15 kilometres Mass Start, Men1
| Date | 18 February 2014 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Kompleks Dlya Sorevnovaniy Po Lyzhnym Gonkam i Biatlonu Laura, Mountain Cluster, Krasnaya Polyana | |
| Participants | 30 from 13 countries | |
| Format | Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 15,011 m Height Differential: 57 m Maximum Climb: 28 m Shooting 1: Prone at 2.985 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Prone at 5.965 km, 50 m range Shooting 3: Standing at 8.945 km, 50 m range Shooting 4: Standing at 12.031 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 550 m | |
The event was delayed for two days due to foggy conditions that made shooting impossible. The pre-Sochi favorite for multiple biathlon medals was Norway’s Emil Hegle Svendsen. Suffering from a respiratory disorder throughout the Olympics, this would be his only individual gold medal, which he won in a photo finish over France’s Martin Fourcade. The two leaders were even nearing the end of the final lap, but Svendsen moved ahead as he came to the finish. In an inexplicable move, Svendsen began to celebrate before crossing the line, and while he did so, Fourcade churned out a final effort and reached his ski forward to record the same time as the Norwegian, but the photo finish confirmed that Svendsen had won gold. Czech Ondřej Moravec claimed his second biathlon medal in Sochi and took bronze.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Misses | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | Shooting 3 Misses | Shooting 3 | Shooting 4 Misses | Shooting 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emil Hegle Svendsen |  NOR | 42:29.1 | 0 | 0 | 8:44.4 (2) | 0 | 17:17.0 (1) | 0 | 25:52.9 (1) | 0 | 34:49.5 (3) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Martin Fourcade |  FRA | 42:29.1 | 1 | 1 | 9:18.0 (23) | 0 | 17:49.2 (16) | 0 | 26:05.6 (3) | 0 | 34:44.7 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Ondřej Moravec |  CZE | 42:42.9 | 0 | 0 | 8:50.7 (11) | 0 | 17:19.6 (4) | 0 | 25:54.5 (2) | 0 | 34:48.7 (2) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Jakov Fak |  SLO | 42:57.2 | 2 | 0 | 8:49.7 (10) | 1 | 17:40.2 (8) | 1 | 26:30.2 (12) | 0 | 35:11.6 (4) | |||
| 5 | Yevgeny Garanichev |  RUS | 43:25.3 | 3 | 0 | 8:46.4 (4) | 1 | 17:39.2 (6) | 1 | 26:26.9 (10) | 1 | 35:31.6 (6) | |||
| 6 | Fredrik Lindström |  SWE | 43:30.5 | 2 | 0 | 8:48.9 (8) | 1 | 17:42.1 (9) | 0 | 26:18.7 (6) | 1 | 35:38.5 (8) | |||
| 7 | Dominik Landertinger |  AUT | 43:32.8 | 2 | 1 | 9:16.7 (21) | 0 | 17:50.5 (17) | 0 | 26:26.4 (8) | 1 | 35:48.2 (13) | |||
| 8 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | NOR | 43:34.2 | 1 | 1 | 9:10.8 (16) | 0 | 17:58.2 (19) | 0 | 26:22.5 (7) | 0 | 35:15.5 (5) | |||
| 9 | Brendan Green |  CAN | 43:38.3 | 2 | 1 | 9:17.1 (22) | 1 | 18:13.4 (23) | 0 | 26:49.1 (17) | 0 | 35:46.3 (11) | |||
| 10 | Jean-Philippe Le Guellec | CAN | 43:41.6 | 1 | 0 | 8:48.7 (6) | 0 | 17:17.4 (2) | 0 | 26:11.6 (5) | 1 | 35:38.0 (7) | |||
| 11 | Anton Shipulin | RUS | 43:48.2 | 3 | 0 | 8:41.5 (1) | 1 | 17:39.7 (7) | 1 | 26:29.6 (11) | 1 | 35:44.9 (9) | |||
| 12 | Björn Ferry | SWE | 43:48.3 | 3 | 1 | 9:14.9 (20) | 1 | 18:11.3 (22) | 1 | 27:13.1 (22) | 0 | 36:06.5 (16) | |||
| 13 | Simon Schempp |  GER | 43:48.3 | 3 | 2 | 9:35.0 (25) | 1 | 18:18.7 (25) | 0 | 26:49.5 (18) | 0 | 35:45.9 (10) | |||
| 14 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs |  LAT | 43:53.1 | 3 | 0 | 8:54.0 (13) | 1 | 17:46.0 (11) | 1 | 26:33.2 (13) | 1 | 35:47.3 (12) | |||
| 15 | Matej Kazár |  SVK | 44:25.6 | 2 | 0 | 8:45.2 (3) | 1 | 17:45.0 (10) | 1 | 26:49.0 (16) | 0 | 36:00.5 (14) | |||
| 16 | Simon Eder | AUT | 44:30.7 | 4 | 1 | 9:05.6 (14) | 1 | 18:06.4 (20) | 1 | 27:06.4 (20) | 1 | 36:31.3 (17) | |||
| 17 | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | FRA | 44:34.2 | 3 | 0 | 8:48.7 (7) | 0 | 17:19.1 (3) | 2 | 26:45.5 (14) | 1 | 36:06.4 (15) | |||
| 18 | Arnd Peiffer | GER | 44:35.0 | 4 | 0 | 8:51.5 (12) | 1 | 17:48.7 (14) | 2 | 27:12.4 (21) | 1 | 36:39.8 (19) | |||
| 19 | Dmitry Malyshko | RUS | 44:42.9 | 4 | 1 | 9:14.2 (19) | 0 | 17:48.9 (15) | 3 | 27:41.6 (23) | 0 | 36:41.9 (20) | |||
| 20 | Tim Burke |  USA | 44:55.9 | 4 | 2 | 9:41.5 (28) | 0 | 18:15.7 (24) | 2 | 27:42.1 (24) | 0 | 36:42.9 (21) | |||
| 21 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR | 45:08.3 | 6 | 2 | 9:33.2 (24) | 0 | 17:53.4 (18) | 0 | 26:10.0 (4) | 4 | 36:56.8 (23) | |||
| 22 | Lowell Bailey | USA | 45:19.2 | 5 | 2 | 9:38.9 (27) | 1 | 18:40.2 (27) | 1 | 27:51.4 (25) | 1 | 37:16.5 (26) | |||
| 23 | Jaroslav Soukup | CZE | 45:22.2 | 4 | 0 | 8:47.0 (5) | 1 | 17:46.3 (12) | 0 | 26:26.7 (9) | 3 | 36:48.1 (22) | |||
| 24 | Dominik Windisch |  ITA | 45:28.4 | 5 | 1 | 9:11.9 (18) | 1 | 18:09.8 (21) | 3 | 28:02.7 (27) | 0 | 37:12.9 (25) | |||
| 25 | Erik Lesser | GER | 45:34.2 | 4 | 0 | 8:49.3 (9) | 0 | 17:20.3 (5) | 2 | 26:50.6 (19) | 2 | 37:01.6 (24) | |||
| 26 | Christoph Sumann | AUT | 45:39.0 | 4 | 1 | 9:09.8 (15) | 2 | 18:36.6 (26) | 1 | 27:52.6 (26) | 0 | 37:16.9 (27) | |||
| Lukas Hofer | ITA | – | – | 2 | 9:38.5 (26) | 2 | 19:01.1 (28) | 0 | 28:12.7 (28) | – | – (–) | ||||
| Nathan Smith | CAN | – | – | 2 | 11:18.7 (30) | 3 | 21:47.2 (29) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | ||||
| Simon Fourcade | FRA | – | – | 2 | 10:16.2 (29) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | – | – (–) | ||||
| Yevgeny Ustyugov | RUS | [44:37.3] | [3] | [0] | [9:11.7] ([17]) | [0] | [17:47.4] ([13]) | [1] | [26:47.3] ([15]) | [2] | [36:38.1] ([18]) | 2 |