The men's 12.5 km pursuit competition of the
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 12 February 2018 at the
Alpensia Biathlon Centre
Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre () and Alpensia Biathlon Centre () are sport venues in the Alpensia resort, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon-do, South Korea. They are used for cross-country s ...
in
Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang ( , ; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seo ...
,
South Korea
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. The field was the same as for the
sprint event, held on the previous day, with competitors starting time dependent on their final time in the sprint event.
Summary
The sprint champion,
Arnd Peiffer
Arnd Peiffer (born 18 March 1987) is a German former biathlete. His greatest achievements were sprint victories in the 2018 Winter Olympics and the Biathlon World Championships 2011. During his career, he also won three World Championship relay g ...
, started on the first place. The starting intervals were very short, with number 10 starting merely half a minute behind Peiffer.
In the victory ceremony the day after, the medals were presented by
Denis Oswald, member of the
International Olympic Committee
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Executive Board, accompanied by Thomas Pfueller,
IBU Vice President of Marketing.
Schedule
All times are (UTC+9
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).
Results
The race was started at 21:00.
Final results
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References
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Pursuit