| | Event type
10 kilometres Sprint, Men
| Date | 14 February 2006 — 13:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Cesana San Sicario | |
| Participants | 90 from 36 countries | |
| Format | Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 9,900 m Height Differential: 54 m Maximum Climb: 13 m Shooting 1: Prone at 3.3 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 6.6 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 315 m | |
Ole Einar Bjørndalen was the defending champion and had won the event at the 2003 and 2005 World Championships. Heavily favored, his shooting let him down, as he missed three targets and would finish 12th. But the podium would be made up of well-known biathletes, all former Olympic medalists. Sven Fischer won the event, shooting cleanly, after having won a silver in the event in 2002. He had finished second in the event, behind Bjørndalen, at the 2005 World Championships, and was second in the 2004-05 World Cup standings. The runner-up was Halvard Hanevold, who had won the 20 km gold medal in 1998, and had won a bronze in that event earlier in Torino. The bronze went to Norway’s Frode Andresen, who had been second in this event in 1998. Originally fourth-place went to Austrian Wolfgang Perner, the 2002 bronze medalist, with his teammate Wolfgang Rottmann in 27th. But both would be disqualified and later banned for life by the IOC when they were found to have been involved in an elaborate blood doping scheme.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Misses | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Fischer |  GER | 26:11.6 | 0 | 0 | 9:08.3 (2) | 0 | 18:12.8 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Halvard Hanevold |  NOR | 26:19.8 | 0 | 0 | 9:14.1 (5) | 0 | 18:21.1 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Frode Andresen | NOR | 26:31.3 | 1 | 0 | 9:07.7 (1) | 1 | 18:29.7 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Vincent Defrasne |  FRA | 26:54.2 | 1 | 0 | 9:10.0 (4) | 1 | 18:42.8 (7) | |||
| 5 | Ivan Cherezov |  RUS | 27:09.0 | 0 | 0 | 9:22.8 (11) | 0 | 18:40.9 (6) | |||
| 6 | Ricco Groß | GER | 27:15.1 | 0 | 0 | 9:17.0 (7) | 0 | 18:33.4 (4) | |||
| 7 | Mattias Nilsson |  SWE | 27:18.5 | 0 | 0 | 9:33.0 (19) | 0 | 18:56.7 (9) | |||
| 8 | Raphaël Poirée | FRA | 27:19.0 | 1 | 1 | 9:36.1 (21) | 0 | 18:49.4 (8) | |||
| 9 | Maksim Chudov | RUS | 27:20.5 | 0 | 0 | 9:18.9 (8) | 0 | 18:38.8 (5) | |||
| 10 | Zdeněk Vítek |  CZE | 27:24.4 | 1 | 0 | 9:20.9 (9) | 1 | 19:07.6 (10) | |||
| 11 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR | 27:25.5 | 3 | 1 | 9:30.0 (13) | 2 | 19:14.0 (16) | |||
| 12 | Ilmārs Bricis |  LAT | 27:26.9 | 1 | 1 | 9:55.1 (=39) | 0 | 19:12.7 (13) | |||
| 13 | Björn Ferry | SWE | 27:31.1 | 2 | 0 | 9:21.0 (10) | 2 | 19:17.1 (17) | |||
| 14 | Alexander Wolf | GER | 27:34.5 | 2 | 0 | 9:10.7 (3) | 2 | 19:12.1 (14) | |||
| 15 | Christoph Sumann |  AUT | 27:42.3 | 2 | 1 | 9:29.8 (12) | 1 | 19:08.2 (11) | |||
| 16 | Stian Eckhoff | NOR | 27:48.0 | 2 | 1 | 9:47.0 (31) | 1 | 19:18.2 (19) | |||
| 17 | Zhang Chengye |  CHN | 27:50.9 | 3 | 0 | 9:15.9 (6) | 3 | 19:30.5 (23) | |||
| 18 | Julien Robert | FRA | 27:54.1 | 0 | 0 | 9:31.3 (15) | 0 | 19:13.2 (15) | |||
| 19 | Tomasz Sikora |  POL | 27:54.3 | 2 | 1 | 9:51.9 (36) | 1 | 19:29.0 (22) | |||
| 20 | Vitaliy Rudenchik |  BUL | 27:59.1 | 1 | 0 | 9:33.4 (18) | 1 | 19:33.3 (26) | |||
| 21 | Nikolay Kruglov | RUS | 28:05.2 | 1 | 1 | 9:42.8 (=23) | 0 | 19:09.5 (12) | |||
| 22 | Wilfried Pallhuber |  ITA | 28:05.6 | 1 | 1 | 10:00.7 (44) | 0 | 19:38.0 (=31) | |||
| 23 | Sergey Chepikov | RUS | 28:08.1 | 1 | 1 | 10:01.5 (46) | 0 | 19:37.2 (29) | |||
| 24 | Rustam Valiulin |  BLR | 28:08.4 | 2 | 1 | 9:46.4 (28) | 1 | 19:33.7 (27) | |||
| 25 | Wiesław Ziemianin | POL | 28:10.1 | 0 | 0 | 9:36.3 (20) | 0 | 19:17.0 (18) | |||
| 26 | Christian De Lorenzi | ITA | 28:14.5 | 2 | 1 | 9:51.5 (37) | 1 | 19:41.4 (33) | |||
| 27 | Andriy Deryzemlia |  UKR | 28:15.2 | 2 | 1 | 9:44.0 (26) | 1 | 19:38.0 (=31) | |||
| 28 | Aleh Ryzhankou | BLR | 28:15.9 | 1 | 0 | 9:30.2 (14) | 1 | 19:28.2 (21) | |||
| 29 | Pavol Hurajt |  SVK | 28:17.8 | 1 | 0 | 9:32.6 (17) | 1 | 19:34.5 (28) | |||
| 30 | Siarhei Novikau | BLR | 28:18.5 | 1 | 1 | 9:50.5 (34) | 0 | 19:32.7 (25) | |||
| 31 | Ferréol Cannard | FRA | 28:19.7 | 1 | 1 | 9:59.4 (42) | 0 | 19:37.4 (30) | |||
| 32 | Ondřej Moravec | CZE | 28:20.3 | 1 | 1 | 9:47.8 (29) | 0 | 19:32.0 (24) | |||
| 33 | Michael Greis | GER | 28:22.9 | 3 | 2 | 10:01.2 (48) | 1 | 19:44.7 (34) | |||
| 34 | Oleksandr Bilanenko | UKR | 28:26.6 | 0 | 0 | 9:32.7 (16) | 0 | 19:18.9 (20) | |||
| 35 | Tim Burke |  USA | 28:27.8 | 3 | 1 | 9:55.1 (=39) | 2 | 20:05.6 (41) | |||
| 36 | Janez Marič |  SLO | 28:28.6 | 3 | 2 | 10:18.9 (63) | 1 | 19:55.9 (39) | |||
| 37 | David Ekholm | SWE | 28:33.3 | 2 | 2 | 10:20.4 (64) | 0 | 19:51.8 (=37) | |||
| 38 | Hidenori Isa |  JPN | 28:37.1 | 1 | 1 | 10:00.6 (43) | 0 | 19:46.4 (36) | |||
| 39 | Rene Laurent Vuillermoz | ITA | 28:46.7 | 4 | 1 | 9:44.2 (27) | 3 | 20:20.4 (52) | |||
| 40 | Indrek Tobreluts |  EST | 28:47.5 | 1 | 1 | 10:15.9 (60) | 0 | 20:08.9 (44) | |||
| 41 | David Leoni |  CAN | 28:50.4 | 1 | 0 | 9:42.9 (25) | 1 | 19:51.8 (=37) | |||
| 42 | Roman Dostál | CZE | 28:50.6 | 3 | 1 | 9:55.7 (38) | 2 | 20:19.8 (50) | |||
| 43 | Matthias Simmen |  SUI | 28:56.3 | 3 | 2 | 10:17.1 (62) | 1 | 20:12.0 (46) | |||
| 44 | Ruslan Lysenko | UKR | 28:56.6 | 2 | 1 | 10:02.8 (49) | 1 | 20:06.4 (42) | |||
| 45 | Paavo Puurunen |  FIN | 28:57.3 | 2 | 1 | 10:08.2 (56) | 1 | 20:14.2 (48) | |||
| 46 | Lowell Bailey | USA | 29:02.0 | 3 | 1 | 10:02.1 (51) | 2 | 20:25.1 (54) | |||
| 47 | Tatsumi Kasahara | JPN | 29:07.0 | 1 | 0 | 9:50.3 (35) | 1 | 20:04.3 (40) | |||
| 48 | Jānis Bērziņš | LAT | 29:09.9 | 1 | 0 | 9:55.3 (40) | 1 | 20:13.1 (47) | |||
| 49 | Raivis Zīmelis | LAT | 29:11.4 | 2 | 1 | 10:13.0 (58) | 1 | 20:21.2 (53) | |||
| 50 | Robin Clegg | CAN | 29:12.4 | 3 | 1 | 10:03.4 (53) | 2 | 20:19.3 (51) | |||
| 51 | Miroslav Matiaško | SVK | 29:13.0 | 2 | 1 | 10:15.8 (59) | 1 | 20:29.3 (55) | |||
| 52 | Ludwig Gredler | AUT | 29:17.6 | 4 | 3 | 10:44.5 (72) | 1 | 20:31.6 (56) | |||
| 53 | Carl Johan Bergman | SWE | 29:21.5 | 0 | 0 | 9:42.8 (=23) | 0 | 19:44.8 (35) | |||
| 54 | Kristaps Lībietis | LAT | 29:21.9 | 0 | 0 | 10:00.4 (45) | 0 | 20:07.7 (43) | |||
| 55 | Michal Šlesingr | CZE | 29:22.9 | 3 | 1 | 10:02.5 (50) | 2 | 20:35.0 (59) | |||
| 56 | Aleksandr Chervyakov |  KAZ | 29:27.1 | 2 | 0 | 9:49.8 (33) | 2 | 20:32.0 (57) | |||
| 57 | Matej Kazár | SVK | 29:29.4 | 1 | 0 | 9:41.5 (22) | 1 | 20:09.9 (45) | |||
| 58 | Roland Lessing | EST | 29:30.7 | 2 | 1 | 10:07.6 (55) | 1 | 20:18.8 (49) | |||
| 59 | Jean-Philippe Le Guellec | CAN | 29:32.3 | 2 | 1 | 10:23.3 (65) | 1 | 20:39.7 (61) | |||
| 60 | Jeremy Teela | USA | 29:32.7 | 4 | 2 | 10:24.5 (66) | 2 | 20:51.7 (68) | |||
| 61 | Uladzimir Drachou | BLR | 29:48.3 | 3 | 2 | 10:32.8 (68) | 1 | 20:42.4 (62) | |||
| 62 | Daisuke Ebisawa | JPN | 29:49.7 | 3 | 1 | 10:05.8 (54) | 2 | 20:53.2 (69) | |||
| 63 | Matjaž Poklukar | SLO | 30:00.6 | 3 | 1 | 10:01.6 (47) | 2 | 20:44.8 (63) | |||
| 64 | Michał Piecha | POL | 30:01.6 | 2 | 1 | 10:34.2 (70) | 1 | 20:48.8 (65) | |||
| 65 | Simon Hallenbarter | SUI | 30:05.7 | 5 | 4 | 11:21.0 (82) | 1 | 21:22.7 (73) | |||
| 66 | Sergio Bonaldi | ITA | 30:06.7 | 3 | 2 | 10:29.0 (67) | 1 | 20:49.8 (66) | |||
| 67 | Grzegorz Bodziana | POL | 30:08.4 | 1 | 0 | 10:02.7 (52) | 1 | 20:44.9 (64) | |||
| 68 | Janez Ožbolt | SLO | 30:08.8 | 2 | 1 | 10:12.7 (57) | 1 | 20:32.1 (58) | |||
| 69 | Klemen Bauer | SLO | 30:09.3 | 2 | 0 | 9:47.9 (30) | 2 | 20:37.4 (60) | |||
| 70 | Kyoji Suga | JPN | 30:10.6 | 2 | 2 | 10:48.8 (73) | 0 | 20:56.9 (70) | |||
| 71 | Marek Matiaško | SVK | 30:11.0 | 6 | 3 | 10:51.3 (74) | 3 | 21:40.8 (75) | |||
| 72 | V'iacheslav Derkach | UKR | 30:15.8 | 2 | 0 | 9:47.1 (32) | 2 | 20:50.7 (67) | |||
| 73 | Dimitri Borovik | EST | 30:31.6 | 4 | 2 | 10:38.8 (71) | 2 | 21:29.6 (74) | |||
| 74 | Imre Tagscherer |  HUN | 30:38.1 | 3 | 1 | 10:15.2 (61) | 2 | 21:18.0 (72) | |||
| 75 | Janno Prants | EST | 30:41.0 | 2 | 1 | 10:33.1 (69) | 1 | 21:11.7 (71) | |||
| 76 | Marian Blaj |  ROU | 30:44.4 | 4 | 4 | 11:39.7 (85) | 0 | 21:40.4 (76) | |||
| 77 | Tom Clemens |  GBR | 31:05.0 | 4 | 2 | 11:06.0 (78) | 2 | 21:51.1 (77) | |||
| 78 | Jay Hakkinen | USA | 31:22.2 | 6 | 5 | 12:26.9 (88) | 1 | 22:33.6 (80) | |||
| 79 | Park Yun-Bae |  KOR | 31:29.5 | 3 | 3 | 11:30.6 (84) | 0 | 22:04.2 (78) | |||
| 80 | Cameron Morton |  AUS | 32:07.4 | 4 | 2 | 11:17.8 (81) | 2 | 22:46.9 (81) | |||
| 81 | Mihail Gribușencov |  MDA | 32:17.6 | 2 | 1 | 11:12.7 (80) | 1 | 22:32.7 (79) | |||
| 82 | Luis Alberto Hernando |  ESP | 32:26.0 | 4 | 1 | 11:12.4 (79) | 3 | 23:12.0 (84) | |||
| 83 | Stavros Christoforidis |  GRE | 32:48.3 | 3 | 1 | 10:57.2 (75) | 2 | 22:55.3 (82) | |||
| 84 | Miro Ćosić |  BIH | 32:56.1 | 4 | 1 | 11:00.9 (76) | 3 | 23:05.5 (83) | |||
| 85 | Aleksandar Milenković |  SCG | 33:17.7 | 6 | 1 | 11:05.8 (77) | 5 | 24:15.1 (88) | |||
| 86 | Sebastián Beltrame |  ARG | 33:32.4 | 5 | 2 | 11:55.1 (87) | 3 | 24:02.3 (87) | |||
| 87 | Marco Zúñiga |  CHI | 33:38.1 | 1 | 1 | 11:52.2 (86) | 0 | 23:19.4 (85) | |||
| 88 | Karolis Zlatkauskas |  LTU | 34:33.8 | 4 | 2 | 11:23.5 (83) | 2 | 23:48.0 (86) | |||
| Wolfgang Perner | AUT | [26:51.6] | [1] | [0] | [9:15.0] (AC) | [1] | [18:43.0] (AC) | 1 | |||
| Wolfgang Rottmann | AUT | [28:11.8] | [3] | [1] | [9:44.4] (AC) | [2] | [19:52.0] (AC) | 2 |