hallenbarter | Switzerland | 54:52.2 | 1 ( 1+0+0+0 ) | +5:20.5 |
| 47 | 13 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 54:54.5 | 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) | +5:22.8 |
| 48 | 5 | Vladimir Chepelin | Belarus | 54:59.2 | 3 ( 1+1+0+1 ) | +5:27.5 |
| 49 | 79 | Russell Currier | United States | 55:07.5 | 4 ( 2+2+0+0 ) | +5:35.8 |
| 50 | 3 | Łukasz Szczurek | Poland | 55:18.6 | 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) | +5:46.9 |
| 51 | 42 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 55:29.1 | 5 ( 2+0+1+2 ) | +5:57.4 |
| 52 | 68 | Evgeny Abramenko | Belarus | 55:38.8 | 3 ( 1+1+1+0 ) | +6:07.1 |
| 53 | 44 | Sergey Novikov | Belarus | 55:41.7 | 2 ( 0+1+1+0 ) | +6:10.0 |
| 54 | 77 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 55:53.4 | 3 ( 1+0+1+1 ) | +6:21.7 |
| 55 | 37 | Ahti Toivanen | Finland | 55:55.4 | 3 ( 1+0+1+1 ) | +6:23.7 |
| 56 | 55 | Michal Šlesingr | Czech Republic | 55:57.9 | 2 ( 1+0+0+1 ) | +6:26.2 |
| 57 | 66 | Miroslav Matiaško | Slovakia | 55:58.7 | 4 ( 1+1+0+2 ) | +6:27.0 |
| 58 | 81 | Scott Perras | Canada | 56:04.3 | 4 ( 0+3+1+0 ) | +6:32.6 |
| 59 | 47 | Cornel Puchianu | Romania | 56:10.4 | 4 ( 0+0+1+3 ) | +6:38.7 |
| 60 | 61 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 56:14.1 | 3 ( 1+1+1+0 ) | +6:42.4 |
| 61 | 64 | Daniil Steptšenko | Estonia | 56:14.4 | 3 ( 1+2+0+0 ) | +6:42.7 |
| 62 | 65 | Janez Marič | Slovenia | 56:22.4 | 3 ( 1+1+0+1 ) | +6:50.7 |
| 63 | 71 | Alexey Volkov | Russia | 56:30.3 | 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) | +6:58.6 |
| 64 | 57 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 56:31.4 | 6 ( 1+1+1+3 ) | +6:59.7 |
| 65 | 34 | Ren Long | China | 56:35.8 | 4 ( 1+2+0+1 ) | +7:04.1 |
| 66 | 59 | Ivan Joller | Switzerland | 56:40.6 | 3 ( 0+1+1+1 ) | +7:08.9 |
| 67 | 70 | Michail Kletcherov | Bulgaria | 56:41.8 | 2 ( 0+0+1+1 ) | +7:10.1 |
| 68 | 18 | Milanko Petrović | Serbia | 56:45.4 | 6 ( 1+2+0+3 ) | +7:13.7 |
| 69 | 85 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 57:04.5 | 2 ( 1+1+0+0 ) | +7:32.8 |
| 70 | 78 | Markus Windisch | Italy | 57:18.5 | 4 ( 0+2+1+1 ) | +7:46.8 |
| 71 | 17 | Victor Lobo Escolar | Spain | 57:22.8 | 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) | +7:51.1 |
| 72 | 33 | Lee In-Bok | South Korea | 57:29.0 | 1 ( 0+1+0+0 ) | +7:57.3 |
| 73 | 88 | Peter Dokl | Slovenia | 57:51.5 | 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) | +8:19.8 |
| 74 | 87 | Miroslav Kenanov | Bulgaria | 58:01.1 | 1 ( 0+0+1+0 ) | +8:29.4 |
| 75 | 76 | Sergey Naumik | Kazakhstan | 58:03.2 | 5 ( 0+1+2+2 ) | +8:31.5 |
| 76 | 39 | Krzysztof Pływaczyk | Poland | 58:12.5 | 5 ( 3+0+1+1 ) | +8:40.8 |
| 77 | 51 | Kauri Kõiv | Estonia | 58:17.3 | 7 ( 1+2+2+2 ) | +8:45.6 |
| 78 | 54 | Claudio Böckli | Switzerland | 58:19.2 | 4 ( 1+1+0+2 ) | +8:47.5 |
| 79 | 89 | Aliaksandr Darozhka | Belarus | 58:27.7 | 5 ( 2+0+2+1 ) | +8:56.0 |
| 80 | 74 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 58:35.2 | 7 ( 3+1+0+3 ) | +9:03.5 |
| 81 | 67 | Alexis Bœuf | France | 58:39.0 | 4 ( 1+1+1+1 ) | +9:07.3 |
| 82 | 62 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 58:47.6 | 6 ( 1+0+5+0 ) | +9:15.9 |
| 83 | 30 | Hidenori Isa | Japan | 58:56.1 | 6 ( 2+1+1+2 ) | +9:24.4 |
| 84 | 84 | Alexandr Trifonov | Kazakhstan | 1:00:08.9 | 5 ( 1+1+2+1 ) | +10:37.2 |
| 85 | 86 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 1:00:20.7 | 4 ( 1+2+0+1 ) | +10:49.0 |
| 86 | 73 | Łukasz Słonina | Poland | 1:00:29.5 | 3 ( 0+2+0+1 ) | +10:57.8 |
| 87 | 43 | Károly Gombos | Hungary | 1:05:16.7 | 8 ( 0+4+1+3 ) | +15:45.0 |
| | 2 | Jarkko Kauppinen | Finland | DNF | 5 ( 3+2 ) | |
| DSQ | 50 | Alexander Loginov | Russia | 53:04.3 | 2 ( 0+1+1+0 ) | +3:32.6 |