# Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February 1998, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over two 3.0 kilometre loops and one 4.0 kilometre loop 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 | Deficit |
| | 37 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | 27:16.2 | 0 (0+0) | – |
| | 61 | Frode Andresen | Norway | 28:17.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:01.6 |
| | 73 | Ville Räikkönen | Finland | 28:21.7 | 1 (0+1) | +1:05.5 |
| 4 | 72 | Viktor Maigourov | Russia | 28:36.0 | 0 (0+0) | +1:19.8 |
| 5 | 64 | Jēkabs Nākums | Latvia | 28:36.9 | 1 (1+0) | +1:20.7 |
| 6 | 10 | Oļegs Maļuhins | Latvia | 28:37.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:21.2 |
| 7 | 71 | Frank Luck | Germany | 28:40.3 | 1 (1+0) | +1:24.1 |
| 8 | 19 | Halvard Hanevold | Norway | 28:40.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:24.6 |
| 9 | 53 | Paavo Puurunen | Finland | 28:44.0 | 0 (0+0) | +1:27.8 |
| 10 | 67 | Pieralberto Carrara | Italy | 28:44.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:28.0 |
| 11 | 38 | Ludwig Gredler | Austria | 28:44.3 | 2 (0+2) | +1:28.1 |
| 12 | 14 | Vladimir Drachev | Russia | 28:46.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:30.2 |
| 13 | 2 | Egil Gjelland | Norway | 28:49.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:32.9 |
| 14 | 54 | Wilfried Pallhuber | Italy | 28:50.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:33.9 |
| 15 | 45 | Ivan Masařík | Czech Republic | 28:58.6 | 2 (1+1) | +1:42.4 |
| 16 | 20 | Jože Poklukar | Slovenia | 29:00.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:44.3 |
| 17 | 52 | Ricco Groß | Germany | 29:13.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:57.7 |
| 18 | 24 | Dimitri Borovik | Estonia | 29:19.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:03.2 |
| 19 | 45 | Kyoji Suga | Japan | 29:19.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:03.2 |
| 20 | 18 | Harri Eloranta | Finland | 29:21.8 | 2 (1+1) | +2:05.6 |
| 21 | 46 | Fredrik Kuoppa | Sweden | 29:22.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:05.8 |
| 22 | 51 | Sergei Tarasov | Russia | 29:23.2 | 3 (2+1) | +2:07.0 |
| 23 | 66 | Wojciech Kozub | Poland | 29:28.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:12.3 |
| 24 | 15 | Dmitry Pozdnyakov | Kazakhstan | 29:30.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:13.9 |
| 25 | 16 | Mikael Löfgren | Sweden | 29:31.6 | 1 (0+1) | +2:15.4 |
| 26 | 28 | Wiesław Ziemianin | Poland | 29:34.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:18.2 |
| 27 | 41 | Oleg Ryzhenkov | Belarus | 29:38.2 | 2 (0+2) | +2:22.0 |
| 28 | 40 | Tomasz Sikora | Poland | 29:40.8 | 1 (1+0) | +2:24.6 |
| 29 | 11 | Sven Fischer | Germany | 29:47.1 | 2 (1+1) | +2:30.9 |
| 30 | 57 | Ruslan Lysenko | Ukraine | 29:49.6 | 0 (0+0) | +2:33.4 |
| 31 | 65 | Valery Ivanov | Kazakhstan | 29:58.8 | 5 (1+4) | +2:42.6 |
| 32 | 42 | Ilmārs Bricis | Latvia | 30:01.7 | 4 (2+2) | +2:45.5 |
| 33 | 39 | Tomaž Globočnik | Slovenia | 30:04.4 | 3 (1+2) | +2:48.2 |
| 34 | 1 | Carsten Heymann | Germany | 30:09.6 | 2 (0+2) | +2:53.4 |
| 35 | 9 | Hubert Leitgeb | Italy | 30:10.0 | 1 (1+0) | +2:53.8 |
| 36 | 58 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 30:11.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:55.1 |
| 37 | 68 | Alexei Aidarov | Belarus | 30:12.3 | 2 (1+1) | +2:56.1 |
| 38 | 62 | Wolfgang Perner | Austria | 30:13.5 | 4 (2+2) | +2:57.3 |
| 39 | 12 | Wolfgang Rottmann | Austria | 30:16.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:59.8 |
| 40 | 69 | Aleksander Grajf | Slovenia | 30:24.2 | 3 (2+1) | +3:08.0 |
| 41 | 47 | Ľubomír Machyniak | Slovakia | 30:30.3 | 1 (1+0) | +3:14.1 |
| 42 | 6 | Tomaž Žemva | Slovenia | 30:32.1 | 1 (0+1) | +3:15.9 |
| 43 | 26 | Shuichi Sekiya | Japan | 30:33.4 | 3 (3+0) | +3:17.2 |
| 44 | 33 | Janno Prants | Estonia | 30:33.4 | 3 (3+0) | +3:17.2 |
| 45 | 44 | Andriy Deryzemlia | Ukraine | 30:33.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:17.4 |
| 46 | 25 | Vadim Sashurin | Belarus | 30:34.0 | 1 (1+0) | +3:17.8 |
| 47 | 32 | Mike Dixon | Great Britain | 30:34.4 | 0 (0+0) | +3:18.2 |
| 48 | 59 | Steve Cyr | Canada | 30:35.0 | 3 (3+0) | +3:18.8 |
| 49 | 70 | Dan Westover | United States | 30:39.5 | 1 (1+0) | +3:23.3 |
| 50 | 60 | Thierry Dusserre | France | 30:43.6 | 1 (1+0) | +3:27.4 |
| 51 | 21 | Zdeněk Vítek | Czech Republic | 30:46.5 | 2 (1+1) | +3:30.3 |
| 52 | 23 | René Cattarinussi | Italy | 30:50.0 | 4 (1+3) | +3:33.8 |
| 53 | 43 | Petr Garabík | Czech Republic | 30:51.3 | 3 (1+2) | +3:35.1 |
| 54 | 36 | Dmitry Pantov | Kazakhstan | 30:51.8 | 3 (2+1) | +3:35.6 |
| 55 | 4 | Alexandr Popov | Belarus | 30:53.0 | 2 (2+0) | +3:36.8 |
| 56 | 7 | Aleksey Kobelev | Russia | 31:02.8 | 4 (2+2) | +3:46.6 |
| 57 | 49 | Georgi Kasabov | Bulgaria | 31:09.5 | 0 (0+0) | +3:53.3 |
| 58 | 30 | Thanasis Tsakiris | Greece | 31:14.6 | 2 (1+1) | +3:58.4 |
| 59 | 55 | Liutauras Barila | Lithuania | 31:23.7 | 5 (4+1) | +4:07.5 |
| 60 | 31 | Jay Hakkinen | United States | 31:31.6 | 3 (1+2) | +4:15.4 |
| 61 | 63 | Atsushi Kazama | Japan | 31:41.1 | 6 (2+4) | +4:24.9 |
| 62 | 3 | Reinhard Neuner | Austria | 31:45.3 | 4 (1+3) | +4:29.1 |
| 63 | 48 | János Panyik | Hungary | 31:50.0 | 1 (1+0) | +4:33.8 |
| 64 | 8 | Marius Ene | Romania | 31:54.8 | 2 (2+0) | +4:38.6 |
| 65 | 27 | Aleksandr Tropnikov | Kyrgyzstan | 31:55.8 | 4 (3+1) | +4:39.6 |
| 66 | 35 | Kevin Quintilio | Canada | 32:32.6 | 3 (2+1) | +5:16.4 |
| 67 | 5 | Julien Robert | France | 32:52.4 | 0 (0+0) | +5:36.2 |
| 68 | 13 | Mark Gee | Great Britain | 33:00.3 | 5 (4+1) | +5:44.1 |
| 69 | 29 | Andreas Heymann | France | 33:06.9 | 2 (2+0) | +5:50.7 |
| 70 | 22 | Jeon Jae-won | South Korea | 35:09.5 | 6 (4+2) | +7:53.3 |
| 71 | 17 | Ion Bucsa | Moldova | 36:33.8 | 6 (2+4) | +9:17.6 |
| | 34 | Raphaël Poirée | France | DNF | 0 (4+ ) | |
| | 50 | Jean-Marc Chabloz | Switzerland | DNF | | |