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

Event:	Men's biathlon sprint
Games:	1998 Winter
Venue:	Nozawa Onsen
Dates:	18 February 1998
Competitors:	73
Nations:	30
Win Value:	27:16.2
Gold:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Frode Andresen
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Ville Räikkönen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February 1998, at Nozawa Onsen. Competitors raced over two 3.0 kilometre loops and one 4.0 kilometre loop 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	Deficit
	37		27:16.2	0 (0+0)
	61		28:17.8	2 (1+1)	+1:01.6
	73		28:21.7	1 (0+1)	+1:05.5
	72		28:36.0	0 (0+0)	+1:19.8
	64		28:36.9	1 (1+0)	+1:20.7
	10		28:37.4	1 (0+1)	+1:21.2
	71		28:40.3	1 (1+0)	+1:24.1
	19		28:40.8	2 (1+1)	+1:24.6
	53		28:44.0	0 (0+0)	+1:27.8
10	67		28:44.2	2 (1+1)	+1:28.0
11	38		28:44.3	2 (0+2)	+1:28.1
12	14		28:46.4	1 (0+1)	+1:30.2
13	2		28:49.1	1 (1+0)	+1:32.9
14	54		28:50.1	1 (1+0)	+1:33.9
15	45		28:58.6	2 (1+1)	+1:42.4
16	20		29:00.5	1 (0+1)	+1:44.3
17	52		29:13.9	1 (0+1)	+1:57.7
18	24		29:19.4	1 (0+1)	+2:03.2
19	45		29:19.4	2 (0+2)	+2:03.2
20	18		29:21.8	2 (1+1)	+2:05.6
21	46		29:22.0	2 (0+2)	+2:05.8
22	51		29:23.2	3 (2+1)	+2:07.0
23	66		29:28.5	3 (2+1)	+2:12.3
24	15		29:30.1	0 (0+0)	+2:13.9
25	16		29:31.6	1 (0+1)	+2:15.4
26	28		29:34.4	1 (0+1)	+2:18.2
27	41		29:38.2	2 (0+2)	+2:22.0
28	40		29:40.8	1 (1+0)	+2:24.6
29	11		29:47.1	2 (1+1)	+2:30.9
30	57		29:49.6	0 (0+0)	+2:33.4
31	65		29:58.8	5 (1+4)	+2:42.6
32	42		30:01.7	4 (2+2)	+2:45.5
33	39		30:04.4	3 (1+2)	+2:48.2
34	1		30:09.6	2 (0+2)	+2:53.4
35	9		30:10.0	1 (1+0)	+2:53.8
36	58		30:11.3	3 (1+2)	+2:55.1
37	68		30:12.3	2 (1+1)	+2:56.1
38	62		30:13.5	4 (2+2)	+2:57.3
39	12		30:16.0	2 (0+2)	+2:59.8
40	69		30:24.2	3 (2+1)	+3:08.0
41	47		30:30.3	1 (1+0)	+3:14.1
42	6		30:32.1	1 (0+1)	+3:15.9
43	26		30:33.4	3 (3+0)	+3:17.2
44	33		30:33.4	3 (3+0)	+3:17.2
45	44		30:33.6	3 (1+2)	+3:17.4
46	25		30:34.0	1 (1+0)	+3:17.8
47	32		30:34.4	0 (0+0)	+3:18.2
48	59		30:35.0	3 (3+0)	+3:18.8
49	70		30:39.5	1 (1+0)	+3:23.3
50	60		30:43.6	1 (1+0)	+3:27.4
51	21		30:46.5	2 (1+1)	+3:30.3
52	23		30:50.0	4 (1+3)	+3:33.8
53	43		30:51.3	3 (1+2)	+3:35.1
54	36		30:51.8	3 (2+1)	+3:35.6
55	4		30:53.0	2 (2+0)	+3:36.8
56	7		31:02.8	4 (2+2)	+3:46.6
57	49		31:09.5	0 (0+0)	+3:53.3
58	30		31:14.6	2 (1+1)	+3:58.4
59	55		31:23.7	5 (4+1)	+4:07.5
60	31		31:31.6	3 (1+2)	+4:15.4
61	63		31:41.1	6 (2+4)	+4:24.9
62	3		31:45.3	4 (1+3)	+4:29.1
63	48		31:50.0	1 (1+0)	+4:33.8
64	8		31:54.8	2 (2+0)	+4:38.6
65	27		31:55.8	4 (3+1)	+4:39.6
66	35	Kevin Quintilio	32:32.6	3 (2+1)	+5:16.4
67	5		32:52.4	0 (0+0)	+5:36.2
68	13		33:00.3	5 (4+1)	+5:44.1
69	29		33:06.9	2 (2+0)	+5:50.7
70	22		35:09.5	6 (4+2)	+7:53.3
71	17		36:33.8	6 (2+4)	+9:17.6
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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 10 kilometres Sprint . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061724/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/BIA/mens-10-kilometres-sprint.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 8 June 2019.