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Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's pursuit

|games = 2010 Winter

|image = 2010 Winter Olympics - Medalists for the Mens Pursuit Biathlon.jpg

|image_size = 250

|caption = The medalists for the event. From left: Christoph Sumann (silver), Björn Ferry (gold) and Vincent Jay (bronze)

|venue = Whistler Olympic Park

|date = February 16, 2010

|competitors = 60

|nations = 24

|win_value =33:38.4

|gold = Björn Ferry

|goldNOC = SWE

|silver = Christoph Sumann

|silverNOC = AUT

|bronze = Vincent Jay

|bronzeNOC = FRA

|prev= 2006

|next= 2014

}}

{{Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics}}

The men's pursuit competition in biathlon at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 16, 2010. It was won by Swedish athlete Björn Ferry, after both Ferry and second place finisher Christoph Sumann of Austria successfully pursued and overtook the leader at the start of the race, France's Vincent Jay.

Competition

The pursuit takes place over a distance of {{convert|12.5|km|0|abbr=on}}. The start of the competition was marred by irregularities in how officials released athletes at the beginning of their runs. In pursuit competitions, athlete's start times are staggered by the differences in their times in a previous sprint, in this case the 10km sprint event held on February 14. Thus, officials need to release athletes to begin the event at exact times. Athletes in both the men's and women's pursuit competitions were started earlier and later than their appropriate times, resulting in a number of complaints from coaches and athletes. Officials attempted to correct the errors by making alterations in the final times of competitors. Nonetheless, media reports cited the incident as embarrassing for the International Biathlon Union. Norbert Baier, the chief technical delegate from the IBU at the Games and the official responsible for ensuring that the rules were implemented correctly by officials, called it, "the worst day of my career."{{Cite news|last=Wright |first=Chris |title=Protests over start foul-ups mar biathlon |newspaper=Agence France-Presse |publisher=CTV Olympics |date=2010-02-16 |url=http://www.ctvolympics.ca/biathlon/news/newsid=43751.html |accessdate=2010-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312230059/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/biathlon/news/newsid%3D43751.html |archivedate=2010-03-12 }}

Following the sprint, Vincent Jay of France led the field and started first. Jay would continue to set the pace throughout much of the race. Björn Ferry of Sweden, who started the race in 8th place more than a minute behind Jay, pushed hard through much of the race and finally overtook Jay in the final lap. Following Ferry, Austrian Christoph Sumann also overtook Jay and won the silver medal. Jay held on to third place, beating his closest opponent by less than three seconds at the finish line, and securing the bronze medal. Ferry's victory was the first Olympic biathlon gold medal won by a Swedish athlete in 50 years.{{Cite news | last = Agence France-Presse | title = Biathlon (Sprint): Sweden's Ferry wins men's 12.5km pursuit | newspaper = Vancouver 2010 | date = 2010-02-16 | url = http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/biathlon-(sprint)--sweden's-ferry-wins-men's-12.5km-pursuit_280444BH.html | accessdate = 2010-02-17 | archive-date = 2010-02-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100217194453/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/biathlon-%28sprint%29--sweden%27s-ferry-wins-men%27s-12.5km-pursuit_280444BH.html | url-status = dead }} Norwegian competitors Emil Hegle Svendsen and Ole Einar Bjørndalen, a five-time Olympic champion, were expected to do well before the race but failed to live up to those expectations. Svendsen missed four shooting targets and Bjørndalen finished nearly a minute behind Ferry.

Confusion and starter errors

Observers and participants reported that several starter errors occurred during the race start. Competitors Jeremy Teela and Jean-Philippe Leguellec were started too early, before racers who were seeded higher than them. Teela stated that the early start threw-off his strategy, contributing to his missing two targets in his first two shooting range stops. Said Teela, "We have a couple more races this week. Hopefully the organizers figure this problem out and they make the races fair." Starter confusion was reportedly also present during the Women's pursuit earlier that day. U.S. coach Per Nilsson stated that he had never seen an Olympic biathlon as poorly managed as the February 16 women's race.Gustus, Lauren, (Gannett News Service), "[http://militarytimes.com/news/2010/02/gns_army_teela_olympics_021610/ Starter error frustrates biathletes, guardsman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513010948/http://militarytimes.com/news/2010/02/gns_army_teela_olympics_021610/ |date=2012-05-13 }}", Military Times, February 18, 2010.

Results

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! Rank !! Bib !! Name !! Country !! Start !! Time !! data-sort-type=number|Penalties (P+P+S+S) !! Deficit

{{gold01}}8align=left|Björn Ferryalign=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|2010 Winter}}1:1233:38.41 (0+0+0+1){{sort|+0:0.00|–}}
{{silver02}}12align=left|Christoph Sumannalign=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2010 Winter}}1:2533:54.92 (0+0+1+1){{sort|+0:16.5|+16.5}}
{{bronze03}}1align=left|Vincent Jayalign=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2010 Winter}}0:0034:06.62 (0+0+1+1){{sort|+0:28.2|+28.2}}
{{sort|04|4}}11align=left|Simon Ederalign=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2010 Winter}}1:2434:09.43 (0+0+2+1){{sort|+0:31.0|+31.0}}
{{sort|05|5}}21align=left|Michael Greisalign=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}}1:4834:29.61 (0+0+0+1){{sort|+0:51.2|+51.2}}
{{sort|06|6}}10align=left|Ivan Tcherezovalign=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}}1:1834:29.62 (1+0+1+0){{sort|+0:51.2|+51.2}}
{{sort|07|7}}17align=left|Ole Einar Bjørndalenalign=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}}1:4134:29.82 (0+0+0+2){{sort|+0:51.4|+51.4}}
{{sort|08|8}}2align=left|Emil Hegle Svendsenalign=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}}0:1234:30.44 (0+1+2+1){{sort|+0:52.0|+52.0}}
{{sort|09|9}}4align=left|Klemen Baueralign=left|{{flagIOC|SLO|2010 Winter}}0:1734:33.85 (1+0+2+2){{sort|+0:55.4|+55.4}}
1022align=left|Serhiy Sednevalign=left|{{flagIOC|UKR|2010 Winter}}1:4934:50.00 (0+0+0+0)+1:11.6
116align=left|Jean-Philippe Leguellecalign=left|{{flagIOC|CAN|2010 Winter}}0:5034:51.92 (0+1+0+1)+1:13.5
1213align=left|Thomas Freialign=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|2010 Winter}}1:2934:56.41 (0+1+0+0)+1:18.0
1323align=left|Andreas Birnbacheralign=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}}1:5935:03.42 (1+0+1+0)+1:25.0
1434align=left|Dominik Landertingeralign=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2010 Winter}}2:1635:06.73 (1+0+1+1)+1:28.3
1515align=left|Evgeny Ustyugovalign=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}}1:4035:07.44 (1+1+2+0)+1:29.0
167align=left|Pavol Hurajtalign=left|{{flagIOC|SVK|2010 Winter}}1:0735:12.83 (1+0+0+2)+1:34.4
1724align=left|Halvard Hanevoldalign=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}}2:0035:13.12 (1+1+0+0)+1:34.7
1829align=left|Tomasz Sikoraalign=left|{{flagIOC|POL|2010 Winter}}2:0835:14.33 (1+1+0+1)+1:35.9
1942align=left|Carl Johan Bergmanalign=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|2010 Winter}}2:3435:14.61 (0+1+0+0)+1:36.2
2030align=left|Anton Shipulinalign=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2010 Winter}}2:1135:34.43 (0+1+2+0)+1:56.0
2140align=left|Sergey Novikovalign=left|{{flagIOC|BLR|2010 Winter}}2:3035:35.22 (0+0+1+1)+1:56.8
2253align=left|Vincent Defrasnealign=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2010 Winter}}3:0735:35.60 (0+0+0+0)+1:57.2
2346align=left|Lars Bergeralign=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2010 Winter}}2:4535:37.22 (0+0+0+2)+1:58.8
249align=left|Jeremy Teelaalign=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}}1:1435:45.44 (0+0+2+2)+2:07.0
253align=left|Jakov Fakalign=left|{{flagIOC|CRO|2010 Winter}}0:1435:45.64 (2+1+0+1)+2:07.2
265align=left|Andriy Deryzemlyaalign=left|{{flagIOC|UKR|2010 Winter}}0:4135:48.76 (1+0+3+2)+2:10.3
2739align=left|Yan Savitskiyalign=left|{{flagIOC|KAZ|2010 Winter}}2:2735:49.61 (0+0+1+0)+2:11.2
2826align=left|Matthias Simmenalign=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|2010 Winter}}2:0435:55.01 (3+0+0+0)+2:16.6
2918align=left|Michal Šlesingralign=left|{{flagIOC|CZE|2010 Winter}}1:4335:58.83 (0+0+1+2)+2:20.4
3019align=left|Christoph Stephanalign=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}}1:4336:02.34 (1+0+1+2)+2:23.9
3120align=left|Alexandr Symanalign=left|{{flagIOC|BLR|2010 Winter}}1:4636:13.92 (0+0+1+1)+2:35.5
3214align=left|Ilmārs Bricisalign=left|{{flagIOC|LAT|2010 Winter}}1:3436:14.94 (0+0+2+2)+2:36.5
3338align=left|Fredrik Lindströmalign=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|2010 Winter}}2:2636:25.54 (0+1+1+2)+2:47.1
3435align=left|Martin Fourcadealign=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2010 Winter}}2:1836:28.45 (1+0+2+2)+2:50.0
3532align=left|Zhang Chengyealign=left|{{flagIOC|CHN|2010 Winter}}2:1236:28.75 (0+2+1+2)+2:50.3
3636align=left|Lowell Baileyalign=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}}2:1936:34.03 (0+2+1+0)+2:55.6
3737align=left|Arnd Peifferalign=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2010 Winter}}2:2136:44.94 (0+0+1+3)+3:06.5
3828align=left|Zdeněk Vítekalign=left|{{flagIOC|CZE|2010 Winter}}2:0636:45.15 (1+1+1+2)+3:06.7
3933align=left|Serhiy Semenovalign=left|{{flagIOC|UKR|2010 Winter}}2:1336:55.74 (3+1+0+0)+3:17.3
4049align=left|Evgeny Abramenkoalign=left|{{flagIOC|BLR|2010 Winter}}2:5036:56.01 (0+0+1+0)+3:17.6
4145align=left|Daniel Mesotitschalign=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2010 Winter}}2:3836:56.04 (0+0+3+1)+3:17.6
4243align=left|Rustam Valiullinalign=left|{{flagIOC|BLR|2010 Winter}}2:3637:05.55 (1+0+2+2)+3:27.1
4316align=left|Simon Hallenbarteralign=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|2010 Winter}}1:4137:07.96 (1+2+1+2)+3:29.5
4459align=left|Michail Kletcherovalign=left|{{flagIOC|BUL|2010 Winter}}3:1537:08.10 (0+0+0+0)+3:29.7
4525align=left|Krasimir Anevalign=left|{{flagIOC|BUL|2010 Winter}}2:0137:24.23 (2+0+0+1)+3:45.8
4647align=left|Tim Burkealign=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}}2:4737:26.85 (0+2+1+2)+3:48.4
4727align=left|Janez Maričalign=left|{{flagIOC|SLO|2010 Winter}}2:0537:28.45 (0+1+3+1)+3:50.0
4831align=left|Indrek Tobrelutsalign=left|{{flagIOC|EST|2010 Winter}}2:1137:29.05 (2+0+2+1)+3:50.6
4951align=left|Alexsandr Chervyhkovalign=left|{{flagIOC|KAZ|2010 Winter}}3:0237:30.53 (1+0+1+1)+3:52.1
5048align=left|Kauri Koivalign=left|{{flagIOC|EST|2010 Winter}}2:4837:45.54 (0+1+2+1)+4:07.1
5152align=left|Jaroslav Soukupalign=left|{{flagIOC|CZE|2010 Winter}}3:0338:04.94 (1+1+1+1)+4:26.5
5241align=left|Timo Antilaalign=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|2010 Winter}}2:3038:22.16 (0+1+2+3)+4:43.7
5344align=left|Markus Windischalign=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}}2:3739:50.86 (0+2+3+1)+6:12.4
5456align=left|Lukas Hoferalign=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}}3:1139:50.95 (2+0+2+1)+6:12.5
5560align=left|Mattia Colaalign=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|2010 Winter}}3:1739:50.94 (0+0+0+4)+6:12.5
5655align=left|Lee-Steve Jacksonalign=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|2010 Winter}}3:1039:54.74 (0+1+3+0)+6:16.3
5754align=left|Jay Hakkinenalign=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2010 Winter}}3:1040:33.26 (1+2+3+0)+6:54.8
5850align=left|Andrejs Rastorgujevsalign=left|{{flagIOC|LAT|2010 Winter}}2:5841:35.99 (2+2+3+2)+7:57.5
5957align=left|Vasja Rupnikalign=left|{{flagIOC|SLO|2010 Winter}}3:1341:59.211 (1+2+4+4)+8:20.8
{{hs|60}}58align=left|Peter Doklalign=left|{{flagIOC|SLO|2010 Winter}}3:13{{sort|99:99.9|LAP}}5 (0+3+2+ ){{sort|9:99.9
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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100408201925/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-biathlon/schedule-and-results/mens-12.5-km-pursuit_btm512101oV.html 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 12.5 km Pursuit], from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-15.

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