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Biathlon World Championships 2007 – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the Biathlon World Championships 2007
LocationAntholz-Anterselva, Italy
Date3 February
Competitors104 from 31 nations
Winning time26:18.8
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    Czech Republic
bronze medal    Ukraine
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The men's sprint competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2007 was held on 3 February 2007.[1]

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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

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

Rank Bib Name Nationality Penalties (P+S) Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 22 Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway 1 (0+1) 26:18.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 38 Michal Šlesingr  Czech Republic 0 (0+0) 26:23.6 +4.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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