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20 kilometres, Men

Date20 February 1994 — 10:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBirkebeineren Skistadion, Lillehammer
Participants70 from 28 countries
FormatOne-minute penalty for each missed target.
DetailsCourse Length: 19,871 m
Height Differential: 57 m
Maximum Climb: 43 m
Shooting 1: Prone at 4.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 2: Standing at 8.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 3: Prone at 12.0 km, 50 m range
Shooting 4: Standing at 16.0 km, 50 m range
Total Climbing: 743 m

Any one of six biathletes was considered to have a shot at the gold medal – Soviets Sergey Chepikov and Sergey Tarasov; Germans Mark Kirchner, Frank Luck, and Sven Fischer, and Italian Andreas Zingerle. Zingerle had won the 1993 World Championship, while Fischer and Luck were leading the 1993-94 World Cup season. Kirchner was a four-time World Champion, with Chepikov and Tarasov frequently on the podium at major internationals. While many biathlon races are determined by shooting, in the end this event would come down to who could ski the fastest and shoot reasonably well. And that was Tarasov and Luck, who both missed three targets, but went 1-2 in skiing time, and won the gold and silver medals, respectively. Luck was leading until he missed his final shot. The bronze medal went to Luck’s brother-in-law, Sven Fischer. Zingerle, Kirchner, and Chepikov placed 6-7-8, with Kirchner and Chepikov done in by their shooting and Zingerle by his skiing, finishing with only the 11th best ski time.

PosCompetitorNOCAdjusted TimeMissesSkiingShooting 1 MissesShooting 1Shooting 2 MissesShooting 2Shooting 3 MissesShooting 3Shooting 4 MissesShooting 4
1Sergey TarasovRUS57:25.3354:25.3 (1)213:14.2 (48)022:40.1 (5)135:50.8 (7)045:38.8 (1)Gold
2Frank LuckGER57:28.7354:28.7 (2)011:19.2 (1)222:51.8 (7)035:09.0 (1)146:04.9 (2)Silver
3Sven FischerGER57:41.9255:41.9 (8)011:22.6 (2)223:07.7 (13)035:38.4 (5)045:40.3 (3)Bronze
4Aliaksandr PapouBLR57:53.1057:53.1 (27)011:56.1 (9)022:27.0 (3)035:31.5 (=3)045:46.6 (=4)
5Jens SteinigenGER58:18.1256:18.1 (14)011:46.3 (=3)021:42.3 (1)236:18.0 (15)046:23.9 (5)
6Andreas ZingerleITA58:54.1355:54.1 (11)112:38.0 (30)123:26.4 (23)035:52.1 (9)146:57.6 (6)
7Mark KirchnerGER59:16.4455:16.4 (4)112:27.4 (23)123:09.4 (16)035:11.1 (2)247:10.4 (7)
8Sergey ChepikovRUS59:31.4554:31.4 (3)112:30.7 (24)123:07.2 (14)338:11.1 (43)047:56.4 (8)
9Sylfest GlimsdalNOR59:42.4356:42.4 (16)213:58.0 (57)024:08.9 (38)036:46.4 (18)148:01.8 (9)
10Alfred EderAUT59:43.9059:43.9 (52)012:33.5 (27)023:08.3 (15)036:15.0 (13)047:14.5 (10)
11Petr GarabíkCZE59:48.9158:48.9 (45)011:49.7 (6)123:01.8 (11)036:12.0 (12)046:57.4 (11)
12Taras DolniyUKR59:51.1356:51.1 (18)011:50.8 (7)122:56.0 (9)035:31.5 (=3)247:54.1 (=4)
13Patrice Bailly-SalinsFRA59:53.5455:53.5 (10)112:22.2 (19)224:16.5 (42)036:42.3 (17)147:48.6 (13)
14Roman ZvonkovUKR1-00:06.801-00:06.8 (57)012:32.3 (26)023:02.3 (12)036:27.7 (16)047:29.7 (14)
15Pieralberto CarraraITA1-00:14.2456:14.2 (13)011:46.3 (=3)223:37.3 (27)035:52.5 (8)248:06.5 (15)
16Aivo UdrasEST1-00:14.5357:14.5 (20)112:50.9 (39)023:01.7 (10)035:48.0 (6)248:13.4 (16)
17Jiří HolubecCZE1-00:18.9159:18.9 (50)012:17.7 (17)022:38.8 (4)036:01.0 (10)147:42.7 (17)
18Ludwig GredlerAUT1-00:21.6555:21.6 (5)112:15.2 (16)122:53.1 (8)136:09.7 (11)248:04.9 (18)
19Gundars UpenieksLAT1-00:26.5258:26.5 (38)113:08.5 (46)023:18.8 (21)036:17.9 (14)147:49.5 (19)
20Wilfried PallhuberITA1-00:27.1555:27.1 (6)213:28.0 (49)023:10.3 (17)237:32.5 (31)148:32.8 (20)
21Gheorghe VasileROU1-00:33.7258:33.7 (41)113:06.0 (45)124:25.0 (45)037:33.6 (32)048:09.6 (21)
22Patrick FavreITA1-00:40.3357:40.3 (23)012:00.1 (12)123:12.7 (19)137:04.9 (22)148:37.5 (22)
23Viktar MaihurauBLR1-00:42.7456:42.7 (17)112:36.1 (29)123:30.0 (25)137:15.9 (23)148:36.2 (23)
24Valery MedvedtsevRUS1-00:44.0357:44.0 (25)112:50.0 (38)123:58.9 (34)036:51.4 (20)148:25.5 (24)
25Leif AnderssonSWE1-01:03.711-00:03.7 (56)012:18.3 (18)124:00.2 (35)037:18.7 (26)048:14.3 (25)
26Vitaliy MohilenkoUKR1-01:07.7358:07.7 (31)112:57.4 (=41)023:27.4 (24)137:15.1 (=24)148:42.8 (=26)
27Per BrandtSWE1-01:09.4358:09.4 (33)011:47.5 (5)123:11.7 (18)137:24.6 (27)148:58.6 (27)
28Vadzim SashurynBLR1-01:09.8259:09.8 (49)213:49.2 (52)024:38.9 (50)037:58.7 (38)048:37.3 (28)
29Janez OžboltSLO1-01:19.1358:19.1 (35)112:44.1 (34)022:46.3 (6)238:12.2 (44)048:42.3 (29)
30Harri ElorantaFIN1-01:40.9655:40.9 (7)112:27.8 (22)325:28.8 (61)138:47.3 (52)149:46.8 (30)
31János PanyikHUN1-01:41.6457:41.6 (24)112:45.0 (35)224:50.3 (51)037:52.1 (36)149:22.8 (31)
32Lionel LaurentFRA1-01:42.6358:42.6 (43)012:08.3 (14)123:22.8 (22)238:28.0 (47)048:51.7 (32)
33Hanspeter KnobelSUI1-01:42.811-00:42.8 (60)012:30.8 (25)124:05.5 (37)037:40.0 (33)048:33.6 (33)
34Ivan MasaříkCZE1-01:46.0358:46.0 (44)113:02.7 (43)124:31.0 (47)037:30.0 (30)149:06.5 (34)
35Valery KiriyenkoRUS1-01:46.3655:46.3 (9)112:41.1 (31)224:27.1 (46)238:45.5 (51)149:42.8 (35)
36Ole Einar BjørndalenNOR1-01:51.0457:51.0 (26)112:46.2 (37)123:55.4 (33)138:07.5 (40)149:21.8 (36)
37Thanasis TsakirisGRE1-01:51.711-00:51.7 (=62)012:34.8 (28)023:16.7 (20)036:46.9 (19)149:03.8 (37)
38Jure VelepecSLO1-01:58.0259:58.0 (55)012:25.2 (21)123:54.5 (32)037:29.2 (29)149:13.7 (38)
39Jan ZiemianinPOL1-02:00.6458:00.6 (28)011:52.2 (8)224:18.5 (43)037:15.1 (=24)249:39.6 (=26)
40Oļegs MaļuhinsLAT1-02:02.1458:02.1 (29)214:28.3 (63)024:35.2 (49)138:39.4 (50)150:00.5 (40)
41Timo SeppäläFIN1-02:07.0359:07.0 (48)112:57.4 (=41)124:21.8 (44)138:39.6 (49)049:22.7 (41)
42Ulf JohanssonSWE1-02:14.2458:14.2 (34)011:58.7 (11)224:13.9 (41)138:10.1 (42)149:43.9 (42)
43Steve CyrCAN1-02:20.7656:20.7 (15)112:46.7 (36)123:38.5 (29)238:09.5 (41)250:10.7 (43)
44Hervé FlandinFRA1-02:25.9458:25.9 (37)214:08.4 (59)125:41.2 (63)139:34.3 (56)050:03.9 (44)
45Jean-Marc ChablozSUI1-02:27.9458:27.9 (39)012:11.9 (15)022:13.1 (2)237:24.3 (28)249:56.8 (45)
46Halvard HanevoldNOR1-02:52.0458:52.0 (47)113:09.4 (47)023:38.2 (28)238:48.5 (54)150:30.0 (46)
47Franck PerrotFRA1-02:57.0359:57.0 (54)012:05.8 (13)123:31.4 (26)036:55.8 (21)249:32.9 (47)
48Franz SchulerAUT1-03:01.4756:01.4 (12)213:52.5 (53)124:50.8 (52)340:15.5 (59)151:17.9 (48)
49Glenn RupertusCAN1-03:05.9558:05.9 (30)011:57.4 (10)224:08.6 (39)137:49.4 (35)250:16.8 (49)
50Lukáš KrejčiSVK1-03:28.0558:28.0 (40)112:56.9 (40)124:09.7 (40)138:19.4 (45)250:56.9 (50)
51Dmitry PantovKAZ1-03:29.8657:29.8 (21)112:42.0 (32)123:42.2 (30)238:35.9 (48)251:09.0 (51)
52Jon Åge TyldumNOR1-03:31.731-00:31.7 (59)214:38.0 (64)024:54.5 (53)038:28.3 (46)150:20.8 (52)
53Yauhen RedzkinBLR1-03:34.9657:34.9 (22)213:31.6 (50)124:33.3 (48)239:35.0 (57)151:10.3 (53)
=54Ian WoodsGBR1-03:44.031-00:44.0 (61)214:45.1 (65)025:06.3 (56)038:52.5 (55)150:51.5 (54)
=54Mike DixonGBR1-03:44.011-02:44.0 (69)012:44.3 (33)023:46.8 (31)037:52.9 (37)150:02.4 (55)
56Pavel SládekSVK1-03:51.731-00:51.7 (=62)012:22.6 (20)124:04.6 (36)037:47.9 (34)250:43.3 (56)
57Martin PfurtschellerAUT1-03:56.3756:56.3 (19)213:57.1 (54)125:09.9 (57)138:48.9 (53)351:51.3 (57)
58Gintaras JasinskasLTU1-04:08.9658:08.9 (32)213:59.9 (58)125:05.1 (55)038:00.6 (39)351:26.1 (58)
59Boštjan LekanSLO1-05:12.351-00:12.3 (58)315:20.6 (69)227:49.8 (67)041:25.5 (64)052:02.2 (59)
60Krasimir VidenovBUL1-05:21.4659:21.4 (51)213:57.9 (55)125:24.5 (59)240:50.0 (62)152:27.6 (60)
61Urmas KaldveeEST1-05:23.2758:23.2 (36)113:05.7 (44)225:30.4 (62)341:37.2 (65)152:58.2 (61)
62Misao KodateJPN1-05:34.6758:34.6 (42)214:14.0 (61)226:41.8 (65)039:36.4 (58)353:16.6 (62)
63Wiesław ZiemianinPOL1-05:48.8659:48.8 (53)214:08.1 (60)125:25.1 (60)240:47.3 (61)152:38.3 (63)
64Jon EngenUSA1-06:39.741-02:39.7 (68)215:02.9 (68)228:10.4 (68)042:23.3 (66)053:40.4 (64)
65Curt SchreinerUSA1-07:41.661-01:41.6 (67)113:43.4 (51)125:19.4 (58)241:07.9 (63)254:12.3 (65)
66Glenn OlssonSWE1-07:55.971-00:55.9 (64)214:23.6 (62)125:57.3 (64)140:21.9 (60)354:36.1 (66)
67Jan WojtasPOL1-08:10.571-01:10.5 (65)315:31.0 (70)228:16.6 (69)142:54.6 (67)155:00.2 (67)
68Vesa HietalahtiFIN1-08:49.11058:49.1 (46)213:58.2 (56)125:05.4 (54)543:14.4 (68)255:44.9 (68)
69Kalju OjasteEST1-11:21.4101-01:21.4 (66)214:46.7 (66)227:44.2 (66)546:33.5 (70)158:28.2 (69)
70Vasily GherghyMDA1-16:30.491-07:30.4 (70)114:54.9 (67)430:31.9 (70)146:27.6 (69)31-01:30.9 (70)