| | Event type
10 kilometres Sprint, Men
| Date | 12 February 1992 — 9:45 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Les Saisies | |
| Participants | 94 from 27 countries | |
| Format | Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 9,915 m Height Differential: 75 m Maximum Climb: 60 m Shooting 1: Prone at ? km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at ? km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 367 m | |
Germany’s Mark Kirchner had won this event at the 1990 and 1991 World Championships. He had been second in the 1990-91 World Cup season behind Soviet Sergey Chepikov. He would win this gold medal as well, defeating his teammate, Ricco Groß, by 15.7 seconds. Groß was the only one of the top four finishers to have missed a target in shooting, which gave Kirchner the margin of victory. The perfect shooting rounds for Kirchner were somewhat surprising has he had been having difficulty with the rifle during the early World Cup events. Chepikov placed fourth behind Finland’s surprising Harri Eloranta, who had never been on the podium before in a major international and never would again after Albertville.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Misses | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Kirchner |  GER | 26:02.3 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Ricco Groß | GER | 26:18.0 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Harri Eloranta |  FIN | 26:26.6 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Sergey Chepikov |  EUN | 26:27.5 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 5 | Valery Kiriyenko | EUN | 26:31.8 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 6 | Jens Steinigen | GER | 26:34.8 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 7 | Andreas Zingerle |  ITA | 26:38.6 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 8 | Steve Cyr |  CAN | 26:46.4 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 9 | Frank-Peter Roetsch | GER | 26:54.1 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 10 | Hervé Flandin |  FRA | 26:56.6 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 11 | Ludwig Gredler |  AUT | 27:14.8 | 2 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 12 | Ivan Masařík |  TCH | 27:16.8 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 13 | Oļegs Maļuhins |  LAT | 27:17.7 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 14 | Ulf Johansson |  SWE | 27:19.0 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 15 | Johann Passler | ITA | 27:20.4 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 16 | Zbigniew Filip |  POL | 27:23.7 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 17 | Vesa Hietalahti | FIN | 27:25.1 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 18 | Aliaksandr Papou | EUN | 27:31.3 | 1 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 19 | Egon Leitner | AUT | 27:31.8 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 20 | Mikael Löfgren | SWE | 27:33.3 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 21 | Franz Schuler | AUT | 27:34.3 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 22 | Tomáš Kos | TCH | 27:37.4 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 23 | Jiří Holubec | TCH | 27:37.8 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 24 | Sylfest Glimsdal |  NOR | 27:38.9 | 4 | 2 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 25 | Valery Medvedtsev | EUN | 27:39.5 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 26 | Hubert Leitgeb | ITA | 27:40.3 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| =27 | Hillar Zahkna |  EST | 27:46.5 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| =27 | Kari Kataja | FIN | 27:46.5 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 29 | Jan Ziemianin | POL | 27:47.2 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 30 | Patrice Bailly-Salins | FRA | 27:49.7 | 3 | 0 | – (–) | 3 | – (–) | |||
| 31 | Urmas Kaldvee | EST | 27:52.9 | 1 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 32 | Josh Thompson |  USA | 27:53.2 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 33 | Sašo Grajf |  SLO | 27:58.8 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 34 | Jon Åge Tyldum | NOR | 28:01.4 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 35 | Krasimir Videnov |  BUL | 28:04.0 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 36 | Misao Kodate |  JPN | 28:07.0 | 3 | 2 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 37 | Curt Schreiner | USA | 28:08.4 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 38 | Tibor Géczi |  HUN | 28:15.5 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 39 | Ilmārs Bricis | LAT | 28:23.3 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 40 | Aivars Bogdanovs | LAT | 28:24.2 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 41 | Pieralberto Carrara | ITA | 28:30.1 | 3 | 2 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 42 | Christian Dumont | FRA | 28:30.7 | 4 | 3 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 43 | Janez Ožbolt | SLO | 28:31.1 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 44 | Gundars Upenieks | LAT | 28:32.7 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 45 | Xavier Blond | FRA | 28:32.8 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 46 | Krzysztof Sosna | POL | 28:37.4 | 3 | 0 | – (–) | 3 | – (–) | |||
| 47 | Eirik Kvalfoss | NOR | 28:38.2 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 48 | Tord Wiksten | SWE | 28:40.5 | 1 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 49 | Erich Wilbrecht | USA | 28:41.1 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 50 | Martin Rypl | TCH | 28:41.8 | 1 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 51 | Boštjan Lekan | SLO | 28:42.4 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 52 | Glenn Rupertus | CAN | 28:43.3 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 53 | Alfred Eder | AUT | 28:44.8 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 54 | Spas Zlatev | BUL | 28:45.9 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 55 | Duncan Douglas | USA | 28:49.2 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 56 | Jan Wojtas | POL | 28:56.5 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 57 | Jaakko Niemi | FIN | 29:04.0 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 58 | Ken Rudd |  GBR | 29:11.1 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 59 | Kalju Ojaste | EST | 29:13.2 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 60 | Mike Dixon | GBR | 29:19.4 | 2 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 61 | Aivo Udras | EST | 29:28.4 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 62 | Tony Fiala | CAN | 29:35.0 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 63 | Song Wenbin |  CHN | 29:39.3 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 64 | Gintaras Jasinskas |  LTU | 29:44.3 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 65 | Boycho Popov | BUL | 29:44.6 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 66 | Geir Einang | NOR | 29:45.0 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 67 | Anders Mannelqvist | SWE | 29:52.0 | 3 | 2 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 68 | Uroš Velepec | SLO | 29:54.3 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 69 | Gábor Mayer | HUN | 29:55.6 | 0 | 0 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 70 | Tan Hongbin | CHN | 29:55.9 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 71 | Wang Weiyi | CHN | 30:06.0 | 1 | 0 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 72 | Ian Woods | GBR | 30:11.8 | 5 | 1 | – (–) | 4 | – (–) | |||
| 73 | János Panyik | HUN | 30:13.0 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 74 | Spas Gulev | BUL | 30:16.6 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 75 | Tang Guoliang | CHN | 30:22.6 | 1 | 1 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 76 | Mladen Grujić |  YUG | 30:27.6 | 3 | 2 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 77 | Jean-Marc Chabloz |  SUI | 30:32.9 | 3 | 2 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 78 | Atsushi Kazama | JPN | 30:34.7 | 6 | 3 | – (–) | 3 | – (–) | |||
| 79 | Thanasis Tsakiris |  GRE | 30:39.3 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 80 | Jason Sklenar | GBR | 30:52.8 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 81 | Nicolae Șerban |  ROU | 31:29.6 | 4 | 3 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 82 | László Farkas | HUN | 31:43.6 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 83 | Tom Hansen | CAN | 32:03.1 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 84 | Hong Byung-Sik |  KOR | 32:59.2 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 85 | Admir Jamak | YUG | 33:08.8 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 86 | Zoran Ćosić | YUG | 33:14.6 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 87 | Tomislav Lopatić | YUG | 34:30.1 | 3 | 0 | – (–) | 3 | – (–) | |||
| 88 | Jang Dong-Lin | KOR | 34:44.2 | 4 | 2 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 89 | Kim Woon-Ki | KOR | 35:05.8 | 2 | 0 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 90 | Han Myung-Hee | KOR | 35:48.9 | 5 | 2 | – (–) | 3 | – (–) | |||
| 91 | Luis Ríos |  ARG | 36:07.5 | 3 | 1 | – (–) | 2 | – (–) | |||
| 92 | Alejandro Guerra | ARG | 40:16.8 | 2 | 2 | – (–) | 0 | – (–) | |||
| 93 | Juan Fernández | ARG | 40:32.0 | 2 | 1 | – (–) | 1 | – (–) | |||
| 94 | Roberto Lucero | ARG | 41:38.5 | 8 | 4 | – (–) | 4 | – (–) |