Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint explained

Event:	Men's biathlon sprint
Games:	1992 Winter
Venue:	Les Saisies
Dates:	February 12
Competitors:	94
Nations:	27
Win Value:	26:02.3
Gold:	Mark Kirchner
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Ricco Groß
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Harri Eloranta
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1988
Next:	1994

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at Les Saisies. Competitors raced over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.^[1] ^[2]

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Time	Penalties (P+S)	Deficit
	68		26:02.3	0 (0+0)	–
	19		26:18.0	1 (0+1)	+0:15.7
	5		26:26.6	0 (0+0)	+0:24.3
4	48		26:27.5	0 (0+0)	+0:25.2
5	14		26:31.8	3 (1+2)	+0:29.5
6	82		26:34.8	0 (0+0)	+0:32.5
7	50		26:38.6	1 (0+1)	+0:36.3
8	11		26:46.4	0 (0+0)	+0:44.1
9	34		26:54.1	2 (0+2)	+0:51.8
10	10		26:56.6	1 (0+1)	+0:54.3
11	80		27:14.8	2 (2+0)	+1:12.5
12	15		27:16.8	2 (0+2)	+1:14.5
13	56		27:17.7	0 (0+0)	+1:15.4
14	9		27:19.0	0 (0+0)	+1:16.7
15	79		27:20.4	3 (1+2)	+1:18.1
16	1		27:23.7	1 (0+1)	+1:21.4
17	26		27:25.1	2 (1+1)	+1:22.8
18	88		27:31.3	1 (1+0)	+1:29.0
19	13	Egon Leitner	27:31.8	2 (1+1)	+1:29.5
20	58		27:33.3	0 (0+0)	+1:31.0
21	52		27:34.3	1 (0+1)	+1:32.0
22	46		27:37.4	1 (0+1)	+1:35.1
23	51		27:37.8	0 (0+0)	+1:35.5
24	4		27:38.9	4 (2+2)	+1:36.6
25	31		27:39.5	2 (1+1)	+1:37.2
26	3		27:40.3	2 (1+1)	+1:38.0
27	7		27:46.5	2 (1+1)	+1:44.2
27	54		27:46.5	1 (0+1)	+1:44.2
29	32		27:47.2	1 (0+1)	+1:44.9
30	92		27:49.7	3 (0+3)	+1:47.4
31	62		27:52.9	1 (1+0)	+1:50.6
32	71		27:53.2	1 (0+1)	+1:50.9
33	35		27:58.8	0 (0+0)	+1:56.5
34	37		28:01.4	0 (0+0)	+1:59.1
35	25		28:04.0	1 (0+1)	+2:01.7
36	40		28:07.0	3 (2+1)	+2:04.7
37	28		28:08.4	0 (0+0)	+2:06.1
38	24		28:15.5	1 (0+1)	+2:13.2
39	41		28:23.3	1 (0+1)	+2:21.0
40	6		28:24.2	1 (0+1)	+2:21.9
41	39		28:30.1	3 (2+1)	+2:27.8
42	45		28:30.7	4 (3+1)	+2:28.4
43	86		28:31.1	0 (0+0)	+2:28.8
44	77		28:32.7	1 (0+1)	+2:30.4
45	61		28:32.8	3 (1+2)	+2:30.5
46	74		28:37.4	3 (0+3)	+2:35.1
47	65		28:38.2	2 (0+2)	+2:35.9
48	29		28:40.5	1 (1+0)	+2:38.2
49	20		28:41.1	2 (1+1)	+2:38.8
50	94		28:41.8	1 (1+0)	+2:39.5
51	8		28:42.4	1 (0+1)	+2:40.1
52	64		28:43.3	3 (1+2)	+2:41.0
53	33		28:44.8	2 (0+2)	+2:42.5
54	67		28:45.9	1 (0+1)	+2:43.6
55	90		28:49.2	2 (0+2)	+2:46.9
56	63		28:56.5	2 (0+2)	+2:54.2
57	81		29:04.0	2 (0+2)	+3:01.7
58	21		29:11.1	1 (0+1)	+3:08.8
59	85		29:13.2	1 (0+1)	+3:10.9
60	57		29:19.4	2 (2+0)	+3:17.1
61	44		29:28.4	2 (1+1)	+3:26.1
62	30		29:35.0	2 (1+1)	+3:32.7
63	22		29:39.3	1 (0+1)	+3:37.0
64	42		29:44.3	2 (0+2)	+3:42.0
65	17		29:44.6	1 (0+1)	+3:42.3
66	83		29:45.0	2 (1+1)	+3:42.7
67	89		29:52.0	3 (2+1)	+3:49.7
68	59		29:54.3	2 (1+1)	+3:52.0
69	12		29:55.6	0 (0+0)	+3:53.3
70	36		29:55.9	2 (0+2)	+3:53.6
71	76		30:06.0	1 (0+1)	+4:03.7
72	27		30:11.8	5 (1+4)	+4:09.5
73	66		30:13.0	3 (1+2)	+4:10.7
74	73		30:16.6	2 (0+2)	+4:14.3
75	53		30:22.6	1 (1+0)	+4:20.3
76	47		30:27.6	3 (2+1)	+4:25.3
77	60		30:32.9	3 (2+1)	+4:30.6
78	72		30:34.7	6 (3+3)	+4:32.4
79	49		30:39.3	3 (1+2)	+4:37.0
80	78		30:52.8	2 (0+2)	+4:50.5
81	18		31:29.6	4 (3+1)	+5:27.3
82	91		31:43.6	2 (1+1)	+5:41.3
83	84		32:03.1	2 (1+1)	+6:00.8
84	16		32:59.2	3 (1+2)	+6:56.9
85	93		33:08.8	2 (0+2)	+7:06.5
86	69		33:14.6	2 (0+2)	+7:12.3
87	23		34:30.1	3 (0+3)	+8:27.8
88	75		34:44.2	4 (2+2)	+8:41.9
89	43		35:05.8	2 (0+2)	+9:03.5
90	55		35:48.9	5 (2+3)	+9:46.6
91	38		36:07.5	3 (1+2)	+10:05.2
92	2		40:16.8	2 (2+0)	+14:14.5
93	70		40:32.0	2 (1+1)	+14:29.7
94	87		41:38.5	8 (4+4)	+15:36.2

Notes and References

Web site: Albertville 1992 Official Report . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202512/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/orw1992.pdf . dead . February 26, 2008 . LA84 Foundation . Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville . 1992 . February 12, 2013 .
Web site: Biathlon at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games: Men's 10 kilometres Sprint . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192108/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1992/BIA/mens-10-kilometres-sprint.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 June 2019.