| Date | 20 February 1988 — 10:58 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Canmore Nordic Centre, Canmore | |
| Participants | 71 from 21 countries | |
| Format | One-minute penalty for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 19,966 m Height Differential: 103 m Maximum Climb: 55 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: 736 m | |
The favorite was East German Frank-Peter Roetsch who had won three of the last four seasonal World Cups, and was World Champion in both individual events in 1987. His biggest challenge was expected to come from Soviet biathlete Valery Medvedtsev, winner of both events at the 1986 World Championships. Medvedtsev went off 26th with Roetsch having start number 43. None of the leaders had clean shooting rounds, but Roetsch missed three targets to Medvedtsev’s two. However, it didn’t matter because of Roetsch’s superior skiing speed, which brought him home for the gold medal in 56:33.3. As expected, Medvedtsev was second, finishing 21.3 seconds down to Roetsch. The bronze medal went to Italy’s Johann Passler, who had been third in the sprint at the 1985 World Championships and would finish third in the 1987-88 World Cup race.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Adjusted Time | Misses | Skiing | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 3 Misses | Shooting 4 Misses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 | Frank-Peter Roetsch |  GDR | 56:33.3 | 3 | 53:33.3 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Gold | ||
| 2 | 26 | Valery Medvedtsev |  URS | 56:54.6 | 2 | 54:54.6 (=2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Silver | ||
| 3 | 53 | Johann Passler |  ITA | 57:10.1 | 2 | 55:10.1 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 51 | Sergey Chepikov | URS | 57:17.5 | 1 | 56:17.5 (16) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 11 | Yury Kashkarov | URS | 57:43.1 | 2 | 55:43.1 (10) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 6 | 50 | Eirik Kvalfoss |  NOR | 57:54.6 | 3 | 54:54.6 (=2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 28 | André Sehmisch | GDR | 58:11.4 | 3 | 55:11.4 (5) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 35 | Tapio Piipponen |  FIN | 58:18.3 | 3 | 55:18.3 (6) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 | 59 | Matthias Jacob | GDR | 58:20.1 | 3 | 55:20.1 (7) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 29 | Peter Angerer |  FRG | 58:46.7 | 3 | 55:46.7 (11) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 11 | 14 | Gottlieb Taschler | ITA | 58:53.6 | 3 | 55:53.6 (13) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 12 | 58 | Aliaksandr Papou | URS | 59:24.0 | 3 | 56:24.0 (17) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 47 | Mike Dixon |  GBR | 59:32.4 | 2 | 57:32.4 (31) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 48 | Jan Matouš |  TCH | 59:35.3 | 3 | 56:35.3 (20) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 15 | 12 | Hristo Vodenicharov |  BUL | 1-00:20.8 | 2 | 58:20.8 (40) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 7 | Jürgen Wirth | GDR | 1-00:25.9 | 3 | 57:25.9 (30) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 17 | 61 | Herbert Fritzenwenger | FRG | 1-00:27.8 | 4 | 56:27.8 (18) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 18 | 63 | Jean-Paul Giachino |  FRA | 1-00:43.7 | 3 | 57:43.7 (33) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 19 | 45 | Vasil Bozhilov | BUL | 1-00:49.8 | 4 | 56:49.8 (21) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 20 | 27 | Frode Løberg | NOR | 1-00:52.7 | 4 | 56:52.7 (22) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 32 | Vladimir Velichkov | BUL | 1-00:56.5 | 4 | 56:56.5 (=24) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 22 | 8 | Tomáš Kos | TCH | 1-01:02.7 | 3 | 58:02.7 (36) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 23 | 42 | Fritz Fischer | FRG | 1-01:04.5 | 5 | 56:04.5 (14) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 24 | 71 | Bruno Hofstätter |  AUT | 1-01:05.1 | 4 | 57:05.1 (28) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 25 | 57 | Josh Thompson |  USA | 1-01:29.4 | 5 | 56:29.4 (19) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 26 | 33 | Alfred Eder | AUT | 1-01:39.7 | 6 | 55:39.7 (9) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 27 | 18 | Egon Leitner | AUT | 1-01:52.3 | 3 | 58:52.3 (44) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 28 | 1 | Carl Davies | GBR | 1-01:54.1 | 3 | 58:54.1 (45) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 29 | 9 | Ernst Reiter | FRG | 1-01:54.8 | 5 | 56:54.8 (23) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 30 | 17 | Gisle Fenne | NOR | 1-01:56.5 | 5 | 56:56.5 (=24) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 31 | 30 | Peter Sjödén |  SWE | 1-02:07.8 | 3 | 59:07.8 (46) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 32 | 37 | Jiří Holubec | TCH | 1-02:08.3 | 5 | 57:08.3 (29) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 33 | 55 | Ken Karpoff |  CAN | 1-02:19.7 | 3 | 59:19.7 (49) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | 19 | Glenn Rupertus | CAN | 1-03:10.4 | 7 | 56:10.4 (15) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 35 | 24 | Jure Velepec |  YUG | 1-03:15.6 | 4 | 59:15.6 (=47) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 36 | 39 | Franz Schuler | AUT | 1-03:24.5 | 8 | 55:24.5 (8) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 37 | 68 | Leif Andersson | SWE | 1-03:27.3 | 5 | 58:27.3 (41) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 38 | 60 | Juha Tella | FIN | 1-03:39.0 | 6 | 57:39.0 (32) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 39 | 65 | Sylfest Glimsdal | NOR | 1-03:46.9 | 8 | 55:46.9 (12) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 40 | 52 | Misao Kodate |  JPN | 1-03:51.0 | 6 | 57:51.0 (34) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 41 | 2 | Thierry Gerbier | FRA | 1-03:51.7 | 6 | 57:51.7 (35) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 42 | 15 | Darin Binning | USA | 1-03:54.8 | 4 | 59:54.8 (52) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 43 | 66 | Werner Kiem | ITA | 1-04:00.3 | 7 | 57:00.3 (26) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 44 | 62 | František Chládek | TCH | 1-04:01.3 | 4 | 1-00:01.3 (53) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 45 | 21 | Éric Claudon | FRA | 1-04:16.8 | 6 | 58:16.8 (39) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 46 | 10 | Charles Plamondon | CAN | 1-04:27.5 | 5 | 59:27.5 (50) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 47 | 22 | Trevor King | GBR | 1-04:37.9 | 6 | 58:37.9 (43) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 48 | 4 | Tadashi Nakamura | JPN | 1-05:01.3 | 8 | 57:01.3 (27) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 49 | 40 | Bill Carow | USA | 1-05:10.1 | 5 | 1-00:10.1 (54) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 50 | 54 | Harri Eloranta | FIN | 1-05:10.6 | 7 | 58:10.6 (37) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 51 | 49 | Mikael Löfgren | SWE | 1-05:12.0 | 7 | 58:12.0 (38) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 52 | 31 | Curt Schreiner | USA | 1-05:22.7 | 5 | 1-00:22.7 (55) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 53 | 56 | Mark Langin | GBR | 1-05:50.3 | 4 | 1-01:50.3 (56) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 54 | 23 | Zsolt Kovács |  HUN | 1-06:15.2 | 4 | 1-02:15.2 (57) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 55 | 64 | Hristo Kovachki | BUL | 1-06:15.6 | 7 | 59:15.6 (=47) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 56 | 41 | Hervé Flandin | FRA | 1-06:50.9 | 7 | 59:50.9 (51) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 57 | 20 | Andrew Paul |  AUS | 1-08:59.3 | 6 | 1-02:59.3 (59) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 58 | 13 | Arto Jääskeläinen | FIN | 1-09:29.5 | 11 | 58:29.5 (42) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 59 | 67 | Jamie Kallio | CAN | 1-10:13.1 | 7 | 1-03:13.1 (60) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Koichi Sato | JPN | 1-10:18.7 | 8 | 1-02:18.7 (58) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 61 | 69 | Akihiro Takizawa | JPN | 1-10:38.0 | 7 | 1-03:38.0 (61) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 62 | 34 | Hong Byeong-Sik |  KOR | 1-14:03.2 | 8 | 1-06:03.2 (62) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 63 | 3 | Ju Yong-Dae | KOR | 1-14:27.5 | 8 | 1-06:27.5 (63) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 64 | 5 | Alejandro Giró |  ARG | 1-16:34.4 | 5 | 1-11:34.4 (66) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 65 | 70 | Kim Yong-Un | KOR | 1-17:23.0 | 9 | 1-08:23.0 (64) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 66 | 44 | Sin Yong-Seon | KOR | 1-17:44.5 | 9 | 1-08:44.5 (65) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 67 | 46 | Luis Argel | ARG | 1-23:47.6 | 11 | 1-12:47.6 (67) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 68 | 16 | Elliot Archilla |  PUR | 1-51:57.6 | 13 | 1-38:57.6 (68) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Roger Westling | SWE | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 38 | Andreas Zingerle | ITA | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25 | Gustavo Giró | ARG | – | – | – (–) | – | – | – | – |
