| | Event type
10 kilometres Sprint, Men
| Date | 13 February 2002 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Soldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park | |
| Participants | 87 from 34 countries | |
| Format | Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target. | |
| Details | Course Length: 10,445 m Height Differential: 67 m Maximum Climb: 31 m Shooting 1: Prone at 3.0 km, 50 m range Shooting 2: Standing at 7.0 km, 50 m range Total Climbing: 341 m | |
Since the 1998 Winter Olympics, the best biathlete in the world had been Ole Einar Bjørndalen, who had won the World Cup in 1997-98, been second for the next three years, and won several event seasonal World Cups. He had less success at the World Championships, but was still favored in most events in Salt Lake City, and was the defending champion in the sprint. When this event started he already had one gold medal, having won the 20 km. The early leader was German Sven Fischer, who started 10th, and posted 25:20.2 with one missed target. Bjørndalen started near the end, 81st of 87 biathletes. He would also win this race, posting 24:51.3, as that one missed target would come back to haunt Fischer. Bjørndalen shot cleanly and the one penalty loop was just about the margin of victory. The bronze medal went to Austrian Wolfgang Perner, who became the first from his Alpine country to win a medal in biathlon at the Winter Olympics. But at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Perner was found to have been involved in an elaborate blood doping scheme, and was later banned for life by the IOC.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Misses | Shooting 1 Misses | Shooting 1 | Shooting 2 Misses | Shooting 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  NOR | 24:51.3 | 0 | 0 | 7:46.5 (4) | 0 | 17:45.2 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Sven Fischer |  GER | 25:20.2 | 1 | 0 | 7:42.4 (2) | 1 | 18:15.8 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Wolfgang Perner |  AUT | 25:44.4 | 0 | 0 | 8:03.7 (17) | 0 | 18:30.6 (4) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Ricco Groß | GER | 25:44.6 | 1 | 0 | 7:47.8 (5) | 1 | 18:34.3 (7) | |||
| 5 | Wolfgang Rottmann | AUT | 25:48.8 | 2 | 1 | 8:16.9 (=38) | 1 | 18:54.4 (14) | |||
| 6 | Pavel Rostovtsev |  RUS | 25:50.1 | 1 | 0 | 7:57.1 (11) | 1 | 18:39.9 (10) | |||
| 7 | Viktor Maygurov | RUS | 25:50.9 | 0 | 0 | 8:04.4 (=18) | 0 | 18:36.8 (8) | |||
| 8 | Frode Andresen | NOR | 25:51.5 | 2 | 0 | 7:46.4 (3) | 2 | 18:41.8 (11) | |||
| 9 | Raphaël Poirée |  FRA | 25:56.9 | 2 | 0 | 7:41.4 (1) | 2 | 18:34.9 (6) | |||
| 10 | Ludwig Gredler | AUT | 26:04.3 | 2 | 1 | 8:13.5 (=32) | 1 | 19:00.4 (17) | |||
| 11 | Aleh Ryzhankou |  BLR | 26:05.5 | 0 | 0 | 7:52.1 (7) | 0 | 18:32.8 (5) | |||
| 12 | Vadzim Sashuryn | BLR | 26:09.9 | 0 | 0 | 7:51.8 (6) | 0 | 18:38.0 (9) | |||
| 13 | Halvard Hanevold | NOR | 26:12.5 | 0 | 0 | 8:12.5 (30) | 0 | 18:51.0 (13) | |||
| 14 | Zdeněk Vítek |  CZE | 26:14.0 | 1 | 0 | 8:07.4 (22) | 1 | 18:59.7 (16) | |||
| 15 | Michael Greis | GER | 26:18.4 | 2 | 1 | 8:03.6 (16) | 1 | 18:48.7 (12) | |||
| 16 | Paavo Puurunen |  FIN | 26:24.7 | 1 | 1 | 8:18.7 (=42) | 0 | 18:56.6 (15) | |||
| 17 | Björn Ferry |  SWE | 26:30.5 | 2 | 1 | 8:30.9 (=55) | 1 | 19:21.7 (30) | |||
| 18 | Wojciech Kozub |  POL | 26:31.9 | 1 | 0 | 8:10.6 (28) | 1 | 19:05.4 (18) | |||
| 19 | Timo Antila | FIN | 26:33.4 | 1 | 0 | 8:05.1 (20) | 1 | 19:16.2 (26) | |||
| 20 | Jeremy Teela |  USA | 26:36.6 | 2 | 0 | 7:56.2 (9) | 2 | 19:12.5 (23) | |||
| 21 | Vincent Defrasne | FRA | 26:36.7 | 2 | 1 | 8:21.3 (=49) | 1 | 19:14.7 (24) | |||
| 22 | René Cattarinussi |  ITA | 26:37.3 | 1 | 0 | 7:58.7 (12) | 1 | 19:06.3 (20) | |||
| 23 | Tomaž Globočnik |  SLO | 26:40.0 | 1 | 0 | 8:08.3 (26) | 1 | 19:11.9 (22) | |||
| 24 | Egil Gjelland | NOR | 26:42.5 | 1 | 1 | 8:20.4 (=45) | 0 | 19:16.4 (27) | |||
| 25 | Vesa Hietalahti | FIN | 26:43.2 | 0 | 0 | 8:11.0 (29) | 0 | 19:05.2 (19) | |||
| 26 | Jay Hakkinen | USA | 26:43.5 | 1 | 1 | 8:21.3 (=49) | 0 | 19:08.9 (21) | |||
| 27 | Marko Dolenc | SLO | 26:47.0 | 1 | 0 | 7:55.3 (8) | 1 | 19:15.5 (25) | |||
| 28 | Carl Johan Bergman | SWE | 26:47.1 | 1 | 0 | 8:16.9 (=38) | 1 | 19:23.0 (32) | |||
| 29 | Frank Luck | GER | 26:47.7 | 2 | 1 | 8:20.7 (47) | 1 | 19:18.4 (28) | |||
| 30 | Dimitri Borovik |  EST | 26:50.1 | 2 | 1 | 8:25.6 (53) | 1 | 19:29.7 (36) | |||
| 31 | Tomasz Sikora | POL | 26:59.3 | 1 | 0 | 8:06.4 (21) | 1 | 19:22.6 (31) | |||
| 32 | Tomáš Holubec | CZE | 27:01.8 | 1 | 0 | 8:10.1 (27) | 1 | 19:29.6 (37) | |||
| 33 | Sergey Rusinov | RUS | 27:04.3 | 1 | 0 | 8:07.9 (24) | 1 | 19:31.6 (38) | |||
| 34 | Roman Dostál | CZE | 27:04.9 | 2 | 0 | 8:13.3 (31) | 2 | 19:49.8 (48) | |||
| 35 | Julien Robert | FRA | 27:05.1 | 2 | 1 | 8:25.2 (52) | 1 | 19:27.2 (34) | |||
| 36 | V'iacheslav Derkach |  UKR | 27:05.3 | 1 | 0 | 8:00.0 (15) | 1 | 19:20.4 (29) | |||
| 37 | Aliaksei Aydarau | BLR | 27:06.4 | 2 | 1 | 8:20.6 (46) | 1 | 19:33.4 (39) | |||
| 38 | Andriy Deryzemlia | UKR | 27:11.1 | 1 | 0 | 8:07.6 (25) | 1 | 19:26.8 (33) | |||
| 39 | Marek Matiaško |  SVK | 27:12.6 | 1 | 0 | 8:13.5 (=32) | 1 | 19:49.4 (49) | |||
| 40 | Ilmārs Bricis |  LAT | 27:17.3 | 2 | 1 | 8:32.4 (57) | 1 | 19:43.0 (44) | |||
| 41 | Kyoji Suga |  JPN | 27:21.0 | 1 | 0 | 8:04.4 (=18) | 1 | 19:29.5 (35) | |||
| 42 | Marian Blaj |  ROU | 27:25.5 | 1 | 1 | 8:47.9 (65) | 0 | 19:49.3 (47) | |||
| 43 | Robin Clegg |  CAN | 27:28.3 | 2 | 1 | 8:30.9 (=55) | 1 | 19:51.3 (50) | |||
| 44 | Janez Marič | SLO | 27:28.6 | 2 | 0 | 7:59.8 (13) | 2 | 19:42.0 (43) | |||
| 45 | Janno Prants | EST | 27:29.2 | 3 | 1 | 8:23.6 (51) | 2 | 19:55.7 (=51) | |||
| 46 | Oļegs Maļuhins | LAT | 27:30.7 | 3 | 1 | 8:15.1 (37) | 2 | 19:44.4 (46) | |||
| 47 | Petr Garabík | CZE | 27:30.9 | 2 | 0 | 8:00.4 (14) | 2 | 19:38.8 (41) | |||
| 48 | Indrek Tobreluts | EST | 27:31.1 | 2 | 0 | 8:18.7 (=42) | 2 | 19:56.7 (54) | |||
| 49 | Paolo Longo | ITA | 27:31.9 | 0 | 0 | 8:15.9 (36) | 0 | 19:34.9 (40) | |||
| 50 | Wilfried Pallhuber | ITA | 27:35.7 | 1 | 0 | 8:14.5 (34) | 1 | 19:42.7 (42) | |||
| 51 | Sergey Rozhkov | RUS | 27:39.8 | 4 | 3 | 9:05.2 (74) | 1 | 20:18.5 (63) | |||
| 52 | Jēkabs Nākums | LAT | 27:40.9 | 1 | 1 | 8:36.9 (58) | 0 | 19:43.5 (45) | |||
| 53 | Ruslan Lysenko | UKR | 27:43.1 | 2 | 0 | 8:16.4 (40) | 2 | 19:58.4 (55) | |||
| 54 | Lawton Redman | USA | 27:43.4 | 2 | 1 | 8:51.1 (68) | 1 | 20:07.5 (59) | |||
| 55 | Roland Zwahlen |  SUI | 27:43.7 | 1 | 1 | 8:45.2 (64) | 0 | 19:55.7 (=51) | |||
| =56 | Aliaksandr Syman | BLR | 27:45.3 | 3 | 2 | 8:57.3 (70) | 1 | 20:06.7 (58) | |||
| =56 | Zhang Qing |  CHN | 27:45.3 | 1 | 1 | 8:49.2 (66) | 0 | 20:06.4 (57) | |||
| 58 | Wiesław Ziemianin | POL | 27:47.0 | 2 | 0 | 8:15.5 (35) | 2 | 20:05.7 (56) | |||
| 59 | Sašo Grajf | SLO | 27:52.6 | 2 | 0 | 8:07.3 (23) | 2 | 20:13.9 (60) | |||
| 60 | Georgi Kasabov |  BUL | 27:55.8 | 1 | 0 | 8:20.4 (=45) | 1 | 19:56.0 (53) | |||
| 61 | Krzysztof Topór | POL | 28:02.2 | 3 | 1 | 8:39.1 (60) | 2 | 20:17.1 (62) | |||
| 62 | Hidenori Isa | JPN | 28:03.6 | 2 | 1 | 8:44.6 (63) | 1 | 20:15.5 (61) | |||
| 63 | Henrik Forsberg | SWE | 28:04.0 | 6 | 2 | 8:38.4 (59) | 4 | 20:40.8 (69) | |||
| 64 | Jean-Marc Chabloz | SUI | 28:08.6 | 1 | 0 | 8:26.7 (54) | 1 | 20:22.3 (64) | |||
| 65 | Gundars Upenieks | LAT | 28:11.9 | 3 | 3 | 9:25.0 (84) | 0 | 20:30.4 (66) | |||
| 66 | Gilles Marguet | FRA | 28:20.1 | 4 | 1 | 8:17.4 (41) | 3 | 20:30.1 (67) | |||
| 67 | Matthias Simmen | SUI | 28:22.8 | 3 | 1 | 8:41.5 (62) | 2 | 20:34.4 (68) | |||
| 68 | Devis Da Canal | ITA | 28:25.9 | 2 | 0 | 8:19.9 (44) | 2 | 20:28.0 (65) | |||
| 69 | Yukio Mochizuki | JPN | 28:28.5 | 2 | 2 | 9:12.4 (80) | 0 | 20:45.3 (73) | |||
| 70 | Roland Lessing | EST | 28:34.4 | 2 | 2 | 9:17.7 (83) | 0 | 20:42.4 (70) | |||
| 71 | Jason Sklenar |  GBR | 28:43.4 | 4 | 2 | 9:10.6 (79) | 2 | 20:55.2 (75) | |||
| 72 | Mark Gee | GBR | 28:57.8 | 2 | 2 | 9:15.1 (82) | 0 | 20:52.3 (74) | |||
| 73 | Olli-Pekka Peltola | FIN | 28:58.5 | 1 | 1 | 8:58.0 (71) | 0 | 20:44.7 (71) | |||
| 74 | Mike Dixon | GBR | 28:58.7 | 1 | 0 | 8:39.6 (61) | 1 | 20:45.2 (72) | |||
| 75 | Imre Tagscherer |  HUN | 29:08.6 | 3 | 1 | 8:55.3 (69) | 2 | 21:06.2 (77) | |||
| 76 | Roman Pryma | UKR | 29:16.1 | 3 | 1 | 8:49.9 (67) | 2 | 21:05.2 (76) | |||
| 77 | Aleksandr Tropnikov |  KGZ | 29:30.2 | 2 | 1 | 9:10.7 (77) | 1 | 21:15.7 (78) | |||
| 78 | Tord Wiksten | SWE | 29:39.5 | 4 | 2 | 9:25.8 (85) | 2 | 21:40.8 (81) | |||
| 79 | Dmitry Pantov |  KAZ | 29:46.3 | 5 | 2 | 9:15.2 (81) | 3 | 21:46.1 (82) | |||
| 80 | Shin Byung-Kook |  KOR | 29:51.1 | 2 | 1 | 9:09.9 (76) | 1 | 21:22.9 (79) | |||
| 81 | Ricardo Oscare |  ARG | 30:00.2 | 3 | 0 | 9:00.7 (72) | 3 | 21:55.1 (83) | |||
| 82 | Liutauras Barila |  LTU | 30:01.4 | 5 | 2 | 9:03.1 (73) | 3 | 22:05.7 (85) | |||
| 83 | Mihail Gribușencov |  MDA | 30:02.2 | 2 | 1 | 9:10.5 (78) | 1 | 21:40.0 (80) | |||
| 84 | Žarko Galjanić |  CRO | 30:33.0 | 3 | 1 | 9:09.0 (75) | 2 | 22:04.3 (84) | |||
| 85 | Stavros Christoforidis |  GRE | 31:51.4 | 2 | 1 | 9:35.9 (86) | 1 | 23:00.3 (86) | |||
| 86 | Carlos Varas |  CHI | 32:48.1 | 0 | 0 | 10:00.8 (87) | 0 | 23:38.9 (87) | |||
| Christoph Sumann | AUT | – | – | 0 | 7:56.0 (10) | 2 | 18:27.0 (3) |