# Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February, at Les Saisies. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Ski Time | Penalties | Result | Deficit |
| | Yevgeny Redkin | Unified Team | 57:34.4 | 0 | 57:34.4 | - |
| | Mark Kirchner | Germany | 54:40.8 | 3 | 57:40.8 | +0:06.4 |
| | Mikael Löfgren | Sweden | 55:59.4 | 2 | 57:59.4 | +0:25.0 |
| 4 | Alexandr Popov | Unified Team | 56:02.9 | 2 | 58:02.9 | +0:28.5 |
| 5 | Harri Eloranta | Finland | 57:15.7 | 1 | 58:15.7 | +0:41.3 |
| 6 | Vesa Hietalahti | Finland | 57:24.6 | 1 | 58:24.6 | +0:50.2 |
| 7 | Johann Passler | Italy | 54:25.9 | 4 | 58:25.9 | +0:51.5 |
| 8 | Frode Løberg | Norway | 57:32.4 | 1 | 58:32.4 | +0:58.0 |
| 9 | Gisle Fenne | Norway | 57:32.9 | 1 | 58:32.9 | +0:58.5 |
| 10 | Sergei Tchepikov | Unified Team | 55:47.6 | 3 | 58:47.6 | +1:13.2 |
| 11 | Valery Kiriyenko | Unified Team | 55:12.6 | 4 | 59:12.6 | +1:38.2 |
| 12 | Mike Dixon | Great Britain | 59:20.2 | 0 | 59:20.2 | +1:45.8 |
| 13 | Christian Dumont | France | 57:27.0 | 2 | 59:27.0 | +1:52.6 |
| 14 | Krasimir Videnov | Bulgaria | 58:32.5 | 1 | 59:32.5 | +1:58.1 |
| 15 | Jiří Holubec | Czechoslovakia | 59:56.2 | 0 | 59:56.2 | +2:21.8 |
| 16 | Josh Thompson | United States | 58:05.4 | 2 | 60:05.4 | +2:31.0 |
| 17 | Andreas Zingerle | Italy | 56:05.6 | 4 | 60:05.6 | +2:31.2 |
| 18 | Steffen Hoos | Germany | 59:17.7 | 1 | 60:17.7 | +2:43.3 |
| 19 | Gintaras Jasinskas | Lithuania | 59:17.8 | 1 | 60:17.8 | +2:43.4 |
| 20 | Glenn Rupertus | Canada | 59:18.3 | 1 | 60:18.3 | +2:43.9 |
| 21 | Boštjan Lekan | Slovenia | 59:26.8 | 1 | 60:26.8 | +2:52.4 |
| 22 | Patrice Bailly-Salins | France | 56:28.3 | 4 | 60:28.3 | +2:53.9 |
| 23 | Tomáš Kos | Czechoslovakia | 58:33.3 | 2 | 60:33.3 | +2:58.9 |
| 24 | Sašo Grajf | Slovenia | 57:39.2 | 3 | 60:39.2 | +3:04.8 |
| 25 | Martin Rypl | Czechoslovakia | 57:39.3 | 3 | 60:39.3 | +3:04.9 |
| 26 | Tony Fiala | Canada | 59:39.8 | 1 | 60:39.8 | +3:05.4 |
| 27 | Eirik Kvalfoss | Norway | 58:52.4 | 2 | 60:52.4 | +3:18.0 |
| 28 | Misao Kodate | Japan | 58:53.1 | 2 | 60:53.1 | +3:18.7 |
| 29 | Jens Steinigen | Germany | 58:01.8 | 3 | 61:01.8 | +3:27.4 |
| 30 | Alfred Eder | Austria | 60:03.0 | 1 | 61:03.0 | +3:28.6 |
| 31 | Spas Zlatev | Bulgaria | 60:26.2 | 1 | 61:26.2 | +3:51.8 |
| 32 | Jan Ziemianin | Poland | 57:44.7 | 4 | 61:44.7 | +4:10.3 |
| 33 | Janez Ožbolt | Slovenia | 60:47.2 | 1 | 61:47.2 | +4:12.8 |
| 34 | Hillar Zahkna | Estonia | 57:57.4 | 4 | 61:57.4 | +4:23.0 |
| 35 | Gundars Upenieks | Latvia | 61:01.6 | 1 | 62:01.6 | +4:27.2 |
| 36 | Geir Einang | Norway | 59:04.8 | 3 | 62:04.8 | +4:30.4 |
| 37 | Kalju Ojaste | Estonia | 60:05.8 | 2 | 62:05.8 | +4:31.4 |
| 38 | Leif Andersson | Sweden | 59:09.3 | 3 | 62:09.3 | +4:34.9 |
| 39 | Thierry Gerbier | France | 60:24.8 | 2 | 62:24.8 | +4:50.4 |
| 40 | Wilfried Pallhuber | Italy | 56:35.4 | 6 | 62:35.4 | +5:01.0 |
| 41 | Bruno Hofstätter | Austria | 59:36.1 | 3 | 62:36.1 | +5:01.7 |
| 42 | Thanasis Tsakiris | Greece | 60:37.2 | 2 | 62:37.2 | +5:02.8 |
| 43 | Anders Mannelqvist | Sweden | 59:38.6 | 3 | 62:38.6 | +5:04.2 |
| 44 | Gottlieb Taschler | Italy | 59:41.3 | 3 | 62:41.3 | +5:06.9 |
| 45 | Egon Leitner | Austria | 58:52.0 | 4 | 62:52.0 | +5:17.6 |
| 46 | Steve Cyr | Canada | 59:06.9 | 4 | 63:06.9 | +5:32.5 |
| 47 | Lionel Laurent | France | 59:10.6 | 4 | 63:10.6 | +5:36.2 |
| 48 | Urmas Kaldvee | Estonia | 59:15.1 | 4 | 63:15.1 | +5:40.7 |
| 49 | Franz Schuler | Austria | 57:15.9 | 6 | 63:15.9 | +5:41.5 |
| 50 | Wang Weiyi | China | 60:30.0 | 3 | 63:30.0 | +5:55.6 |
| 51 | Curt Schreiner | United States | 60:34.2 | 3 | 63:34.2 | +5:59.8 |
| 52 | Tang Guoliang | China | 62:39.1 | 1 | 63:39.1 | +6:04.7 |
| 53 | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Germany | 56:44.0 | 7 | 63:44.0 | +6:09.6 |
| 54 | Jean-Marc Chabloz | Switzerland | 59:45.6 | 4 | 63:45.6 | +6:11.2 |
| 55 | Tibor Géczi | Hungary | 59:56.3 | 4 | 63:56.3 | +6:21.9 |
| 56 | Jure Velepec | Slovenia | 62:12.6 | 2 | 64:12.6 | +6:38.2 |
| 57 | Kristjan Oja | Estonia | 61:15.9 | 3 | 64:15.9 | +6:41.5 |
| 58 | Dariusz Kozłowski | Poland | 60:17.2 | 4 | 64:17.2 | +6:42.8 |
| 59 | Duncan Douglas | United States | 58:17.5 | 6 | 64:17.5 | +6:43.1 |
| 60 | Krzysztof Sosna | Poland | 57:24.1 | 7 | 64:24.1 | +6:49.7 |
| 61 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 59:27.3 | 5 | 64:27.3 | +6:52.9 |
| 62 | Aivars Bogdanovs | Latvia | 60:28.5 | 4 | 64:28.5 | +6:54.1 |
| 63 | Atsushi Kazama | Japan | 58:32.8 | 6 | 64:32.8 | +6:58.4 |
| 64 | Ulf Johansson | Sweden | 62:58.2 | 2 | 64:58.2 | +7:23.8 |
| 65 | Kenneth Rudd | Great Britain | 60:09.1 | 5 | 65:09.1 | +7:34.7 |
| 66 | Ivan Masařík | Czechoslovakia | 58:24.9 | 7 | 65:24.9 | +7:50.5 |
| 67 | Jason Sklenar | Great Britain | 61:28.9 | 4 | 65:28.9 | +7:54.5 |
| 68 | Khristo Vodenicharov | Bulgaria | 61:32.7 | 4 | 65:32.7 | +7:58.3 |
| 69 | Oļegs Maļuhins | Latvia | 60:10.1 | 6 | 66:10.1 | +8:35.7 |
| 70 | Jon Engen | United States | 61:18.4 | 5 | 66:18.4 | +8:44.0 |
| 71 | Nicolae Şerban | Romania | 61:33.3 | 5 | 66:33.3 | +8:58.9 |
| 72 | Zbigniew Filip | Poland | 59:40.9 | 7 | 66:40.9 | +9:06.5 |
| 73 | Boycho Popov | Bulgaria | 64:03.7 | 3 | 67:03.7 | +9:29.3 |
| 74 | Seppo Suhonen | Finland | 59:21.3 | 8 | 67:21.3 | +9:46.9 |
| 75 | Tan Hongbin | China | 62:24.1 | 5 | 67:24.1 | +9:49.7 |
| 76 | Paul Ryan | Great Britain | 63:38.8 | 4 | 67:38.8 | +10:04.4 |
| 77 | Jean Paquet | Canada | 59:36.2 | 9 | 68:36.2 | +11:01.8 |
| 78 | János Panyik | Hungary | 60:37.7 | 8 | 68:37.7 | +11:03.3 |
| 79 | Mladen Grujić | Yugoslavia | 62:40.6 | 6 | 68:40.6 | +11:06.2 |
| 80 | István Oláh Nelu | Hungary | 62:08.6 | 7 | 69:08.6 | +11:34.2 |
| 81 | Zoran Ćosić | Yugoslavia | 65:12.8 | 4 | 69:12.8 | +11:38.4 |
| 82 | Song Wenbin | China | 62:39.7 | 8 | 70:39.7 | +13:05.3 |
| 83 | László Farkas | Hungary | 62:54.3 | 8 | 70:54.3 | +13:19.9 |
| 84 | Admir Jamak | Yugoslavia | 74:09.6 | 0 | 74:09.6 | +16:35.2 |
| 85 | Tomislav Lopatić | Yugoslavia | 66:35.8 | 8 | 74:35.8 | +17:01.4 |
| 86 | Luis Ríos | Argentina | 71:43.8 | 3 | 74:43.8 | +17:09.4 |
| 87 | Hong Byung-sik | South Korea | 71:06.7 | 4 | 75:06.7 | +17:32.3 |
| 88 | Jang Dong-lin | South Korea | 70:06.9 | 7 | 77:06.9 | +19:32.5 |
| 89 | Han Myung-hee | South Korea | 71:28.1 | 8 | 79:28.1 | +21:53.7 |
| 90 | Marcelo Vásquez | Argentina | 74:02.6 | 8 | 82:02.6 | +24:28.2 |
| 91 | Juan Fernández | Argentina | 80:27.1 | 5 | 85:27.1 | +27:52.7 |
| 92 | Nikos Anastasiadis | Greece | 78:45.5 | 7 | 85:45.5 | +28:11.1 |
| - | Kari Kataja | Finland | - | - | DNF | - |
| - | Roberto Lucero | Argentina | - | - | DNF | - |