Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit

The Men's pursuit competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 13 February, at the National Biathlon Centre,[1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft).[2] Quentin Fillon Maillet of France won the event. Tarjei Bø of Norway won the silver medal, and Eduard Latypov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won bronze, his first individual Olympic medal.

Men’s pursuit
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueHualindong Ski Resort
Date13 February
Competitors59 from 22 nations
Winning time39:07.5
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Quentin Fillon Maillet France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Tarjei Bø Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eduard Latypov ROC
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Summary

The 2014 and 2018 champion, Martin Fourcade, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Sebastian Samuelsson, qualified for the Olympics, as well as the bronze medalist, Benedikt Doll. The overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Fillon Maillet, who was also the leader in the pursuit. Samuelsson was standing second in the pursuit ranking.

Both Johannes Thingnes Bø and Fillon Maillet, who started first and second respectively, did not miss targets in the first shooting, and Bø was faster than Fillon Maillet. On the second shooting, Bø missed two targets and Fillon Maillet did not miss, and the advantage of Bø dropped to 13 seconds. Latypov was third 35 seconds behind Bø. In the third shooting, Johannes Thingnes Bø missed three more targets, whereas Fillon Maillet and Latypov did not miss. Fillon Maillet was leading, 10 seconds ahead of Latypov, 40 seconds ahead of Tarjei Bø and Lukas Hofer, and 55 seconds ahead of Johannes Thingnes Bø. Latypov caught up with Fillon Maillet, but missed a target on the last shooting. Fillon Maillet, Tarjei Bø, and Hofer did not miss. As a result, after the shooting Fillon Maillet was leading with an advantage of about 40 seconds over the three. Johannes Thingnes Bø was 1:35 behind Fillon Maillet, and other athletes out of medal contention. The advantage was sufficient for Fillon Maillet to win gold. Tarjei Bø was second, and Latypov third.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 18:45.[3]

RankBibNameCountryStartTimePenalties (P+P+S+S)Deficit
2Quentin Fillon Maillet  France0:2639:07.50 (0+0+0+0)
3Tarjei Bø  Norway0:3939:36.11 (1+0+0+0)+28.6
11Eduard Latypov  ROC1:1439:42.81 (0+0+0+1)+35.3
414Lukas Hofer  Italy1:1939:58.60 (0+0+0+0)+51.1
51Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway0:0041:21.27 (0+2+3+2)+2:13.7
617Roman Rees  Germany1:2441:37.71 (0+0+1+0)+2:30.2
724Simon Desthieux  France1:4541:54.73 (2+0+0+1)+2:47.2
85Sebastian Samuelsson  Sweden0:5242:10.25 (1+2+2+0)+3:02.7
99Émilien Jacquelin  France1:0642:13.76 (2+3+0+1)+3:06.2
1046Felix Leitner  Austria2:3342:16.31 (0+1+0+0)+3:08.8
116Martin Ponsiluoma  Sweden0:5442:27.09 (2+3+4+0)+3:19.5
1233Johannes Kühn  Germany1:5342:37.34 (0+2+1+1)+3:29.8
1313Dmytro Pidruchnyi  Ukraine1:1942:45.95 (1+2+2+0)+3:38.4
1410Anton Smolski  Belarus1:1342:48.26 (1+1+3+1)+3:40.7
1520Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen  Norway1:3842:53.33 (0+1+0+2)+3:45.8
1621Fabien Claude  France1:4142:54.57 (3+1+1+2)+3:47.0
174Maxim Tsvetkov  ROC0:4142:56.26 (2+3+0+1)+3:48.7
1815Artem Pryma  Ukraine1:1942:59.86 (2+2+2+0)+3:52.3
1922Philipp Nawrath  Germany1:4343:06.77 (1+2+1+3)+3:59.2
2034Scott Gow  Canada1:5643:18.74 (0+2+0+2)+4:11.2
2125Tero Seppälä  Finland1:4743:30.27 (1+1+2+3)+4:22.7
2232Cheng Fangming  China1:5343:30.44 (1+2+1+0)+4:22.9
2360Anton Dudchenko  Ukraine2:5143:36.53 (2+0+1+0)+4:29.0
247Sturla Holm Lægreid  Norway1:0243:40.510 (3+2+4+1)+4:33.0
2531Vladimir Iliev  Bulgaria1:5243:41.37 (2+2+2+1)+4:33.8
2630Dominik Windisch  Italy1:5143:41.97 (1+1+3+2)+4:34.4
2738Alexander Loginov  ROC2:1543:44.15 (0+1+3+1)+4:36.6
2829Jules Burnotte  Canada1:5043:48.25 (1+2+1+1)+4:40.7
2926Jakov Fak  Slovenia1:4843:58.95 (1+2+1+1)+4:51.4
3035Adam Runnalls  Canada2:0043:59.95 (1+0+2+2)+4:52.4
3155Jesper Nelin  Sweden2:4344:02.34 (1+0+1+2)+4:54.8
328Benedikt Doll  Germany1:0544:03.17 (2+0+2+3)+4:55.6
3323Thomas Bormolini  Italy1:4444:04.56 (0+1+1+4)+4:57.0
3416Michal Krčmář  Czech Republic1:2244:06.97 (1+0+4+2)+4:59.4
3512Christian Gow  Canada1:1544:10.55 (0+2+0+3)+5:03.0
3627Sebastian Stalder  Switzerland1:4844:10.74 (1+0+2+1)+5:03.2
3718Simon Eder  Austria1:2744:18.75 (0+2+2+1)+5:11.2
3837Niklas Hartweg  Switzerland2:0544:34.75 (1+3+0+1)+5:27.2
3919Daniil Serokhvostov  ROC1:3844:34.88 (4+2+1+1)+5:27.3
4036Jake Brown  United States2:0445:14.16 (3+1+2+0)+6:06.6
4140Yan Xingyuan  China2:1645:30.25 (2+1+1+1)+6:22.7
4228Mikuláš Karlík  Czech Republic1:4845:38.88 (1+3+3+1)+6:31.3
4347Sean Doherty  United States2:3545:38.87 (1+1+3+2)+6:31.3
4459Adam Václavík  Czech Republic2:5045:41.26 (1+1+3+1)+6:33.7
4557Mikita Labastau  Belarus2:4745:42.06 (3+0+1+2)+6:34.5
4641Tsukasa Kobonoki  Japan2:1746:16.05 (1+1+2+1)+7:08.5
4751Raido Ränkel  Estonia2:3946:23.16 (1+1+2+2)+7:15.6
4858Jakub Štvrtecký  Czech Republic2:4846:32.17 (0+3+3+1)+7:24.6
4954Heikki Laitinen  Finland2:4146:47.26 (1+1+1+3)+7:39.7
5050Rene Zahkna  Estonia2:3846:54.03 (0+0+2+1)+7:46.5
5144Kosuke Ozaki  Japan2:2446:56.64 (0+2+0+2)+7:49.1
5239Olli Hiidensalo  Finland2:1547:04.98 (5+0+1+2)+7:57.4
5352Blagoy Todev  Bulgaria2:3947:05.06 (1+3+1+1)+7:57.5
5448Grzegorz Guzik  Poland2:3647:07.08 (2+3+1+2)+7:59.5
5556Anton Sinapov  Bulgaria2:4547:08.37 (2+0+3+2)+8:00.8
5642Lovro Planko  Slovenia2:2247:31.68 (2+2+2+2)+8:24.1
5749Alexandr Mukhin  Kazakhstan2:3747:45.08 (3+1+2+2)+8:37.5
5843Vytautas Strolia  Lithuania2:2248:47.810 (2+3+1+4)+9:40.3
45Joscha Burkhalter  Switzerland2:28LAP (1+4+4+)
53Benjamin Weger  Switzerland2:39Did not start

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