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

The Men's sprint competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 12 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 Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway. Quentin Fillon Maillet of France won silver, and Tarjei Bø of Norway bronze.

## Summary

The 2018 champion, Arnd Peiffer, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Michal Krčmář, qualified for the Olympics. as well as the bronze medalist, Dominik Windisch. The overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Fillon Maillet, and the leader in the sprint was Sebastian Samuelsson, with Fillon Maillet and Émilien Jacquelin standing very close to Samuelsson.
Maxim Tsvetkov was an early leader. Johannes Thingnes Bø improved his time by 40 seconds. Then Fillon Maillet finished 25 seconds behind Bø, and Tarjei Bø took the bronze improving Tsvetkov's time by 2 seconds. Tsvetkov was also fourth in the individual.

## Results

The race was started at 17:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 16 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 24:00.4 | 1 (0+1) | — |
| | 18 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 24:25.9 | 1 (1+0) | +25.5 |
| | 27 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 24:39.3 | 1 (0+1) | +38.9 |
| 4 | 9 | Maxim Tsvetkov | ROC | 24:41.0 | 0 (0+0) | +40.6 |
| 5 | 56 | Sebastian Samuelsson | Sweden | 24:52.4 | 1 (1+0) | +52.0 |
| 6 | 26 | Martin Ponsiluoma | Sweden | 24:54.1 | 2 (0+2) | +53.7 |
| 7 | 40 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | Norway | 25:02.7 | 2 (1+1) | +1:02.3 |
| 8 | 30 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 25:05.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:05.0 |
| 9 | 34 | Émilien Jacquelin | France | 25:06.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:05.9 |
| 10 | 24 | Anton Smolski | Belarus | 25:12.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:12.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Eduard Latypov | ROC | 25:14.8 | 3 (2+1) | +1:14.4 |
| 12 | 58 | Christian Gow | Canada | 25:15.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:15.1 |
| 13 | 15 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 25:19.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:18.6 |
| 14 | 62 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 25:19.6 | 1 (0+1) | +1:19.2 |
| 15 | 60 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 25:19.8 | 1 (0+1) | +1:19.4 |
| 16 | 36 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 25:22.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:22.0 |
| 17 | 42 | Roman Rees | Germany | 25:24.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:23.9 |
| 18 | 21 | Simon Eder | Austria | 25:26.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:26.5 |
| 19 | 48 | Daniil Serokhvostov | ROC | 25:38.0 | 2 (0+2) | +1:37.6 |
| 20 | 8 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway | 25:38.4 | 3 (2+1) | +1:38.0 |
| 21 | 37 | Fabien Claude | France | 25:41.6 | 3 (1+2) | +1:41.2 |
| 22 | 4 | Philipp Nawrath | Germany | 25:43.4 | 3 (1+2) | +1:43.0 |
| 23 | 92 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 25:44.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:43.7 |
| 24 | 2 | Simon Desthieux | France | 25:45.0 | 2 (0+2) | +1:44.6 |
| 25 | 6 | Tero Seppälä | Finland | 25:47.5 | 3 (1+2) | +1:47.1 |
| 26 | 29 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 25:48.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:47.6 |
| 27 | 88 | Sebastian Stalder | Switzerland | 25:48.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:47.9 |
| 28 | 59 | Mikuláš Karlík | Czech Republic | 25:48.8 | 3 (0+3) | +1:48.4 |
| 29 | 83 | Jules Burnotte | Canada | 25:50.3 | 2 (2+0) | +1:49.9 |
| 30 | 20 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 25:51.6 | 2 (0+2) | +1:51.2 |
| 31 | 3 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 25:52.2 | 2 (0+2) | +1:51.8 |
| 32 | 5 | Cheng Fangming | China | 25:53.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:52.9 |
| 33 | 50 | Johannes Kühn | Germany | 25:53.7 | 4 (2+2) | +1:53.3 |
| 34 | 31 | Scott Gow | Canada | 25:56.7 | 2 (1+1) | +1:56.3 |
| 35 | 79 | Adam Runnalls | Canada | 26:00.5 | 2 (1+1) | +2:00.1 |
| 36 | 22 | Jake Brown | United States | 26:04.7 | 2 (0+2) | +2:04.3 |
| 37 | 68 | Niklas Hartweg | Switzerland | 26:05.7 | 2 (1+1) | +2:05.3 |
| 38 | 10 | Alexander Loginov | ROC | 26:15.5 | 4 (2+2) | +2:15.1 |
| 38 | 11 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 26:15.5 | 3 (1+2) | +2:15.1 |
| 40 | 61 | Yan Xingyuan | China | 26:16.7 | 1 (1+0) | +2:16.3 |
| 41 | 19 | Tsukasa Kobonoki | Japan | 26:17.8 | 1 (0+1) | +2:17.4 |
| 42 | 75 | Lovro Planko | Slovenia | 26:22.3 | 2 (0+2) | +2:21.9 |
| 43 | 32 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 26:22.4 | 2 (1+1) | +2:22.0 |
| 44 | 53 | Kosuke Ozaki | Japan | 26:24.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:23.7 |
| 45 | 46 | Joscha Burkhalter | Switzerland | 26:28.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:27.9 |
| 46 | 52 | Felix Leitner | Austria | 26:33.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:33.4 |
| 47 | 65 | Sean Doherty | United States | 26:35.2 | 4 (1+3) | +2:34.8 |
| 48 | 17 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 26:36.2 | 1 (0+1) | +2:35.8 |
| 49 | 13 | Alexandr Mukhin | Kazakhstan | 26:37.2 | 1 (1+0) | +2:36.8 |
| 50 | 76 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 26:37.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:37.5 |
| 51 | 45 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 26:39.1 | 2 (0+2) | +2:38.7 |
| 52 | 69 | Blagoy Todev | Bulgaria | 26:39.2 | 1 (0+1) | +2:38.8 |
| 53 | 14 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 26:39.6 | 1 (0+1) | +2:39.2 |
| 54 | 39 | Heikki Laitinen | Finland | 26:41.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:40.7 |
| 55 | 44 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 26:43.6 | 4 (3+1) | +2:43.2 |
| 56 | 82 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 26:45.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:45.0 |
| 57 | 51 | Mikita Labastau | Belarus | 26:47.0 | 4 (2+2) | +2:46.6 |
| 58 | 77 | Jakub Štvrtecký | Czech Republic | 26:48.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:47.9 |
| 59 | 84 | Adam Václavík | Czech Republic | 26:50.2 | 3 (2+1) | +2:49.8 |
| 60 | 70 | Anton Dudchenko | Ukraine | 26:51.6 | 2 (2+0) | +2:51.2 |
| 61 | 74 | Tommaso Giacomel | Italy | 26:52.2 | 4 (1+3) | +2:51.8 |
| 62 | 38 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 26:53.1 | 2 (2+0) | +2:52.7 |
| 63 | 57 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov | Bulgaria | 26:56.5 | 2 (1+1) | +2:56.1 |
| 64 | 72 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 26:58.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:58.1 |
| 65 | 43 | Šimon Bartko | Slovakia | 26:58.8 | 3 (2+1) | +2:58.4 |
| 66 | 81 | Bogdan Tsymbal | Ukraine | 26:59.0 | 3 (3+0) | +2:58.6 |
| 67 | 49 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 26:59.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:59.4 |
| 68 | 33 | Michal Šíma | Slovakia | 27:02.3 | 1 (1+0) | +3:01.9 |
| 69 | 80 | David Komatz | Austria | 27:02.5 | 2 (0+2) | +3:02.1 |
| 70 | 87 | Kristo Siimer | Estonia | 27:06.6 | 1 (1+0) | +3:06.2 |
| 71 | 78 | Maksim Varabei | Belarus | 27:10.4 | 4 (3+1) | +3:10.0 |
| 72 | 91 | Patrick Jakob | Austria | 27:10.9 | 1 (0+1) | +3:10.5 |
| 73 | 67 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 27:11.2 | 1 (0+1) | +3:10.8 |
| 74 | 54 | Paul Schommer | United States | 27:13.3 | 4 (1+3) | +3:12.9 |
| 75 | 25 | Campbell Wright | New Zealand | 27:14.1 | 2 (1+1) | +3:13.7 |
| 76 | 85 | Zhang Chunyu | China | 27:14.2 | 1 (0+1) | +3:13.8 |
| 77 | 55 | Vladislav Kireyev | Kazakhstan | 27:21.7 | 1 (1+0) | +3:21.3 |
| 78 | 23 | Dzmitry Lazouski | Belarus | 27:22.9 | 3 (0+3) | +3:22.5 |
| 79 | 28 | Pavel Magazeev | Moldova | 27:25.0 | 3 (2+1) | +3:24.6 |
| 80 | 47 | Tomas Kaukėnas | Lithuania | 27:27.9 | 2 (1+1) | +3:27.5 |
| 81 | 71 | Zhu Zhenyu | China | 27:28.6 | 3 (2+1) | +3:28.2 |
| 82 | 35 | Timofey Lapshin | South Korea | 27:30.8 | 2 (1+1) | +3:30.4 |
| 83 | 90 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 27:31.8 | 3 (0+3) | +3:31.4 |
| 84 | 7 | Florent Claude | Belgium | 27:35.1 | 4 (1+3) | +3:34.7 |
| 85 | 93 | Matej Baloga | Slovakia | 27:41.3 | 1 (0+1) | +3:40.9 |
| 86 | 86 | Rok Tršan | Slovenia | 27:45.7 | 1 (0+1) | +3:45.3 |
| 87 | 64 | Tomáš Sklenárik | Slovakia | 27:46.3 | 3 (1+2) | +3:45.9 |
| 88 | 1 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 27:46.4 | 4 (2+2) | +3:46.0 |
| 89 | 41 | George Colțea | Romania | 27:54.7 | 2 (1+1) | +3:54.3 |
| 90 | 89 | Linas Banys | Lithuania | 28:05.8 | 3 (1+2) | +4:05.4 |
| 91 | 73 | Tom Lahaye-Goffart | Belgium | 28:15.1 | 1 (1+0) | +4:14.7 |
| 92 | 66 | Tuomas Harjula | Finland | 28:21.2 | 2 (0+2) | +4:20.8 |
| 93 | 63 | Maksim Makarov | Moldova | 29:45.6 | 5 (2+3) | +5:45.2 |
| 94 | 94 | César Beauvais | Belgium | 30:06.8 | 4 (1+3) | +6:06.4 |