Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Individual

Men's biathlon individual
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre
DatesFebruary 20
Competitors71 from 21 nations
Winning time56:33.3
Medalists
 Frank-Peter Roetsch  East Germany
 Valeriy Medvedtsev  Soviet Union
 Johann Passler  Italy
Biathlon at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Individual   men
Sprint   men
Relay   men

The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 20 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.[1]

Results

The defending world champion, Frank-Peter Roetsch, had the fastest ski time by more than a full minute, and despite three missed shots, he held off the field to win by 20 seconds. 1986 World champion Valeriy Medvedtsev and Norway's Eirik Kvalfoss finished with the joint second-fastest ski time, but while Medvedtsev's two misses saw him win silver, Kvalfoss missed three and finished 6th. Italy's Johann Passler, the fourth-fastest skier, held off Sergei Tchepikov, who had the best shooting score, to win bronze.[1]

Rank Name Country Ski Time Penalties Result Deficit
1st, gold medalist(s) Frank-Peter Roetsch East Germany 53:33.3 3 56:33.3 -
2nd, silver medalist(s) Valeriy Medvedtsev Soviet Union 54:54.6 2 56:54.6 +0:21.3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Johann Passler Italy 55:10.1 2 57:10.1 +0:36.8
4 Sergei Tchepikov Soviet Union 56:17.5 1 57:17.5 +0:44.2
5 Juri Kashkarov Soviet Union 55:43.1 2 57:43.1 +1:09.8
6 Eirik Kvalfoss Norway 54:54.6 3 57:54.6 +1:21.3
7 André Sehmisch East Germany 55:11.4 3 58:11.4 +1:38.1
8 Tapio Piipponen Finland 55:18.3 3 58:18.3 +1:45.0
9 Matthias Jacob East Germany 55:20.1 3 58:20.1 +1:46.8
10 Peter Angerer West Germany 55:46.7 3 58:46.7 +2:13.4
11 Gottlieb Taschler Italy 55:53.6 3 58:53.6 +2:20.3
12 Alexandr Popov Soviet Union 56:24.0 3 59:24.0 +2:50.7
13 Mike Dixon Great Britain 57:32.4 2 59:32.4 +2:59.1
14 Jan Matouš Czechoslovakia 56:35.3 3 59:35.3 +3:02.0
15 Khristo Vodenicharov Bulgaria 58:20.8 2 60:20.8 +3:47.5
16 Jürgen Wirth East Germany 57:25.9 3 60:25.9 +3:52.6
17 Herbert Fritzenwenger West Germany 56:27.8 4 60:27.8 +3:54.5
18 Jean-Paul Giachino France 57:43.7 3 60:43.7 +4:10.4
19 Vasil Bozhilov Bulgaria 56:49.8 4 60:49.8 +4:16.5
20 Frode Løberg Norway 56:52.7 4 60:52.7 +4:19.4
21 Vladimir Velichkov Bulgaria 56:56.5 4 60:56.5 +4:23.2
22 Tomáš Kos Czechoslovakia 58:02.7 3 61:02.7 +4:29.4
23 Fritz Fischer West Germany 56:04.5 5 61:04.5 +4:31.2
24 Bruno Hofstätter Austria 57:05.1 4 61:05.1 +4:31.8
25 Josh Thompson United States 56:29.4 5 61:29.4 +4:56.1
26 Alfred Eder Austria 55:39.7 6 61:39.7 +5:06.4
27 Egon Leitner Austria 58:52.3 3 61:52.3 +5:19.0
28 Carl Davies Great Britain 58:54.1 3 61:54.1 +5:20.8
29 Ernst Reiter West Germany 56:54.8 5 61:54.8 +5:21.5
30 Gisle Fenne Norway 56:56.5 5 61:56.5 +5:23.2
31 Peter Sjödén Sweden 59:07.8 3 62:07.8 +5:34.5
32 Jiří Holubec Czechoslovakia 57:08.3 5 62:08.3 +5:35.0
33 Ken Karpoff Canada 59:19.7 3 62:19.7 +5:46.4
34 Glenn Rupertus Canada 56:10.4 7 63:10.4 +6:37.1
35 Jure Velepec Yugoslavia 59:15.6 4 63:15.6 +6:42.3
36 Franz Schuler Austria 55:24.5 8 63:24.5 +6:51.2
37 Leif Andersson Sweden 58:27.3 5 63:27.3 +6:54.0
38 Juha Tella Finland 57:39.0 6 63:39.0 +7:05.7
39 Sylfest Glimsdal Norway 55:46.9 8 63:46.9 +7:13.6
40 Misao Kodate Japan 57:51.0 6 63:51.0 +7:17.7
41 Thierry Gerbier France 57:51.7 6 63:51.7 +7:18.4
42 Darin Binning United States 59:54.8 4 63:54.8 +7:21.5
43 Werner Kiem Italy 57:00.3 7 64:00.3 +7:27.0
44 František Chládek Czechoslovakia 60:01.3 4 64:01.3 +7:28.0
45 Éric Claudon France 58:16.8 6 64:16.8 +7:43.5
46 Charles Plamondon Canada 59:27.5 5 64:27.5 +7:54.2
47 Trevor King Great Britain 58:37.9 6 64:37.9 +8:04.6
48 Tadashi Nakamura Japan 57:01.3 8 65:01.3 +8:28.0
49 Bill Carow United States 60:10.1 5 65:10.1 +8:36.8
50 Harri Eloranta Finland 58:10.6 7 65:10.6 +8:37.3
51 Mikael Löfgren Sweden 58:12.0 7 65:12.0 +8:38.7
52 Curt Schreiner United States 60:22.7 5 65:22.7 +8:49.4
53 Mark Langin Great Britain 61:50.3 4 65:50.3 +9:17.0
54 Zsolt Kovács Hungary 62:15.2 4 66:15.2 +9:41.9
55 Khristo Kovachki Bulgaria 59:15.6 7 66:15.6 +9:42.3
56 Hervé Flandin France 59:50.9 7 66:50.9 +10:17.6
57 Andrew Paul Australia 62:59.3 6 68:59.3 +12:26.0
58 Arto Jääskeläinen Finland 58:29.5 11 69:29.5 +12:56.2
59 Jamie Kallio Canada 63:13.1 7 70:13.1 +13:39.8
60 Koichi Sato Japan 62:18.7 8 70:18.7 +13:45.4
61 Akihiro Takizawa Japan 63:38.0 7 70:38.0 +14:04.7
62 Hong Byung-Sik South Korea 66:03.2 8 74:03.2 +17:29.9
63 Joo Young-Dai South Korea 66:27.5 8 74:27.5 +17:54.2
64 Alejandro Giró Argentina 71:34.4 5 76:34.4 +20:01.1
65 Kim Yong-Woon South Korea 68:23.0 9 77:23.0 +20:49.7
66 Shin Young-Sun South Korea 68:44.5 9 77:44.5 +21:11.2
67 Luis Argel Argentina 72:47.6 11 83:47.6 +27:14.3
68 Elliot Archilla Puerto Rico 98:57.6 13 111:57.6 +55:24.3
- Roger Westling Sweden DNF - - -
- Andreas Zingerle Italy DQ - - -
- Gustavo Giró Argentina DQ - - -

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
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