# Biathlon World Championships 2021 – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2021 was held on 12 February 2021 at 14:30 local time.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Penalties (P+S) | Time | Deficit |
| | 6 | Martin Ponsiluoma | Sweden | 0 (0+0) | 24:41.1 | — |
| | 62 | Simon Desthieux | France | 0 (0+0) | 24:52.3 | +11.2 |
| | 33 | Émilien Jacquelin | France | 1 (1+0) | 24:54.0 | +12.9 |
| 4 | 59 | Johannes Dale | Norway | 1 (0+1) | 25:03.5 | +22.4 |
| 5 | 28 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Norway | 2 (2+0) | 25:03.6 | +22.5 |
| 6 | 16 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | 1 (1+0) | 25:05.0 | +23.9 |
| 7 | 9 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | Norway | 0 (0+0) | 25:06.8 | +25.7 |
| 8 | 26 | Sebastian Samuelsson | Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 25:07.8 | +26.7 |
| 9 | 13 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | 1 (0+1) | 25:09.3 | +28.2 |
| 10 | 50 | Eduard Latypov | RBU | 1 (0+1) | 25:14.4 | +33.3 |
| 11 | 52 | Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | 0 (0+0) | 25:18.8 | +37.7 |
| 12 | 24 | Jake Brown | United States | 0 (0+0) | 25:25.9 | +44.8 |
| 13 | 2 | Lukas Hofer | Italy | 1 (0+1) | 25:28.7 | +47.6 |
| 14 | 89 | Antonin Guigonnat | France | 1 (0+1) | 25:30.1 | +49.0 |
| 15 | 21 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Latvia | 1 (0+1) | 25:35.0 | +53.9 |
| 16 | 20 | Simon Eder | Austria | 0 (0+0) | 25:37.5 | +56.4 |
| 17 | 48 | Christian Gow | Canada | 0 (0+0) | 25:39.0 | +57.9 |
| 18 | 22 | Jesper Nelin | Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 25:41.2 | +1:00.1 |
| 19 | 4 | Matvey Eliseev | RBU | 0 (0+0) | 25:42.7 | +1:01.6 |
| 20 | 93 | Artem Pryma | Ukraine | 1 (1+0) | 25:42.9 | +1:01.8 |
| 21 | 37 | Didier Bionaz | Italy | 0 (0+0) | 25:44.1 | +1:03.0 |
| 22 | 5 | Florent Claude | Belgium | 0 (0+0) | 25:45.5 | +1:04.4 |
| 23 | 46 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | 2 (1+1) | 25:46.1 | +1:05.0 |
| 24 | 103 | Maksim Varabei | Belarus | 1 (0+1) | 25:51.8 | +1:10.7 |
| 25 | 15 | Miha Dovžan | Slovenia | 0 (0+0) | 25:56.0 | +1:14.9 |
| 26 | 12 | Alexander Loginov | RBU | 2 (1+1) | 25:56.1 | +1:15.0 |
| 27 | 87 | Thomas Bormolini | Italy | 1 (0+1) | 25:58.8 | +1:17.7 |
| 28 | 32 | Tero Seppälä | Finland | 2 (0+2) | 26:00.2 | +1:19.1 |
| 29 | 39 | Olli Hiidensalo | Finland | 1 (1+0) | 26:00.7 | +1:19.6 |
| 30 | 97 | Bogdan Tsymbal | Ukraine | 0 (0+0) | 26:01.5 | +1:20.4 |
| 31 | 64 | Peppe Femling | Sweden | 1 (0+1) | 26:02.0 | +1:20.9 |
| 32 | 36 | Sergey Bocharnikov | Belarus | 1 (0+1) | 26:08.0 | +1:26.9 |
| 33 | 66 | Anton Smolski | Belarus | 2 (2+0) | 26:15.6 | +1:34.5 |
| 34 | 10 | Dominik Windisch | Italy | 3 (1+2) | 26:16.6 | +1:35.5 |
| 35 | 23 | Jakov Fak | Slovenia | 2 (1+1) | 26:18.1 | +1:37.0 |
| 36 | 18 | Arnd Peiffer | Germany | 2 (0+2) | 26:18.3 | +1:37.2 |
| 37 | 27 | Michal Šíma | Slovakia | 0 (0+0) | 26:21.4 | +1:40.3 |
| 38 | 98 | David Komatz | Austria | 1 (0+1) | 26:24.1 | +1:43.0 |
| 39 | 31 | Benedikt Doll | Germany | 4 (2+2) | 26:24.8 | +1:43.7 |
| 40 | 14 | Karol Dombrovski | Lithuania | 1 (0+1) | 26:26.5 | +1:45.4 |
| 41 | 35 | Fabien Claude | France | 3 (1+2) | 26:27.1 | +1:46.0 |
| 42 | 30 | Mihail Usov | Moldova | 1 (0+1) | 26:29.0 | +1:47.9 |
| 43 | 61 | Rene Zahkna | Estonia | 0 (0+0) | 26:29.3 | +1:48.2 |
| 44 | 88 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 2 (0+2) | 26:30.4 | +1:49.3 |
| 45 | 70 | Johannes Kühn | Germany | 4 (0+4) | 26:38.4 | +1:57.3 |
| 46 | 83 | Leif Nordgren | United States | 1 (0+1) | 26:40.2 | +1:59.1 |
| 47 | 81 | Tuomas Harjula | Finland | 1 (1+0) | 26:40.6 | +1:59.5 |
| 48 | 95 | Trevor Kiers | Canada | 1 (1+0) | 26:41.2 | +2:00.1 |
| 49 | 63 | Dimitar Gerdzhikov | Bulgaria | 1 (1+0) | 26:41.3 | +2:00.2 |
| 50 | 100 | Niklas Hartweg | Switzerland | 2 (1+1) | 26:42.6 | +2:01.5 |
| 51 | 56 | Rok Tršan | Slovenia | 0 (0+0) | 26:43.4 | +2:02.3 |
| 52 | 54 | Felix Leitner | Austria | 3 (1+2) | 26:44.2 | +2:03.1 |
| 53 | 76 | Anton Babikov | RBU | 1 (0+1) | 26:47.5 | +2:06.4 |
| 54 | 91 | Klemen Bauer | Slovenia | 1 (1+0) | 26:47.9 | +2:06.8 |
| 55 | 73 | Ondřej Moravec | Czech Republic | 1 (0+1) | 26:49.1 | +2:08.0 |
| 56 | 86 | Adam Runnalls | Canada | 2 (0+2) | 26:49.3 | +2:08.2 |
| 57 | 29 | Vladimir Iliev | Bulgaria | 3 (3+0) | 26:52.3 | +2:11.2 |
| 59 | 34 | Tsukasa Kobonoki | Japan | 1 (0+1) | 26:55.5 | +2:14.4 |
| 59 | 55 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 3 (0+3) | 26:55.6 | +2:14.5 |
| 60 | 44 | George Buta | Romania | 1 (1+0) | 26:56.5 | +2:15.4 |
| 61 | 60 | Krešimir Crnković | Croatia | 1 (1+0) | 26:56.6 | +2:15.5 |
| 62 | 11 | Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | 3 (2+1) | 26:57.1 | +2:16.0 |
| 63 | 43 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 3 (1+2) | 26:58.9 | +2:17.8 |
| 64 | 96 | Said Karimulla Khalili | RBU | 2 (2+0) | 27:00.1 | +2:19.0 |
| 65 | 8 | Grzegorz Guzik | Poland | 2 (2+0) | 27:01.2 | +2:20.1 |
| 66 | 41 | Erik Lesser | Germany | 2 (0+2) | 27:02.7 | +2:21.6 |
| 67 | 78 | Julian Eberhard | Austria | 4 (1+3) | 27:04.7 | +2:23.6 |
| 68 | 19 | Jakub Štvrtecký | Czech Republic | 3 (1+2) | 27:08.3 | +2:27.2 |
| 69 | 69 | Tomáš Hasilla | Slovakia | 2 (0+2) | 27:10.4 | +2:29.3 |
| 70 | 80 | Vladislav Kireyev | Kazakhstan | 0 (0+0) | 27:11.5 | +2:30.4 |
| 71 | 75 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 3 (2+1) | 27:21.2 | +2:40.1 |
| 72 | 101 | Paul Schommer | United States | 2 (2+0) | 27:22.6 | +2:41.5 |
| 73 | 57 | Jeremy Finello | Switzerland | 4 (1+3) | 27:22.9 | +2:41.8 |
| 74 | 51 | Pavel Magazeev | Moldova | 1 (1+0) | 27:25.3 | +2:44.2 |
| 75 | 49 | Campbell Wright | New Zealand | 3 (1+2) | 27:26.9 | +2:45.8 |
| 76 | 82 | Tomas Kaukenas | Lithuania | 3 (1+2) | 27:30.1 | +2:49.0 |
| 77 | 3 | Scott Gow | Canada | 5 (3+2) | 27:38.2 | +2:57.1 |
| 78 | 7 | Anton Dudchenko | Ukraine | 3 (2+1) | 27:38.8 | +2:57.7 |
| 79 | 68 | Sean Doherty | United States | 4 (2+2) | 27:42.9 | +3:01.8 |
| 80 | 74 | Šimon Bartko | Slovakia | 4 (3+1) | 27:47.5 | +3:06.4 |
| 81 | 25 | Alexandr Mukhin | Kazakhstan | 3 (2+1) | 27:49.6 | +3:08.5 |
| 82 | 84 | Antonio Flore | Romania | 2 (2+0) | 27:55.2 | +3:14.1 |
| 83 | 42 | Kosuke Ozaki | Japan | 3 (1+2) | 27:55.8 | +3:14.7 |
| 84 | 102 | Mikuláš Karlík | Czech Republic | 5 (2+3) | 28:04.1 | +3:23.0 |
| 85 | 17 | Cornel Puchianu | Romania | 4 (1+3) | 28:08.1 | +3:27.0 |
| 86 | 92 | Dzmitry Lazouski | Belarus | 1 (0+1) | 28:13.3 | +3:32.2 |
| 87 | 104 | Danil Beletskiy | Kazakhstan | 1 (0+1) | 28:14.7 | +3:33.6 |
| 88 | 40 | Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec | Poland | 3 (1+2) | 28:17.5 | +3:36.4 |
| 89 | 53 | Edgars Mise | Latvia | 3 (2+1) | 28:19.7 | +3:38.6 |
| 90 | 90 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 4 (2+2) | 28:21.9 | +3:40.8 |
| 91 | 71 | Damir Rastić | Serbia | 2 (0+2) | 28:22.0 | +3:40.9 |
| 92 | 1 | Kalev Ermits | Estonia | 3 (1+2) | 28:22.4 | +3:41.3 |
| 93 | 99 | Blagoy Todev | Bulgaria | 3 (0+3) | 28:23.0 | +3:41.9 |
| 94 | 94 | Tom Lahaye-Goffart | Belgium | 3 (1+2) | 28:56.6 | +4:15.5 |
| 95 | 85 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 4 (3+1) | 28:59.5 | +4:18.4 |
| 96 | 47 | Kim Yong-gyu | South Korea | 2 (1+1) | 29:06.4 | +4:25.3 |
| 97 | 79 | Kim Sang-rea | South Korea | 0 (0+0) | 29:42.1 | +5:01.0 |
| 98 | 38 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 4 (2+2) | 29:45.0 | +5:03.9 |
| 99 | 72 | Marcin Szwajnos | Poland | 4 (1+3) | 29:49.7 | +5:08.6 |
| 100 | 65 | Vinny Fountain | Great Britain | 4 (1+3) | 29:51.8 | +5:10.7 |
| 101 | 45 | Roberto Piqueras | Spain | 4 (2+2) | 30:09.7 | +5:28.6 |
| 102 | 77 | Nikolaos Tsourekas | Greece | 3 (1+2) | 30:46.5 | +6:05.4 |
| 103 | 67 | Soma Gyallai | Hungary | 6 (3+3) | 32:23.2 | +7:42.1 |
| 104 | 58 | Stavre Jada | North Macedonia | 3 (3+0) | 32:56.5 | +8:15.4 |