The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February, at Igman - Veliko Polke. Competitors raced over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.
Summary
Eirik Kvalfoss, the two-time defending world champion in the sprint, had had the fastest ski time in the individual race, but struggled with his shooting, ending up with bronze. He had no such problems in the sprint, as he missed two shots, but was able to make up for it with his ski speed, being the only man to get below 31 minutes. Peter Angerer, the individual champion, missed just once to win silver, as he did in the 1983 worlds, while Matthias Jacob shot clear to win bronze.
Results
Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit 45 Eirik Kvalfoss 30:53.8 2 (1+1) – 52 Peter Angerer 31:02.4 1 (1+0) +0:08.6 18 Matthias Jacob 31:10.5 0 (0+0) +0:16.7 4 3 Kjell Søbak 31:19.7 1 (0+1) +0:25.9 5 37 Algimantas Šalna 31:20.8 2 (0+2) +0:27.0 6 43 Yvon Mougel 31:32.9 2 (0+2) +0:39.1 7 63 Frank-Peter Roetsch 31:49.8 2 (2+0) +0:56.0 8 30 Fritz Fischer 32:04.7 2 (1+1) +1:10.9 9 58 Jan Matouš 32:10.5 3 (1+2) +1:16.7 10 1 Juri Kashkarov 32:15.2 2 (0+2) +1:21.4 11 54 Sergei Bulygin 32:19.1 1 (0+1) +1:25.3 12 14 Toivo Mäkikyrö 32:22.5 2 (0+2) +1:28.7 13 42 Vítězslav Jureček 32:26.5 0 (0+0) +1:32.7 14 51 Vladimir Velichkov 32:27.6 0 (0+0) +1:33.8 15 32 Tapio Piipponen 32:28.7 1 (1+0) +1:34.9 16 13 Walter Pichler 32:30.2 1 (1+0) +1:36.4 17 28 Frank Ullrich 32:40.2 3 (1+2) +1:46.4 18 21 Terje Krokstad 33:00.9 4 (1+3) +2:07.1 19 17 Gottlieb Taschler 33:04.9 1 (0+1) +2:11.1 20 10 Bill Carow 33:05.8 0 (0+0) +2:12.0 21 9 Sven Fahlén 33:12.9 2 (0+2) +2:19.1 22 62 Alfred Eder 33:17.9 2 (0+2) +2:24.1 23 6 Zdeněk Hák 33:19.3 3 (1+2) +2:25.5 24 64 Leif Andersson 33:21.9 3 (1+2) +2:28.1 25 36 Ronnie Adolfsson 33:27.0 4 (2+2) +2:33.2 26 47 Jim Wood 33:40.2 2 (1+1) +2:46.4 27 41 Francis Mougel 33:50.4 4 (3+1) +2:56.6 28 2 Éric Claudon 34:05.1 2 (1+1) +3:11.3 29 56 Andreas Zingerle 34:07.5 5 (4+1) +3:13.7 30 44 Shoichi Kinoshita 34:12.2 1 (1+0) +3:18.4 31 34 Yuri Mitev 34:17.4 1 (1+0) +3:23.6 32 53 Beat Meier 34:22.1 4 (1+3) +3:28.3 33 55 Zsolt Kovács 34:23.9 1 (1+0) +3:30.1 34 46 Risto Punkka 34:28.5 4 (1+3) +3:34.7 35 25 Johann Passler 34:31.4 4 (4+0) +3:37.6 36 35 Rudolf Horn 34:46.0 4 (3+1) +3:52.2 37 33 Gábor Mayer 34:46.3 3 (0+3) +3:52.5 38 5 Spas Zlatev 34:51.2 2 (1+1) +3:57.4 39 19 Walter Hörl 35:02.6 5 (2+3) +4:08.8 40 39 Josh Thompson 35:10.5 4 (2+2) +4:16.7 41 50 Gheorghe Berdar 35:20.2 3 (1+2) +4:26.4 42 49 Donald Nielsen, Jr. 35:23.3 3 (2+1) +4:29.5 43 4 Yoshinobu Murase 35:35.9 3 (1+2) +4:42.1 44 31 Graeme Ferguson 35:37.3 4 (2+2) +4:43.5 45 16 Song Yongjun 35:49.4 2 (2+0) +4:55.6 46 38 Liu Hongwang 35:56.3 3 (1+2) +5:02.5 47 22 Isao Yamase 35:57.0 4 (2+2) +5:03.2 48 20 Francisc Forika 35:59.8 4 (3+1) +5:06.0 49 48 Andrej Lanišek 36:16.0 5 (1+4) +5:22.2 50 27 Andrew Paul 36:32.4 3 (1+2) +5:38.6 51 11 Trevor King 36:34.4 5 (2+3) +5:40.6 52 23 Imre Lestyan 36:42.8 4 (2+2) +5:49.0 53 57 Song Wenbin 36:53.4 3 (0+3) +5:59.6 54 26 Marjan Vidmar 37:08.1 3 (2+1) +6:14.3 55 40 Cecilio Fernández 39:27.5 2 (1+1) +8:33.7 56 59 Manuel García 40:16.6 6 (3+3) +9:22.8 57 12 Tomislav Lopatić 40:18.2 9 (5+4) +9:24.4 58 7 József Lihi 40:21.0 6 (2+4) +9:27.2 59 8 Oscar di Lovera 40:25.7 3 (2+1) +9:31.9 60 24 Luis Ríos 40:36.5 4 (2+2) +9:42.7 61 61 Víctor Figueroa 41:04.2 5 (4+1) +10:10.4 62 60 Hwang Byung-Dae 44:43.2 6 (3+3) +13:49.4 63 29 Ueng Ming-Yih 45:38.1 4 (2+2) +14:44.3 - 15 Hernán Carazo DNF
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