Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's individual explained

Event:	Men's biathlon individual
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	Nozawa Onsen
Dates:	February 11
Competitors:	72
Nations:	29
Win Value:	56:16.4
Gold:	Halvard Hanevold
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Pieralberto Carrara
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Alexei Aidarov
Bronzenoc:	BLR
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over five loops of a 4.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting four times, twice prone and twice standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.^[1] ^[2]

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Result	Penalties (P+S+P+S)	Deficit
	69			1 (0+0+0+1)
	3			0 (0+0+0+0)
	70			1 (0+0+0+1)
	68			1 (0+0+0+1)	+1:14.3
	45			3 (0+1+2+0)	+1:58.7
	28			1 (0+0+1+0)	+1:59.0
	32			4 (1+0+2+1)	+2:00.4
	57			1 (1+0+0+0)	+2:13.9
	8			2 (0+1+0+1)	+2:14.9
10	14			1 (0+0+0+1)	+2:18.3
11	6			2 (1+1+0+0)	+2:39.1
12	40			3 (1+0+0+2)	+2:40.1
13	22			2 (1+0+1+0)	+2:52.2
14	37			2 (1+0+0+1)	+2:59.2
15	39			4 (1+0+2+1)	+3:07.9
16	52			3 (1+0+1+1)	+3:09.7
17	60			3 (0+1+1+1)	+3:10.1
18	16			2 (1+0+1+0)	+3:21.9
19	1			5 (1+1+1+2)	+3:34.6
20	72		1:00:00.3	2 (0+2+0+0)	+3:43.9
21	73		1:00:00.5	3 (2+1+0+0)	+3:44.1
22	34		1:00:08.4	2 (0+0+2+0)	+3:52.0
23	65		1:00:11.7	3 (1+1+1+0)	+3:55.3
24	66		1:00:14.1	4 (0+1+1+2)	+3:57.7
25	21		1:00:18.2	2 (1+1+0+0)	+4:01.8
26	12		1:00:23.5	2 (0+1+0+1)	+4:07.1
27	46		1:00:25.3	3 (0+0+1+2)	+4:08.9
28	10		1:00:38.2	2 (1+0+1+0)	+4:21.8
29	49		1:00:39.6	3 (0+2+0+1)	+4:23.2
23	23		1:00:41.1	4 (1+1+1+1)	+4:24.7
31	47		1:01:07.7	3 (1+0+1+1)	+4:51.3
32	5		1:01:07.9	4 (0+0+2+2)	+4:51.5
33	48		1:01:08.0	1 (0+1+0+0)	+4:51.6
34	20		1:01:08.8	2 (1+1+0+0)	+4:52.4
35	19		1:01:13.9	6 (1+2+1+2)	+4:57.5
35	24		1:01:17.7	2 (0+1+1+0)	+5:01.3
37	15		1:01:40.1	5 (4+0+1+0)	+5:23.7
38	17		1:01:43.7	4 (1+0+1+2)	+5:27.3
39	31		1:01:59.2	2 (0+0+1+1)	+5:42.8
40	7		1:02:01.6	1 (0+1+0+0)	+5:45.2
41	26		1:02:07.7	5 (2+1+2+0)	+5:51.3
42	55		1:02:10.3	4 (1+1+0+2)	+5:53.9
43	38		1:02:12.2	5 (1+0+3+1)	+5:55.8
44	63		1:02:15.7	4 (2+0+2+0)	+5:59.3
45	71		1:02:23.5	4 (1+1+1+1)	+6:07.1
46	13		1:02:26.6	1 (0+1+0+0)	+6:10.2
47	50		1:02:39.9	5 (1+0+1+3)	+6:23.5
48	59		1:02:39.9	4 (2+1+1+0)	+6:23.5
49	53		1:03:10.5	5 (1+2+0+2)	+6:54.1
50	30		1:03:14.6	4 (3+1+0+0)	+6:58.2
51	54		1:03:41.0	4 (1+1+1+1)	+7:24.6
52	64		1:03:55.9	7 (3+2+0+2)	+7:39.5
53	9		1:03:59.4	7 (1+2+3+1)	+7:43.0
54	42		1:04:10.5	7 (1+3+3+0)	+7:54.1
55	44		1:04:12.9	6 (0+3+1+2)	+7:56.5
56	51		1:04:28.8	6 (2+2+0+2)	+8:12.4
57	62		1:04:42.7	6 (1+1+2+2)	+8:26.3
58	41		1:05:18.9	5 (2+1+1+1)	+9:02.5
59	18		1:05:22.9	6 (0+1+4+1)	+9:06.5
60	29		1:05:23.9	5 (1+1+2+1)	+9:07.5
61	56		1:05:27.0	8 (3+2+1+2)	+9:10.6
62	2		1:05:33.9	5 (0+2+2+1)	+9:17.5
63	43		1:05:36.3	6 (2+1+2+1)	+9:19.9
64	27	Kevin Quintilio	1:05:37.2	4 (2+0+1+1)	+9:20.8
65	36		1:06:38.8	5 (2+1+1+1)
66	61		1:06:42.6	8 (3+1+2+2)
67	33		1:06:59.5	5 (0+2+1+2)
68	58		1:07:46.8	7 (2+2+0+3)
69	67		1:08:35.7	7 (1+4+1+1)
70	4		1:11:27.5	6 (0+2+3+1)
71	11		1:15:17.8
	25
	35

Notes and References

Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf . dead . February 26, 2008 . LA84 Foundation . Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee . 1998 . February 8, 2013 .
Web site: Biathlon at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061718/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/BIA/mens-20-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 8 June 2019.