Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit
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The men's pursuit competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 15 February, at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena in Rasen-Antholz.[1] Martin Ponsiluoma of Sweden won the event, his first Olympic gold. Sturla Holm Lægreid of Norway won the silver medal, and Émilien Jacquelin of France won bronze, his first individual Olympic medal.[2][3]
| Men's pursuit at the XXV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Anterselva Biathlon Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 31:11.9 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Background
The pursuit is contingent on the results of the sprint held two days earlier. Quentin Fillon Maillet, the winner of the sprint, and also the defending champion in pursuit, started first, followed by the silver medalist Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen in 14 seconds and Sturla Holm Lægreid (3rd) and Émilien Jacquelin (4th) in 16 seconds. The 2022 silver medalist Tarjei Bø retired from competitions, and the bronze medalist Eduard Latypov was banned from participation because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prior to the Olympics, Éric Perrot was leading the total as well as the pursuit standings of the 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup. The 2025 World champion was Johannes Thingnes Bø, he retired from competitions in the meanwhile.
Qualification
Results
The race was started at 11:15.[1][4]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Penalties (P+P+S+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Martin Ponsiluoma | 0:47 | 31:11.9 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | |||
| 3 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | 0:16 | 31:32.5 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +20.6 | ||
| 4 | Émilien Jacquelin | 0:16 | 31:41.6 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +29.7 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Éric Perrot | 1:02 | 31:51.4 | 1 (0+0+0+1) | +39.5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | 0:14 | 31:56.7 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +44.8 | |
| 6 | 6 | Johannes Dale-Skjevdal | 0:43 | 32:18.5 | 3 (1+0+1+1) | +1:06.6 | |
| 7 | 1 | Quentin Fillon Maillet | 0:00 | 32:25.4 | 5 (1+2+0+2) | +1:13.5 | |
| 8 | 12 | Campbell Wright | 1:10 | 32:25.4 | 3 (2+0+1+0) | +1:13.5 | |
| 9 | 22 | Tommaso Giacomel | 1:43 | 32:27.1 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +1:15.2 | |
| 10 | 8 | Johan-Olav Botn | 0:58 | 32:46.9 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | +1:35.0 | |
| 11 | 10 | Philipp Horn | 1:09 | 33:22.7 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +2:10.8 | |
| 12 | 5 | Sebastian Samuelsson | 0:25 | 33:34.6 | 5 (1+0+1+3) | +2:22.7 | |
| 13 | 13 | Lukas Hofer | 1:22 | 33:39.8 | 3 (0+1+1+1) | +2:27.9 | |
| 14 | 25 | Jakov Fak | 1:52 | 33:47.5 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | +2:35.6 | |
| 15 | 18 | Tero Seppälä | 1:41 | 33:48.5 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +2:36.6 | |
| 16 | 24 | Vitalii Mandzyn | 1:47 | 33:56.0 | 3 (1+1+1+0) | +2:44.1 | |
| 17 | 11 | Olli Hiidensalo | 1:09 | 34:00.3 | 4 (1+0+2+1) | +2:48.4 | |
| 18 | 28 | Michal Krčmář | 1:57 | 34:02.7 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +2:50.8 | |
| 19 | 20 | Vítězslav Hornig | 1:42 | 34:07.7 | 3 (1+0+0+2) | +2:55.8 | |
| 20 | 27 | Dmytro Pidruchnyi | 1:55 | 34:13.2 | 2 (1+0+0+1) | +3:01.3 | |
| 21 | 21 | Tuomas Harjula | 1:43 | 34:16.5 | 3 (0+0+3+0) | +3:04.6 | |
| 22 | 40 | Otto Invenius | 2:27 | 34:18.9 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +3:07.0 | |
| 23 | 35 | Anton Vidmar | 2:17 | 34:20.9 | 2 (1+1+0+0) | +3:09.0 | |
| 24 | 41 | Fabien Claude | 2:30 | 34:22.4 | 4 (1+0+1+2) | +3:10.5 | |
| 25 | 26 | Philipp Nawrath | 1:53 | 34:22.9 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | +3:11.0 | |
| 26 | 15 | Sebastian Stalder | 1:34 | 34:23.2 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | +3:11.3 | |
| 27 | 17 | Niklas Hartweg | 1:39 | 34:24.2 | 5 (1+0+2+2) | +3:12.3 | |
| 28 | 16 | Nicola Romanin | 1:34 | 34:29.5 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +3:17.6 | |
| 29 | 30 | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | 2:04 | 34:40.8 | 3 (0+0+1+2) | +3:28.9 | |
| 30 | 23 | Justus Strelow | 1:46 | 34:47.4 | 4 (0+0+1+3) | +3:35.5 | |
| 31 | 34 | Lovro Planko | 2:13 | 34:52.2 | 4 (0+0+2+2) | +3:40.3 | |
| 32 | 29 | Jan Guńka | 1:57 | 34:59.5 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +3:47.6 | |
| 33 | 14 | Joscha Burkhalter | 1:22 | 35:01.4 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +3:49.5 | |
| 34 | 19 | David Zobel | 1:42 | 35:21.8 | 5 (2+1+1+1) | +4:09.9 | |
| 35 | 45 | Mikuláš Karlík | 2:37 | 35:30.5 | 5 (1+1+1+2) | +4:18.6 | |
| 36 | 46 | Simon Eder | 2:38 | 35:34.0 | 3 (0+0+2+1) | +4:22.1 | |
| 37 | 39 | Fabian Müllauer | 2:24 | 35:36.7 | 5 (1+0+1+3) | +4:24.8 | |
| 38 | 54 | Dmitrii Shamaev | 2:50 | 35:37.4 | 1 (1+0+0+0) | +4:25.5 | |
| 39 | 49 | Vytautas Strolia | 2:44 | 35:38.4 | 3 (1+1+0+1) | +4:26.5 | |
| 40 | 37 | Grzegorz Galica | 2:18 | 35:40.8 | 5 (2+0+1+2) | +4:28.9 | |
| 41 | 48 | Zachary Connelly | 2:40 | 35:51.3 | 5 (3+0+1+1) | +4:39.4 | |
| 42 | 51 | Vladislav Kireyev | 2:49 | 35:52.0 | 4 (1+2+1+0) | +4:40.1 | |
| 43 | 57 | Konrad Badacz | 3:00 | 35:52.6 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | +4:40.7 | |
| 44 | 53 | Kristo Siimer | 2:50 | 36:02.0 | 3 (0+1+2+0) | +4:50.1 | |
| 45 | 33 | Tomáš Mikyska | 2:12 | 36:25.6 | 4 (0+3+0+1) | +5:13.7 | |
| 46 | 36 | Miha Dovžan | 2:17 | 36:29.0 | 6 (1+1+2+2) | +5:17.1 | |
| 47 | 32 | Rihards Lozbers | 2:12 | 36:29.2 | 7 (3+1+1+2) | +5:17.3 | |
| 48 | 47 | Paul Schommer | 2:38 | 36:41.4 | 4 (1+2+0+1) | +5:29.5 | |
| 49 | 31 | Adam Runnalls | 2:09 | 36:48.3 | 7 (1+1+4+1) | +5:36.4 | |
| 50 | 38 | Florent Claude | 2:21 | 36:52.6 | 6 (2+1+2+1) | +5:40.7 | |
| 51 | 44 | Rene Zahkna | 2:34 | 36:54.1 | 6 (2+1+1+2) | +5:42.2 | |
| 52 | 43 | Malte Stefansson | 2:31 | 37:01.4 | 6 (3+0+1+2) | +5:49.5 | |
| 53 | 55 | Logan Pletz | 2:54 | 37:28.0 | 5 (1+1+2+1) | +6:16.1 | |
| 54 | 60 | Sondre Slettemark | 3:06 | 37:41.2 | 4 (1+0+3+0) | +6:29.3 | |
| 55 | 50 | Patrick Jakob | 2:44 | 37:54.6 | 5 (0+3+2+0) | +6:42.7 | |
| 56 | 58 | Jakub Borguľa | 3:02 | 38:16.0 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | +7:04.1 | |
| 57 | 56 | Konstantin Vasilev | 2:59 | 40:00.7 | 7 (1+3+1+2) | +8:48.8 | |
| 42 | Blagoy Todev | 2:31 | LAP | (3+2+0+) | — | ||
| 52 | Edgars Mise | 2:50 | (4+1+2+) | ||||
| 59 | Matija Legović | 3:06 | (2+2+3+) |