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Olympics biathlon Men’s 10k sprint medal results, highlights and more

By John Buhler

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 11: Arnd Peiffer of Germany wins the gold medal during the Biathlon Men's 10km Sprint at Alpensia Biathlon Centre on February 11, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 11: Arnd Peiffer of Germany wins the gold medal during the Biathlon Men's 10km Sprint at Alpensia Biathlon Centre on February 11, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) /
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Germany’s Arnd Peiffer takes home the gold in the Mens’ 10km sprint of the Olympic Biathlon. Here are the results of the men’s first biathlon event.

The second day of the biathlon of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games are in the books. Late on Sunday night and in the wee hours of the morning in the United States, the men competed in the 10km sprint at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre. Taking home the gold was Germany’s Arnd Peiffer.

Peiffer edged out the Czech Republic’s Michal Krcmar for the top spot on the podium by a handful of seconds. Though neither missed a shot in the shooting part of the event, Peiffer was nearly five seconds faster in the competition.It took Peiffer 23 minutes and 38.8 seconds to claim his gold. Krcmar would come in just after Peiffer at 23 minutes and 43.2 seconds for the silver medal in the men’s 10km sprint.

Taking home the bronze was Dominik Windisch of Italy. He finished with a time of 23 minutes and 46.5 seconds and one penalty. He just edged out Julian Eberhard of Switzerland for the bronze medal by 0.7 seconds.

Here are the results of the men’s 10km sprint of the biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

MEDAL RESULT | Biathlon - Men's 10km Sprint

Arnd Peiffer

Michal Krcmar

Dominik Windisch

Top 10 Finishers

  1. Arnd Peiffer, Germany (23:38.8, 0 penalties)
  2. Michal Krcmar, Czech Republic (23:43.2, 0 penalties)
  3. Dominik Windisch, Italy (23:46.5, 1 penalty)
  4. Julian Eberhard, Austria (23:47.2, 1 penalty)
  5. Erlend Bjoentegaard, Norway (23:65.2, 2 penalties)
  6. Benedikt Doll, Germany (23:56.4, 1 penalty)
  7. Simon Schempp, Germany (24:00.2, 1 penalty)
  8. Martin Fourcade, France (24:00.9, 3 penalties)
  9. Serafin Wiestner, Switzerland (24:02.3, 1 penalty)
  10. Lukas Hofer, Italy (24:09.8, 2 penalties)

Overall, the men did shoot slightly better than the women yesterday. However, visibility was again poor and only four of the 87 competitors in the men’s 10km sprint were able to avoid getting penalized in the shooting part of the race.

The United States’ men’s biathletes did slightly better than the women in the sprint event, but not enough to be overly proud of. America had four men compete in this event, but none were even close to medalling. The best result came from Lowell Bailey, who came in 33rd place with a time of 24 minutes and 54.4 seconds with only one penalty. That was still a minute and change off the leader.

Tim Burke would finish 47th with a time of 25 minutes and 26.3 seconds, but he had four penalties shooting, two prone and two standing. Leif Nordgren came in 58th with a time of 25 minutes and 49.0 seconds, with two misses shooting, one prone and one standing. Sean Doherty came in 65th place with a time of 25 minutes and 55.2 seconds, missing four targets, all prone.

Next: Laura Dahlmeier wins gold in women's 7.5km sprint

The men will be back at it on Monday, when both the men and women compete in the pursuit competition. Now that the first biathlon events are out of the way, maybe the United States can pick up steam and finally medal in this event?

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