Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint
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The men's sprint competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February, at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz.[1] Quentin Fillon Maillet of France won the event, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen of Norway came second, and his teammate Sturla Holm Lægreid third.[2][3]
| Men's sprint at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Anterselva Biathlon Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 13 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 90 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22:53.1 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion Johannes Thingnes Bø and the bronze medalist Tarjei Bø retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Quentin Fillon Maillet, was in the field, after finishing 8th in the individual. Prior to the Olympics, Éric Perrot was leading the total and Tommaso Giacomel the sprint standings of the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup. The 2025 World champion was Johannes Thingnes Bø.
Qualification
Results
The race was started at 14:00.[4]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 22:53.1 | 0 (0+0) | |||
| 60 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 23:06.8 | 0 (0+0) | +13.7 | ||
| 56 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | 23:09.0 | 0 (0+0) | +15.9 | ||
| 4 | 42 | Émilien Jacquelin | 23:09.2 | 0 (0+0) | +16.1 | |
| 5 | 44 | Sebastian Samuelsson | 23:18.1 | 0 (0+0) | +25.0 | |
| 6 | 64 | Johannes Dale-Skjevdal | 23:36.1 | 2 (0+2) | +43.0 | |
| 7 | 50 | Martin Ponsiluoma | 23:39.8 | 2 (1+1) | +46.7 | |
| 8 | 58 | Johan-Olav Botn | 23:51.3 | 1 (1+0) | +58.2 | |
| 9 | 48 | Éric Perrot | 23:55.2 | 2 (1+1) | +1:02.1 | |
| 10 | 36 | Philipp Horn | 24:02.3 | 1 (0+1) | +1:09.2 | |
| 11 | 15 | Olli Hiidensalo | 24:02.4 | 0 (0+0) | +1:09.3 | |
| 12 | 54 | Campbell Wright | 24:03.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:10.0 | |
| 13 | 46 | Lukas Hofer | 24:15.2 | 1 (0+1) | +1:22.1 | |
| 14 | 22 | Joscha Burkhalter | 24:15.4 | 0 (0+0) | +1:22.3 | |
| 15 | 27 | Sebastian Stalder | 24:26.8 | 0 (0+0) | +1:33.7 | |
| 16 | 53 | Nicola Romanin | 24:27.5 | 0 (0+0) | +1:34.4 | |
| 17 | 41 | Niklas Hartweg | 24:32.0 | 2 (0+2) | +1:38.9 | |
| 18 | 34 | Tero Seppälä | 24:34.1 | 2 (1+1) | +1:41.0 | |
| 19 | 20 | David Zobel | 24:34.9 | 0 (0+0) | +1:41.8 | |
| 20 | 38 | Vítězslav Hornig | 24:35.2 | 1 (1+0) | +1:42.1 | |
| 21 | 74 | Tuomas Harjula | 24:36.4 | 1 (0+1) | +1:43.3 | |
| 22 | 62 | Tommaso Giacomel | 24:36.5 | 3 (2+1) | +1:43.4 | |
| 23 | 30 | Justus Strelow | 24:39.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:46.4 | |
| 24 | 16 | Vitalii Mandzyn | 24:40.5 | 1 (0+1) | +1:47.4 | |
| 25 | 33 | Jakov Fak | 24:45.2 | 1 (0+1) | +1:52.1 | |
| 26 | 52 | Philipp Nawrath | 24:46.0 | 3 (2+1) | +1:52.9 | |
| 27 | 21 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | 24:47.9 | 2 (1+1) | +1:54.8 | |
| 28 | 26 | Michal Krčmář | 24:49.9 | 2 (0+2) | +1:56.8 | |
| 29 | 47 | Jan Guńka | 24:50.5 | 1 (1+0) | +1:57.4 | |
| 30 | 51 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | 24:56.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:03.8 | |
| 31 | 77 | Adam Runnalls | 25:02.5 | 1 (0+1) | +2:09.4 | |
| 32 | 85 | Rihards Lozbers | 25:05.2 | 2 (1+1) | +2:12.1 | |
| 33 | 4 | Tomáš Mikyska | 25:05.3 | 1 (1+0) | +2:12.2 | |
| 34 | 37 | Lovro Planko | 25:06.0 | 3 (2+1) | +2:12.9 | |
| 35 | 17 | Anton Vidmar | 25:10.0 | 2 (0+2) | +2:16.9 | |
| 36 | 79 | Miha Dovžan | 25:10.4 | 1 (0+1) | +2:17.3 | |
| 37 | 35 | Grzegorz Galica | 25:10.8 | 2 (0+2) | +2:17.7 | |
| 38 | 49 | Florent Claude | 25:13.9 | 2 (1+1) | +2:20.8 | |
| 39 | 84 | Fabian Müllauer | 25:16.7 | 2 (0+2) | +2:23.6 | |
| 40 | 65 | Otto Invenius | 25:20.1 | 4 (1+3) | +2:27.0 | |
| 41 | 32 | Fabien Claude | 25:23.2 | 5 (2+3) | +2:30.1 | |
| 42 | 10 | Blagoy Todev | 25:23.6 | 1 (1+0) | +2:30.5 | |
| 43 | 11 | Malte Stefansson | 25:23.9 | 2 (2+0) | +2:30.8 | |
| 44 | 73 | Rene Zahkna | 25:26.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:33.8 | |
| 45 | 68 | Mikuláš Karlík | 25:30.2 | 4 (1+3) | +2:37.1 | |
| 46 | 18 | Simon Eder | 25:31.0 | 2 (1+1) | +2:37.9 | |
| 47 | 31 | Paul Schommer | 25:31.3 | 1 (1+0) | +2:38.2 | |
| 48 | 61 | Zachary Connelly | 25:33.5 | 4 (0+4) | +2:40.4 | |
| 49 | 24 | Vytautas Strolia | 25:37.4 | 2 (1+1) | +2:44.3 | |
| 49 | 66 | Patrick Jakob | 25:37.4 | 2 (0+2) | +2:44.3 | |
| 51 | 72 | Vladislav Kireyev | 25:41.6 | 2 (1+1) | +2:48.5 | |
| 52 | 3 | Edgars Mise | 25:42.9 | 1 (0+1) | +2:49.8 | |
| 53 | 81 | Kristo Siimer | 25:43.1 | 0 (0+0) | +2:50.0 | |
| 54 | 76 | Dmitrii Shamaev | 25:43.3 | 1 (1+0) | +2:50.2 | |
| 55 | 88 | Logan Pletz | 25:46.7 | 2 (1+1) | +2:53.6 | |
| 56 | 57 | Konstantin Vasilev | 25:52.3 | 4 (0+4) | +2:59.2 | |
| 57 | 25 | Konrad Badacz | 25:53.3 | 3 (3+0) | +3:00.2 | |
| 58 | 71 | Jakub Borguľa | 25:55.0 | 1 (0+1) | +3:01.9 | |
| 59 | 19 | Matija Legović | 25:58.6 | 2 (1+1) | +3:05.5 | |
| 60 | 29 | Sondre Slettemark | 25:59.5 | 2 (1+1) | +3:06.4 | |
| 61 | 12 | Asset Dyussenov | 26:00.3 | 2 (2+0) | +3:07.2 | |
| 62 | 6 | Elia Zeni | 26:00.4 | 3 (2+1) | +3:07.3 | |
| 63 | 83 | Bohdan Borkovskyi | 26:06.0 | 2 (1+1) | +3:12.9 | |
| 64 | 23 | Yan Xingyuan | 26:08.8 | 2 (0+2) | +3:15.7 | |
| 65 | 80 | Sean Doherty | 26:12.6 | 3 (1+2) | +3:19.5 | |
| 66 | 59 | Maxime Germain | 26:13.4 | 3 (3+0) | +3:20.3 | |
| 67 | 13 | George Colțea | 26:14.9 | 2 (0+2) | +3:21.8 | |
| 68 | 63 | George Buta | 26:15.2 | 1 (1+0) | +3:22.1 | |
| 69 | 82 | Marcin Zawół | 26:15.4 | 4 (3+1) | +3:22.3 | |
| 70 | 55 | Vladimir Iliev | 26:17.8 | 4 (2+2) | +3:24.7 | |
| 71 | 5 | Maksim Fomin | 26:19.5 | 2 (1+1) | +3:26.4 | |
| 72 | 28 | Jesper Nelin | 26:23.0 | 5 (2+3) | +3:29.9 | |
| 73 | 7 | Dominic Unterweger | 26:29.7 | 3 (1+2) | +3:36.6 | |
| 74 | 2 | Jakob Kulbin | 26:30.7 | 2 (2+0) | +3:37.6 | |
| 75 | 1 | Šimon Adamov | 26:32.0 | 2 (1+1) | +3:38.9 | |
| 76 | 78 | Jeremy Finello | 26:41.1 | 4 (2+2) | +3:48.0 | |
| 77 | 67 | Renārs Birkentāls | 26:41.4 | 5 (3+2) | +3:48.3 | |
| 78 | 45 | Pavel Magazeev | 26:43.4 | 3 (1+2) | +3:50.3 | |
| 79 | 69 | Mark-Markos Kehva | 26:43.7 | 3 (2+1) | +3:50.6 | |
| 80 | 86 | Jasper Fleming | 26:46.1 | 4 (3+1) | +3:53.0 | |
| 81 | 14 | Jacques Jefferies | 27:02.5 | 3 (1+2) | +4:09.4 | |
| 82 | 75 | Anton Sinapov | 27:04.4 | 3 (0+3) | +4:11.3 | |
| 83 | 89 | Nikita Čigak | 27:04.8 | 3 (2+1) | +4:11.7 | |
| 84 | 70 | Karol Dombrovski | 27:07.0 | 3 (1+2) | +4:13.9 | |
| 85 | 8 | Thierry Langer | 27:11.3 | 3 (1+2) | +4:18.2 | |
| 86 | 9 | Maksim Makarov | 27:24.8 | 3 (3+0) | +4:31.7 | |
| 87 | 87 | Raul Flore | 27:36.9 | 1 (0+1) | +4:43.8 | |
| 88 | 39 | Anton Dudchenko | 27:37.6 | 3 (2+1) | +4:44.5 | |
| 89 | 43 | Krešimir Crnković | 28:04.5 | 5 (3+2) | +5:11.4 | |
| 90 | 90 | Choi Du-jin | 28:05.7 | 3 (3+0) | +5:12.6 |