Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's mass start explained

Event:Men's biathlon mass start
Games:2006 Winter
Venue:Cesana San Sicario
Dates:25 February
Competitors:30
Nations:14
Win Value:47:20.0
Gold:Michael Greis
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Tomasz Sikora
Silvernoc:POL
Bronze:Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Bronzenoc:NOR
Next:2010

The Men's 15 kilometre biathlon mass start competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 25 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.[1]

Only thirty athletes competed in the mass start, which was making its Olympic debut. Ole Einar Bjørndalen was defending World Champion, but was tenth in the overall World Cup, which was led by France's Raphaël Poirée. Tomasz Sikora's silver medal finish was the first biathlon medal ever for Poland, men's or women's.

Results

The race was held at 10:00.[2]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+P+S+S) Deficit
147:20.01 (0+0+1+0)
1247:26.31 (0+0+0+1)
447:32.33 (0+0+1+2)
2747:43.70 (0+0+0+0)
1147:59.10 (0+0+0+0)
1848:13.82 (0+1+0+1)
548:14.93 (1+0+1+1)
1048:15.32 (0+0+1+1)
1548:17.42 (1+0+0+1)
10 848:19.93 (1+0+1+1)
11 348:20.74 (0+1+1+2)+1:00.7
12 748:24.92 (1+1+0+0)+1:04.9
13 2948:29.61 (0+0+1+0)+1:09.6
14 2548:37.71 (1+0+0+0)+1:17.7
15 948:40.24 (1+0+1+2)+1:20.2
16 1648:51.82 (0+1+1+0)+1:31.8
17 248:53.72 (0+1+0+1)+1:33.7
18 1748:56.42 (0+1+1+0)+1:36.4
19 649:03.66 (0+2+2+2)+1:43.6
20 2049:09.72 (0+0+1+1)+1:49.7
21 1449:20.12 (1+0+1+0)+2:00.1
22 2449:21.32 (0+0+1+1)+2:01.3
23 2149:29.94 (0+0+2+2)+2:09.9
24 2349:41.52 (2+0+0+0)+2:21.5
25 2849:53.14 (2+0+1+1)+2:33.1
26 2249:59.64 (2+1+0+1)+2:39.6
27 2650:11.13 (0+0+1+2)+2:51.1
28 1350:27.63 (0+0+1+2)+3:07.6
29 1950:54.44 (2+1+0+1)+3:34.4
30 3052:01.65 (1+0+3+1)+4:41.6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biathlon at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres Mass Start . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061810/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2006/BIA/mens-15-kilometres-mass-start.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 9 June 2019.
  2. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/0506/BT/SWRL/OG__/SMMS/BT_C73E_1.0.pdf Final results