The men's 10 km sprint
biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...
competition of the
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 11 February 2018 at the
Alpensia Biathlon Centre in
Pyeongchang,
South Korea
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. The event was won by
Arnd Peiffer, with
Michal Krčmář taking silver and
Dominik Windisch
Dominik Windisch (born 6 November 1989) is an Italian biathlete.[IBU Profile](_blank) bronze. This was the first individual Olympic medal for both Peiffer and Windisch, whereas for Krčmář, this was the first Olympic medal.
Summary
The 2014 champion,
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen () (born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medali ...
, did not qualify for the event, and only the silver medalist,
Dominik Landertinger
Dominik Landertinger (; born 13 March 1988) is a retired Austrian biathlete.
Life and career
Landertinger debuted in the 2007–08 season, and his big breakthrough came during the 2008–09 season, where he, as of 22 March 2015, has fourteen po ...
, was competing. The field also included the 2010 silver,
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Emil Hegle Svendsen (born 12 July 1985) is a retired Norwegian biathlete. He has won eight medals at Winter Olympics (four gold) and five individual gold medals and seven relay gold medals at World Championships.
He skis with Trondhjems Skiskytte ...
, and bronze,
Jakov Fak, medalists. None of them were in medal contention during the event.
The early leader was
Julian Eberhard, whose result was first improved by Peiffer. Krčmář finished second, and subsequently Windisch third, moving Eberhard down to fourth. Only four of the 87 competitors did not miss any targets, including the top two, Peiffer and Krčmář.
In the victory ceremony the day after, the medals were presented by
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein; Polish pronunciation: ; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She is the only athlete in history, m ...
, member of the
International Olympic Committee
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, accompanied by James Carrabre,
IBU Vice President of Medical Issues.
Qualification
Schedule
All times are (UTC+9
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).
Results
The race was started at 20:15.
Final results
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References
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