Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's sprint

Men's sprint
at the Biathlon World Championships 2007
LocationAntholz-Anterselva, Italy
Date3 February
Competitors104 from 31 nations
Winning time26:18.8
Medalists
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen   Norway
 Michal Šlesingr   Czech Republic
 Andriy Deryzemlya   Ukraine
Biathlon World Championships 2007
Individualmenwomen
Sprintwomen
Pursuitmenwomen
Mass startmenwomen
Relaymenwomen
mixed

The men's sprint competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2007 was held on 3 February 2007.[1]

Info

Ole Einar Bjørndalen took his thirteenth World Championships gold medal (including the five Olympic golds), though missing the very final shot threatened to lose him his title. However, most of the other early starters also missed shots, and after the first group of 24 top-placed skiers had finished, no one were within half a minute of Bjørndalen. Of the remaining skiers, only Michal Šlesingr and Maxim Tchoudov had placings among the top 30 in the overall World Cup ranking; Šlesingr completed a faultless shooting but was still six seconds behind from the range, and despite a fine finish he could not catch Bjørndalen, while Tchoudov's medal chances went as he missed twice in the standing shoot, also spending too much time at the range. However, Andriy Deryzemlya of Ukraine, who had not placed on a World Cup podium for two seasons, was ranked 34th in the overall World Cup, and who had not placed in the top six of sprint races for the last four seasons, used two perfect shootings to beat World Cup number three Björn Ferry by ten seconds.

Neither Russia nor Germany managed to get anyone in the top ten; the best German was Alexander Wolf in 15th with three misses, with Birnbacher, World Cup leader Greis, and Michael Rösch also missing more than two times. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., the winner of the Oberhof sprint race, placed 12th after slow skiing, but was still the best Russian, one place ahead of Tchoudov.

Results

The race was started at 10:45.[2]

Rank Bib Name Nationality Penalties (P+S) Time Deficit
22 Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway 1 (0+1) 26:18.8
38 Michal Šlesingr Czech Republic 0 (0+0) 26:23.6 +4.8
40 Andriy Deryzemlya Ukraine 0 (0+0) 26:44.6 +25.8
4 3 Björn Ferry Sweden 1 (0+1) 26:53.2 +34.4
5 21 Tomasz Sikora Poland 1 (1+0) 26:58.0 +39.2
6 52 Mattias Nilsson Sweden 0 (0+0) 26:59.2 +40.4
7 8 Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway 2 (1+1) 27:06.8 +48.0
8 17 Raphaël Poirée France 1 (0+1) 27:08.9 +50.1
9 7 Rene Laurent Vuillermoz Italy 2 (1+1) 27:12.5 +53.7
10 13 Matthias Simmen Switzerland 3 (2+1) 27:15.3 +56.5
11 2 Christian De Lorenzi Italy 1 (0+1) 27:15.6 +56.8
12 16 Nikolay Kruglov Russia 1 (1+0) 27:17.4 +58.6
13 50 Maxim Tchoudov Russia 2 (0+2) 27:21.6 +1:02.8
14 5 Lars Berger Norway 4 (1+3) 27:22.8 +1:04.0
15 12 Alexander Wolf Germany 3 (1+2) 27:28.8 +1:10.0
16 14 Vincent Defrasne France 2 (1+1) 27:29.9 +1:11.1
17 4 Andreas Birnbacher Germany 2 (1+1) 27:31.8 +1:13.0
18 9 Michael Rösch Germany 3 (2+1) 27:37.2 +1:18.4
19 19 Michael Greis Germany 3 (1+2) 27:37.8 +1:19.0
20 25 Indrek Tobreluts Estonia 2 (1+1) 27:40.4 +1:21.6
21 56 Olexander Bilanenko Ukraine 1 (0+1) 27:48.4 +1:29.6
22 23 Ivan Tcherezov Russia 2 (1+1) 27:53.4 +1:34.6
23 15 Halvard Hanevold Norway 3 (3+0) 27:53.7 +1:34.9
24 34 Wilfried Pallhuber Italy 1 (1+0) 27:54.1 +1:35.3
25 35 Janez Maric Slovenia 4 (0+4) 27:55.0 +1:36.2
26 37 Daniel Mesotitsch Austria 2 (1+1) 27:56.4 +1:37.6
27 18 Dmitri Yaroshenko Russia 2 (0+2) 27:56.7 +1:37.9
28 11 Friedrich Pinter Austria 1 (0+1) 27:57.6 +1:38.8
29 94 Alexei Aidarov Ukraine 1 (0+1) 27:58.5 +1:39.7
30 20 Christoph Sumann Austria 2 (0+2) 28:01.7 +1:42.9
31 29 Klemen Bauer Slovenia 2 (0+2) 28:02.7 +1:43.9
32 93 Jaroslav Soukup Czech Republic 1 (1+0) 28:03.7 +1:44.9
33 73 Magnús Jónsson Sweden 2 (0+2) 28:06.3 +1:47.5
34 10 Carl Johan Bergman Sweden 4 (2+2) 28:06.4 +1:47.6
35 1 Tim Burke United States 4 (1+3) 28:16.6 +1:57.8
36 84 Alexei Korobeynikov Ukraine 3 (1+2) 28:20.9 +2:02.1
37 24 Simon Fourcade France 2 (2+0) 28:26.5 +2:07.7
38 103 Jay Hakkinen United States 3 (2+1) 28:29.4 +2:10.6
39 43 Sergei Novikov Belarus 2 (0+2) 28:30.0 +2:11.2
40 26 Rustam Valiullin Belarus 4 (0+4) 28:35.4 +2:16.6
41 85 Wiesław Ziemianin Poland 0 (0+0) 28:37.3 +2:18.5
42 47 Roland Lessing Estonia 3 (2+1) 28:39.5 +2:20.7
43 6 Sven Fischer Germany 3 (2+1) 28:40.5 +2:21.7
44 67 Ludwig Gredler Austria 2 (1+1) 28:42.6 +2:23.8
45 90 Vasja Rupnik Slovenia 2 (1+1) 28:42.8 +2:24.0
46 36 Jeremy Teela United States 4 (2+2) 28:50.4 +2:31.6
47 80 Markus Windisch Italy 3 (2+1) 28:52.1 +2:33.3
48 69 Lowell Bailey United States 4 (2+2) 29:04.1 +2:45.3
49 82 Jouni Kinnunen Finland 1 (1+0) 29:07.9 +2:49.1
50 30 Roman Dostál Czech Republic 4 (0+4) 29:08.0 +2:49.2
51 60 Timo Antila Finland 2 (1+1) 29:15.5 +2:56.7
52 63 Simon Hallenbarter Switzerland 4 (1+3) 29:16.8 +2:58.0
53 104 Jaime Robb Canada 4 (2+2) 29:24.0 +3:05.2
54 72 Gregor Brvar Slovenia 2 (2+0) 29:27.1 +3:08.3
55 91 Mirosław Kobus Poland 1 (0+1) 29:30.4 +3:11.6
56 83 Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic 3 (1+2) 29:35.4 +3:16.6
57 41 Jarkko Kauppinen Finland 2 (1+1) 29:37.8 +3:19.0
59 75 Alexandr Syman Belarus 4 (2+2) 29:38.9 +3:20.1
59 61 Ferreol Cannard France 4 (2+2) 29:41.7 +3:22.9
60 32 Robin Clegg Canada 3 (2+1) 29:43.3 +3:24.5
61 59 Ji Delin China 2 (0+2) 29:45.0 +3:26.2
62 39 Krzysztof Plywaczyk Poland 4 (2+2) 29:52.4 +3:33.6
63 88 Roland Zwahlen Switzerland 4 (2+2) 29:58.5 +3:39.7
64 86 Jean-Philippe Le Guellec Canada 5 (2+3) 30:01.2 +3:42.4
65 68 Priit Viks Estonia 2 (2+0) 30:03.3 +3:44.5
66 44 David Leoni Canada 5 (2+3) 30:06.3 +3:47.5
67 105 Claudio Böckli Switzerland 4 (3+1) 30:09.7 +3:50.9
68 74 Kiril Vasilev Bulgaria 1 (1+0) 30:12.1 +3:53.3
69 66 Jānis Bērziņš Latvia 3 (2+1) 30:14.2 +3:55.4
70 48 Vitaliy Rudenchyk Bulgaria 2 (1+1) 30:14.6 +3:55.8
71 57 Marek Matiaško Slovakia 4 (2+2) 30:16.5 +3:57.7
72 97 Kaspars Dumbris Latvia 3 (0+3) 30:17.8 +3:59.0
73 101 Dušan Šimočko Slovakia 2 (1+1) 30:20.1 +4:01.3
74 27 Edgars Piksons Latvia 4 (0+4) 30:21.9 +4:03.1
75 58 Lee-Steve Jackson Great Britain 1 (0+1) 30:25.9 +4:07.1
76 102 Vladimir Miklashevsky Belarus 3 (1+2) 30:33.1 +4:14.3
77 77 Oystein Slettemark Greenland 4 (1+3) 30:48.8 +4:30.0
78 64 Jakov Fak Croatia 4 (4+0) 30:49.2 +4:30.4
79 99 Mika Kaljunen Finland 3 (3+0) 30:51.3 +4:32.5
80 42 Zoltán Tagscherer Hungary 3 (1+2) 30:56.2 +4:37.4
81 100 Kauri Koiv Estonia 7 (5+2) 31:13.4 +4:54.6
82 46 Miroslav Matiaško Slovakia 7 (2+5) 31:38.0 +5:19.2
83 78 Pavol Hurajt Slovakia 6 (5+1) 31:49.2 +5:30.4
84 70 Zhang Long China 4 (3+1) 31:53.4 +5:34.6
85 31 Sebastian Beltrame Argentina 3 (2+1) 31:55.5 +5:36.7
86 95 Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria 5 (2+3) 32:04.6 +5:45.8
87 53 Mark Raymond Australia 4 (2+2) 32:13.4 +5:54.6
88 49 Imre Tagscherer Hungary 5 (2+3) 32:24.8 +6:06.0
89 54 Stavros Christoforidis Greece 1 (0+1) 32:59.7 +6:40.9
90 51 Martin Møller Greenland 5 (1+4) 33:02.1 +6:43.3
91 79 Damir Rastić Serbia 6 (3+3) 33:11.7 +6:52.9
92 33 Aleksandar Milenković Serbia 7 (3+4) 33:14.4 +6:55.6
93 98 Lance Hodgkins Great Britain 3 (1+2) 33:21.2 +7:02.4
94 92 Thorsten Langer Belgium 2 (1+1) 33:29.6 +7:10.8
95 62 Kevin Kane Great Britain 4 (2+2) 33:33.6 +7:14.8
96 28 Michail Kletcherov Bulgaria 2 (2+0) 33:40.6 +7:21.8
97 65 Vincent Naveau Belgium 3 (1+2) 33:54.1 +7:35.3
98 87 José Damián Barcos Argentina 1 (0+1) 33:59.3 +7:40.5
99 96 Csaba Cseke Hungary 6 (3+3) 34:01.1 +7:42.3
100 81 Károly Gombos Hungary 6 (2+4) 34:08.7 +7:49.9
101 71 Joe Brooks Great Britain 5 (3+2) 34:13.9 +7:55.1
102 55 Bojan Samardžija Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 (3+4) 34:59.8 +8:41.0
103 89 Pascal Langer Belgium 7 (5+2) 35:09.0 +8:50.2
76 Athanassios Tsakiris Greece 4 (3+1) Did not finish
45 Ilmārs Bricis Latvia Did not start

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ Final results
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