Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's individual

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Men's biathlon individual
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
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Men's biathlon 20 km individual final
VenueCesana San Sicario
Dates11 February
Competitors88 from 34 nations
Winning time54:23.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Greis File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ole Einar Bjørndalen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Halvard Hanevold File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
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Biathlon at the
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The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 11 February, at Cesana San Sicario.[1] The individual race consisted of five laps around a four kilometre loop with four stops at the shooting range. During each shooting section, each biathlete fired five shots at five targets. Misses resulted in penalties of one minute per miss being added to the time for the course. The first and third shooting sections were conducted in the prone position, while the second and fourth were done standing. A total of 88 biathletes competed, starting with a staggered start and 30 seconds behind each competitor.[2] Michael Greis of Germany hit 19 of the 20 targets and used a net time of 54:23.0 (with one penalty minute) to clinch the gold medal, 16 seconds ahead of Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen. Norway also won the bronze medal, with Halvard Hanevold beating Sergei Tchepikov by 0.8 seconds despite two penalty minutes to the Russian's one. The previous year's trial World Cup event at this track saw Michael Greis of Germany win the event in a time of 53:18.7.[3] At the 2005 World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, the Czech Roman Dostál won,[4] while Ole Einar Bjørndalen was the defending Olympic champion, as he was in all the other men's events (except the mass start, which is held for the first time at the Olympics). However, neither Bjørndalen (9th) nor Dostal (33rd) headed the men's individual World Cup standings—the German Michael Greis did.[5] The event started with early starters Ricco Groß (Germany, started as number 4) and Pavel Rostovtsev (Russia, 1) shooting well, missing one and two of their 20 shots respectively; Groß suffered his missed shot on the last of the four shootings. However, their cross-country times were not good enough, as Rene Vuillermoz (Italy, 13) beat Groß by 14 seconds on the first loop. With only one miss in his first 15 shots, Vuillermoz could have taken the lead if he had hit all five targets on the final shooting. However, he missed three times and eventually finished 25th. Maxim Tchoudov (Russia, 14) led after two loops, 28 seconds ahead of Groß, but had spoiled his chance with three missed shots. By that time, many of the best skiers had started, with Greis (38) coming into the third shooting after one miss on the second. He hit five targets, and went out in the second best time, 12 seconds behind Marek Matiasko (Slovakia, 21), who was yet to miss a shot. Meanwhile, the defending champion Bjørndalen (54) had missed once on each of the first two shootings, and when all had passed the second loop he was 15th.[2] However, Bjørndalen completed the third loop quickly, and with five hits he cut Greis' lead from 39 to 23 seconds just before Greis was to shoot his fourth shooting. Greis did not miss, and with the leader Matiasko conceding one penalty minute, Greis took the lead nearly a minute ahead of second-placed Julien Robert (France, 35), who had not missed a single shot. Some other late starters visited the top ten after the first loops, such as Sven Fischer (Germany, 63) and Zdeněk Vítek (Czech Republic, 67) but vanished, and there were only four others who could beat Greis' skiing speed. Except for Bjørndalen, all of the previous had started before him, but missed too many shots to compete; however, Bjørndalen had caught 37 seconds on the first 12 km, and needed a further 23. Thus, Bjørndalen was the only threat, and though Bjørndalen hit all five targets on the final shooting, he struggled with loading the rifle before the final shot. He later said he lost "7-8 seconds" on the error.[6] Thus, Bjørndalen did not beat the German in the fourth loop, and though he cut a further seven seconds off Greis' time in the final loop, it was only enough to take the silver. The late starting Halvard Hanevold (Norway, 74), shot down the last 10 targets to jump from 28th place after two loops to a fourth place after the fourth, with third-placed Robert eight seconds ahead with two penalty minutes less. Hanevold had no problems with catching Robert on the final lap, ending nearly half a minute ahead, but lost seconds to Sergei Tchepikov (Russia, 28), who improved all the way through the course.[2] Eventually, his 6.3-second lead after the fourth loop turned into 0.8 seconds in goal; it was enough, though, and Hanevold could celebrate his second Olympic medal on the individual event. Jay Hakkinen become the first American to finish in the Top 10 ever in the Winter Olympic biathlon with his 10th-place finish.

Results

One Austrian athlete was disqualified after the IOC determined they had violated the Anti-Doping rules; Wolfgang Perner had originally placed 60th.[7] The race was held at 13:00.[8]

Rank Bib Name Country Result Penalties (P+S+P+S) Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 38 Michael Greis File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 54:23.0 1 (0+1+0+0) —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 57 Ole Einar Bjørndalen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 54:39.0 2 (1+1+0+0) +16.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 74 Halvard Hanevold File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 55:31.9 2 (1+1+0+0) +1:08.9
4 28 Sergei Tchepikov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 55:32.7 1 (1+0+0+0) +1:09.7
5 21 Marek Matiaško File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 55:48.6 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:25.6
6 35 Julien Robert File:Flag of France.svg France 55:59.4 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:36.4
7 54 Christian De Lorenzi File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy 56:04.0 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:41.0
8 22 Ivan Tcherezov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 56:05.7 2 (1+0+0+1) +1:42.7
9 66 Wilfried Pallhuber File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy 56:08.4 1 (1+0+0+0) +1:45.4
10 31 Jay Hakkinen File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 56:10.9 3 (2+0+1+0) +1:47.9
11 4 Ricco Groß File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 56:14.3 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:51.3
12 8 Paavo Puurunen File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 56:38.9 1 (1+0+0+0) +2:15.9
13 1 Pavel Rostovtsev File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 56:47.2 2 (1+0+0+1) +2:24.2
14 52 Kyoji Suga File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 56:57.7 1 (1+0+0+0) +2:34.7
15 48 Frode Andresen File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 57:10.2 3 (1+1+1+0) +2:47.2
16 64 Stian Eckhoff File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 57:11.8 3 (2+0+0+1) +2:48.8
17 63 Sven Fischer File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 57:14.3 3 (1+0+1+1) +2:51.3
18 61 Ruslan Lysenko File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 57:16.6 1 (0+1+0+0) +2:53.6
19 15 Ilmārs Bricis File:Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg Latvia 57:19.2 4 (1+1+0+2) +2:56.2
20 9 Raphaël Poirée File:Flag of France.svg France 57:21.1 3 (2+0+1+0) +2:58.1
21 19 Tomasz Sikora File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 57:22.1 3 (1+1+1+0) +2:59.1
22 67 Zdeněk Vítek File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 57:26.8 3 (0+1+1+1) +3:03.8
23 5 Carl Johan Bergman File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 57:30.9 3 (1+1+0+1) +3:07.9
24 6 Sergey Novikov File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus 58:02.6 3 (0+1+0+2) +3:39.6
25 13 Rene Laurent Vuillermoz File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy 58:17.9 4 (0+1+0+3) +3:54.9
26 70 Friedrich Pinter File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 58:25.7 1 (0+0+0+1) +4:02.7
27 79 Lowell Bailey File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 58:45.1 3 (2+1+0+0) +4:22.1
28 58 Björn Ferry File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 58:49.0 4 (1+2+0+1) +4:26.0
29 56 Pavol Hurajt File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 58:49.6 3 (0+1+0+2) +4:26.6
30 59 Roman Dostál File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 58:53.5 4 (1+2+0+1) +4:30.5
31 43 Simon Fourcade File:Flag of France.svg France 59:01.7 3 (1+0+0+2) +4:38.7
32 14 Maxim Tchoudov File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 59:12.0 5 (0+0+3+2) +4:49.0
33 81 Tomáš Holubec File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 59:13.1 2 (1+1+0+0) +4:50.1
34 2 Vincent Defrasne File:Flag of France.svg France 59:16.1 6 (3+1+0+2) +4:53.1
35 83 David Ekholm File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 59:18.2 2 (0+1+0+1) +4:55.2
36 3 Robin Clegg File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 59:21.5 2 (1+0+0+1) +4:58.5
37 55 Jānis Bērziņš File:Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg Latvia 59:24.3 2 (0+2+0+0) +5:01.3
38 89 Miroslav Matiaško File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 59:43.8 3 (3+0+0+0) +5:20.8
39 47 Andriy Deryzemlya File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 59:47.2 3 (3+0+0+0) +5:24.2
40 33 Janez Marič File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 59:53.0 5 (2+2+1+0) +5:30.0
41 20 Ludwig Gredler File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 59:55.1 3 (0+3+0+0) +5:32.1
42 41 Michael Rösch File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 59:56.6 6 (2+0+1+3) +5:33.6
43 46 Vladimir Drachev File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus 59:59.5 4 (1+1+0+2) +5:36.5
44 68 Mattias Nilsson Jr. File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1:00:01.1 5 (0+2+3+0) +5:38.1
45 18 Michal Šlesingr File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1:00:03.8 5 (1+0+2+2) +5:40.8
46 86 Rustam Valiullin File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus 1:00:04.1 5 (2+1+0+2) +5:41.1
47 51 Matjaž Poklukar File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1:00:07.6 3 (0+1+1+1) +5:44.6
48 77 Jean Philippe Leguellec File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:00:28.0 3 (1+0+0+2) +6:05.0
49 32 Olexander Bilanenko File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:00:28.6 3 (2+1+0+0) +6:05.6
50 24 Zhang Chengye File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1:00:49.1 7 (1+4+1+1) +6:26.1
51 73 Jeremy Teela File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:01:03.3 5 (1+0+1+3) +6:40.3
52 44 Matthias Simmen File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 1:01:04.9 5 (2+0+0+3) +6:41.9
53 23 Wiesław Ziemianin File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1:01:16.0 4 (2+0+1+1) +6:53.0
54 82 Oleksiy Korobeinikov File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1:01:17.8 4 (0+2+1+1) +6:54.8
55 87 Paolo Longo File:Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg Italy 1:01:27.9 5 (0+2+1+2) +7:04.9
56 76 Dušan Šimočko File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 1:01:37.8 4 (1+0+2+1) +7:14.8
57 49 Tom Clemens File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1:01:43.9 4 (0+1+1+2) +7:20.9
58 42 Tim Burke File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:01:55.0 7 (3+3+1+0) +7:32.0
59 60 Daniel Mesotitsch File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1:01:59.7 5 (1+3+0+1) +7:36.7
60 80 Klemen Bauer File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1:02:25.5 5 (0+1+3+1) +8:02.5
61 25 Vitaly Rudenchik File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1:02:30.0 6 (0+3+1+2) +8:07.0
62 45 Roland Lessing File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1:02:31.2 5 (3+0+1+1) +8:08.2
63 7 Hidenori Isa File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:02:33.2 6 (1+1+2+2) +8:10.2
64 50 David Leoni File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1:02:37.8 6 (0+2+3+1) +8:14.8
65 16 Marian Blaj File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1:02:38.8 6 (0+3+2+1) +8:15.8
66 75 Indrek Tobreluts File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1:02:43.6 5 (1+2+1+1) +8:20.6
67 65 Tatsumi Kasahara File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:02:44.6 5 (2+1+0+2) +8:21.6
68 84 Kristaps Lībietis File:Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg Latvia 1:03:13.4 4 (2+1+1+0) +8:50.4
69 71 Janez Ožbolt File:Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1:03:18.5 5 (2+2+0+1) +8:55.5
70 10 Dimitri Borovik File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1:03:25.8 5 (2+1+2+0) +9:02.8
71 72 Alexandre Syman File:Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus 1:03:31.4 7 (2+3+1+1) +9:08.4
72 62 Grzegorz Bodziana File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1:03:39.6 5 (0+2+1+2) +9:16.6
73 11 Alexsandr Chervyhkov File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Kazakhstan 1:03:56.4 6 (1+3+1+1) +9:33.4
74 88 Priit Viks File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1:04:08.1 5 (2+2+0+1) +9:45.1
75 53 Krzysztof Pływaczyk File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1:04:12.9 4 (1+0+2+1) +9:49.9
76 37 Simon Hallenbarter File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 1:04:37.0 8 (3+1+1+3) +10:14.0
77 34 Imre Tagscherer File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1:05:11.1 7 (1+3+1+2) +10:48.1
78 85 Shinya Saito File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1:05:29.4 8 (2+2+3+1) +11:06.4
79 69 Edgars Piksons File:Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg Latvia 1:06:12.5 7 (4+1+1+1) +11:49.5
80 12 Luis Alberto Hernando File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1:06:54.4 7 (2+2+0+3) +12:31.4
81 39 Park Yun-bae File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 1:07:03.4 6 (0+3+2+1) +12:40.4
82 36 Cameron Morton File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1:07:03.7 7 (1+2+1+3) +12:40.7
83 30 Miro Ćosić File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:08:32.7 7 (1+3+1+2) +14:09.7
84 17 Sebastian Beltrame File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina 1:09:24.3 9 (1+2+4+2) +15:01.3
85 27 Aleksandar Milenković File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg Serbia and Montenegro 1:10:36.3 9 (1+3+1+4) +16:13.3
86 29 Marco Zúñiga File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1:11:02.5 5 (1+1+1+2) +16:39.5
87 40 Stavros Christoforidis File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1:13:13.3 11 (4+2+1+4) +18:50.3
26 Mihail Gribusencov File:Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg Moldova Did not start
DSQ 78 Wolfgang Perner File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1:02:22.5 5 (1+2+1+1) +7:59.5

References

  1. ↑ "Biathlon at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ E.ON-Ruhrgas World Cup 7 - Torino - Cesana San Sicario (ITA) Men 20 km Individual Final Results Archived July 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 19 January 2006
  4. ↑ (in Norwegian) (ed) Tore Johansen, Egil Svendsby Sportsboken 2005, pg. 225, Chr. Schibsteds Forlag 2005. ISBN 82-516-2168-2.
  5. ↑ World Cup Individual Score Men Standings after 2 of 3 competitions Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 19 January 2006
  6. ↑ (in Norwegian) Gull til Greis, by Sjur B. Kvamme, published by NRK on 11 February 2006
  7. ↑ "Torino 2006: Six Austrian Athletes Declared Permanently Ineligible". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
  8. ↑ Final results
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