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

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at Les Saisies. Competitors raced over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
| | 68 | Mark Kirchner | Germany | 26:02.3 | 0 (0+0) | – |
| | 19 | Ricco Groß | Germany | 26:18.0 | 1 (0+1) | +0:15.7 |
| | 5 | Harri Eloranta | Finland | 26:26.6 | 0 (0+0) | +0:24.3 |
| 4 | 48 | Sergei Tchepikov | Unified Team | 26:27.5 | 0 (0+0) | +0:25.2 |
| 5 | 14 | Valery Kiriyenko | Unified Team | 26:31.8 | 3 (1+2) | +0:29.5 |
| 6 | 82 | Jens Steinigen | Germany | 26:34.8 | 0 (0+0) | +0:32.5 |
| 7 | 50 | Andreas Zingerle | Italy | 26:38.6 | 1 (0+1) | +0:36.3 |
| 8 | 11 | Steve Cyr | Canada | 26:46.4 | 0 (0+0) | +0:44.1 |
| 9 | 34 | Frank-Peter Roetsch | Germany | 26:54.1 | 2 (0+2) | +0:51.8 |
| 10 | 10 | Hervé Flandin | France | 26:56.6 | 1 (0+1) | +0:54.3 |
| 11 | 80 | Ludwig Gredler | Austria | 27:14.8 | 2 (2+0) | +1:12.5 |
| 12 | 15 | Ivan Masařík | Czechoslovakia | 27:16.8 | 2 (0+2) | +1:14.5 |
| 13 | 56 | Oļegs Maļuhins | Latvia | 27:17.7 | 0 (0+0) | +1:15.4 |
| 14 | 9 | Ulf Johansson | Sweden | 27:19.0 | 0 (0+0) | +1:16.7 |
| 15 | 79 | Johann Passler | Italy | 27:20.4 | 3 (1+2) | +1:18.1 |
| 16 | 1 | Zbigniew Filip | Poland | 27:23.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:21.4 |
| 17 | 26 | Vesa Hietalahti | Finland | 27:25.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:22.8 |
| 18 | 88 | Alexandr Popov | Unified Team | 27:31.3 | 1 (1+0) | +1:29.0 |
| 19 | 13 | Egon Leitner | Austria | 27:31.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:29.5 |
| 20 | 58 | Mikael Löfgren | Sweden | 27:33.3 | 0 (0+0) | +1:31.0 |
| 21 | 52 | Franz Schuler | Austria | 27:34.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:32.0 |
| 22 | 46 | Tomáš Kos | Czechoslovakia | 27:37.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:35.1 |
| 23 | 51 | Jiří Holubec | Czechoslovakia | 27:37.8 | 0 (0+0) | +1:35.5 |
| 24 | 4 | Sylfest Glimsdal | Norway | 27:38.9 | 4 (2+2) | +1:36.6 |
| 25 | 31 | Valeriy Medvedtsev | Unified Team | 27:39.5 | 2 (1+1) | +1:37.2 |
| 26 | 3 | Hubert Leitgeb | Italy | 27:40.3 | 2 (1+1) | +1:38.0 |
| 27 | 7 | Hillar Zahkna | Estonia | 27:46.5 | 2 (1+1) | +1:44.2 |
| 27 | 54 | Kari Kataja | Finland | 27:46.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:44.2 |
| 29 | 32 | Jan Ziemianin | Poland | 27:47.2 | 1 (0+1) | +1:44.9 |
| 30 | 92 | Patrice Bailly-Salins | France | 27:49.7 | 3 (0+3) | +1:47.4 |
| 31 | 62 | Urmas Kaldvee | Estonia | 27:52.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:50.6 |
| 32 | 71 | Josh Thompson | United States | 27:53.2 | 1 (0+1) | +1:50.9 |
| 33 | 35 | Sašo Grajf | Slovenia | 27:58.8 | 0 (0+0) | +1:56.5 |
| 34 | 37 | Jon Åge Tyldum | Norway | 28:01.4 | 0 (0+0) | +1:59.1 |
| 35 | 25 | Krasimir Videnov | Bulgaria | 28:04.0 | 1 (0+1) | +2:01.7 |
| 36 | 40 | Misao Kodate | Japan | 28:07.0 | 3 (2+1) | +2:04.7 |
| 37 | 28 | Curt Schreiner | United States | 28:08.4 | 0 (0+0) | +2:06.1 |
| 38 | 24 | Tibor Géczi | Hungary | 28:15.5 | 1 (0+1) | +2:13.2 |
| 39 | 41 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 28:23.3 | 1 (0+1) | +2:21.0 |
| 40 | 6 | Aivars Bogdanovs | Latvia | 28:24.2 | 1 (0+1) | +2:21.9 |
| 41 | 39 | Pieralberto Carrara | Italy | 28:30.1 | 3 (2+1) | +2:27.8 |
| 42 | 45 | Christian Dumont | France | 28:30.7 | 4 (3+1) | +2:28.4 |
| 43 | 86 | Janez Ožbolt | Slovenia | 28:31.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:28.8 |
| 44 | 77 | Gundars Upenieks | Latvia | 28:32.7 | 1 (0+1) | +2:30.4 |
| 45 | 61 | Xavier Blond | France | 28:32.8 | 3 (1+2) | +2:30.5 |
| 46 | 74 | Krzysztof Sosna | Poland | 28:37.4 | 3 (0+3) | +2:35.1 |
| 47 | 65 | Eirik Kvalfoss | Norway | 28:38.2 | 2 (0+2) | +2:35.9 |
| 48 | 29 | Tord Wiksten | Sweden | 28:40.5 | 1 (1+0) | +2:38.2 |
| 49 | 20 | Erich Wilbrecht | United States | 28:41.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:38.8 |
| 50 | 94 | Martin Rypl | Czechoslovakia | 28:41.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:39.5 |
| 51 | 8 | Boštjan Lekan | Slovenia | 28:42.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:40.1 |
| 52 | 64 | Glenn Rupertus | Canada | 28:43.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:41.0 |
| 53 | 33 | Alfred Eder | Austria | 28:44.8 | 2 (0+2) | +2:42.5 |
| 54 | 67 | Spas Zlatev | Bulgaria | 28:45.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:43.6 |
| 55 | 90 | Duncan Douglas | United States | 28:49.2 | 2 (0+2) | +2:46.9 |
| 56 | 63 | Jan Wojtas | Poland | 28:56.5 | 2 (0+2) | +2:54.2 |
| 57 | 81 | Jaakko Niemi | Finland | 29:04.0 | 2 (0+2) | +3:01.7 |
| 58 | 21 | Kenneth Rudd | Great Britain | 29:11.1 | 1 (0+1) | +3:08.8 |
| 59 | 85 | Kalju Ojaste | Estonia | 29:13.2 | 1 (0+1) | +3:10.9 |
| 60 | 57 | Mike Dixon | Great Britain | 29:19.4 | 2 (2+0) | +3:17.1 |
| 61 | 44 | Aivo Udras | Estonia | 29:28.4 | 2 (1+1) | +3:26.1 |
| 62 | 30 | Tony Fiala | Canada | 29:35.0 | 2 (1+1) | +3:32.7 |
| 63 | 22 | Song Wenbin | China | 29:39.3 | 1 (0+1) | +3:37.0 |
| 64 | 42 | Gintaras Jasinskas | Lithuania | 29:44.3 | 2 (0+2) | +3:42.0 |
| 65 | 17 | Boycho Popov | Bulgaria | 29:44.6 | 1 (0+1) | +3:42.3 |
| 66 | 83 | Geir Einang | Norway | 29:45.0 | 2 (1+1) | +3:42.7 |
| 67 | 89 | Anders Mannelqvist | Sweden | 29:52.0 | 3 (2+1) | +3:49.7 |
| 68 | 59 | Uroš Velepec | Slovenia | 29:54.3 | 2 (1+1) | +3:52.0 |
| 69 | 12 | Gábor Mayer | Hungary | 29:55.6 | 0 (0+0) | +3:53.3 |
| 70 | 36 | Tan Hongbin | China | 29:55.9 | 2 (0+2) | +3:53.6 |
| 71 | 76 | Wang Weiyi | China | 30:06.0 | 1 (0+1) | +4:03.7 |
| 72 | 27 | Ian Woods | Great Britain | 30:11.8 | 5 (1+4) | +4:09.5 |
| 73 | 66 | János Panyik | Hungary | 30:13.0 | 3 (1+2) | +4:10.7 |
| 74 | 73 | Spas Gulev | Bulgaria | 30:16.6 | 2 (0+2) | +4:14.3 |
| 75 | 53 | Tang Guoliang | China | 30:22.6 | 1 (1+0) | +4:20.3 |
| 76 | 47 | Mladen Grujić | Yugoslavia | 30:27.6 | 3 (2+1) | +4:25.3 |
| 77 | 60 | Jean-Marc Chabloz | Switzerland | 30:32.9 | 3 (2+1) | +4:30.6 |
| 78 | 72 | Atsushi Kazama | Japan | 30:34.7 | 6 (3+3) | +4:32.4 |
| 79 | 49 | Thanasis Tsakiris | Greece | 30:39.3 | 3 (1+2) | +4:37.0 |
| 80 | 78 | Jason Sklenar | Great Britain | 30:52.8 | 2 (0+2) | +4:50.5 |
| 81 | 18 | Nicolae Şerban | Romania | 31:29.6 | 4 (3+1) | +5:27.3 |
| 82 | 91 | László Farkas | Hungary | 31:43.6 | 2 (1+1) | +5:41.3 |
| 83 | 84 | Tom Hansen | Canada | 32:03.1 | 2 (1+1) | +6:00.8 |
| 84 | 16 | Hong Byung-Sik | South Korea | 32:59.2 | 3 (1+2) | +6:56.9 |
| 85 | 93 | Admir Jamak | Yugoslavia | 33:08.8 | 2 (0+2) | +7:06.5 |
| 86 | 69 | Zoran Ćosić | Yugoslavia | 33:14.6 | 2 (0+2) | +7:12.3 |
| 87 | 23 | Tomislav Lopatić | Yugoslavia | 34:30.1 | 3 (0+3) | +8:27.8 |
| 88 | 75 | Jang Dong-lin | South Korea | 34:44.2 | 4 (2+2) | +8:41.9 |
| 89 | 43 | Kim Woon-ki | South Korea | 35:05.8 | 2 (0+2) | +9:03.5 |
| 90 | 55 | Han Myung-Hee | South Korea | 35:48.9 | 5 (2+3) | +9:46.6 |
| 91 | 38 | Luis Ríos | Argentina | 36:07.5 | 3 (1+2) | +10:05.2 |
| 92 | 2 | Alejandro Guerra | Argentina | 40:16.8 | 2 (2+0) | +14:14.5 |
| 93 | 70 | Juan Fernández | Argentina | 40:32.0 | 2 (1+1) | +14:29.7 |
| 94 | 87 | Roberto Lucero | Argentina | 41:38.5 | 8 (4+4) | +15:36.2 |